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1.

ABATE

to lessen in intensity or degree

32.

ALLOY

to commingle; to debase by mixing

with something inferior

2.

ABCISSION

act of cutting off or removing

3.

ABERRANT

deviating from the norm

33.

AMALGAMATE

to combine several elements into a

whole

4.

ABEYANCE

temporary inactivity, cessation

34.

AMBIGUITY

uncertainty in meaning

5.

ABJECT

miserable; hopeless; horrible

35.

AMBIT

ABJURE

to renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to

avoid

circuit or compass; also, sphere of

action or influence.

6.

36.

AMBIVALENCE

the quality of having opposing ideas

or feelings

7.

ABRADE

to wear off or down by scraping or rubbing

8.

ABROGATE

to abolish or annul by authority; put down

37.

AMELIORATE

to make better or more tolerable

9.

ABSCOND

to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

38.

AMENABLE

agreeable; responsive to suggestion

10.

ABSTAIN

to refrain from an activity

39.

ANACHRONISM

11.

ABSTENTION

the trait of abstaining (especially from

alcohol)

something or someone out of place

in terms of historical or
chronological context

40.

ANATHEMA

12.

ACCOLADE

an expression of praise; an award

13.

ACCRETION

growth, increase by successive addition,

building up

a solemn or ecclesiastical (religious)

curse; accursed or thoroughly
loathed person or thing

41.

ANCILLARY

subordinate, assisting

42.

ANIMUS

strong dislike or enmity; animosity

43.

ANODYNE

soothing

44.

ANOMALY

deviation from the normal order,

form, or rule; abnormality

45.

ANTAGONIZE

to irritate or cause hostility

46.

ANTEPENULTIMATE

third to last

47.

ANTIPATHY

aversion, dislike

48.

ANTITHETICAL

diametrically opposed, as in
antithesis

49.

APATHY

lack of interest or feeling

50.

APHORISM

a terse saying embodying a general

truth, or astute observation

51.

APLOMB

self-confidence

52.

APOCRYPHAL

of dubious authenticity or origin;

spurious

53.

APOGEE

farthest or highest point;

culmination; zenith

54.

APOPLEXY

a sudden loss of consciousness

resulting when the rupture or
occlusion of a blood vessel leads to
oxygen lack in the brain

55.

APOSTATE

one who abandons long-held

religious or political convictions, a
betrayer of a cause

56.

APOTHEOSIS

deification, glorification to
godliness, the perfect example

14.

ACERBIC

having a sour or bitter taste or character

15.

ACQUISITIVE

eager to acquire and possess things

especially material possessions or ideas

16.

ACUMEN

quick, keen, or accurate knowledge or

insight

17.

ADJURE

to command solemnly, as under oath

18.

ADJURE

solemn urging

19.

ADMONISH

to reprove; to express warning or

disapproval

20.

ADROIT

adept, dexterous

21.

ADULATION

excessive praise; intense adoration

22.

ADULTERATE

to reduce purity by combining with inferior

ingredients

23.

ADUMBRATE

to foreshadow vaguely, intimate, suggest, or

outline sketchily

24.

ADVERT

make a more or less disguised reference to

25.

ADVOCATE

to argue for or support a cause

26.

AESTHETIC

dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive

to art or the beautiful

27.

AFFABLE

diffusing warmth and friendliness

28.

AFFIDAVIT

written declaration made under oath

29.

AGGRANDIZE

to increase in intensity, power, or prestige;

to make appear greater

30.

ALACRITY

cheerful readiness, promptness, or

willingness

31.

ALCHEMY

a magical or wonderful transformation

57.

APPOSITE

appropriate, pertinent, relevant, apropos

88.

AVER

to state as fact; to confirm or support

58.

APPRISE

give notice to, inform

89.

AVOCATION

a hobby

59.

APPROBATION

an expression of approval or praise

90.

AXIOM

60.

APPROPRIATE

to take for one's own use, confiscate

a universally recognized principle; a

generally accepted or common saying

ARABESQUE

complex, ornate design

91.

AXIOMATIC

61.

taken as a given; possessing self-evident

truth

62.

ARCANE

mysterious, abstruse, esoteric, knowable

only to initiates

92.

BADINAGE

light, playful banter

ARCHAIC

outdated; associated with an earlier,

perhaps more primitive time

93.

BALEFUL

sinister, pernicious, ominous

63.

94.

BANE

strenuous, taxing, requiring significant

effort

cause of injury, source of harm; source of

persistent frustration

95.

BEATIFY

impudent; in every way, being completely

such, bare-faced, utter

to bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to;

to regard as saintly

96.

BEDIZEN

to adorn, especially in a cheap, showy

manner; festoon, caparison

97.

BELEAGUER

to surround with military forces or with

troubles

98.

BELIE

to give a false impression of, to misrepresent

99.

BELLICOSE

belligerent, pugnacious, warlike

100.

BENIGN

favorable, harmless

101.

BENT

leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency

102.

BLANDISH

to coax with flattery, toady or fawn

103.

BLITHE

carefree, merry

104.

BODACIOUS

thorough, blatant, unmistakable;

remarkable

105.

BOISTEROUS

loud, noisy, rough, lacking restraint

106.

BOLSTER

to provide support or reinforcement

107.

BOMBASTIC

pompous; grandiloquent

108.

BOOR

a rude or insensitive person; lout; yokel

109.

BROACH

bring up, announce, begin to talk about

110.

BROOK

to tolerate, endure, countenance

111.

BUCOLIC

rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural

areas and their inhabitants

112.

BURGEON

to grow rapidly or flourish

113.

BURLESQUE

ludicrous parody or grotesque caricature;

humorous and provocative stage show

64.

65.

ARDUOUS
ARRANT

66.

ARREST

to suspend; to engage

67.

ARROGATE

seize and take control without authority

and possibly with force

68.

ARTICULATE

to enunciate or pronounce clearly; to

express oneself clearly

69.

ARTLESS

completely without guile; natural, without

artificiality

70.

ASCETIC

one who practices rigid self-denial,

especially as an act of religious devotion

71.

ASPERITY

severity, rigor; roughness, harshness;

acrimony, irritability

72.

ASPERSION

an act of defamation or maligning

73.

ASSENT

agreement with a statement or proposal to

do something

74.

ASSEVERATE

to aver, allege, assert

75.

ASSIDUOUS

diligent, hard-working

76.

ASSIDUOUS

persistent, attentive, diligent

77.

ASSUAGE

to ease or lesson; to appease or pacify

78.

ASTRINGENT

to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify

79.

ATTENUATE

to rarefy, weaken or make thinner, lessen

80.

ATTRITION

a reduction of strength in numbers, a

wearing down

81.

AUDACIOUS

daring and fearless; recklessly bold

82.

AUGURY

omen, portent, the reading of omens

114.

BURNISH

to polish, rub to a shine

83.

AUGUST

majestic, venerable

115.

BYZANTINE

labyrinthine, complex

84.

AUSPICE

protection or support, patronage

116.

CABAL

a scheme or plot, a group of plotters

85.

AUSPICIOUS

favorable, propitious, successful,

prosperous

117.

CACOPHONY

harsh, jarring, discordant sound;

dissonance

86.

AUSTERE

without adornment; bare; severely simple;

ascetic

118.

CADGE

to sponge, beg, or mooch

119.

CADRE

a group of professionals capable of training

and leading others

87.

AVARICE

greed, especially for wealth

120.

CAJOLE

to inveigle, coax, wheedle, sweet-talk

121.

CALLOW

immature or inexperienced

122.

CALUMNIATE

to slander, make a false accusation

123.

CANDOR

the quality of being honest and

straightforward in attitude and speech

151.

CIRCUMLOCUTION

an indirect way of expressing

something

152.

CIRCUMSCRIBE

limit; confine; draw a line around

153.

CIRCUMSPECT

cautious, prudent

154.

CIRCUMVENT

outwit; defeat by behaving more

cleverly; outsmart; baffle; avoid; get
around

124.

CANON

an established set of principles or code of

laws, often religious in nature

CAPITULATE

surrender under agreed conditions

155.

125.

COALESCE

to come together; to fuse or unite

CAPRICIOUS

inclined to change one's mind impulsively;

erratic; unpredictable

156.

126.

CODA

concluding section to a musical or

literary piece, something that
concludes or completes

127.

CAPTIOUS

disposed to point out trivial faults,

calculated to confuse or entrap in argument

157.

COGENT

appealing forcibly to the mind or

reason; convincing

CARDINAL

of basic importance or consequence;

primary

158.

COGNOSCENTI

an expert able to appreciate a field

129.

CARET

an insertion mark (^) used by editors and

proofreaders

159.

COLOR

to change as if by dyeing, influence,

distort, or gloss over

130.

CARNALITY

something relating to the body or flesh

160.

COMMENSURATE

131.

CASTIGATION

severe criticism or punishment

matching, corresponding, or
proportionate in degree, size,
amount, or other property

132.

CATALYST

a substance hat accelerates the rate of a

chemical reaction without itself changing;
a person or thing that causes change

161.

COMMENSURATE

corresponding in size or degree or

extent

162.

COMPENDIOUS

comprehensive and succinct

163.

COMPLAISANCE

the willingness to comply with the

wishes of others

164.

COMPUNCTION

a feeling of deep regret (usually for

some misdeed)

165.

CONCLAVE

a confidential or secret meeting

166.

CONCOMITANT

following as a consequence

167.

CONCORD

harmony; accord

128.

133.

CAUSALITY

the relationship between cause and effect

134.

CAUSTIC

burning or stinging; causing corrosion

135.

CAVALIER

haughty, disdainful, unceremonious

136.

CAVIL

to find fault without good reason

137.

CEDE

relinquish possession or control over

138.

CENSURE

a judgment involving condemnation; the

act of blaming or condemning

139.

CENSURE

to criticize severely; to officially rebuke

168.

CONDIGN

fitting or appropriate and deserved

140.

CERTITUDE

total certainty or greater certainty than

circumstances warrant

169.

CONFER

141.

CHAGRIN

embarrassment

to consult, talk over, exchange

opinions; to present as a gift, favor,
or honor

CHAOS

a condition of confusion or unpredictability

170.

CONFLAGRATION

a very intense and uncontrolled fire

142.

CHARY

wary; cautious; sparing

171.

CONFOUND

to cause to be confused; to frustrate

143.

CHASTEN

to chastise or correct; subdue

172.

CONGENITAL

144.

present at birth but not necessarily

hereditary

145.

CHAUVINIST

one blindly devoted to a group of which one

is a member

173.

CONNOISSEUR

an informed and astute judge in

matters of taste; expert

146.

CHIC

stylish and fashionable; sophistication in

dress

174.

CONSEQUENTIAL

pompous, self-important

CHICANERY

trickery or subterfuge

175.

CONTEMN

to scorn or despise

147.

CHIMERA

an illusion

176.

CONTENTION

148.

assertion; claim; thesis; struggling;

competition

149.

CHOLERIC

tending toward anger

177.

CONTENTIOUS

150.

CHURLISH

boorish, vulgar, loutish; difficult and

intractable

argumentative; quarrelsome; causing

controversy or disagreement

178.

CONTIGUOUS

sharing a border; touching; adjacent

208.

DENIGRATE

blacken, belittle, sully, defame, disparage

179.

CONTRAVENE

to contradict, oppose, violate

209.

DENOUEMENT

180.

CONTRITE

regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness

an outcome or solution; the unraveling of

a plot

CONTUMACIOUS

insubordinate, rebellious

210.

DEPORTMENT

181.

(behavioral attributes) the way a person

behaves toward other people

182.

CONTUMELY

insult, scorn, aspersion

211.

DEPRECATE

to disparage or belittle

183.

CONVENTION

a generally agreed-upon practice or

attitude

212.

DEPREDATE

to plunder, pillage, ravage or destroy; to

exploit in a predatory manner

184.

CONVIVIAL

festive, sociable, having fun together,

genial

213.

DERELICT

abandoned

CONVOKE

call together

214.

DERISION

scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment

185.

CONVOLUTED

complex or complicated

215.

DERIVATIVE

unoriginal, obtained from another source

186.

CORRIGIBLE

capable of being set right, correctable,

reparable

216.

DESICCATE

to dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull

187.

217.

DESUETUDE

disuse

218.

DESULTORY

random; thoughtless; marked by a lack of

plan or purpose

219.

DETRACTION

slandering, verbal attack, aspersion

220.

DIALECTIC

any formal system of reasoning that

arrives at the truth by the exchange of
logical arguments

221.

DIAPHANOUS

transparent, gauzy

222.

DIATRIBE

a harsh denunciation

223.

DICTUM

an authoritative saying; an adage; a

maxim; a proverb

224.

DIDACTIC

intended to teach or instruct

225.

DIE

a tool used for shaping

226.

DIFFIDENT

reserved, shy, unassuming; lacking in

self-confidence

188.

COSSET

to coddle, pamper

189.

COUNTENANCE

to approve of or tolerate

190.

COZEN

to deceive, beguile, hoodwink

191.

CRAVEN

contemptibly fainthearted,
pusillanimous, lacking any courage

192.

CREDULOUS

tending to believe too readily; gullible

193.

CRESCENDO

a gradual increase in intensity,

particularly in music

194.

CULPABLE

deserving blame

195.

CYNICISM

an attitude or quality of belief that all

people are motivated by selfishness

196.

DAMP

to diminish the intensity or check

something, such as a sound or feeling

197.

DAUNT

to intimidate or dismay

DEARTH

smallness of quantity or number;

scarcity; lack

227.

198.

DIGRESS

to stray from the point; to go off on a

tangent

DEBACLE

rout, fiasco, complete failure

228.

199.

DILATE

to become wider or more open

DECLAIM

speak against in an impassioned

manner

229.

200.

DILATORY

causing delay, procrastinating

230.

DILETTANTE

one with an amateurish or superficial

interest in the arts or a branch of
knowledge

201.

DECORUM

politeness or appropriateness of
conduct or behavior

202.

DEFERENTIAL

showing deference

231.

DIN

loud sustained noise

203.

DEFRAY

to bear or pay all or part of

232.

DIRGE

a mournful song or poem for the dead

204.

DEIGN

do something that one considers to be

below one's dignity

233.

DISABUSE

to undeceive; to set right

234.

DISCOMFIT

to defeat, put down

235.

DISCORDANT

conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound

236.

DISCRETION

cautious reserve in speech; ability to make

responsible decisions

205.

DELETERIOUS

injurious; harmful

206.

DEMAGOGUE

a person who gains power or popularity

by arousing strong emotions, passions
and prejudices

207.

DEMUR

to question or oppose

237.

DISINTERESTED

free from self-interest; unbiased

268.

EFFLUVIUM

slight or invisible vapor, esp. one that is

noxious

238.

DISPARAGE

to slight or belittle

239.

DISPARATE

fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

269.

EFFRONTERY

extreme boldness; presumptuousness

240.

DISPASSIONATE

unaffected by strong emotion or

prejudice

270.

EFFUSION

a pouring out; an uncontrolled display

of emotion

241.

DISPORT

to divert or amuse oneself

271.

EFFUSIVE

gushing; excessively demonstrative

242.

DISSEMBLE

to disguise or conceal; to mislead

272.

EGREGIOUS

conspicuously and outrageously bad or

reprehensible

243.

DISSEMINATE

cause to become widely known

273.

EGRESS

the act of coming (or going) out

244.

DISSIDENT

a person who dissents from some

established policy

274.

ELEEMOSYNARY

charitable

245.

DISSOLUTION

disintegration, looseness in morals

275.

ELEGY

a mournful poem, especially one

lamenting the dead; any mournful
writing or piece of music

246.

DISSONANCE

lack of harmony; conflict

247.

DISTRAIT

distracted; absent-minded, especially

due to anxiety

276.

ELOCUTION

an expert manner of speaking involving

control of voice and gesture

248.

DIVULGE

to disclose something secret

277.

ELOQUENT

well-spoken; expressive; articulate

249.

DOGGEREL

trivial, poorly constructed verse

278.

EMEND

to edit or change a text; correct

250.

DOGMATIC

authoritatively and or arrogantly

assertive of principles, which often
cannot be proved; stubbornly
opinionated

279.

EMOLLIENT

soothing, especially to the skin; making

less harsh; mollifying

280.

EMPIRICAL

based on observation or experiment

281.

ENCOMIUM

glowing and enthusiastic praise;

panegyric, tribute, eulogy

282.

ENDEMIC

characteristic of or often found in a

particular locality, region, or people;
restricted to or peculiar to that region;
indigenous

251.

DOUR

stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill-humored

252.

DROSS

slag, waste or foreign matter, impurity,

surface scum

253.

DUCTILE

capable of being shaped or bent or

drawn out

254.

DULCET

melodious, harmonious, mellifluous

283.

ENERVATE

to weaken; to reduce in vitality

255.

DUPE

one who is deceived

284.

ENGENDER

to cause, produce, give rise to

256.

DURESS

compulsion by threat or force

285.

ENIGMATIC

257.

DYNAMO

generator; forceful, energetic person

mysterious, obscure, difficult to

understand

286.

ENNUI

258.

EBULLIENCE

the quality of lively or enthusiastic

expression of thoughts and feelings

dissatisfaction and restlessness

resulting from boredom or apathy

287.

ENORMITY

excessive wickedness, evilness

259.

ECCENTRIC

departing from norms or conventions

288.

ENSCONCED

settled in

260.

ECLECTIC

composed of elements drawn from

various sources

289.

EPHEMERAL

brief; fleeting, short-lived

290.

EPICURE

one devoted to sensual pleasure,

particularly in food and drink;
gourmand, sybarite

291.

EPISODIC

loosely connected, not flowing

logically, occurring at intervals

292.

EPITHET

disparaging word or phrase

293.

EPITOME

embodiment; quintessence

294.

EQUABLE

level; not able to be easily disturbed

295.

EQUANIMITY

calm, composure, self-possession

261.

ECUMENICAL

universal, pertaining to all of

Christianity

262.

EDACIOUS

voracious, devouring

263.

EDIFYING

enlightening, informative

264.

EFFACE

remove completely from recognition or

memory

265.

EFFETE

exhausted; self-indulgent; infertile

266.

EFFICACY

the ability to produce an intended result

267.

EFFLUENCE

the process of flowing out

296.

EQUIVOCATE

to use ambiguous language with a

deceptive intent

327.

EXTIRPATE

to destroy, exterminate, cut out, pull out

by the roots

297.

ERRANT

traveling, itinerant, peripatetic

328.

FACETIOUS

playful; humorous; not serious

298.

ERRATIC

without consistency

329.

FACILE

299.

ERUDITE

very learned; scholarly

acting, working, or proceeding with ease;

fluent

ESCARPMENT

steep cliff

330.

FALLACY

300.

an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken

belief

301.

ESCHEW

to shun or avoid

331.

FALLOW

untilled, inactive, dormant

302.

ESOTERIC

intended for or understood by a

small, specific group

332.

FANATICAL

zealous; single-mindedly obsessed with

one thing

303.

ESPOUSE

to make one's own; adopt or

embrace, as in a cause

333.

FATUOUS

silly, inanely foolish

ESSAY

to test or try; attempt, experiment

334.

FAWN

to flatter or praise excessively

304.

ESTIMABLE

worthy, formidable

335.

FECKLESS

ineffectual; irresponsible

305.

ETIOLOGY

the study of causation

336.

FELICITOUS

apt, suitable for the occasion

306.

EULOGY

a speech honoring the dead

337.

FELICITOUS

307.

apt; suitably expressed, well chosen,

apropos; delightful

308.

EVANESCENT

tending to disappear like vapor;

vanishing

338.

FELL

a barren or stony hill; an animal's hide

EVINCE

to show clearly, to indicate

339.

FERVENT

greatly emotional or zealous

309.

EXACERBATE

to make worse or more severe

340.

FETID

stinking, having a heavy bad smell

310.

EXACT

to demand, call for, require, take

341.

FETTER

to shackle, put in chains, restrain

311.

EXCORIATE

to censure scathingly, to upbraid

342.

FIDUCIARY

312.

a person who holds assets in trust for a

beneficiary

313.

EXCULPATE

exonerate; to clear of blame

343.

FILIBUSTER

314.

EXEMPLAR

typical or standard specimen;

paradigm, model

intentional obstruction, usually using

prolonged speechmaking to delay
legislative action

315.

EXHORT

to incite, to make urgent appeals

344.

FILIGREE

316.

EXIGENT

urgent; pressing; requiring

immediate action or attention

an ornamental work, especially of

delicate lacelike patterns; resembling
such a pattern

EXONERATE

to remove blame

345.

FINAGLE

to trick, swindle or cheat

317.

EXPATIATE

discuss or write about at length; to

range freely

346.

FLAG

318.

to sag or droop, to become spiritless, to

decline

EXPIATE

to atone or make amends for

347.

FLIP

sarcastic, impertinent

319.

EXPOSITION

a systematic interpretation or
explanation (usually written) of a
specific topic

348.

FLORID

flushed with color, ruddy, ornate

320.

349.

FLOTSAM

wreckage of a ship floating in water

350.

FLOUT

to demonstrate contempt for

351.

FOMENT

to stir up, incite, rouse

352.

FOOLHARDY

recklessly or thoughtlessly bold

353.

FORAY

raid

354.

FORBEARANCE

patience, willingness to wait

321.

EXPUNGE

remove by erasing or crossing out

322.

EXPURGATE

to remove obscenity, purify, censor

323.

EXTANT

existing, not destroyed or lost

324.

EXTEMPORANEOUS

improvised; done without

preparation

EXTEMPORANEOUS

with little or no preparation or

forethought

355.

325.

FORD

to wade across the shallow part of a river

or stream

EXTENUATING

partially excusing or justifying, to

represent as less serious

356.

326.

FORESTALL

to act in a way to hinder, exclude or

prevent an action; to circumvent or thwart

357.

FORSWEAR

to renounce, disallow, repudiate

358.

FORTUITOUS

happening by fortunate accident or

chance

386.

HARANGUE

to deliver a loud, pompous speech or

tirade

359.

FOUNDER

to fail ; to collapse ; to sink

387.

HARROW

to distress, create stress or torment

360.

FRACAS

noisy fight or quarrel, brawl

388.

HEDONISM

361.

FRACTIOUS

quarrelsome, rebellious, unruly,

cranky

devotion to pleasurable pursuits,

especially to the pleasures of the
senses

FROWARD

intractable, not willing to yield or

comply, stubbornly disobedient

389.

362.

HEGEMONY

the consistent dominance or influence

of one group, state, or ideology over
others

363.

FUGACIOUS

fleeting; transitory

390.

HERETICAL

364.

FULMINATE

to attack loudly or denounce

violating accepted dogma or

convention, unorthodox

365.

FURLOUGH

to lay off from work, usually

temporarily

391.

HERMETIC

airtight, impervious to outside

influence

366.

FURTIVE

marked by stealth; covert;

surreptitious

392.

HETERODOX

characterized by departure from

accepted beliefs or standards

367.

GAINSAY

to deny, dispute, contradict, oppose

393.

HETERODOX

unorthodox, heretical, iconoclastic

368.

GALVANIZE

to stimulate, to startle into sudden

action

394.

HINTERLAND

the wilderness

395.

HIRSUTE

hairy, shaggy

369.

GAMBOL

to skip about playfully, frolic

396.

HOMILY

370.

GARNER

to gather and save, store up, acquire

a sermon or morally instructive lecture,

a platitude

371.

GARRULOUS

pointlessly talkative, talking too

much

397.

HOMOGENOUS

same throughout

398.

HUBRIS

arrogant presumption or pride

372.

GASTRONOMY

the art and practice of choosing and

preparing and eating good food

399.

HYPERBOLE

an exaggerated statement, often used

as a figure of speech

373.

GAUCHE

crude, awkward, tasteless

400.

ICONOCLAST

374.

GENUFLECT

bend the knees and bow in a servile

manner

one who attacks or undermines

traditional conventions or institutions

401.

IDOLATROUS

375.

GERMANE

relevant to the subject at hand;

appropriate in subject matter

given to intense or excessive devotion

to something

402.

IDYLL

376.

GLIB

marked by ease or informality;

nonchalant; lacking in depth;
superficial

a carefree, light-hearted pastoral or

romantic episode or experience; a
literary or musical piece describing
such

377.

GOSSAMER

delicate, insubstantial or tenuous;

insincere

403.

IGNOMINIOUS

shameful, dishonorable, ignoble,

undignified, disgraceful

378.

GRANDILOQUENCE

pompous speech or expression

404.

ILLICIT

illegal

379.

GRATUITOUS

freely given; not called for by

circumstances, unwarranted

405.

IMBROGLIO

difficult or embarrassing situation

406.

IMMINENT

about to happen; impending

380.

GREGARIOUS

sociable; outgoing; enjoying the

company of other people

407.

IMMOLATE

to kill as a sacrifice

381.

GROUSE

to complain or grumble

408.

IMMUTABLE

not capable of change

382.

GUILE

trickery, duplicity, cunning

409.

IMPASSIVE

revealing no emotion or sensibility

383.

HACKNEYED

rendered trite or commonplace by

frequent usage

410.

IMPECUNIOUS

lacking funds; without money

411.

IMPERIOUS

commanding, masterful, arrogant,

domineering, haughty

412.

IMPERTURBABLE

marked by extreme calm, impassivity

and steadiness

384.

HALCYON

calm and peaceful, prosperous

385.

HALLOW

to set apart as holy

413.

IMPETUOUS

hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive

and vehement

414.

IMPLACABLE

not capable of being appeased or

significantly changed

415.

IMPORTUNE

to ask incessantly, beg, nag

416.

IMPROVIDENT

lacking foresight, not cautious

417.

IMPUDENT

shamelessly bold; insolent; impertinent

418.

IMPUGN

attack or assail verbally, censure,

execrate, deny

444.

INGENUOUS

artless, frank and candid, lacking in

sophistication

445.

INHERENT

ingrained within one's nature, intrinsic,

firmly established, essential

446.

INIMICAL

damaging, harmful, injurious, hostile,

unfriendly

447.

INIMITABLE

one of a kind, peerless

448.

INIQUITY

wickedness, gross injustice

449.

INNERVATE

to supply with nerves, energize

450.

INNOCUOUS

harmless; causing no damage

451.

INSCRUTABLE

incapable of being discovered or

understood, mysterious

452.

INSENSATE

without compunction or human feeling

453.

INSENSIBLE

unconscious, unresponsive, unaware,

unaffected, numb

419.

IMPUNITY

exemption from punishment or loss

420.

IMPUNITY

immunity from punishment, penalty or

harm

421.

IMPUTE

to attribute to a cause or source, ascribe,

assign as a characteristic

422.

INADVERTENT

unintentional

423.

INALIENABLE

cannot be transferred

454.

INSIDIOUS

424.

INAMORATA

a woman with whom you are in love or

have an intimate relationship

intended to deceive or entrap; sly,

treacherous

455.

INSIPID

without taste or flavor, lacking in spirit,

dull

456.

INSOUCIANT

unconcerned, carefree, nonchalant

457.

INSULAR

parochial, narrow-minded, like an

island

458.

INTERDICT

prohibit, forbid, ban, halt

459.

INTERDICT

an official prohibition or restraint

460.

INTERLOCUTOR

a person who takes part in a

conversation

461.

INTERLOPER

someone who intrudes on the privacy or

property of another without permission

462.

INTERNECINE

characterized by bloodshed and carnage

for both sides

463.

INTIMATE

to imply, suggest or insinuate

464.

INTRACTABLE

not easily managed or directed,

stubborn, obstinate

465.

INTRANSIGENT

refusing to compromise

466.

INTREPID

steadfast, courageous

467.

INUNDATE

to cover or overwhelm, to flood

468.

INURED

accustomed to accepting something

undesirable

425.

INCANDESCENT

brilliant; giving off heat or light

426.

INCHOATE

in an initial stage, not fully formed

427.

INCIPIENT

beginning to come into being or to

become apparent

428.

INCIPIENT

beginning; in an early stage

429.

INCISIVE

having or demonstrating ability to

recognize or draw fine distinctions

430.

INCURSION

an attack or raid; the act of entering

another's territory

431.

INDEFATIGABLE

not easily exhaustible, tireless, dogged

432.

INDICT

accuse formally of a crime

433.

INDIFFERENT

having no interest or concern,

apathetic; showing no bias or prejudice

434.

INDIGENT

poor enough to need help from others

435.

INDITE

produce a literary work

436.

INDOLENCE

inactivity resulting from a dislike of

work; laziness

437.

INDOLENT

lazy, listless, torpid

438.

INDUBITABLE

too obvious to be doubted

439.

INEFFABLE

defying expression or description

469.

INVEIGH

to attack verbally, denounce, deprecate

440.

INELUCTABLE

certain, inevitable

470.

INVEIGLE

to obtain by deception or flattery

441.

INERT

unmoving, lethargic, sluggish, not

reactive chemically

471.

INVETERATE

deep rooted, ingrained, habitual

INEXORABLE

unchanging, unyielding

472.

INVIDIOUS

442.

tending to arouse envy or ill will in

others

443.

INGENUE

an artless girl; an actress who plays

such parts

473.

INVOLUTE

complex

474.

IRASCIBLE

easily angered; prone to temperamental

outbursts

475.

IRIDESCENT

varying in color when seen in different

lights or from different angles; having
rainbow-like colors

506.

MAGNANIMITY

the quality of being generously noble in

mind and heart, especially in forgiving

507.

MAGNILOQUENT

lofty in expression; pompous

508.

MALAISE

physical discomfort (as mild sickness

or depression)

509.

MALAPROPISM

the unintentional misuse of a word by

confusion with one that sounds similar

510.

MALCONTENT

a person who is discontented or

disgusted

511.

MALEVOLENT

having or showing often vicious ill will,

spite, or hatred

ITINERATE

to travel from place to place

477.

JEJUNE

vapid, uninteresting; childish,

immature; lacking nutrition

478.

JETSAM

goods thrown overboard deliberately to

lighten the load

479.

JIBE

to agree, to be in accord

480.

JOCOSE

given to joking; humorous

512.

MALFEASANCE

wrongful conduct by a public official

481.

KINETIC

having to do with motion; lively; active

513.

MALINGER

to feign illness so as to avoid work

482.

LABILE

readily open to change, unstable

514.

MALLEABLE

483.

LACHRYMOSE

causing tears, tearful, showing sorrow

capable of being shaped or formed,

easily influenced

LACKIDAISICAL

without interest, vigor, or determination;

lazy

515.

MARTIAL

484.

associated with war and the armed

forces

LACONIC

using few words; terse

516.

MARTINET

a rigid disciplinarian

485.

LASSITUDE

listlessness, languor, weariness

517.

MATRICULATE

486.

someone who has been admitted to a

college or university

487.

LATITUDE

freedom from narrow restrictions

518.

MAUDLIN

overly sentimental

488.

LAUD

to praise highly

519.

MAUNDER

to talk or move aimlessly, mutter

489.

LAVISH

extravagant

520.

MAVEN

expert

490.

LEGATEE

someone who receives a legacy

521.

MAVERICK

491.

LETHARGIC

characterized by sluggishness

an independent individual who does

not go along with a group or party

492.

LIBERTINE

someone unrestrained by morality or

convention or leading a dissolute life

522.

MELANCHOLY

tending toward sadness

523.

MELLIFLUOUS

sweetly or smoothly flowing

524.

MELLIFLUOUS

sweetly flowing, usually used to

describe words or sounds

476.

493.

LIEN

legal claim until a debt on it is repaid

494.

LIMN

to draw, outline in detail

495.

LIMPID

transparent, serene, clear and simple in

style, untroubled

525.

MENDACITY

the condition of being untruthful,

dishonesty

496.

LIONIZE

treat as a famous person

526.

MENDICANT

a beggar, supplicant

497.

LISSOME

flexible, lithe; supple

527.

MERCURIAL

characterized by rapid and

unpredictable change in mood

498.

LIST

to tilt or lean to one side

528.

MERETRICIOUS

499.

LOQUACIOUS

extremely talkative

tawdry, pretentious, attractive but false,

showy, having to do with prostitution

500.

LUBRICIOUS

lewd, wanton, greasy, slippery

529.

METICULOUS

501.

LUCID

intelligible, sound, clear

characterized by extreme care and

precision, attentive to detail

530.

LUGUBRIOUS

overly mournful

METTLESOME

courageous, high-spirited

502.

531.

LUMBER

to move heavily and clumsily or with a

rumbling sound

MIASMA

a noxious atmosphere or influence

503.

532.

MICROTOME

scientific instrument that cuts thin

slices of something for microscopic
examination

533.

MILIEU

the social, cultural surroundings

504.

LUMINOUS

characterized by brightness and the

emission of light, enlightened, clear

505.

MACERATE

to separate into parts by steeping in

liquid

534.

MILITATE

to have weight or bearing on, to argue

(against)

535.

MILK

to exploit, to squeeze every last ounce of

536.

MINATORY

menacing, threatening

537.

MINCE

pronounce or speak affectedly or too

carefully, euphemize, take tiny steps,
tiptoe

538.

MISANTHROPE

one who hates humankind

539.

MISOGYNIST

one who hates women

540.

MITIGATE

to make or become less severe or intense,

moderate

541.

MOLLIFY

to calm or soothe, reduce in emotional

intensity

542.

MONOLITHIC

characterized by massiveness and

rigidity and total uniformity

565.

OBEISANCE

gesture that expresses deference, such as

a bow or curtsy

566.

OBFUSCATE

to deliberately obscure, to make

confusing

567.

OBLIQUE

slanting, indirect, evasive, devious,

misleading

568.

OBSEQUIOUS

exhibiting a fawning attentiveness;

subservient

569.

OBSOLESCENT

becoming obsolete

570.

OBSTINATE

stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising

571.

OBSTREPEROUS

boisterously and noisily aggressive

572.

OBSTREPEROUS

noisy, loudly stubborn, boisterous

573.

OBTAIN

to be established, accepted, or
customary, prevail

574.

OBTRUDE

thrust oneself in as if by force

575.

OBTUSE

lacking sharpness of intellect, not clear

or precise in thought or expression

543.

MONOTONY

tedious lack of variety or change

544.

MOROSE

sad, sullen, melancholy

545.

MULTIFACETED

having many aspects

576.

OBVIATE

to anticipate and make unnecessary

546.

MULTIFARIOUS

varied, motley, greatly diversified

577.

OCCLUDE

to obstruct or block

547.

MUNDANE

of the world, typical of or concerned with

the ordinary

578.

OCCULT

hidden, concealed, beyond

comprehension

548.

MUNIFICENT

extremely generous, lavish

579.

ODIOUS

549.

NADIR

low point, perigee

hateful; arousing strong feelings of

dislike

NASCENT

coming into being; in early

developmental stages

580.

OFFICIOUS

550.

meddlesome, pushy in offering one's

services where they are unwanted

NATTY

trimly neat and tidy, dapper

581.

ONEROUS

troubling, burdensome

551.

NEBULOUS

vague, cloudy, lacking clearly defined

form

582.

ONTOLOGY

the study of the nature of existence

552.

583.

OPAQUE

impermeable by light; dense in mind

553.

NEFARIOUS

wicked

584.

OPPROBRIUM

disgrace, contempt, scorn

554.

NEOLOGISM

a new word, expression, or usage; the

creation or use of new words or senses

585.

OROTUND

having a round, resonant quality;

inflated speech

555.

NEOPHYTE

a recent convert; a beginner; novice; tyro

586.

OSCILLATION

556.

NESCIENT

lacking general education or knowledge

the act or state of swinging back and

forth with a steady, uninterrupted
rhythm

557.

NEXUS

a connection, tie, or link; center or focus

587.

OSSIFIED

558.

NICE

exacting, extremely or even excessively

precise; done with delicacy or skill

changed into bone; made rigidly

conventional and unreceptive to change

588.

OSTENSIBLE

seeming, appearing as such, professed

559.

NOISOME

offensive, especially to one's sense of

smell, fetid

589.

OSTENTATIOUS

characterized by or given to
pretentiousness

560.

NONPLUSSED

baffled, in a quandary, at a loss for what

to say, do or think

590.

OVERWEENING

presumptuously arrogant, overbearing,

immoderate

561.

NOSTRUM

cure-all, placebo, questionable remedy

591.

PAEAN

562.

NOXIOUS

harmful; injurious

a song or expression of praise and

thanksgiving

563.

NUGATORY

of no real value, trifling, worthless

592.

PALADIN

hero

564.

OBDURATE

unyielding, hardhearted, inflexible

593.

PALAVER

idle talk

594.

PALLIATE

to make something appear less

serious, gloss over, mitigate

595.

PANDEMIC

an epidemic that is geographically

widespread

596.

PANDEMIC

widespread; occurring over a large

area or affecting an unusually large
percentage of the population

597.

PANEGYRIC

formal expression of praise

598.

PARADIGM

something that serves as a model,

example, or pattern; the framework
of assumptions and understandings
shared by a group or discipline that
shapes its worldview

599.

PARADOX

a contradiction; a seemingly selfcontradictory statement that seems

true nonetheless

614.

PAUCITY

scarcity, a lacking of

615.

PECCADILLO

a slight offense, literally, a minor sin

616.

PECULATE

steal, embezzle

617.

PEDAGOGY

the art or profession of training,

teaching, or instructing

618.

PEDANTIC

ostentatious display of learning,

excessive attention to minutiae and
formal rules, unimaginative

619.

PEDESTRIAN

commonplace, trite, unremarkable

620.

PELLUCID

transparent, easy to understand

621.

PENCHANT

strong inclination, a liking

622.

PENULTIMATE

second to last

623.

PENURIOUS

penny-pinching; excessively thrifty;

ungenerous

600.

PARAGON

something regarded as a model of

excellence or perfection in some way

624.

PERCIPIENT

characterized by ease and quickness in

perceiving

601.

PARALEGAL

a person with specialized training

who assists lawyers

625.

PEREMPTORY

not allowing contradiction or refusal

PARAMILITARY

noting or pertaining to an
organization operating as, in place
of, or as a supplement to a regular
military force

626.

PEREMPTORY

602.

admitting of no contradiction, putting

an end to further debate, haughty,
imperious

627.

PERENNIAL

recurrent through the year or many

years, happening repeatedly

628.

PERFIDY

intentional breach of faith, treachery

629.

PERFUNCTORY

cursory, done without care or interest

630.

PERIPATETIC

itinerant, traveling, nomadic

631.

PERMUTATION

act of changing the lineal order of

objects in a group

632.

PERNICIOUS

extremely harmful, potentially causing

death

633.

PERORATE

to conclude a long discourse

634.

PERQUISITE

a privilege that goes along with a job ; a

perk

635.

PERSONABLE

pleasing in appearance, attractive

636.

PERSPICACIOUS

acutely perceptive, having keen

discernment

637.

PERTINACIOUS

resolute, stubbornly unyielding

638.

PERUSE

to examine with great care

639.

PERVADE

to permeate throughout

640.

PETROUS

like a rock, hard, stony

641.

PETULANT

peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily

irritated and upset

642.

PETULANT

impatient, irritable

643.

PHILANDER

to engage in love affairs frivolously or

casually

603.

604.

605.

PARAPSYCHOLOGY

PARIAH
PARITY

phenomena that appear to

contradict physical laws and suggest
the possibility of causation by
mental processes
an outcast, a rejected and despised
person
equality, as in amount, status, or
value

606.

PAROCHIAL

narrow-minded

607.

PARODY

a humorous imitation intended for

ridicule or comic effect, especially in
literature and art, also something so
bad as to be potentially mistaken for
an intentional mockery

608.

PARRY

to block, evade or ward off, as a blow

609.

PARSIMONIOUS

cheap, miserly

610.

PARTISAN

one-sided, committed to a party,

biased or prejudiced

611.

PASTICHE

artistic piece which consists of many

different styles

612.

613.

PATERNALISM

PATRICIAN

the attitude (of a person or a

government) that subordinates
should be controlled in a fatherly
way for their own good
belonging to or characteristic of the
nobility or aristocracy

644.

PHILANTHROPIC

humanitarian; benevolent

675.

PRECIPITATE

645.

PHILATELIST

a collector and student of postage

stamps

acting with excessive haste or

impulse

676.

PRECIPITOUS

very steep

677.

PRECURSOR

something that precedes and

indicates or announces another

678.

PREDICATE

to proclaim, declare

679.

PREDILECTION

a predisposition in favor of
something

680.

PREDILECTION

a disposition in favor of something,

preference

681.

PREEMPT

to replace, to supersede, to
appropriate

682.

PREEN

to dress up, primp, groom oneself

with elaborate care; in animals, to
clean fur or feathers

646.

PHILISTINE

a crass individual guided by material

rather than intellectual or artistic
values

PHILOLOGY

the humanistic study of language and

literature

PHLEGMATIC

calm, sluggish, unemotional, stoic

649.

PICARESQUE

involving clever rogues or adventurers

650.

PIED

multi-colored, usually in botches

651.

PILLORY

to punish, hold up to public scorn

652.

PINE

to yearn intensely, to languish, to lose

vigor

653.

PIOUS

extremely reverent or devout

683.

PRESAGE

a sign of something about to happen

654.

PIQUANT

agreeably pungent, spicy, stimulating

684.

PRESCIENCE

655.

PIQUE

resentment, feeling of irritation due to

hurt pride

knowing of events prior to their

occurring

685.

PRESENTIMENT

a feeling of evil to come

656.

PIRATE

to use or reproduce illegally

686.

PRESTIDIGITATION

sleight of hand; legerdemain

657.

PITH

the essential or central part

687.

PRESUMPTUOUS

658.

PLACATE

to appease, to calm by making

concessions

overstepping bounds, as of propriety

or courtesy; taking liberties

688.

PREVARICATE

to deliberately avoid the truth,

mislead

647.

648.

659.

PLAINTIVE

mournful, melancholy, sorrowful

660.

PLANGENT

pounding, thundering, resounding

689.

PRISTINE

pure, uncorrupted, clean

661.

PLASTIC

moldable, pliable, not rigid

690.

PRIVATION

lack of usual comforts or

necessaries of life

662.

PLATITUDE

a superficial or trite remark, especially

one offered as meaningful

691.

PRIZE

to pry, press or force with a lever

692.

PROBITY

adherence to highest principles,

uprightness

693.

PROCLIVITY

a natural predisposition or
inclination

694.

PRODIGAL

recklessly wasteful, extravagant,

profuse, lavish

663.

PLETHORA

an overabundance, a surplus

664.

PLUCK

courage, spunk, fortitude

665.

PLUMB

to measure the depth, to examine

critically

666.

PLUMMET

to plunge or drop straight down

667.

PLUTOCRACY

a political system governed by the

wealthy people

695.

PRODIGIOUS

abundant in size, force, or extent;

extraordinary

668.

POIGNANT

distressing, pertinent, touching,

stimulating, emotional

696.

PROFFER

present for acceptance or rejection

697.

PROFLIGATE

669.

POLEMICAL

controversial, argumentative

excessively wasteful; recklessly

extravagant

670.

PRAGMATIC

practical rather than idealistic

698.

PROFUSE

671.

PRATE

chatter, babble

given or coming forth abundantly,

extravagant

PRATTLE

to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an

empty and idle manner

699.

PROGNOSIS

672.

a prediction of the course of a

disease

PRECARIOUS

uncertain, risky, dangerous

700.

PROLIFIC

673.

producing large volumes or

amounts, productive

674.

PRECEPT

rule establishing standards of conduct,

a doctrine that is taught

701.

PROLIX

long-winded, verbose

702.

PROMULGATE

to declare, make known publicly

703.

PROPENSITY

a natural inclination or tendency,

penchant

704.

PROPENSITY

a natural inclination

705.

PROPINQUITY

nearness in time or place, affinity of

nature, kinship

706.

PROPITIATE

to appease or pacify

707.

PROPITIOUS

presenting favorable circumstances

708.

PROPITIOUS

auspicious, favorable

709.

PROPRIETY

appropriateness; conformity with

standards of acceptable behavior

710.

PROSAIC

dull, unimaginative

711.

PROSCRIBE

to outlaw or prohibit

712.

PROVIDENT

frugal, looking to the future

713.

PUERILE

childish, immature

714.

PUGNACIOUS

contentious, quarrelsome, given to

fighting, belligerent

715.

716.

717.

PUNCTILIOUS
PUNCTILIOUS
PUNDIT

precise, paying attention to trivialities,

especially in regard to etiquette
very careful and exact, attentive to fine
points of etiquette or propriety
an authority on a subject, one who
gives opinions

733.

RAILLERY

good-natured teasing or ridicule

734.

RAMIFY

to be divided or subdivided, branch out

735.

RANCOROUS

characterized by bitter, long-lasting

resentment

736.

RAPACIOUS

voracious, greedy, plundering,

subsisting on prey

737.

RAREFY

to make or become thin, less dense,

refine

738.

REBUFF

a blunt or abrupt rejection

739.

REBUS

riddle, a representation of words by

pictures or symbols that sound like
words

740.

RECALCITRANT

obstinately defiant of authority or

guidance, difficult to manage

741.

RECANT

to retract, especially a previously held

belief

742.

RECAPITULATE

to summarize, to repeat concisely

743.

RECIDIVISM

relapse into antisocial or criminal

behavior

744.

RECONDITE

hidden, concealed, difficult to

understand, obscure

745.

RECONNOITER

to engage in reconnaissance, make a

preliminary inspection of

746.

RECOURSE

a person or thing turned to for help or

advice; the act of seeking help or
protection

747.

RECREANT

cowardly or craven

748.

RECRIMINATION

the act of accusing in return; opposing

another charge

718.

PUNGENT

characterized by a strong, sharp smell

or taste, penetrating, to the point

719.

PUNITIVE

inflicting punishment

720.

PUSILLANIMOUS

cowardly, craven

721.

PUTATIVE

reputed, supposed

749.

RECUMBENT

722.

PUTREFY

to rot, decay and give off a foul odor,

become gangrenous

in a reclining position, lying down, in

the posture of one sleeping or resting

750.

RECUMBENT

leaning, resting, prone

723.

QUAFF

to drink deeply

751.

REDOLENT

fragrant, suggestive or evocative

724.

QUAIL

to shrink back in fear, lose courage

752.

REDOUBTABLE

725.

QUALIFY

to limit

that is to be feared; commanding or

evoking respect

726.

QUALMS

misgivings, reservations, causes for

hesitancy

753.

REFERENDUM

a legislative act is referred for final

approval to a popular vote by the
electorate

727.

QUERIES

questions, inquiries, reservations

754.

REFRACTORY

728.

QUERULOUS

prone to complaining or grumbling,

quarrelsome

stubbornly resistant to authority or

control

755.

REFULGENT

radiant, shiny, brilliant

729.

QUIESCENCE

stillness, motionlessness, quality of

being at rest

756.

REFUTE

to disprove, successfully argue against

757.

REGALE

to delight or entertain, feast

758.

REGRESS

returning to a former state

759.

RELEGATE

to forcibly assign, especially to a lower

place or position

730.

QUOTIDIAN

occurring or recurring daily,

commonplace

731.

RAFFISH

low, vulgar, base

732.

RAIL

to complain about bitterly

760.

REMISSION

an abatement in intensity or degree (as

in the manifestations of a disease)

761.

REMONSTRATE

to protest, object

762.

RENEGE

to fail to honor a commitment, go back

on a promise

763.

RENT

torn, split, apart, pierced as by a sound

764.

REPINE

to feel or express dejection or

discontent, long for
a facility where things can be deposited
for storage or safekeeping

765.

766.

REPOSITORY
REPROBATE

a depraved, vicious, or unprincipled

person, scoundrel; wicked, corrupt, or
unprincipled; to disapprove of,
condemn

787.

SATIRE

a literary work that ridicules or criticizes

human vice through humor or derision

788.

SATURNINE

gloomy, dark, sullen, morose

789.

SAVANT

genius

790.

SCURRILOUS

vulgar, low, indecent

791.

SCURVY

contemptible, despicable

792.

SEDULOUS

diligent, persistently maintained,

assiduous

793.

SEINE

a large net hung out and dragged in to

catch fish

794.

SEMINAL

like a seed, constituting a source,

originative

795.

SERE

withered, arid

796.

SHARD

a piece of broken pottery or glass, any

small piece or part

767.

REPUDIATE

to refuse to have anything to do with,

disown

768.

RESCIND

to invalidate, repeal, retract

797.

SIBILANT

hissing

769.

RESOLUTE

adamant, steadfast, determined

798.

SIMPER

770.

RETICENT

quiet, reserved, reluctant to express

thoughts and feelings

to smirk, to say something with a silly, coy

smile

799.

SINECURE

the act of cutting down, especially

expenses

position requiring little or no work and

usually providing an income

800.

SINGULAR

exceptional, unusual, odd

801.

SINUOUS

winding, curving, moving lithely, devious

802.

SLAKE

to satisfy, quench, lessen the intensity of

803.

SOCIOPATH

one who is psychopathic and antisocial

804.

SODDEN

soaked or drenched, unimaginative, dull

805.

SOLDER

to weld, fuse or join, as with a soldering

gun

806.

SOLICITOUS

concerned and anxious, eager

807.

SOLOPSISM

the theory that one's self exists

808.

SOLVENT

able to meet financial obligations

809.

SOPHISTIC

apparently sound but really fallacious

810.

SOPHISTRY

fallacious reasoning; plausible but faulty

logic

811.

SOPHOMORIC

exhibiting immaturity, lack of judgment,

pretentious

812.

SOPORIFIC

causing drowsiness, tending to induce

sleep

813.

SORDID

characterized by filth, grime, or squalor,

foul

814.

SPARSE

thin, not dense, arranged at widely spaced

intervals

815.

SPECIOUS

seeming true, but actually false,

misleadingly attractive

816.

SPENDTHRIFT

one who spends money wastefully

771.

RETRENCHMENT

772.

REVERENT

marked by, feeling, or expressing a

feeling of profound awe and respect

773.

RHETORIC

the art or study of effective use of

language for communication and
persuasion

774.

RISIBLE

hilarious, provoking laughter

775.

RUBRIC

authoritiative rule, heading, title, or

category

776.

RUE

regret, feel remorse

777.

SAGACIOUS

having sound judgment, perceptive,

wise

778.

SALACIOUS

appealing to or causing sexual desire,

bawdy

779.

SALIENT

prominent, protruding, conspicuous,

highly relevant

780.

SALUBRIOUS

promoting health or well-being

781.

SALUTARY

remedial, wholesome, causing

improvement

782.

SANCTIMONY

self-righteousness, pretended piety

783.

SANCTION

authoritiative permission or approval; a

penalty intended to enforce compliance

784.

SANGUINE

cheerful, confident, optimistic

785.

SAP

to enervate or weaken the vitality of

786.

SATIATE

to overindulge, satisfy to excess

817.

SPLENETIC

bad-tempered, irritable

847.

SUPPLICANT

818.

SPORADIC

occurring only occasionally, or in

scattered instances

beggar, one who prays or begs for

something

848.

SUPPOSITION

lacking authenticity or validity, false,

counterfeit

something that is assumed or taken for

granted without conclusive evidence

849.

SURFEIT

to feed or supply in excess

850.

SURREPTITIOUS

by stealth

851.

SVELTE

slender, esp. in figure

852.

SYCOPHANT

someone who tires to flatter or please for

personal gain, parasite

853.

SYNTHESIS

the combination of parts to make a

whole

854.

TABLE

to remove (as a parliamentary motion)

from consideration

855.

TACITURN

not talkative, silent

856.

TALISMAN

something believed to have magic power

or bestow good luck

857.

TAMP

to plug, to drive in or down by a series of

blows

858.

TANTAMOUNT

equal to

859.

TAUTOLOGY

a repetition, a redundancy, a circular

argument

819.

SPURIOUS

820.

SQUALID

sordid, wretched and dirty as from neglect

821.

SQUANDER

to waste by spending or using

irresponsibly

822.

STANCH

to stop the flow of a fluid

823.

STATIC

not moving, active or in motion; at rest

824.

STEEP

to saturate or completely soak

825.

STENTORIAN

extremely loud and powerful

826.

STINT

to restrain, be sparing or frugal

827.

STOIC

indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or

pain, steadfast

828.

STOLID

calm, impassive

829.

STRIATED

striped, grooved, or banded

830.

STRUT

a sturctural support used to brace a

framework

831.

STUPEFY

to stun, baffle, or amaze

832.

STYMIE

to block, thwart

860.

TAWDRY

cheap, gaudy, showy, tacky, indecent

833.

SUBPOENA

a court order requiring appearance and/or

testimony

861.

TEMERITY

reckless boldness

862.

TENABLE

based on sound reasoning or evidence

834.

SUBSIDIARY

a company that is completely controlled

by another company

863.

TENACIOUS

holding fast; holding together firmly;

persistent

835.

SUBTERFUGE

something intended to misrepresent the

true nature of an activity

864.

TENACITY

the quality of adherence or persistence

to something valued

836.

SUBTLE

not obvious, elusive, difficult to discern,

crafty or sly

865.

TENDENTIOUS

having or marked by a strong tendency

especially a controversial one

837.

SUCCINCT

brief, concise

866.

TENDENTIOUS

biased, showing marked tendencies

838.

SUCCOR

assistance, relief in time of distress

867.

TENDER

to offer formally

839.

SUFFUSE

cause to spread or flush or flood through,

over, or across

868.

TENUOUS

having little substance or strength,

flimsy, weak

840.

SUNDRY

various, miscellaneous, separate

869.

TERSE

brief and concise in wording

841.

SUPERCILIOUS

disdainful, arrogant, haughty,

characterized by haughty scorn

870.

TIMOROUS

timid, fearful, diffident

SUPERCILIOUS

having or showing arrogant superiority to

and disdain of those one views as
unworthy

871.

TIRADE

842.

a long and extremely critical speech,

harsh denunciation

872.

TOADY

sycophant, flatterer, yes-man

843.

SUPERFLUOUS

exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

873.

TORPID

lethargic, sluggish, dormant

844.

SUPINE

inactive, lying on one's back, apathetic,

mentally or morally slack

874.

TORQUE

a force that causes rotation

875.

TORRID

scorching, ardent, passionate, hurried

845.

SUPPLANT

to take the place of, supersede

876.

TORT

846.

SUPPLIANT

asking humbly, beseeching

in law, a civil misdeed requiring

compensation

877.

TORTUOUS

winding, twisting, excessively

complicated

878.

TOUT

to publicly praise or promote

879.

TRACTABLE

docile, obedient, easily led

880.

TRADUCE

to cause humiliation or disgrace by

making malicious and false
statements

903.

VACILLATE

to waver indecisively between one

course of action or opinion and
another, sway from one side to the
other

904.

VAGARY

unpredictable act or idea, caprice

905.

VAPIDITY

dull or lacking in taste

906.

VARIEGATED

multicolored, characterized by a variety

of patches of different color

881.

TRANSIENT

fleeting, passing quickly, brief

TRAVESTY

mockery, caricature, parody

907.

882.

VAUNT

to brag or boast

TRENCHANT

sharply perceptive, keen,

penetrating, biting, clear cut

908.

883.

VENAL

capable of being bought or bribed,

mercenary

TRUCULENT

fierce, scathing, eager to fight

909.

884.

VENERATE

to revere

TUMID

swollen

910.

885.

VERACITY

truthfulness, honesty

TURBID

muddy, having sediment stirred up,

clouded to the point of being opaque,
in a state of turmoil

911.

886.

VERISIMILITUDE

appearing true or real

912.

VERITABLE

authentic, real, genuine

887.

TURGID

913.

VEXATION

annoyance, irritation

swollen, bloated, pompous,

excessively ornate

914.

VIGILANT

alertly watchful

888.

TURPITUDE

depravity, baseness

915.

VILIFY

to defame, characterize harshly

889.

TUTELARY

being a guardian, adviser or

protector

916.

VIRAGO

a loud, domineering woman

917.

VIRULENT

extremey harmful or poisonous, bitterly

hostile or antagonistic

918.

VISCOUS

thick, sticky

919.

VITIATE

to reduce the value of, debase, spoil,

make ineffective

890.

TYRO

novice, beginner in learning

891.

UBIQUITOUS

existing everywhere at the same

time, constantly encountered,
widespread

892.

UMBRAGE

offense, resentment

920.

VITUPERATE

893.

UNCONSCIONABLE

unscrupulous; shockingly unfair or

unjust

to use harsh condemnatory language;

abuse or censure severely

921.

VOCIFEROUS

conspicuously and offensively loud

922.

VOLATILE

readily changing to a vapor;

changeable, fickle, explosive

923.

VORACIOUS

having an insatiable appetite for an

activity or pursuit, ravenous

924.

WAFFLE

talk vaguely and without much result

925.

WAFT

a light breeze, a puff

926.

WAGGISH

roguish, jocular, witty

894.

UNCTUOUS

excessive piousness or moralistic

fervor, esp. in an affected manner;
oily

895.

UNDULATE

to move in wavelike fashion,

fluctuate

896.

UNFEIGNED

genuine, not false or hypocritical

897.

UNTENABLE

indefensible, not viable,

uninhabitable

898.

UNTOWARD

troublesome, unruly, unseemly,

adverse

927.

WAVER

to move to and fro, to sway; to be

unsettled in opinion

899.

UPBRAID

to scold, censure, rebuke, chastise

928.

WELTER

to writhe, to toss about, to be in turmoil

900.

URBANE

sophisticated, refined, elegant

929.

WEND

to go, proceed, walk

901.

USURY

charging an exorbitant or illegal rate

of interest

930.

WHET

to sharpen or stimulate

931.

WHIMSICAL

imaginative; unpredictable

932.

ZEALOUS

fervent, ardent, impassioned

933.

ZEITGEIST

the general trend of culture, the spirit of

time

902.

UXORIOUS

overly fond of one's wife