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1. Aberration – straying away from what is normal
2. Abeyance - suspended action
3. Abhor - to hate, to detest
4. Abide - be faithful to; endure
5. Abjure - promise or swear, to give up
6. Abet - help/encourage somebody (in doing wrong)
7. Abraded - rubbed off, worn away by friction
8. Abrasion - rubbing, scraping, wearing off
9. Abrogate - repeal or annul by authority
10. Abscond - to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest)
11. Abstruse - difficult to comprehend; obscure
12. Abundant - plentiful
13. Abut - border on
14. Abysmal - bottomless, extreme
15. Acarpous - effete, no longer fertile, worn out
16. Accentuate - give more force or attention to
17. Acclaimed - welcomed with shouts and approval
18. Accolade - praise, approval
19. Accretion - the growing of separate things into one
20. Acquiesce in - agree (without protest)
21. Acquisition - something acquired, acquiring
22. Adamant - kind of stone; inflexible
23. Adhere - remain faithful, stick fast to
24. Adhesion - adhering, support
25. Adjacent - lying near, next
26. Admonitory - containing warning
27. Adorn - add beauty; decorate
28. Adulteration - making unpure, poorer in quality
29. Affable - polite and friendly
30. Affinity - close connection, relationship
31. Aggravate - make worse; irritate
32. Agile - active, quick-moving
33. Agog - eager/excited
34. Ail - trouble; be ill
35. Alacrity - eager and cheerful readiness
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36. Alcove - recess/partially enclosed place
37. Alienate - estrange
38. Allegiance - duty, support, loyalty
39. Alleviate - make (pain) easier to bear
40. Alloy - to debase by mixing with something inferior
41. Aloof - reserved, indifferent
42. Amalgamate - mix, combine, unite societies
43. Ambidextrous - able to use the left hand or the right equally well
44. Ambiguous - doubtful, uncertain
45. Ambivalent - having both of two contrary meanings
46. Ameliorate - improve, make better
47. Amendment - improving
48. Amicable - friendly
49. Amortize - end (a debt) by setting aside money
50. Amplify - make large or fuller, increase the strength
51. Anguish - severe suffering
52. Animosity - strong dislike
53. Annul - put an end to
54. Anticlimax - sudden fall
55. Antidote - medicine used against a poison or a disease
56. Antithetical - direct opposing
57. Apartheid - brutal racial discrimination
58. Apathetic - indifference
59. Aplomb - self-confidence
60. Apostate - one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
61. Apotheosis - deification, glorification to godliness
62. Appease - make quiet or calm
63. Apprehensive - grasping, understanding; fear, unhappy feeling about future
64. Apprise - give notice to, inform
65. Approbation - approval
66. Appropriate - take for one's own use, acquire, set aside
67. Apropos - appropriate to the situation; apt
68. Apt - well-suited, quick-witted
69. Arabesque - whimsical
70. Arbitrate - decide by arbitration
71. Arboreal - of connected with trees
72. Ardently - with full of ardor
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73. Ardor - enthusiasm
74. Arduous - steep, difficult ascent; laborious
75. Argot - jargon, slang
76. Arrant - in the highest degree
77. Arrogance - proud, superior manner of behaviour
78. Articulate - speak distinctly, connect by joints
79. Ascend - go or come up
80. Ascent - the act of ascending
81. Ascertain - get to know
82. Ascetic - practicing self-denial, austere, stark
83. Ascribe - consider to be the origin of or belonging to
84. Aseptic - surgically clean
85. Asperity - roughness, harshness, ill temper, irritability
86. Aspersion - slander
87. Assail with - attack violently
88. Asset - valuable quality, something that has money value
89. Assiduous - diligent, hard-working, sedulous
90. Assuage - make something (pain, desire) less
91. Assumption - something supposed but not proved
92. Asterisk - the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters)
93. Astringent - substance that shrinks
94. Astute - clever; quick at seeing to get an advantage
95. Atonement - repayment; death of Jesus
96. Attenuate - make thin. weaken, enervate
97. Attune - bring into harmony
98. Audacious - daring, foolishly bold, impudent
99. Augury - omen, sign
100. August - majestic, venerable
101. Auspice - protection or support, patronage
102. Auspicious - favorable, successful, prosperous
103. Austere - severely moral and strict; simple and plain
104. Auxiliary - helping, supporting
105. Aver - affirm, assert, prove, justify
106. Aversion - strong dislike
107. Avid - eager, greedy
108. Avow - admit. Declare openly
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109. Babble - talk in a way that is difficult to understand
110. Baleful - harmful, ominous, causing evil
111. Balk - obstacle; purposely to get on the way of
112. Balloon - swell out like balloon
113. Balm - sweet-smelling oil; consolation
114. Banal - uninteresting
115. Band - flat, thin strip of material; range of frequencies
116. Bane - cause of injury, poison, source of harm
117. Baneful - causing harm or ruin, pernicious, destructive
118. Barrage - artificial obstacle built across a river
119. Barren - not good enough, unable to have young ones, without value
120. Bask in - enjoy warmth and light
121. Bazaar - market
122. Be irreconcilable - cannot be brought into harmony
123. Beatify - to bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to
124. Bedizen - to adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner
125. Belabor - beat hard
126. Belie - contradict, give a false impression
127. Belittle - cause to seem unimportant
128. Bellicose - belligerent, pugnacious, warlike
129. Belligerent - (person, nation) waging war
130. Belligerently - waging war
131. Bend - cause something to be out of a straight line
132. Benefactor - person who has given help
133. Benevolence - wish or activity in doing good
134. Benign - kind and gentle; mild (climate)
135. Bequest - arrangement to give something at death
136. Berate - scold sharply
137. Bereft - rob or dispossess of something (material)
138. Bewilder - puzzle, confuse
139. Biased - prejudice
140. Bigot - stubborn, narrow-minded person
141. Bilge - bulge, the protuberance of a cask
142. Blandishment - flattery, coaxing
143. Blandness - polite manner, comforting, uninteresting
144. Blatant - noisy and rough
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145. Blithe - gay and joyous
146. Blueprint – plan, scheme, photographic print
147. Blunt - plain, not troubling to be polite
148. Boggle - be alarmed, hesitate, amazed
149. Bogus - sham, counterfeit, not genuine
150. Boisterous - loud, noisy, rough, lacking restraint
151. Bolster - give greatly needed support
152. Boor - ill-mannered person
153. Boorish - crude, offensive, rude
154. Braid - strands of hair woven together, something edging sloth
155. Brash - hasty, rush; cheeky, saucy
156. Brass - yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc)
157. Brazen - made of brass
158. Breach - opening broken place, breaking
159. Brigant - brigand, bandit
160. Brisk - active, lively
161. Brisket - breast of an animal
162. Brittle - easily broken
163. Broach - bring up, announce, begin to talk about
164. Brook - to tolerate, endure
165. Buoyant - able to float; light-hearted
166. Burgeon - grow forth, send out buds
167. Burnish - to polish, rub to a shine
168. Bust - run out of money
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169. Cabal - a scheme or plot, a group of plotters
170. Cadge - to beg, to get by begging
171. Cajolers - flattery or deceit to persuade
172. Calf - young of the domestic cow
173. Calipers - metal supports attached to the legs, measuring instrument
174. Calumniate - to slander, present false accusal
175. Calumny - slander, aspersion
176. Candid - frank straight-forward
177. Cantankerous - bad-tempered/quarrelsome
178. Cantin - sincere talk/jargon
179. Canvass - discuss thoroughly; sort of touting
180. Capricious - fickle, whimsical, given to change, unpredictable
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181. Castigate - to chastise, correct by punishing
182. Castigation - severe punishment
183. Casual - happening by chance, careless
184. Catalyst - substance that causes speeding up
185. Caustic - biting, sarcastic
186. Censure - expression of blame or disapproval; a rebuke
187. Census - official counting of the population
188. Centurion - leader of a unit of 100 soldiers
189. Chary - cautious, wary
190. Chastened - corrected, punished
191. Chastisement - punishment
192. Chauvinist – a blindly devoted patriot
193. Chicanery - legal trickery/false argument
194. Chisel - steel tool for shaping materials
195. Churl - bad-tempered person
196. Cite - give as an example
197. Clamor - shout complain with a lot of noise
198. Cleanse - make pure, thoroughly clean
199. Clientele - customers
200. Clinch - come to grips/settle conclusively
201. Cling - to resist separation
202. Clot - half-solid lump formed from liquid
203. Cloture - closing, device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting
204. Coalescing - coming together and uniting into one substance
205. Coax - get somebody to do something by kindness
206. Coda - passage that completes a piece of music
207. Coddle - treat with care and tenderness
208. Coerce - compel to force to make obedient
209. Coeval - of the same period, coexisting
210. Cogent – strong convincing
211. Cogitate – think deeply, mediate
212. Cognition - knowing, awareness (emotionless)
213. Cognizant – being fully aware of
214. Coherent – sticking together
215. Colander - bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water
216. Collaborate - work in partnership
217. Collusion - secret agreement for a deceitful purpose
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218. Combustion - process of burning
219. Commemorate - keep the memory of
220. Commend - praise
221. Commendable - worthy of praise
222. Commingle - mingle together
223. Commodious - having plenty of space for what is needed
224. Commuter - person who travels regularly
225. Complacently – with self-satisfaction
226. Complaisance - tending to comply, obliging, willingness to please
227. Comply - act in accordance
228. Compound - mix or combine
229. Comprise - be composed of
230. Compunction - feeling of regret for one's action
231. Conceal - hide, keep secret
232. Conceit - over-high opinion of, too much pride
233. Conciliatory - reconciling, soothing, comforting, mollifying
234. Concord - agreement or harmony
235. Concur - agree in opinion, happen together
236. Condense - increase in density, strength, make laconic
237. Condone - forgive
238. Congeal - make or become stiff and solid
239. Conjoin – to join together
240. Connoisseur - a person with good judgment (e.g.. in art)
241. Connotation - suggestion in addition to
242. Consent - give agreement or permission
243. Consequential - pompous, self important
244. Consolation - consoling or being consoled
245. Console - give comfort or sympathy to
246. Conspicuous - easily seen; remarkable
247. Consternation - surprise and fear, dismay
248. Constrain - compel
249. Constrict - make tight or smaller
250. Consume - get to the end of
251. Consummate - perfect/make perfect/complete
252. Contemn - to scorn or despise
253. Contentious - argumentative, pugnacious, combative, quarrelsome
254. Contiguous - touching, neighboring, near
255. Contrite - filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing
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256. Contumacious - insubordinate, rebellious
257. Conundrum - a riddle, dilemma, enigma
258. Conviction - convincing; firm belief
259. Convoke - call together, summon
260. Convoluted - complicated; coiled, twisted
261. Cord - twisted strands
262. Cordial - warm and sincere
263. Cordon – line of police acting as a guard
264. Cornucopia - abundant supply
265. Corporeal - physical; of or for the body
266. Correlate - have a mutual relation
267. Corroboration - additional, strengthening evidence
268. Countenance to - favor or approve of
269. Counterfeit - forgery
270. Countervail - counterbalance
271. Covert - disguised
272. Covetous - eagerly desirous
273. Cower - crouch; shrink back
274. Coy – shy/modest (esp of a girl)
275. Crass - very great (es. stupidity)
276. Cravat - piece of linen worn as a necktie
277. Craven – cowardly
278. Crease - line made by crushing; white line on the ground in cricket
279. Credulity - too great a readiness to believe things
280. Credulous - ready to believe things
281. Crush - press, lose shape, subdue, overwhelm
282. Cryptic - secret, with a hidden meaning
283. Cumbersome - burdensome, heavy and awkward to carry
284. Curmudgeon - bad-tempered person
285. Curriculum - course of study
286. Cursory - quick, hurried
287. Curtail - make shorter then was planned
288. Cynic - person who see no good in anything
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290. Dainty - pretty/delicate(food)/difficult to please
291. Dart - quick movement; missile in darts
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292. Daunt - intimidate, make fearful
293. Dawdler - person who is slow; waste of time
294. Dearth - shortage
295. Debacle - a breakup, overthrow, sudden disaster
296. Decorous - polite, decent
297. Decorum - propriety, properness
298. Decree - order given by authority
299. Decry - disapprove of
300. Defer - postpone; give way (to show respect)
301. Deference - respect
302. Deferential - showing respect
303. Defiance - open disobedience or resistance
304. Deflect - turn aside
305. Defy - resist openly
306. Degrade - reduce in rank or status
307. Delineate - to portray, depict, sketch out
308. Deluge - great flood, heavy rush of water
309. Delusion - false belief
310. Demagogue - person appealing not to reasons
311. Demur - to hesitate, raise objections
312. Denigrate - blacken, belittle, sully, defame
313. Denouement - an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot
314. Denounce - give information against
315. Dent - hollow, depression mad by a blow
316. Deplete - use until none remains
317. Deposition - dethronement, depositing
318. Deprave - make morally bad; corrupt
319. Deprecate - protest against, express disapproval of
320. Dereliction - deserting and leaving to fall into ruins
321. Derision - ridicule, mockery, deriding
322. Derivative - unoriginal, obtained from another source
323. Derogatory - insulting; tending to damage
324. Descry - catch sight of, see something in the distance
325. Desiccant - substance used to absorb moisture
326. Desiccate - dry out all the moisture
327. Desuetude - cessation of use; disuse
328. Desultory - aimless, haphazard, digressing at random
329. Detach - separate
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330. Deter - discourage, hinder
331. Detraction - slandering, verbal attack, aspersion
332. Detumescence - diminishing or lessening of swelling
333. Deviance - being different in moral standards (from normal)
334. Dexterity - skill (esp. in handling)
335. Dexterous - clever, skillful with hands
336. Diaphanous - transparent, gauzy
337. Diatribe - bitter and violent attack in words
338. Dictate - order
339. Diffidence - shyness
340. Diffident - lacking in self-confidence
341. Dilate - speak comprehensively, become wider, large
342. Dilatory - causing delay, procrastinating
343. Din - loud noise that continues
344. Disabuse - to undeceive, correct a false impression
345. Disallow - refuse to allow or accept as a correct
346. Discern - see with an effort but clearly
347. Discomfit - to defeat, put down
348. Disconcert - upset the self-possession of
349. Discountenance - refuse to approve of
350. Discourse - speech, lecture,
351. Discredit - refuse to believe
352. Discreet - careful/prudent
353. Discrete - individually distinct
354. Disdain - look on with contempt
355. Disencumber - free from encumbrance
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356. Encumbrance - burden; things that get on the way of
357. Endearing - making dear or liked
358. Endemic - epidemic
359. Endorse - write one's name on the back of
360. Enduring - lasting
361. Enervate - weaken, deprive of strength, attenuate
362. Engender - cause, produce, give rise to
363. Engrave - impress deeply
364. Engrossing - taken up all the time or attention; writing in large or formal
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365. Engulf - swallow up
366. Enigma - something that is puzzling
367. Enmity - hatred; being an enemy
368. Enormity - excessive wickedness; evilness
369. Enormousness - great size
370. Ensign - flag/badge
371. Entangle - put into difficulties
372. Enthral - please greatly/enslave (fig)
373. Entice - tempt or persuade
374. Entreat - ask earnestly
375. Enunciate - pronounce (words)/express a theory
376. Enzyme - catalyst
377. Epicure – food lover, a connoisseur of food
378. Epicurean - devoted to pleasure (sensuous enjoyment)
379. Epistle – letter
380. Epithet – adjective
381. Epitome - brief summary; representative example; a typical model
382. Equable - steady, regular
383. Equanimity - calmness of temperament
384. Equilibrium - state of being balanced
385. Equipoise - equal distribution of weight; equilibrium
386. Equivocal - having a double or doubtful meaning; suspicious
387. Equivocate - try to deceive by equivocal language
388. Eradicate - get rid of; pull up by the roots
389. Erasure – erasing, removing all traces
390. Erode - wear away, eat into
391. Erratic - irregular in behaviour or opinion
392. Erudite - learned, scholarly
393. Escalate - increase, develop
394. Eschew - avoid
395. Esoteric - abstruse; intended only for a small circle of
396. Espouse - marry; give one's support to
397. Eulogy - formal praise; panegyric
398. Euphoria - elation; state of pleasant excitement
399. Euthanasia - easy and painless death
400. Evaluating - finding out the value
401. Evaporate - change into vapor, disappear, die
402. Evasive - tending to evade
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403. Evince - to show clearly, to indicate
404. Evoke - call up, bring out
405. Evolve - unfold, develop naturally and gradually
406. Excoriate - to flay, stip off the skin; to denounce sharply
407. Excoriation - severe criticism
408. Exculpate - to clear from a charge of guilt
409. Exert - thrust out, push forth
410. Exertion - instance of exerting
411. Exhaustive - complete, thorough
412. Exigency - emergency, an urgent situation
413. Exonerate - free; clear
414. Exoneration - set somebody clear, free (e.g.. from blame)
415. Exorbitant - much too high or great
416. Expatiate - to roam, wander freely
417. Expedient - likely to be useful for a purpose
418. Expiation - ending; expiring
419. Exploit – brilliant achievement; develop; use selfishly
420. Expostulate - argue earnestly to dissuade, correct, or protest
421. Expurgate - to remove obscenity, purify, censor
422. Exscind - to cut out, cut away
423. Extant - still in existence
424. Extempore - without previous thought or preparation
425. Extensive - far-reaching
426. Extenuate - reduce the strength of, lessen seriousness, partially excuse
427. Extinct - no longer active
428. Extinguish - end the existence of/wipe or put out
429. Extirpate - to destroy, exterminate, cut out, exscind
430. Extol - praise highly
431. Extort - obtain by threats, violence
432. Extralegal - outside the law
433. Extricable – that can be freed
434. Extrovert - cheerful person
435. Exuberance - state of growing vigorously; being full of life
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437. Facetious - humorous, funny, jocular
438. Facile - easily done
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439. Facilitate - make easy (e.g.. a process of smth)
440. Fallacious - based on error
441. Fallacy - false or mistaken belief
442. Falter - waver/move in an uncertain manner
443. Fatuous - without sense, foolish self-satisfaction
444. Faucet - device for controlling the outflow of a liquid
445. Fawn - young deer, try to win somebody's favor
446. Feckless - lacking purpose or vitality; ineffective; careless
447. Fecund - fertile
448. Feint - pretend
449. Felicitous - apt; suitably expressed, well chosen, apropos
450. Felon - person guilty of murder
451. Ferment - substance; become excited
452. Ferocity - savage cruelty
453. Ferret - discover by searching; search
454. Fertile - producing much, full of ideas
455. Fertilize - make fertile or productive
456. Fervid - showing earnest feeling
457. Fervor - warmth of feelings; earnestness
458. Fetid - stinking
459. Fetter - to shackle, put in chains
460. Feud - bitter quarrel over a long period of time
461. Fidelity - loyalty, accuracy
462. Fidget - move restlessly, make nervous
463. Figurehead – carved image on the prow of a ship
464. Finesse - delicate way of dealing with a situation
465. Finical - too fussy about food, clothing, etc.
466. Finicky - finical
467. Finite - limited, having bounds
468. Fission - splitting or division (esp. of cells)
469. Fix at - stare at
470. Flak - criticism/anti-aircraft guns
471. Flamboyant - brightly colored, florid
472. Flammable - having tendency to burst into flames
473. Flaunting - show off complacently
474. Flaw - crack, lessen value
475. Flax - pale yellow (hair); a plant
476. Fledged - able to fly, trained, experienced
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477. Fleet – number of ships, quick-moving
478. Fleeting - passing quickly
479. Flexibility - easily bent without braking
480. Flinch - draw, move back, wince
481. Flop - fail/move/fall clumsily
482. Florid - very much ornamented; naturally red (e.g.. of face)
483. Floridness - ruddiness; heavily decorated; ornateness
484. Flout - reject, mock, to go against (as in going against tradition)
485. Fluke - lucky stroke
486. Fluster – make nervous or confused
487. Foible - defect of character (a person is wrongly proud)
488. Foil - prevent from carrying out; contrast
489. Foment - put something warm (to lessen the pain)
490. Foolproof - incapable of failure or error
491. Foppish - like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes
492. Forage - food for horses and cattle
493. Forbear - refrain from, be patient; ancestor
494. Forbearance - patience, willingness to wait
495. Ford - shallow place in a river (to cross)
496. Forestall - prevent by taking action in advance, preempt
497. Forethought - foresight, planned in advance
498. Forfeit – suffer the loss of something
499. Forge - workshop for the shaping of metal; to shape metal; lead
500. Forgery - counterfeit
501. Forswear - renounce, disallow, repudiate
502. Fortify - strengthen
503. Fortuitous - happening by chance
504. Foster - nurture, care for
505. Fracas – noisy quarrel
506. Fragile - easily injured, broken or destroyed
507. Fragrant - sweet-smelling
508. Franchise - special right given by authority
509. Frantic - wildly excited with joy, pain, anxiety
510. Frenetic - frantic, frenzied
511. Fret - worry; irritation; wear away
512. Friction - the rubbing of one thing against another, difference of opinion
513. Fringe - edge; ornamental border; part of hair over the forehead
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514. Froward - intractable, not willing to yield or comply, stubborn
515. Frugal - careful, economical
516. Fulminate - berate, vituperate, to thunder out, to explode
517. Fulmination - bitter protest
518. Fulsome - disgusting, offensive due to excessiveness
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519. Gainsay - to deny, declare false, to oppose
520. Gambol - quick, playful jumping
521. Garble - make unfair selection from facts
522. Garment - article of clothing
523. Garner - to gather and save; to store up
524. Garrulity - talkativeness
525. Garrulous – too talkative
526. Gaucherie - socially awkward, tactless behavior
527. Germane - relevant; pertinent to
528. Gist - the point, general sense
529. Glean - gather facts in small quantities
530. Glib - ready and smooth but not sincere
531. Glimmer - weak/unsteady light
532. Gloat - over look at with selfish delight
533. Glut - supply to much, fill to excess
534. Gnaw - waste away; bite steadily
535. Goad - something urging a person to action
536. Gorge - eat greedily/narrow opening with a stream
537. Gossamer - soft light, delicate material
538. Gouge - tool for cutting grooves in wood
539. Grace – favor
540. Grandiloquent - using pompous words
541. Grave - serious, requiring consideration
542. Graze - touch or scrape lightly in passing
543. Gregarious - living in societies; liking the company
544. Grievance - cause for complaint or protest
545. Grievous - causing grief or pain; serious, dire, grave
546. Grimace - twisted expression of a face
547. Grind - crush, polish
548. Grooves - long channel in the surface, habitual way of living
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549. Grovel - crawl, humble oneself
550. Guile - deceit, cunning
551. Guileless - straight-forward, candid
552. Gull - cheat, deceive
553. Gullible - easily gulled
554. Gush - burst out suddenly/talk ardently
555. Gust - outburst of feeling; sudden rain, wind, fire, etc.
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556. Hack - cut roughly; hired horse
557. Halcyon - calm and peaceful
558. Hallow - to make holy; consecrate
559. Hamper - basket with a lid, prevent free movement or activity
560. Hapless - unlucky, unfortunate
561. Harangue - a long, passionate speech
562. Harbinger - something or somebody that foretells the coming
563. Harrow - to distress, create stress or torment
564. Harsh - rough, cruel, stern
565. Haughty - arrogant; conceited
566. Haven – harbor, safety place
567. Heed - attention/give notice to
568. Heinous - odious (of crime)
569. Heresy - belief contrary to what is generally accepted
570. Hermetic - sealed by fusion
571. Heterogeneous - made up of different kinds
572. Hew - make by hard work; cut (by striking)
573. Highbrow - (person) with superior tastes
574. Hirsute - hairy, shaggy
575. Hoax - mischievous trick played on somebody for a joke
576. Hoipolloi - the masses; the rabble
577. Hollow - not soled, with hole
578. Holster - leather case for a pistol
579. Homiletics - act of preaching
580. Hone - stone used for sharpening tools
581. Hoodwink - trick, mislead
582. Hospitable - liking to give hospitality
583. Hubris - arrogant pride
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584. Hurdle - light frame, fence to be jumped over
585. Hush - make or become silent
586. Husk - worthless outside part of anything
587. Hypocrisy - falsely making oneself appear to be good
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588. Iconoclast - person who attacks popular beliefs
589. Iconoclastic - attacking cherished beliefs
590. Idiosyncrasy - personal mannerism
591. Idolatrous - worshipping idols \
592. Idolatry - excessive admiration of
593. Ignoble - dishonorable, common, undignified
594. Ignominious - shameful, dishonorable, undignified, disgraceful
595. Illicit - unlawful, forbidden
596. Illusory - deceptive; an illusion
597. Imbroglio - complicated and embarrassing situation
598. Immaculate - pure, faultless
599. Immerse - absorb; put under the surface of
600. Imminent - likely to come or happen soon
601. Immutable - that cannot be changed
602. Impair - worsen, diminish in value
603. Impaired - damaged, weakened
604. Impassive - unmoved; feeling no sign of passion
605. Impecunious - having little or no money
606. Impede - hinder; get in the way of
607. Impediment - something that hinders (e.g. stammer)
608. Impending - imminent, being about to happen, expected
609. Imperative - urgent, essential
610. Imperious - commanding, haughty, arrogant
611. Impermeable – that cannot be permeated
612. Imperturbable - calm; not capable of being excited
613. Impervious - not allowing to pass through (of materials)
614. Imperviousness - arrogance, commanding presence, over bearingness
615. Impetuous - having sudden energy, impulsive, thrusting ahead, forceful
616. Impiety - lack of reverence or dutifulness
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617. Implacable - incapable of being placated, unpleasable
618. Implausibility – incredibility
619. Implicate - show that somebody has a share
620. Implicit - implied though not plainly expressed
621. Implosion - collapse; bursting inward
622. Imply - make a suggestion
623. Importune - beg urgently; solicit (of a prostitute)
624. Imprecation - an invocation of evil; a curse
625. Impromptu - without preparation
626. Impudence - being rash, indiscreet
627. Impudent - rash, indiscreet
628. Impugned - challenged, to be doubted
629. Impute - to attribute to a cause or source, ascribe
630. Inadvertent - done thoughtlessly
631. Inane - silly, senseless
632. Inasmuch - since, because
633. Incense - make angry
634. Incessant - often repeated, continual
635. Inchoate -not yet fully formed, rudimentary, elementary
636. Incipient - beginning
637. Incise - engrave, make a cut in
638. Incite – stir up, rouse
639. Inclined - directing the mind in a certain direction
640. Incoherently - not consistently, unclearly
641. Incongruous - out of place, not in harmony or agreement
642. Incorrigibility - cannot be cured or corrected
643. Incredulous - skeptical, unwilling to believe
644. Inculcate - fix firmly by repetition
645. Incumbents - official duties
646. Incursion - a raid, a sudden attack
647. Indefatigability - not easily exhaustible; tirelessness
648. Indelible - that cannot be rubbed out
649. Indelicate - immodest; lacking in refinement
650. Indigence - poverty
651. Indigenous - native
652. Indistinct - not easily heard, seen, clearly marked
653. Indolence - laziness
654. Indomitable - not easily discouraged or subdued
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655. Indulge - gratify, give way to, satisfy; allow oneself
656. Indulgent - inclined to indulge
657. Ineffable – to great to be described in words
658. Ineluctable - certain, inevitable
659. Inept - unskillful; said or done at the wrong time
660. Ineptitude - quality of being unskillful
661. Inferno - hell
662. Infertile - not fertile, barren
663. Inflame - become red, angry
664. Inflammatory - tending to inflame
665. Infuriate - fill with fury or rage
666. Infuse - put, pour, fill
667. Ingenuous - naive, young, artless, frank, honest, sincere
668. Ingest - take in by swallowing
669. Inherent - existing as a natural part
670. Inhibit - hinder, restrain
671. Inimical - harmful or friendly
672. Inimitable - defying imitation, unmatchable
673. Innocuous - causing no harm
674. Inscrutable - incapable of being discovered or understood
675. Insensible - unconscious, unresponsive, unaffected
676. Insinuate - suggest unpleasantly; make a way for something gently
677. Insipid -without taste or flavor
678. Insouciant - unconcerned, carefree
679. Insularity - narrow-mindedness, isolated
680. Insurrection - rising of people to open resistance to
681. Interdict - prohibit, forbid
682. Interim - as an installment
683. Intersperse - place here and there
684. Intervene - come between; interfere to change the result
685. Intractable - unruly, refractory, stubborn
686. Intransigence - unwillingness to compromise, stubbornness,
intractability
687. Intransigent - uncompromising
688. Intrepid – fearless, brave, undaunted
689. Introspection - examining one's own thoughts and feelings
690. Inundate - flood; cover by overflowing
691. Inured - accustomed to, adapted
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692. Invective - abusive language, curses
693. Inveigh - to attack verbally, denounce, deprecate
694. Inveterate - deep-rooted. long-established
695. Invincible - too strong to be defeated
696. Involute - complex
697. Irascible - irritable, easily angered
698. Irate - angry
699. Ire - anger
700. Irksome – tiresome
701. Irrelevant - not relevant, not connected
702. Irresolute - hesitating; undecided
703. Irrevocable - final and unalterable
704. Itinerary - plan for a journey, details or records of a route
705. Itinerate - to travel from place to place, to peregrinate
J
706. Jabber -talk excitedly; utter rapidly
707. Jeopardize - put in danger
708. Jibe - gibe, make fun of
709. Jocular - meant as a joke
710. Judicious - sound in judgment; wise
K
711. Knit - draw together, unite firmly
L
712. Labyrinthine - to entangle the state of affairs
713. Lachrymose - causing tears, tearful
714. Lackluster - (of eyes) dull, without bright
715. Laconic - brief, to the point, terse
716. Lag - go too slow
717. Lament - show, feel great sorrow
718. Lassitude - weariness, tiredness
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719. Latent - present but not yet active, developed or visible
720. Laudatory - expressing or giving praise
721. Lavish - giving or producing freely, liberally or generously
722. Leakage - the process of leaking
723. Legacy - something handed down from ancestors
724. Levee - formal reception/embankment
725. Levity - lack of seriousness
726. Libel - statement that damages reputation
727. Liberality - free giving; generosity
728. Libertine - immoral person
729. Lien - legal claim until a debt on it is repaid
730. Limn - paint, portray
731. Limp - lacking strength, walking unevenly
732. Lionize - treat as a famous person
733. Lithe - bending, twisting
734. Loll - rest, to sit or stand in a lazy way; hang (dog's tongue)
735. Lope - move along with long strides
736. Loquacious - talkative, garrulous
737. Lubricant - substance that makes work easier
738. Lubricate - put oil to make work easily
739. Lubricious - lewd, wanton, greasy, slippery
740. Lucubrate - write in scholarly fashion
741. Luculent - easily understood, lucid, clear
742. Lugubrious - mournful, excessively sad
743. Lull - become quiet or less active
744. Lumber - move in a clumsy/noisy way
745. Luminary - star, light-giving body
746. Lurk - be out of view ready to attack
747. Lustrous - being bright, polished
M
748. Macabre - gruesome, suggesting death
749. Macerate - make or become soft by soaking in water
750. Machination - plot, scheme (esp. evil)
751. Maladroit - tactless, clumsy
752. Malapropism - misuse of a word (for one that resembles it)
753. Malevolence - wishing to do evil
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754. Malign - injurious, speak ill of somebody, tell lie
755. Malinger - to fake illness or injury, in order to shirk a duty
756. Malleable - yielding; easily shaped; moldable; adapting
757. Manacle - chains for the hands or feet
758. Martial - brave, of associated with war
759. Massacre - cruel killing of a large number of people
760. Matriculation - be admitted, enter a university as a student
761. Mature - come to full development, to a state ready for use
762. Maudlin - sentimental in a silly or tearful way
763. Maul - hurt by rough handling
764. Maverick – rebel, nonconformist
765. Mellifluous - sweetly flowing
766. Mendacious - false
767. Mendacity - dishonesty
768. Mendicant - a beggar
769. Mercurial - quick, changeable in character, fleeting
770. Meretricious - attractive on the surface but of little value
771. Mesmerize - hypnotize
772. Meticulous - giving great attention to details
773. Mettle - quality of endurance or courage
774. Mettlesome - courageous, high-spirited
775. Middling -fairly good but not very good
776. Minatory - menacing, threatening
777. Mince - pronounce or speak affectedly, euphemize
778. Misanthrope - person who hates mankind
779. Mischievous - harmful, causing mischief
780. Miser - person who loves wealth and spends little
781. Misogynist - one who hates women/females
782. Missile - something that is thrown or shot
783. Mitigate - make less severe or painful
784. Moderation - quality of being limited, not extreme
785. Mollify - make calmer or quieter
786. Molt - moult, lose hair, feathers before new growing
787. Morbid - diseased, unhealthy (e.g.. about ideas)
788. Morose - ill-tempered, unsociable
789. Mortuary - place where dead bodies are taken to be kept until burial
790. Muffler - cloth worn round the neck/silencer
791. Multifarious - varied, motley, greatly diversified
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792. Mundane - worldly as opposed to spiritual; commonplace, everyday
793. Myriad - very great number
N
794. Nadir -lowest, weakest point
795. Nascent - coming into existence, emerging
796. Nebulous - cloud-like; hazy; vague; indistinct
797. Negligent - taking too little care
798. Neophyte - person who has been converted to a belief
799. Nexus - a connection, tie, or link
800. Nibble - show some inclination to accept (an offer)
801. Nice - precise, sensitive to subtleness
802. Noisome - offensive, disgusting (smell)
803. Nonchalant - not having interest
804. Nonplused - greatly surprised
805. Nostrum - a quack remedy, an untested cure
806. Notion - nominal, token
807. Noxious - harmful
808. Nugatory – trifling/worthless
809. Nullify - make void and null
810. Numb – without ability to feel or move
811. Numbness - without ability to move a finger
O
812. Obdurate - hardened and unrepenting; stubborn, inflexible
813. Obfuscate - to darken, make obscure, muddle
814. Oblivious - unaware, having no memory
815. Obloquy - abusively detractive language, sharp criticism, vituperation
816. Obsequious - too eager to obey or serve
817. Obsolete - no longer used
818. Obstreperous - noisy, loud
819. Obtain - to be established, accepted, or customary
820. Obtrusive - projecting, prominent, undesirably noticeable
821. Obtuse - blunt/stupid
822. Obviate – to make unnecessary, get rid of
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823. Occluded - blocked up
824. Occult - hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension
825. Odious - repulsive, hateful
826. Odium - contempt, dislike, aversion
827. Odor - smell; favor; reputation
828. Officious - too eager or ready to help, offer advice
829. Ominous - threatening
830. Opaqueness - dullness/not allowing light to pass through
831. Opprobrious - showing scorn or reproach
832. Ossify - to turn to bone; to settle rigidly into an idea
833. Ostensible - seeming, appearing as such, professed
834. Ostentation - display to obtain admiration or envy
835. Ostentatious - fond of showing ostentation
836. Ostracism - shut out from society, refuse to meet, talk
837. Ostrich - fast-running bird unable to fly
838. Outset - start
839. Overhaul - examine thoroughly to learn about the condition
840. Overweening - presumptuously arrogant, overbearing, immoderate, being a jerk
841. Overwhelm - weigh down, submerge
P
842. Paean - song of praise or triumph
843. Palate - roof of the mouth; sense of taste
844. Palatial - magnificent
845. Palliate - to make something appear less serious, to alleviate, to gloss over
846. Palpability - can be felt, touched, understood
847. Palpitate - tremble, beat rapidly and irregularly
848. Pan - flat/zoom
849. Panegyric - formal praise, eulogy
850. Paradigm - a model, example, or pattern
851. Parenthesis - sentence within another one, something separated
852. Pariah - an outcast, a rejected and despised person
853. Parsimonious - too economical, miserly
854. Partisan - one-sided, committed to a party, biased or prejudiced
855. Patron - regular customer; person who gives support
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856. Paucity - scarcity, a lacking of
857. Peccadillo - small sin; small weakness in one's character
858. Pedantic - bookish, showing off learning
859. Pedestrian - commonplace, trite, unremarkable
860. Pellucid - transparent, easy to understand
861. Penchant - strong inclination, a liking
862. Penitent - feeling or showing regret
863. Penurious - poor/stingy
864. Penury - extreme poverty
865. Peregrination - traveling about, wandering
866. Peremptory - urgent, imperative, unchallengeable, ending debate
867. Perennial - lasting for a long time (e.g.. a year)
868. Perfidious - treacherous, faithless
869. Perfidy - treachery; breaking of faith
870. Perfunctory - done as a duty without care
871. Perilous - dangerous
872. Peripatetic - wandering
873. Perish - be destroyed; decay
874. Perjury - willful false statement, unlawful act
875. Permeate - spread into every part of
876. Pernicious - harmful, injurious
877. Perpetrate - be guilty; commit (a crime)
878. Persevere - keep on steadily, continue
879. Personable - pleasing in appearance, attractive
880. Perspicacity - quick judging and understanding
881. Pertain - belong as a part, have reference
882. Pest - destructive thing or a person who is nuisance
883. Petrified - taken away power (to think, feel, act)
884. Petrify - to make hard, rocklike
885. Petrous - like a rock, hard, stony
886. Petulant - unreasonably impatient
887. Philistine - a smug ignorant person; one who lacks knowledge
888. Phlegmatic - calm, sluggish temperament; unemotional
889. Picaresque - involving clever rogues or adventurers
890. Pied - of mixed colors
891. Pinch - be too tight, take between the thumb and finger
892. Pine - waste away through sorrow or illness
893. Pious - dutiful to parents; devoted to religion
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894. Piquant - agreeably pungent, stimulating
895. Pique - hurt the pride or self-respect, stir (curiosity)
896. Pitfall - covered hole as a trap, unsuspected danger
897. Pith - essential part, force, soft liquid substance
898. Pivotal - of great importance (others depend on it)
899. Placate - soothe, pacify, calm
900. Plaintive - mournful, melancholy, sorrowful
901. Plaque - flat metal on a wall as a memorial
902. Platitude - a trite or banal statement; unoriginality
903. Plea - request
904. Plead - address a court of law as an advocate
905. Plethora – glut
906. Pliant - pliable, easily bent, shaped or twisted
907. Plod - continue doing something without resting
908. Pluck - pull the feathers off, pick (e.g.. flowers)
909. Plumb - get to the root of
910. Plummet - fall, plunge, steeply
911. Plunge - move quickly, suddenly and with force
912. Poignant - deeply moving; keen
913. Poise - be ready, be balanced, self-possession
914. Polemical - controversial, argued
915. Poncho - large piece of cloth
916. Ponderous - heavy, bulky, dull
917. Portent - omen; marvelous; threatening
918. Poseur - someone taking on airs to impress others; a phony
919. Posture - state, attitude; adopt a vain
920. Poverty - state of being poor
921. Pragmatic - practical, favoring utility
922. Precarious - uncertain, risky, dangerous
923. Precept - moral instruction
924. Precepts - rules establishing standards of conduct
925. Precipitate - throw something violently down from a height
926. Preclude - prevent, make impossible
927. Precursory - preliminary, anticipating
928. Predilection - special liking, mental preference
929. Predominate - have more power than others
930. Preempt - obtain by preemption or in advance
931. Preen - tidy/show self-satisfaction
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932. Premature - doing or happening something before the right time
933. Preponderance - greatness in number, strength, weight
934. Presage - warning sign
935. Presumption - arrogance
936. Preternatural - not normal or usual
937. Prevalent - common
938. Prevaricate - to equivocate, to stray from the truth
939. Prim - neat; formal
940. Pristine - primitive, unspoiled, pure, as in earlier times unadulterated
941. Probity - uprightness, incorruptibility, principle
942. Proclivity - inclination
943. Procrast - ination keeping on putting off
944. Prodigal - wasteful, reckless with money
945. Prodigious - enormous, wonderful
946. Profane - worldly, having contempt for God
947. Profligacy - shameless immorality
948. Profligate - wasteful, prodigal, licentious, extravagant
949. Profundity - depth
950. Profuse - abundant/lavish
951. Proliferate - grow, reproduce by rapid multiplication
952. Prolix - tiring because too long
953. Prone - prostrate; inclined to (undesirable things)
954. Propagation - increasing the number, spreading, extending
955. Propinquity - nearness in time or place, affinity of nature
956. Propitiate - do something to take away the anger of
957. Propitiatory - conciliatory, appeasing, mitigating
958. Propitious - auspicious, presenting favorable circumstances
959. Prosaic - everyday, mundane, commonplace, trite, pedestrian
960. Proscribe - denounce as dangerous
961. Protracted – prolonged
962. Provident - frugal; looking to the future
963. Provisional - of the present time only
964. Provoke - make angry; vax
965. Prudence - careful forethought
966. Prudish - easily shocked, excessively modest
967. Prune - dried plum, silly person
968. Pry - get smth; inquire too curiously
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969. Pucker - wrinkle
970. Pugnacious - fond of, in the habit of fighting
971. Puissance - strength
972. Punch - strike with the fist; tool for cutting holes; alc. drink
973. Punctilious – precise, paying attention to trivialities
974. Pundit - pedant, authority on a subject
975. Pungency - sharpness; stinging quality
976. Purvey - provide, supply
977. Pusillanimous – cowardly, craven
978. Putrefaction - becoming rotten
979. Pyre - large pile of wood for burning
Q
980. Quack - person dishonestly claiming to smth
981. Quaff - drink deeply
982. Quail - lose courage, turn frightened
983. Qualm - feeling of doubt, temporary feeling of sickness
984. Quandary - state of doubt or perplexity
985. Quell - suppress, subdue
986. Quibble - try to avoid by sophistication
987. Quiescence - state of being passive/motionless
988. Quiescent - at rest, dormant, torpid
989. Quirk - habit or action peculiar to somebody or smth
990. Quixotic - generous, unselfish
991. Quotidian - banal; everyday
R
992. Rabble -mob, crowd; the lower classes of populace
993. Raconteur - person who tells anecdotes
994. Radiant - bright, shining
995. Raffish - low, vulgar, base, tawdry
996. Rail at - find fault, utter reproaches
997. Ramify - to be divided or subdivided; to branch out
998. Rancorous - feeling bitterness, spitefulness
999. Rant - use extravagant language
1000. Rapacious - greedy (especially for money)
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1001. Rarefy - to make thin, to make less dense, to purify or refine
1002. Rave - act with excessive enthusiasm
1003. Reactionary - opposing progress
1004. Rebuff - snub
1005. Recalcitrant - disobedient
1006. Recant - take back as being false; give up
1007. Recast - cast or fashion anew
1008. Recidivism - relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior
1009. Reciprocity - granting of privileges in return for similar
1010. Recital - performance of music
1011. Recluse - person who lives alone and avoids people
1012. Recompense - make payment to; reward, punish
1013. Reconcile - settle a quarrel; restore peace
1014. Recondite - little known; abstruse
1015. Recourse - something turned to for help
1016. Recreancy - cowardice, a cowardly giving up
1017. Recuperate - become strong after illness, loss, exhaustion
1018. Redeem - get back by payment; compensate
1019. Redemptive - serving to redeem
1020. Redoubtable - formidable, causing fear
1021. Refine - make or become pure, cultural
1022. Refractory - stubborn, unmanageable, intractable
1023. Refulgent - shining, brilliant
1024. Regale - to delight or entertain; to feast
1025. Regicide - crime of killing a king
1026. Reiterate - say or do again several times
1027. Rejuvenation - becoming young in nature or appearance
1028. Relapse -fall back again
1029. Relinquish - give up
1030. Reluctant - unwilling or disinclined
1031. Remonstrate - to protest, object
1032. Render - deliver, provide, represent
1033. Renovate - restore something to better condition
1034. Renowned - celebrated, famous
1035. Rent - regular payment for the use of smth, division or split
1036. Repast - meal
1037. Repel - refuse to accept/cause dislike
1038. Repine at – be discontented with
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1039. Reproach - scold, upbraid
1040. Reprobate - person hardened in sin; one devoid of decency
1041. Repudiate - disown, refuse to accept or pay
1042. Repulsive - causing a feeling of disgust
1043. Requite - repay, give in return
1044. Rescind - repeal/annul/cancel
1045. Resigned - unresisting, submissive
1046. Resilience - quality of quickly recovering the original shape
1047. Resolve - determine
1048. Resort to - frequently visit
1049. Restive - refusing to move; reluctant to be controlled
1050. Resurrect - bring back into use
1051. Resuscitation - coming back to consciousness
1052. Retard - check, hinder
1053. Reticent - reserved, untalkative, silent, taciturn
1054. Revere - have deep respect for
1055. Reverent - feeling or showing deep respect
1056. Riddle - puzzling person or thing
1057. Rift - split, crack, dissension
1058. Rivet - fix, take up, secure; metal pin
1059. Roll call - calling of names
1060. Rope - thick strong cord made by twisting
1061. Rotund - rich and deep; plump and round
1062. Rubric - heading, title, or category
1063. Ruffian - violent, cruel man
1064. Rumple - make rough
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1065. Sagacious - having sound judgment; perceptive, wise; like a sage
1066. Salacious - obscene
1067. Salient - prominent, protruding, conspicuous, highly relevant
1068. Salubrious - healthful
1069. Salutary - remedial, wholesome, causing improvement
1070. Sanctimony - Self-righteousness, hypocritical, with false piety
1071. Sanction - approval (by authority); penalty
1072. Sanguine - cheerful, confident, optimistic
1073. Sanity - health of mind; soundness of judgement
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1074. Sap - weaken
1075. Sash - long strip worn round the waist
1076. Sate - satiate
1077. Satiate - satisfy fully
1078. Saturnine - gloomy, dark, sullen, morose
1079. Savant - person of great learning
1080. Savor - taste, flavor smth
1081. Sawdust - tiny bits of wood
1082. Scabbards - heath for the blade
1083. Scent - smell (especially pleasant)
1084. Scorch - become discolored/dry up/go at high speed
1085. Scribble - write hastily
1086. Scurvy - mean, contemptible
1087. Seal - piece of wax, lead, etc stamped on the document
1088. Secular - material (not spiritual); living outside monasteries
1089. Sedulous - persevering
1090. Seminal - like a seed; constituting a source, originative
1091. Sententious - short and pithy, full of maxims/proverbs
1092. Sequence - succession, connected line of
1093. Sere - make hard and without feeling/mouldy flower.
1094. Sermon - reproving a person for his faults
1095. Serrated - having a toothed edge
1096. Serration - having a toothed edge
1097. Servile - like a slave, lacking independence
1098. Sever - break off
1099. Severance - severing
1100. Shaft - arrow or spear, something long and narrow
1101. Shallow - little depth; not earnest
1102. Shard - piece of broken earthenware
1103. Sheath - cover for the blade of a weapon or a tool
1104. Shove - push
1105. Shrewd - astute; showing sound judgement
1106. Shrill - sharp, piercing
1107. Shun - keep away from; avoid
1108. Shunt - send from one track to another; lay aside; evade discussion
1109. Sidestep - step to one side
1110. Simper - (give a) silly/self-conscious smile
1111. Sinuous - winding, undulating, serpentine
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1112. Skiff - small boat
1113. Skit - short piece of humorous writing
1114. Slack - sluggish; dull; not tight
1115. Slake - to assuage, to satisfy, allay
1116. Slate - king of blue-grey stone; propose; criticize
1117. Sluggard - lazy, slow-moving person
1118. Slur - join sounds/words (indistinct)
IMPORTANT CSS VOCABULARY
1. Aberration – straying away from what is normal
2. Abeyance - suspended action
3. Abhor - to hate, to detest
4. Abide - be faithful to; endure
5. Abjure - promise or swear, to give up
6. Abet - help/encourage somebody (in doing wrong)
7. Abraded - rubbed off, worn away by friction
8. Abrasion - rubbing, scraping, wearing off
9. Abrogate - repeal or annul by authority
10. Abscond - to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest)
11. Abstruse - difficult to comprehend; obscure
12. Abundant - plentiful
13. Abut - border on
14. Abysmal - bottomless, extreme
15. Acarpous - effete, no longer fertile, worn out
16. Accentuate - give more force or attention to
17. Acclaimed - welcomed with shouts and approval
18. Accolade - praise, approval
19. Accretion - the growing of separate things into one
20. Acquiesce in - agree (without protest)
21. Acquisition - something acquired, acquiring
22. Adamant - kind of stone; inflexible
23. Adhere - remain faithful, stick fast to
24. Adhesion - adhering, support
25. Adjacent - lying near, next
26. Admonitory - containing warning
27. Adorn - add beauty; decorate
28. Adulteration - making unpure, poorer in quality
29. Affable - polite and friendly
30. Affinity - close connection, relationship
31. Aggravate - make worse; irritate
32. Agile - active, quick-moving
33. Agog - eager/excited
34. Ail - trouble; be ill
35. Alacrity - eager and cheerful readiness
THE CSS POINT 3
36. Alcove - recess/partially enclosed place
37. Alienate - estrange
38. Allegiance - duty, support, loyalty
39. Alleviate - make (pain) easier to bear
40. Alloy - to debase by mixing with something inferior
41. Aloof - reserved, indifferent
42. Amalgamate - mix, combine, unite societies
43. Ambidextrous - able to use the left hand or the right equally well
44. Ambiguous - doubtful, uncertain
45. Ambivalent - having both of two contrary meanings
46. Ameliorate - improve, make better
47. Amendment - improving
48. Amicable - friendly
49. Amortize - end (a debt) by setting aside money
50. Amplify - make large or fuller, increase the strength
51. Anguish - severe suffering
52. Animosity - strong dislike
53. Annul - put an end to
54. Anticlimax - sudden fall
55. Antidote - medicine used against a poison or a disease
56. Antithetical - direct opposing
57. Apartheid - brutal racial discrimination
58. Apathetic - indifference
59. Aplomb - self-confidence
60. Apostate - one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
61. Apotheosis - deification, glorification to godliness
62. Appease - make quiet or calm
63. Apprehensive - grasping, understanding; fear, unhappy feeling about future
64. Apprise - give notice to, inform
65. Approbation - approval
66. Appropriate - take for one's own use, acquire, set aside
67. Apropos - appropriate to the situation; apt
68. Apt - well-suited, quick-witted
69. Arabesque - whimsical
70. Arbitrate - decide by arbitration
71. Arboreal - of connected with trees
72. Ardently - with full of ardor
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73. Ardor - enthusiasm
74. Arduous - steep, difficult ascent; laborious
75. Argot - jargon, slang
76. Arrant - in the highest degree
77. Arrogance - proud, superior manner of behaviour
78. Articulate - speak distinctly, connect by joints
79. Ascend - go or come up
80. Ascent - the act of ascending
81. Ascertain - get to know
82. Ascetic - practicing self-denial, austere, stark
83. Ascribe - consider to be the origin of or belonging to
84. Aseptic - surgically clean
85. Asperity - roughness, harshness, ill temper, irritability
86. Aspersion - slander
87. Assail with - attack violently
88. Asset - valuable quality, something that has money value
89. Assiduous - diligent, hard-working, sedulous
90. Assuage - make something (pain, desire) less
91. Assumption - something supposed but not proved
92. Asterisk - the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters)
93. Astringent - substance that shrinks
94. Astute - clever; quick at seeing to get an advantage
95. Atonement - repayment; death of Jesus
96. Attenuate - make thin. weaken, enervate
97. Attune - bring into harmony
98. Audacious - daring, foolishly bold, impudent
99. Augury - omen, sign
100. August - majestic, venerable
101. Auspice - protection or support, patronage
102. Auspicious - favorable, successful, prosperous
103. Austere - severely moral and strict; simple and plain
104. Auxiliary - helping, supporting
105. Aver - affirm, assert, prove, justify
106. Aversion - strong dislike
107. Avid - eager, greedy
108. Avow - admit. Declare openly
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109. Babble - talk in a way that is difficult to understand
110. Baleful - harmful, ominous, causing evil
111. Balk - obstacle; purposely to get on the way of
112. Balloon - swell out like balloon
113. Balm - sweet-smelling oil; consolation
114. Banal - uninteresting
115. Band - flat, thin strip of material; range of frequencies
116. Bane - cause of injury, poison, source of harm
117. Baneful - causing harm or ruin, pernicious, destructive
118. Barrage - artificial obstacle built across a river
119. Barren - not good enough, unable to have young ones, without value
120. Bask in - enjoy warmth and light
121. Bazaar - market
122. Be irreconcilable - cannot be brought into harmony
123. Beatify - to bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to
124. Bedizen - to adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner
125. Belabor - beat hard
126. Belie - contradict, give a false impression
127. Belittle - cause to seem unimportant
128. Bellicose - belligerent, pugnacious, warlike
129. Belligerent - (person, nation) waging war
130. Belligerently - waging war
131. Bend - cause something to be out of a straight line
132. Benefactor - person who has given help
133. Benevolence - wish or activity in doing good
134. Benign - kind and gentle; mild (climate)
135. Bequest - arrangement to give something at death
136. Berate - scold sharply
137. Bereft - rob or dispossess of something (material)
138. Bewilder - puzzle, confuse
139. Biased - prejudice
140. Bigot - stubborn, narrow-minded person
141. Bilge - bulge, the protuberance of a cask
142. Blandishment - flattery, coaxing
143. Blandness - polite manner, comforting, uninteresting
144. Blatant - noisy and rough
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145. Blithe - gay and joyous
146. Blueprint – plan, scheme, photographic print
147. Blunt - plain, not troubling to be polite
148. Boggle - be alarmed, hesitate, amazed
149. Bogus - sham, counterfeit, not genuine
150. Boisterous - loud, noisy, rough, lacking restraint
151. Bolster - give greatly needed support
152. Boor - ill-mannered person
153. Boorish - crude, offensive, rude
154. Braid - strands of hair woven together, something edging sloth
155. Brash - hasty, rush; cheeky, saucy
156. Brass - yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc)
157. Brazen - made of brass
158. Breach - opening broken place, breaking
159. Brigant - brigand, bandit
160. Brisk - active, lively
161. Brisket - breast of an animal
162. Brittle - easily broken
163. Broach - bring up, announce, begin to talk about
164. Brook - to tolerate, endure
165. Buoyant - able to float; light-hearted
166. Burgeon - grow forth, send out buds
167. Burnish - to polish, rub to a shine
168. Bust - run out of money
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169. Cabal - a scheme or plot, a group of plotters
170. Cadge - to beg, to get by begging
171. Cajolers - flattery or deceit to persuade
172. Calf - young of the domestic cow
173. Calipers - metal supports attached to the legs, measuring instrument
174. Calumniate - to slander, present false accusal
175. Calumny - slander, aspersion
176. Candid - frank straight-forward
177. Cantankerous - bad-tempered/quarrelsome
178. Cantin - sincere talk/jargon
179. Canvass - discuss thoroughly; sort of touting
180. Capricious - fickle, whimsical, given to change, unpredictable
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181. Castigate - to chastise, correct by punishing
182. Castigation - severe punishment
183. Casual - happening by chance, careless
184. Catalyst - substance that causes speeding up
185. Caustic - biting, sarcastic
186. Censure - expression of blame or disapproval; a rebuke
187. Census - official counting of the population
188. Centurion - leader of a unit of 100 soldiers
189. Chary - cautious, wary
190. Chastened - corrected, punished
191. Chastisement - punishment
192. Chauvinist – a blindly devoted patriot
193. Chicanery - legal trickery/false argument
194. Chisel - steel tool for shaping materials
195. Churl - bad-tempered person
196. Cite - give as an example
197. Clamor - shout complain with a lot of noise
198. Cleanse - make pure, thoroughly clean
199. Clientele - customers
200. Clinch - come to grips/settle conclusively
201. Cling - to resist separation
202. Clot - half-solid lump formed from liquid
203. Cloture - closing, device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting
204. Coalescing - coming together and uniting into one substance
205. Coax - get somebody to do something by kindness
206. Coda - passage that completes a piece of music
207. Coddle - treat with care and tenderness
208. Coerce - compel to force to make obedient
209. Coeval - of the same period, coexisting
210. Cogent – strong convincing
211. Cogitate – think deeply, mediate
212. Cognition - knowing, awareness (emotionless)
213. Cognizant – being fully aware of
214. Coherent – sticking together
215. Colander - bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water
216. Collaborate - work in partnership
217. Collusion - secret agreement for a deceitful purpose
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218. Combustion - process of burning
219. Commemorate - keep the memory of
220. Commend - praise
221. Commendable - worthy of praise
222. Commingle - mingle together
223. Commodious - having plenty of space for what is needed
224. Commuter - person who travels regularly
225. Complacently – with self-satisfaction
226. Complaisance - tending to comply, obliging, willingness to please
227. Comply - act in accordance
228. Compound - mix or combine
229. Comprise - be composed of
230. Compunction - feeling of regret for one's action
231. Conceal - hide, keep secret
232. Conceit - over-high opinion of, too much pride
233. Conciliatory - reconciling, soothing, comforting, mollifying
234. Concord - agreement or harmony
235. Concur - agree in opinion, happen together
236. Condense - increase in density, strength, make laconic
237. Condone - forgive
238. Congeal - make or become stiff and solid
239. Conjoin – to join together
240. Connoisseur - a person with good judgment (e.g.. in art)
241. Connotation - suggestion in addition to
242. Consent - give agreement or permission
243. Consequential - pompous, self important
244. Consolation - consoling or being consoled
245. Console - give comfort or sympathy to
246. Conspicuous - easily seen; remarkable
247. Consternation - surprise and fear, dismay
248. Constrain - compel
249. Constrict - make tight or smaller
250. Consume - get to the end of
251. Consummate - perfect/make perfect/complete
252. Contemn - to scorn or despise
253. Contentious - argumentative, pugnacious, combative, quarrelsome
254. Contiguous - touching, neighboring, near
255. Contrite - filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing
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256. Contumacious - insubordinate, rebellious
257. Conundrum - a riddle, dilemma, enigma
258. Conviction - convincing; firm belief
259. Convoke - call together, summon
260. Convoluted - complicated; coiled, twisted
261. Cord - twisted strands
262. Cordial - warm and sincere
263. Cordon – line of police acting as a guard
264. Cornucopia - abundant supply
265. Corporeal - physical; of or for the body
266. Correlate - have a mutual relation
267. Corroboration - additional, strengthening evidence
268. Countenance to - favor or approve of
269. Counterfeit - forgery
270. Countervail - counterbalance
271. Covert - disguised
272. Covetous - eagerly desirous
273. Cower - crouch; shrink back
274. Coy – shy/modest (esp of a girl)
275. Crass - very great (es. stupidity)
276. Cravat - piece of linen worn as a necktie
277. Craven – cowardly
278. Crease - line made by crushing; white line on the ground in cricket
279. Credulity - too great a readiness to believe things
280. Credulous - ready to believe things
281. Crush - press, lose shape, subdue, overwhelm
282. Cryptic - secret, with a hidden meaning
283. Cumbersome - burdensome, heavy and awkward to carry
284. Curmudgeon - bad-tempered person
285. Curriculum - course of study
286. Cursory - quick, hurried
287. Curtail - make shorter then was planned
288. Cynic - person who see no good in anything
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290. Dainty - pretty/delicate(food)/difficult to please
291. Dart - quick movement; missile in darts
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292. Daunt - intimidate, make fearful
293. Dawdler - person who is slow; waste of time
294. Dearth - shortage
295. Debacle - a breakup, overthrow, sudden disaster
296. Decorous - polite, decent
297. Decorum - propriety, properness
298. Decree - order given by authority
299. Decry - disapprove of
300. Defer - postpone; give way (to show respect)
301. Deference - respect
302. Deferential - showing respect
303. Defiance - open disobedience or resistance
304. Deflect - turn aside
305. Defy - resist openly
306. Degrade - reduce in rank or status
307. Delineate - to portray, depict, sketch out
308. Deluge - great flood, heavy rush of water
309. Delusion - false belief
310. Demagogue - person appealing not to reasons
311. Demur - to hesitate, raise objections
312. Denigrate - blacken, belittle, sully, defame
313. Denouement - an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot
314. Denounce - give information against
315. Dent - hollow, depression mad by a blow
316. Deplete - use until none remains
317. Deposition - dethronement, depositing
318. Deprave - make morally bad; corrupt
319. Deprecate - protest against, express disapproval of
320. Dereliction - deserting and leaving to fall into ruins
321. Derision - ridicule, mockery, deriding
322. Derivative - unoriginal, obtained from another source
323. Derogatory - insulting; tending to damage
324. Descry - catch sight of, see something in the distance
325. Desiccant - substance used to absorb moisture
326. Desiccate - dry out all the moisture
327. Desuetude - cessation of use; disuse
328. Desultory - aimless, haphazard, digressing at random
329. Detach - separate
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330. Deter - discourage, hinder
331. Detraction - slandering, verbal attack, aspersion
332. Detumescence - diminishing or lessening of swelling
333. Deviance - being different in moral standards (from normal)
334. Dexterity - skill (esp. in handling)
335. Dexterous - clever, skillful with hands
336. Diaphanous - transparent, gauzy
337. Diatribe - bitter and violent attack in words
338. Dictate - order
339. Diffidence - shyness
340. Diffident - lacking in self-confidence
341. Dilate - speak comprehensively, become wider, large
342. Dilatory - causing delay, procrastinating
343. Din - loud noise that continues
344. Disabuse - to undeceive, correct a false impression
345. Disallow - refuse to allow or accept as a correct
346. Discern - see with an effort but clearly
347. Discomfit - to defeat, put down
348. Disconcert - upset the self-possession of
349. Discountenance - refuse to approve of
350. Discourse - speech, lecture,
351. Discredit - refuse to believe
352. Discreet - careful/prudent
353. Discrete - individually distinct
354. Disdain - look on with contempt
355. Disencumber - free from encumbrance
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356. Encumbrance - burden; things that get on the way of
357. Endearing - making dear or liked
358. Endemic - epidemic
359. Endorse - write one's name on the back of
360. Enduring - lasting
361. Enervate - weaken, deprive of strength, attenuate
362. Engender - cause, produce, give rise to
363. Engrave - impress deeply
364. Engrossing - taken up all the time or attention; writing in large or formal
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365. Engulf - swallow up
366. Enigma - something that is puzzling
367. Enmity - hatred; being an enemy
368. Enormity - excessive wickedness; evilness
369. Enormousness - great size
370. Ensign - flag/badge
371. Entangle - put into difficulties
372. Enthral - please greatly/enslave (fig)
373. Entice - tempt or persuade
374. Entreat - ask earnestly
375. Enunciate - pronounce (words)/express a theory
376. Enzyme - catalyst
377. Epicure – food lover, a connoisseur of food
378. Epicurean - devoted to pleasure (sensuous enjoyment)
379. Epistle – letter
380. Epithet – adjective
381. Epitome - brief summary; representative example; a typical model
382. Equable - steady, regular
383. Equanimity - calmness of temperament
384. Equilibrium - state of being balanced
385. Equipoise - equal distribution of weight; equilibrium
386. Equivocal - having a double or doubtful meaning; suspicious
387. Equivocate - try to deceive by equivocal language
388. Eradicate - get rid of; pull up by the roots
389. Erasure – erasing, removing all traces
390. Erode - wear away, eat into
391. Erratic - irregular in behaviour or opinion
392. Erudite - learned, scholarly
393. Escalate - increase, develop
394. Eschew - avoid
395. Esoteric - abstruse; intended only for a small circle of
396. Espouse - marry; give one's support to
397. Eulogy - formal praise; panegyric
398. Euphoria - elation; state of pleasant excitement
399. Euthanasia - easy and painless death
400. Evaluating - finding out the value
401. Evaporate - change into vapor, disappear, die
402. Evasive - tending to evade
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403. Evince - to show clearly, to indicate
404. Evoke - call up, bring out
405. Evolve - unfold, develop naturally and gradually
406. Excoriate - to flay, stip off the skin; to denounce sharply
407. Excoriation - severe criticism
408. Exculpate - to clear from a charge of guilt
409. Exert - thrust out, push forth
410. Exertion - instance of exerting
411. Exhaustive - complete, thorough
412. Exigency - emergency, an urgent situation
413. Exonerate - free; clear
414. Exoneration - set somebody clear, free (e.g.. from blame)
415. Exorbitant - much too high or great
416. Expatiate - to roam, wander freely
417. Expedient - likely to be useful for a purpose
418. Expiation - ending; expiring
419. Exploit – brilliant achievement; develop; use selfishly
420. Expostulate - argue earnestly to dissuade, correct, or protest
421. Expurgate - to remove obscenity, purify, censor
422. Exscind - to cut out, cut away
423. Extant - still in existence
424. Extempore - without previous thought or preparation
425. Extensive - far-reaching
426. Extenuate - reduce the strength of, lessen seriousness, partially excuse
427. Extinct - no longer active
428. Extinguish - end the existence of/wipe or put out
429. Extirpate - to destroy, exterminate, cut out, exscind
430. Extol - praise highly
431. Extort - obtain by threats, violence
432. Extralegal - outside the law
433. Extricable – that can be freed
434. Extrovert - cheerful person
435. Exuberance - state of growing vigorously; being full of life
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437. Facetious - humorous, funny, jocular
438. Facile - easily done
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439. Facilitate - make easy (e.g.. a process of smth)
440. Fallacious - based on error
441. Fallacy - false or mistaken belief
442. Falter - waver/move in an uncertain manner
443. Fatuous - without sense, foolish self-satisfaction
444. Faucet - device for controlling the outflow of a liquid
445. Fawn - young deer, try to win somebody's favor
446. Feckless - lacking purpose or vitality; ineffective; careless
447. Fecund - fertile
448. Feint - pretend
449. Felicitous - apt; suitably expressed, well chosen, apropos
450. Felon - person guilty of murder
451. Ferment - substance; become excited
452. Ferocity - savage cruelty
453. Ferret - discover by searching; search
454. Fertile - producing much, full of ideas
455. Fertilize - make fertile or productive
456. Fervid - showing earnest feeling
457. Fervor - warmth of feelings; earnestness
458. Fetid - stinking
459. Fetter - to shackle, put in chains
460. Feud - bitter quarrel over a long period of time
461. Fidelity - loyalty, accuracy
462. Fidget - move restlessly, make nervous
463. Figurehead – carved image on the prow of a ship
464. Finesse - delicate way of dealing with a situation
465. Finical - too fussy about food, clothing, etc.
466. Finicky - finical
467. Finite - limited, having bounds
468. Fission - splitting or division (esp. of cells)
469. Fix at - stare at
470. Flak - criticism/anti-aircraft guns
471. Flamboyant - brightly colored, florid
472. Flammable - having tendency to burst into flames
473. Flaunting - show off complacently
474. Flaw - crack, lessen value
475. Flax - pale yellow (hair); a plant
476. Fledged - able to fly, trained, experienced
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477. Fleet – number of ships, quick-moving
478. Fleeting - passing quickly
479. Flexibility - easily bent without braking
480. Flinch - draw, move back, wince
481. Flop - fail/move/fall clumsily
482. Florid - very much ornamented; naturally red (e.g.. of face)
483. Floridness - ruddiness; heavily decorated; ornateness
484. Flout - reject, mock, to go against (as in going against tradition)
485. Fluke - lucky stroke
486. Fluster – make nervous or confused
487. Foible - defect of character (a person is wrongly proud)
488. Foil - prevent from carrying out; contrast
489. Foment - put something warm (to lessen the pain)
490. Foolproof - incapable of failure or error
491. Foppish - like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes
492. Forage - food for horses and cattle
493. Forbear - refrain from, be patient; ancestor
494. Forbearance - patience, willingness to wait
495. Ford - shallow place in a river (to cross)
496. Forestall - prevent by taking action in advance, preempt
497. Forethought - foresight, planned in advance
498. Forfeit – suffer the loss of something
499. Forge - workshop for the shaping of metal; to shape metal; lead
500. Forgery - counterfeit
501. Forswear - renounce, disallow, repudiate
502. Fortify - strengthen
503. Fortuitous - happening by chance
504. Foster - nurture, care for
505. Fracas – noisy quarrel
506. Fragile - easily injured, broken or destroyed
507. Fragrant - sweet-smelling
508. Franchise - special right given by authority
509. Frantic - wildly excited with joy, pain, anxiety
510. Frenetic - frantic, frenzied
511. Fret - worry; irritation; wear away
512. Friction - the rubbing of one thing against another, difference of opinion
513. Fringe - edge; ornamental border; part of hair over the forehead
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514. Froward - intractable, not willing to yield or comply, stubborn
515. Frugal - careful, economical
516. Fulminate - berate, vituperate, to thunder out, to explode
517. Fulmination - bitter protest
518. Fulsome - disgusting, offensive due to excessiveness
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519. Gainsay - to deny, declare false, to oppose
520. Gambol - quick, playful jumping
521. Garble - make unfair selection from facts
522. Garment - article of clothing
523. Garner - to gather and save; to store up
524. Garrulity - talkativeness
525. Garrulous – too talkative
526. Gaucherie - socially awkward, tactless behavior
527. Germane - relevant; pertinent to
528. Gist - the point, general sense
529. Glean - gather facts in small quantities
530. Glib - ready and smooth but not sincere
531. Glimmer - weak/unsteady light
532. Gloat - over look at with selfish delight
533. Glut - supply to much, fill to excess
534. Gnaw - waste away; bite steadily
535. Goad - something urging a person to action
536. Gorge - eat greedily/narrow opening with a stream
537. Gossamer - soft light, delicate material
538. Gouge - tool for cutting grooves in wood
539. Grace – favor
540. Grandiloquent - using pompous words
541. Grave - serious, requiring consideration
542. Graze - touch or scrape lightly in passing
543. Gregarious - living in societies; liking the company
544. Grievance - cause for complaint or protest
545. Grievous - causing grief or pain; serious, dire, grave
546. Grimace - twisted expression of a face
547. Grind - crush, polish
548. Grooves - long channel in the surface, habitual way of living
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549. Grovel - crawl, humble oneself
550. Guile - deceit, cunning
551. Guileless - straight-forward, candid
552. Gull - cheat, deceive
553. Gullible - easily gulled
554. Gush - burst out suddenly/talk ardently
555. Gust - outburst of feeling; sudden rain, wind, fire, etc.
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556. Hack - cut roughly; hired horse
557. Halcyon - calm and peaceful
558. Hallow - to make holy; consecrate
559. Hamper - basket with a lid, prevent free movement or activity
560. Hapless - unlucky, unfortunate
561. Harangue - a long, passionate speech
562. Harbinger - something or somebody that foretells the coming
563. Harrow - to distress, create stress or torment
564. Harsh - rough, cruel, stern
565. Haughty - arrogant; conceited
566. Haven – harbor, safety place
567. Heed - attention/give notice to
568. Heinous - odious (of crime)
569. Heresy - belief contrary to what is generally accepted
570. Hermetic - sealed by fusion
571. Heterogeneous - made up of different kinds
572. Hew - make by hard work; cut (by striking)
573. Highbrow - (person) with superior tastes
574. Hirsute - hairy, shaggy
575. Hoax - mischievous trick played on somebody for a joke
576. Hoipolloi - the masses; the rabble
577. Hollow - not soled, with hole
578. Holster - leather case for a pistol
579. Homiletics - act of preaching
580. Hone - stone used for sharpening tools
581. Hoodwink - trick, mislead
582. Hospitable - liking to give hospitality
583. Hubris - arrogant pride
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584. Hurdle - light frame, fence to be jumped over
585. Hush - make or become silent
586. Husk - worthless outside part of anything
587. Hypocrisy - falsely making oneself appear to be good
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588. Iconoclast - person who attacks popular beliefs
589. Iconoclastic - attacking cherished beliefs
590. Idiosyncrasy - personal mannerism
591. Idolatrous - worshipping idols \
592. Idolatry - excessive admiration of
593. Ignoble - dishonorable, common, undignified
594. Ignominious - shameful, dishonorable, undignified, disgraceful
595. Illicit - unlawful, forbidden
596. Illusory - deceptive; an illusion
597. Imbroglio - complicated and embarrassing situation
598. Immaculate - pure, faultless
599. Immerse - absorb; put under the surface of
600. Imminent - likely to come or happen soon
601. Immutable - that cannot be changed
602. Impair - worsen, diminish in value
603. Impaired - damaged, weakened
604. Impassive - unmoved; feeling no sign of passion
605. Impecunious - having little or no money
606. Impede - hinder; get in the way of
607. Impediment - something that hinders (e.g. stammer)
608. Impending - imminent, being about to happen, expected
609. Imperative - urgent, essential
610. Imperious - commanding, haughty, arrogant
611. Impermeable – that cannot be permeated
612. Imperturbable - calm; not capable of being excited
613. Impervious - not allowing to pass through (of materials)
614. Imperviousness - arrogance, commanding presence, over bearingness
615. Impetuous - having sudden energy, impulsive, thrusting ahead, forceful
616. Impiety - lack of reverence or dutifulness
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617. Implacable - incapable of being placated, unpleasable
618. Implausibility – incredibility
619. Implicate - show that somebody has a share
620. Implicit - implied though not plainly expressed
621. Implosion - collapse; bursting inward
622. Imply - make a suggestion
623. Importune - beg urgently; solicit (of a prostitute)
624. Imprecation - an invocation of evil; a curse
625. Impromptu - without preparation
626. Impudence - being rash, indiscreet
627. Impudent - rash, indiscreet
628. Impugned - challenged, to be doubted
629. Impute - to attribute to a cause or source, ascribe
630. Inadvertent - done thoughtlessly
631. Inane - silly, senseless
632. Inasmuch - since, because
633. Incense - make angry
634. Incessant - often repeated, continual
635. Inchoate -not yet fully formed, rudimentary, elementary
636. Incipient - beginning
637. Incise - engrave, make a cut in
638. Incite – stir up, rouse
639. Inclined - directing the mind in a certain direction
640. Incoherently - not consistently, unclearly
641. Incongruous - out of place, not in harmony or agreement
642. Incorrigibility - cannot be cured or corrected
643. Incredulous - skeptical, unwilling to believe
644. Inculcate - fix firmly by repetition
645. Incumbents - official duties
646. Incursion - a raid, a sudden attack
647. Indefatigability - not easily exhaustible; tirelessness
648. Indelible - that cannot be rubbed out
649. Indelicate - immodest; lacking in refinement
650. Indigence - poverty
651. Indigenous - native
652. Indistinct - not easily heard, seen, clearly marked
653. Indolence - laziness
654. Indomitable - not easily discouraged or subdued
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655. Indulge - gratify, give way to, satisfy; allow oneself
656. Indulgent - inclined to indulge
657. Ineffable – to great to be described in words
658. Ineluctable - certain, inevitable
659. Inept - unskillful; said or done at the wrong time
660. Ineptitude - quality of being unskillful
661. Inferno - hell
662. Infertile - not fertile, barren
663. Inflame - become red, angry
664. Inflammatory - tending to inflame
665. Infuriate - fill with fury or rage
666. Infuse - put, pour, fill
667. Ingenuous - naive, young, artless, frank, honest, sincere
668. Ingest - take in by swallowing
669. Inherent - existing as a natural part
670. Inhibit - hinder, restrain
671. Inimical - harmful or friendly
672. Inimitable - defying imitation, unmatchable
673. Innocuous - causing no harm
674. Inscrutable - incapable of being discovered or understood
675. Insensible - unconscious, unresponsive, unaffected
676. Insinuate - suggest unpleasantly; make a way for something gently
677. Insipid -without taste or flavor
678. Insouciant - unconcerned, carefree
679. Insularity - narrow-mindedness, isolated
680. Insurrection - rising of people to open resistance to
681. Interdict - prohibit, forbid
682. Interim - as an installment
683. Intersperse - place here and there
684. Intervene - come between; interfere to change the result
685. Intractable - unruly, refractory, stubborn
686. Intransigence - unwillingness to compromise, stubbornness,
intractability
687. Intransigent - uncompromising
688. Intrepid – fearless, brave, undaunted
689. Introspection - examining one's own thoughts and feelings
690. Inundate - flood; cover by overflowing
691. Inured - accustomed to, adapted
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692. Invective - abusive language, curses
693. Inveigh - to attack verbally, denounce, deprecate
694. Inveterate - deep-rooted. long-established
695. Invincible - too strong to be defeated
696. Involute - complex
697. Irascible - irritable, easily angered
698. Irate - angry
699. Ire - anger
700. Irksome – tiresome
701. Irrelevant - not relevant, not connected
702. Irresolute - hesitating; undecided
703. Irrevocable - final and unalterable
704. Itinerary - plan for a journey, details or records of a route
705. Itinerate - to travel from place to place, to peregrinate
J
706. Jabber -talk excitedly; utter rapidly
707. Jeopardize - put in danger
708. Jibe - gibe, make fun of
709. Jocular - meant as a joke
710. Judicious - sound in judgment; wise
K
711. Knit - draw together, unite firmly
L
712. Labyrinthine - to entangle the state of affairs
713. Lachrymose - causing tears, tearful
714. Lackluster - (of eyes) dull, without bright
715. Laconic - brief, to the point, terse
716. Lag - go too slow
717. Lament - show, feel great sorrow
718. Lassitude - weariness, tiredness
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719. Latent - present but not yet active, developed or visible
720. Laudatory - expressing or giving praise
721. Lavish - giving or producing freely, liberally or generously
722. Leakage - the process of leaking
723. Legacy - something handed down from ancestors
724. Levee - formal reception/embankment
725. Levity - lack of seriousness
726. Libel - statement that damages reputation
727. Liberality - free giving; generosity
728. Libertine - immoral person
729. Lien - legal claim until a debt on it is repaid
730. Limn - paint, portray
731. Limp - lacking strength, walking unevenly
732. Lionize - treat as a famous person
733. Lithe - bending, twisting
734. Loll - rest, to sit or stand in a lazy way; hang (dog's tongue)
735. Lope - move along with long strides
736. Loquacious - talkative, garrulous
737. Lubricant - substance that makes work easier
738. Lubricate - put oil to make work easily
739. Lubricious - lewd, wanton, greasy, slippery
740. Lucubrate - write in scholarly fashion
741. Luculent - easily understood, lucid, clear
742. Lugubrious - mournful, excessively sad
743. Lull - become quiet or less active
744. Lumber - move in a clumsy/noisy way
745. Luminary - star, light-giving body
746. Lurk - be out of view ready to attack
747. Lustrous - being bright, polished
M
748. Macabre - gruesome, suggesting death
749. Macerate - make or become soft by soaking in water
750. Machination - plot, scheme (esp. evil)
751. Maladroit - tactless, clumsy
752. Malapropism - misuse of a word (for one that resembles it)
753. Malevolence - wishing to do evil
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754. Malign - injurious, speak ill of somebody, tell lie
755. Malinger - to fake illness or injury, in order to shirk a duty
756. Malleable - yielding; easily shaped; moldable; adapting
757. Manacle - chains for the hands or feet
758. Martial - brave, of associated with war
759. Massacre - cruel killing of a large number of people
760. Matriculation - be admitted, enter a university as a student
761. Mature - come to full development, to a state ready for use
762. Maudlin - sentimental in a silly or tearful way
763. Maul - hurt by rough handling
764. Maverick – rebel, nonconformist
765. Mellifluous - sweetly flowing
766. Mendacious - false
767. Mendacity - dishonesty
768. Mendicant - a beggar
769. Mercurial - quick, changeable in character, fleeting
770. Meretricious - attractive on the surface but of little value
771. Mesmerize - hypnotize
772. Meticulous - giving great attention to details
773. Mettle - quality of endurance or courage
774. Mettlesome - courageous, high-spirited
775. Middling -fairly good but not very good
776. Minatory - menacing, threatening
777. Mince - pronounce or speak affectedly, euphemize
778. Misanthrope - person who hates mankind
779. Mischievous - harmful, causing mischief
780. Miser - person who loves wealth and spends little
781. Misogynist - one who hates women/females
782. Missile - something that is thrown or shot
783. Mitigate - make less severe or painful
784. Moderation - quality of being limited, not extreme
785. Mollify - make calmer or quieter
786. Molt - moult, lose hair, feathers before new growing
787. Morbid - diseased, unhealthy (e.g.. about ideas)
788. Morose - ill-tempered, unsociable
789. Mortuary - place where dead bodies are taken to be kept until burial
790. Muffler - cloth worn round the neck/silencer
791. Multifarious - varied, motley, greatly diversified
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792. Mundane - worldly as opposed to spiritual; commonplace, everyday
793. Myriad - very great number
N
794. Nadir -lowest, weakest point
795. Nascent - coming into existence, emerging
796. Nebulous - cloud-like; hazy; vague; indistinct
797. Negligent - taking too little care
798. Neophyte - person who has been converted to a belief
799. Nexus - a connection, tie, or link
800. Nibble - show some inclination to accept (an offer)
801. Nice - precise, sensitive to subtleness
802. Noisome - offensive, disgusting (smell)
803. Nonchalant - not having interest
804. Nonplused - greatly surprised
805. Nostrum - a quack remedy, an untested cure
806. Notion - nominal, token
807. Noxious - harmful
808. Nugatory – trifling/worthless
809. Nullify - make void and null
810. Numb – without ability to feel or move
811. Numbness - without ability to move a finger
O
812. Obdurate - hardened and unrepenting; stubborn, inflexible
813. Obfuscate - to darken, make obscure, muddle
814. Oblivious - unaware, having no memory
815. Obloquy - abusively detractive language, sharp criticism, vituperation
816. Obsequious - too eager to obey or serve
817. Obsolete - no longer used
818. Obstreperous - noisy, loud
819. Obtain - to be established, accepted, or customary
820. Obtrusive - projecting, prominent, undesirably noticeable
821. Obtuse - blunt/stupid
822. Obviate – to make unnecessary, get rid of
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823. Occluded - blocked up
824. Occult - hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension
825. Odious - repulsive, hateful
826. Odium - contempt, dislike, aversion
827. Odor - smell; favor; reputation
828. Officious - too eager or ready to help, offer advice
829. Ominous - threatening
830. Opaqueness - dullness/not allowing light to pass through
831. Opprobrious - showing scorn or reproach
832. Ossify - to turn to bone; to settle rigidly into an idea
833. Ostensible - seeming, appearing as such, professed
834. Ostentation - display to obtain admiration or envy
835. Ostentatious - fond of showing ostentation
836. Ostracism - shut out from society, refuse to meet, talk
837. Ostrich - fast-running bird unable to fly
838. Outset - start
839. Overhaul - examine thoroughly to learn about the condition
840. Overweening - presumptuously arrogant, overbearing, immoderate, being a jerk
841. Overwhelm - weigh down, submerge
P
842. Paean - song of praise or triumph
843. Palate - roof of the mouth; sense of taste
844. Palatial - magnificent
845. Palliate - to make something appear less serious, to alleviate, to gloss over
846. Palpability - can be felt, touched, understood
847. Palpitate - tremble, beat rapidly and irregularly
848. Pan - flat/zoom
849. Panegyric - formal praise, eulogy
850. Paradigm - a model, example, or pattern
851. Parenthesis - sentence within another one, something separated
852. Pariah - an outcast, a rejected and despised person
853. Parsimonious - too economical, miserly
854. Partisan - one-sided, committed to a party, biased or prejudiced
855. Patron - regular customer; person who gives support
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856. Paucity - scarcity, a lacking of
857. Peccadillo - small sin; small weakness in one's character
858. Pedantic - bookish, showing off learning
859. Pedestrian - commonplace, trite, unremarkable
860. Pellucid - transparent, easy to understand
861. Penchant - strong inclination, a liking
862. Penitent - feeling or showing regret
863. Penurious - poor/stingy
864. Penury - extreme poverty
865. Peregrination - traveling about, wandering
866. Peremptory - urgent, imperative, unchallengeable, ending debate
867. Perennial - lasting for a long time (e.g.. a year)
868. Perfidious - treacherous, faithless
869. Perfidy - treachery; breaking of faith
870. Perfunctory - done as a duty without care
871. Perilous - dangerous
872. Peripatetic - wandering
873. Perish - be destroyed; decay
874. Perjury - willful false statement, unlawful act
875. Permeate - spread into every part of
876. Pernicious - harmful, injurious
877. Perpetrate - be guilty; commit (a crime)
878. Persevere - keep on steadily, continue
879. Personable - pleasing in appearance, attractive
880. Perspicacity - quick judging and understanding
881. Pertain - belong as a part, have reference
882. Pest - destructive thing or a person who is nuisance
883. Petrified - taken away power (to think, feel, act)
884. Petrify - to make hard, rocklike
885. Petrous - like a rock, hard, stony
886. Petulant - unreasonably impatient
887. Philistine - a smug ignorant person; one who lacks knowledge
888. Phlegmatic - calm, sluggish temperament; unemotional
889. Picaresque - involving clever rogues or adventurers
890. Pied - of mixed colors
891. Pinch - be too tight, take between the thumb and finger
892. Pine - waste away through sorrow or illness
893. Pious - dutiful to parents; devoted to religion
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894. Piquant - agreeably pungent, stimulating
895. Pique - hurt the pride or self-respect, stir (curiosity)
896. Pitfall - covered hole as a trap, unsuspected danger
897. Pith - essential part, force, soft liquid substance
898. Pivotal - of great importance (others depend on it)
899. Placate - soothe, pacify, calm
900. Plaintive - mournful, melancholy, sorrowful
901. Plaque - flat metal on a wall as a memorial
902. Platitude - a trite or banal statement; unoriginality
903. Plea - request
904. Plead - address a court of law as an advocate
905. Plethora – glut
906. Pliant - pliable, easily bent, shaped or twisted
907. Plod - continue doing something without resting
908. Pluck - pull the feathers off, pick (e.g.. flowers)
909. Plumb - get to the root of
910. Plummet - fall, plunge, steeply
911. Plunge - move quickly, suddenly and with force
912. Poignant - deeply moving; keen
913. Poise - be ready, be balanced, self-possession
914. Polemical - controversial, argued
915. Poncho - large piece of cloth
916. Ponderous - heavy, bulky, dull
917. Portent - omen; marvelous; threatening
918. Poseur - someone taking on airs to impress others; a phony
919. Posture - state, attitude; adopt a vain
920. Poverty - state of being poor
921. Pragmatic - practical, favoring utility
922. Precarious - uncertain, risky, dangerous
923. Precept - moral instruction
924. Precepts - rules establishing standards of conduct
925. Precipitate - throw something violently down from a height
926. Preclude - prevent, make impossible
927. Precursory - preliminary, anticipating
928. Predilection - special liking, mental preference
929. Predominate - have more power than others
930. Preempt - obtain by preemption or in advance
931. Preen - tidy/show self-satisfaction
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932. Premature - doing or happening something before the right time
933. Preponderance - greatness in number, strength, weight
934. Presage - warning sign
935. Presumption - arrogance
936. Preternatural - not normal or usual
937. Prevalent - common
938. Prevaricate - to equivocate, to stray from the truth
939. Prim - neat; formal
940. Pristine - primitive, unspoiled, pure, as in earlier times unadulterated
941. Probity - uprightness, incorruptibility, principle
942. Proclivity - inclination
943. Procrast - ination keeping on putting off
944. Prodigal - wasteful, reckless with money
945. Prodigious - enormous, wonderful
946. Profane - worldly, having contempt for God
947. Profligacy - shameless immorality
948. Profligate - wasteful, prodigal, licentious, extravagant
949. Profundity - depth
950. Profuse - abundant/lavish
951. Proliferate - grow, reproduce by rapid multiplication
952. Prolix - tiring because too long
953. Prone - prostrate; inclined to (undesirable things)
954. Propagation - increasing the number, spreading, extending
955. Propinquity - nearness in time or place, affinity of nature
956. Propitiate - do something to take away the anger of
957. Propitiatory - conciliatory, appeasing, mitigating
958. Propitious - auspicious, presenting favorable circumstances
959. Prosaic - everyday, mundane, commonplace, trite, pedestrian
960. Proscribe - denounce as dangerous
961. Protracted – prolonged
962. Provident - frugal; looking to the future
963. Provisional - of the present time only
964. Provoke - make angry; vax
965. Prudence - careful forethought
966. Prudish - easily shocked, excessively modest
967. Prune - dried plum, silly person
968. Pry - get smth; inquire too curiously
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969. Pucker - wrinkle
970. Pugnacious - fond of, in the habit of fighting
971. Puissance - strength
972. Punch - strike with the fist; tool for cutting holes; alc. drink
973. Punctilious – precise, paying attention to trivialities
974. Pundit - pedant, authority on a subject
975. Pungency - sharpness; stinging quality
976. Purvey - provide, supply
977. Pusillanimous – cowardly, craven
978. Putrefaction - becoming rotten
979. Pyre - large pile of wood for burning
Q
980. Quack - person dishonestly claiming to smth
981. Quaff - drink deeply
982. Quail - lose courage, turn frightened
983. Qualm - feeling of doubt, temporary feeling of sickness
984. Quandary - state of doubt or perplexity
985. Quell - suppress, subdue
986. Quibble - try to avoid by sophistication
987. Quiescence - state of being passive/motionless
988. Quiescent - at rest, dormant, torpid
989. Quirk - habit or action peculiar to somebody or smth
990. Quixotic - generous, unselfish
991. Quotidian - banal; everyday
R
992. Rabble -mob, crowd; the lower classes of populace
993. Raconteur - person who tells anecdotes
994. Radiant - bright, shining
995. Raffish - low, vulgar, base, tawdry
996. Rail at - find fault, utter reproaches
997. Ramify - to be divided or subdivided; to branch out
998. Rancorous - feeling bitterness, spitefulness
999. Rant - use extravagant language
1000. Rapacious - greedy (especially for money)
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1001. Rarefy - to make thin, to make less dense, to purify or refine
1002. Rave - act with excessive enthusiasm
1003. Reactionary - opposing progress
1004. Rebuff - snub
1005. Recalcitrant - disobedient
1006. Recant - take back as being false; give up
1007. Recast - cast or fashion anew
1008. Recidivism - relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior
1009. Reciprocity - granting of privileges in return for similar
1010. Recital - performance of music
1011. Recluse - person who lives alone and avoids people
1012. Recompense - make payment to; reward, punish
1013. Reconcile - settle a quarrel; restore peace
1014. Recondite - little known; abstruse
1015. Recourse - something turned to for help
1016. Recreancy - cowardice, a cowardly giving up
1017. Recuperate - become strong after illness, loss, exhaustion
1018. Redeem - get back by payment; compensate
1019. Redemptive - serving to redeem
1020. Redoubtable - formidable, causing fear
1021. Refine - make or become pure, cultural
1022. Refractory - stubborn, unmanageable, intractable
1023. Refulgent - shining, brilliant
1024. Regale - to delight or entertain; to feast
1025. Regicide - crime of killing a king
1026. Reiterate - say or do again several times
1027. Rejuvenation - becoming young in nature or appearance
1028. Relapse -fall back again
1029. Relinquish - give up
1030. Reluctant - unwilling or disinclined
1031. Remonstrate - to protest, object
1032. Render - deliver, provide, represent
1033. Renovate - restore something to better condition
1034. Renowned - celebrated, famous
1035. Rent - regular payment for the use of smth, division or split
1036. Repast - meal
1037. Repel - refuse to accept/cause dislike
1038. Repine at – be discontented with
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1039. Reproach - scold, upbraid
1040. Reprobate - person hardened in sin; one devoid of decency
1041. Repudiate - disown, refuse to accept or pay
1042. Repulsive - causing a feeling of disgust
1043. Requite - repay, give in return
1044. Rescind - repeal/annul/cancel
1045. Resigned - unresisting, submissive
1046. Resilience - quality of quickly recovering the original shape
1047. Resolve - determine
1048. Resort to - frequently visit
1049. Restive - refusing to move; reluctant to be controlled
1050. Resurrect - bring back into use
1051. Resuscitation - coming back to consciousness
1052. Retard - check, hinder
1053. Reticent - reserved, untalkative, silent, taciturn
1054. Revere - have deep respect for
1055. Reverent - feeling or showing deep respect
1056. Riddle - puzzling person or thing
1057. Rift - split, crack, dissension
1058. Rivet - fix, take up, secure; metal pin
1059. Roll call - calling of names
1060. Rope - thick strong cord made by twisting
1061. Rotund - rich and deep; plump and round
1062. Rubric - heading, title, or category
1063. Ruffian - violent, cruel man
1064. Rumple - make rough
S
1065. Sagacious - having sound judgment; perceptive, wise; like a sage
1066. Salacious - obscene
1067. Salient - prominent, protruding, conspicuous, highly relevant
1068. Salubrious - healthful
1069. Salutary - remedial, wholesome, causing improvement
1070. Sanctimony - Self-righteousness, hypocritical, with false piety
1071. Sanction - approval (by authority); penalty
1072. Sanguine - cheerful, confident, optimistic
1073. Sanity - health of mind; soundness of judgement
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1074. Sap - weaken
1075. Sash - long strip worn round the waist
1076. Sate - satiate
1077. Satiate - satisfy fully
1078. Saturnine - gloomy, dark, sullen, morose
1079. Savant - person of great learning
1080. Savor - taste, flavor smth
1081. Sawdust - tiny bits of wood
1082. Scabbards - heath for the blade
1083. Scent - smell (especially pleasant)
1084. Scorch - become discolored/dry up/go at high speed
1085. Scribble - write hastily
1086. Scurvy - mean, contemptible
1087. Seal - piece of wax, lead, etc stamped on the document
1088. Secular - material (not spiritual); living outside monasteries
1089. Sedulous - persevering
1090. Seminal - like a seed; constituting a source, originative
1091. Sententious - short and pithy, full of maxims/proverbs
1092. Sequence - succession, connected line of
1093. Sere - make hard and without feeling/mouldy flower.
1094. Sermon - reproving a person for his faults
1095. Serrated - having a toothed edge
1096. Serration - having a toothed edge
1097. Servile - like a slave, lacking independence
1098. Sever - break off
1099. Severance - severing
1100. Shaft - arrow or spear, something long and narrow
1101. Shallow - little depth; not earnest
1102. Shard - piece of broken earthenware
1103. Sheath - cover for the blade of a weapon or a tool
1104. Shove - push
1105. Shrewd - astute; showing sound judgement
1106. Shrill - sharp, piercing
1107. Shun - keep away from; avoid
1108. Shunt - send from one track to another; lay aside; evade discussion
1109. Sidestep - step to one side
1110. Simper - (give a) silly/self-conscious smile
1111. Sinuous - winding, undulating, serpentine
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1112. Skiff - small boat
1113. Skit - short piece of humorous writing
1114. Slack - sluggish; dull; not tight
1115. Slake - to assuage, to satisfy, allay
1116. Slate - king of blue-grey stone; propose; criticize
1117. Sluggard - lazy, slow-moving person
1118. Slur - join sounds/words (indistinct)
