5000 Words with Brief Definitions
 

[LIST][*]abase v. To lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade.[*]accredit v. To give credit or authority to.[*]abbess n. The lady superior of a nunnery.[*]accumulate v. To become greater in quantity or number.[*]abbey n. The group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of[*]accuracy n. Exactness.[*]accurate adj. Conforming exactly to truth or to a standard.[*]monks or nuns.[*]abbot n. The superior of a community of monks.[*]accursed adj. Doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.[*]abdicate v. To give up (royal power or the like).[*]accusation n. A charge of crime, misdemeanor, or error.[*]abdomen n. In mammals, the visceral cavity between the diaphragm and the pelvic floor;[*]accusatory adj. Of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.[*]accuse v. To charge with wrong doing, misconduct, or error.[*]the belly.[*]abdominal n. Of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.[*]accustom v. To make familiar by use.[*]abduction n. A carrying away of a person against his will, or illegally.[*]acerbity n. Sourness, with bitterness and astringency.[*]abed adv. In bed; on a bed.[*]acetate n. A salt of acetic acid.[*]aberration n. Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.[*]acetic adj. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of vinegar.[*]abet v. To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense).[*]ache v. To be in pain or distress.[*]abeyance n. A state of suspension or temporary inaction.[*]Achillean adj. Invulnerable.[*]abhorrence n. The act of detesting extremely.[*]achromatic adj. Colorless,[*]abhorrent adj. Very repugnant; hateful.[*]acid n. A sour substance.[*]abidance n. An abiding.[*]acidify v. To change into acid.[*]abject adj. Sunk to a low condition.[*]acknowledge v. To recognize; to admit the genuineness or validity of.[*]abjure v. To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath.[*]acknowledgment n. Recognition.[*]able-bodied adj. Competent for physical service.[*]acme n. The highest point, or summit.[*]ablution n. A washing or cleansing, especially of the body.[*]acoustic adj. Pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.[*]abnegate v. To renounce (a right or privilege).[*]acquaint v. To make familiar or conversant.[*]abnormal adj. Not conformed to the ordinary rule or standard.[*]acquiesce v. To comply; submit.[*]abominable adj. Very hateful.[*]acquiescence n. Passive consent.[*]abominate v. To hate violently.[*]acquire v. To get as one's own.[*]abomination n. A very detestable act or practice.[*]acquisition n. Anything gained, or made one's own, usually by effort or labor.[*]aboriginal adj. Primitive; unsophisticated.[*]acquit v. To free or clear, as from accusation.[*]aborigines n. The original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.[*]acquittal n. A discharge from accusation by judicial action.[*]aboveboard adv. & adj. Without concealment, fraud, or trickery.[*]acquittance n. Release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.[*]abrade v. To wear away the surface or some part of by friction.[*]acreage n. Quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.[*]abrasion n. That which is rubbed off.[*]acrid adj. Harshly pungent or bitter.[*]abridge v. To make shorter in words, keeping the essential features, leaning out minor particles.[*]acrimonious adj. Full of bitterness.[*]abridgment n. A condensed form as of a book or play.[*]acrimony n. Sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.[*]abrogate v. To abolish, repeal.[*]actionable adj. Affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.[*]abrupt adj. Beginning, ending, or changing suddenly or with a break.[*]actuality n. Any reality.[*]abscess n. A Collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.[*]actuary n. An officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.[*]abscission n. The act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.[*]actuate v. To move or incite to action.[*]abscond v. To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest.[*]acumen n. Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination.[*]absence n. The fact of not being present or available.[*]acute adj. Having fine and penetrating discernment.[*]absent-minded adj. Lacking in attention to immediate surroundings or business.[*]adamant n. Any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability.[*]absolution n. Forgiveness, or passing over of offenses.[*]addendum n. Something added, or to be added.[*]absolve v. To free from sin or its penalties.[*]addle v. To make inefficient or worthless; muddle.[*]absorb v. To drink in or suck up, as a sponge absorbs water.[*]adduce v. To bring forward or name for consideration.[*]absorption n. The act or process of absorbing.[*]adhere v. To stick fast or together.[*]abstain v. To keep oneself back (from doing or using something).[*]adherence n. Attachment.[*]abstemious adj. Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food.[*]adherent adj. Clinging or sticking fast.[*]abstinence n. Self denial.[*]adhesion n. The state of being attached or joined.[*]abstruse adj. Dealing with matters difficult to be understood.[*]adieu inter. Good-by; farewell.[*]absurd adj. Inconsistent with reason or common sense.[*]adjacency n. The state of being adjacent.[*]abundant adj. Plentiful.[*]adjacent n. That which is near or bordering upon.[*]abusive adj. Employing harsh words or ill treatment.[*]adjudge v. To award or bestow by formal decision.[*]abut v. To touch at the end or boundary line.[*]adjunct n. Something joined to or connected with another thing, but holding a subordinate place.[*]abyss n. Bottomless gulf.[*]adjuration n. A vehement appeal.[*]academic adj. Of or pertaining to an academy, college, or university.[*]adjutant adj. Auxiliary.[*]academician n. A member of an academy of literature, art, or science.[*]administrator n. One who manages affairs of any kind.[*]academy n. Any institution where the higher branches of learning are taught.[*]admissible adj. Having the right or privilege of entry.[*]accede v. To agree.[*]admittance n. Entrance, or the right or permission to enter.[*]accelerate v. To move faster.[*]admonish v. To warn of a fault.[*]accept v. To take when offered.[*]admonition n. Gentle reproof.[*]access n. A way of approach or entrance; passage.[*]ado n. unnecessary activity or ceremony.[*]accessible adj. Approachable.[*]adoration n. Profound devotion.[*]accession n. Induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.[*]adroit adj. Having skill in the use of the bodily or mental powers.[*]accessory n. A person or thing that aids the principal agent.[*]adulterant n. An adulterating substance.[*]acclaim v. To utter with a shout.[*]adulterate v. To make impure by the admixture of other or baser ingredients.[*]accommodate v. To furnish something as a kindness or favor.[*]adumbrate v. To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem.[*]accompaniment n. A subordinate part or parts, enriching or supporting the leading part.[*]advent n. The coming or arrival, as of any important change, event, state, or personage.[*]accompanist n. One who or that which accompanies.[*]adverse adj. Opposing or opposed.[*]accompany v. To go with, or be associated with, as a companion.[*]adversity n. Misfortune.[*]accomplice n. An associate in wrong-doing.[*]advert v. To refer incidentally.[*]accomplish v. To bring to pass.[*]advertiser n. One who advertises, especially in newspapers.[*]accordion n. A portable free-reed musical instrument.[*]advisory adj. Not mandatory.[*]accost v. To speak to.[*]advocacy n. The act of pleading a cause.[*]account n. A record or statement of receipts and expenditures, or of business transactions.[*]advocate n. One who pleads the cause of another, as in a legal or ecclesiastical court.[*]accouter v. To dress.[*]aerial adj. Of, pertaining to, or like the air.[/LIST]

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[LIST][*]aeronaut n. One who navigates the air, a balloonist.[*]altercate v. To contend angrily or zealously in words.[*]aeronautics n. the art or practice of flying aircraft[*]alternate n. One chosen to act in place of another, in case of the absence or incapacity of that other.[*]aerostat n. A balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.[*]alternative n. Something that may or must exist, be taken or chosen, or done instead of[*]aerostatics n. The branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and[*]something else.[*]altitude n. Vertical distance or elevation above any point or base-level, as the sea.[*]mechanical properties.[*]affable adj. Easy to approach.[*]alto n. The lowest or deepest female voice or part.[*]affect v. To act upon[*]altruism n. Benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.[*]affectation n. A studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.[*]altruist n. One who advocates or practices altruism.[*]affiliate n. Some auxiliary person or thing.[*]amalgam n. An alloy or union of mercury with another metal.[*]affirmative adj. Answering yes; to a question at issue.[*]amalgamate v. To mix or blend together in a homogeneous body.[*]affix v. To fasten.[*]amateur adj. Practicing an art or occupation for the love of it, but not as a profession.[*]affluence n. A profuse or abundant supply of riches.[*]amatory adj. Designed to excite love.[*]affront n. An open insult or indignity.[*]ambidextrous adj. Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease.[*]afire adv. & adj. On fire, literally or figuratively.[*]ambiguous adj. Having a double meaning.[*]afoot adv. In progress.[*]ambitious adj. Eagerly desirous and aspiring.[*]aforesaid adj. Said in a preceding part or before.[*]ambrosial adj. Divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.[*]afresh adv. Once more, after rest or interval.[*]ambulance n. A vehicle fitted for conveying the sick and wounded.[*]afterthought n. A thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.[*]ambulate v. To walk about[*]agglomerate v. To pile or heap together.[*]ambush n. The act or state of lying concealed for the purpose of surprising or attacking the[*]aggrandize v. To cause to appear greatly.[*]enemy. [*]aggravate v. To make heavier, worse, or more burdensome.[*]ameliorate v. To relieve, as from pain or hardship[*]aggravation n. The fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.[*]amenable adj. Willing and ready to submit.[*]aggregate n. The entire number, sum, mass, or quantity of something.[*]Americanism n. A peculiar sense in which an English word or phrase is used in the United[*]aggress v. To make the first attack.[*]States.[*]aggression n. An unprovoked attack.[*]amicable adj. Done in a friendly spirit.[*]aggrieve v. To give grief or sorrow to.[*]amity n. Friendship.[*]aghast adj. Struck with terror and amazement.[*]amorous adj. Having a propensity for falling in love.[*]agile adj. Able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally.[*]amorphous adj. Without determinate shape.[*]agitate v. To move or excite (the feelings or thoughts).[*]amour n. A love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.[*]agrarian adj. Pertaining to land, especially agricultural land.[*]ampere n. The practical unit of electric-current strength.[*]aide-de-camp n. An officer who receives and transmits the orders of the general.[*]ampersand n. The character &; and.[*]ailment n. Slight sickness.[*]amphibious adj. Living both on land and in water.[*]airy adj. Delicate, ethereal.[*]amphitheater n. An edifice of elliptical shape, constructed about a central open space or arena.[*]akin adj. Of similar nature or qualities.[*]amplitude n. Largeness.[*]alabaster n. A white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.[*]amply adv. Sufficiently.[*]alacrity n. Cheerful willingness.[*]amputate v. To remove by cutting, as a limb or some portion of the body.[*]albeit conj. Even though.[*]amusement n. Diversion.[*]albino n. A person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.[*]anachronism n. Anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.[*]album n. A book whose leaves are so made to form paper frames for holding photographs or the like.[*]anagram n. The letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or[*]alchemy n. Chemistry of the middle ages, characterized by the pursuit of changing base[*]phrase.[*]analogous adj. Corresponding (to some other) in certain respects, as in form, proportion,[*]metals to gold.[*]alcohol n. A volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.[*]relations.[*]alcoholism n. A condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.[*]analogy n. Reasoning in which from certain and known relations or resemblance others[*]alcove n. A covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room.[*]are formed.[*]alder n. Any shrub or small tree of the genus Alumnus, of the oak family.[*]analyst n. One who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.[*]alderman n. A member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain[*]analyze v. To examine minutely or critically.[*]anarchy n. Absence or utter disregard of government.[*]judicial functions.[*]aldermanship n. The dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.[*]anathema n. Anything forbidden, as by social usage.[*]alias n. An assumed name.[*]anatomy n. That branch of morphology which treats of the structure of organisms.[*]alien n. One who owes allegiance to a foreign government.[*]ancestry n. One's ancestors collectively.[*]alienable adj. Capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.[*]anecdote n. A brief account of some interesting event or incident.[*]alienate v. To cause to turn away.[*]anemia n. Deficiency of blood or red corpuscles.[*]alienation n. Estrangement.[*]anemic adj. Affected with anemia.[*]aliment n. That which nourishes.[*]anemometer n. An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.[*]alkali n. Anything that will neutralize an acid, as lime, magnesia, etc.[*]anesthetic adj. Pertaining to or producing loss of sensation.[*]allay v. To calm the violence or reduce the intensity of; mitigate.[*]anew adv. Once more.[*]allege v. To assert to be true, especially in a formal manner, as in court.[*]angelic adj. Saintly.[*]allegory n. The setting forth of a subject under the guise of another subject of aptly[*]Anglophobia n. Hatred or dread of England or of what is English.[*]Anglo-Saxon n. The entire English race wherever found, as in Europe, the United States,[*]suggestive likeness.[*]alleviate v. To make less burdensome or less hard to bear.[*]or India.[*]alley n. A narrow street, garden path, walk, or the like.[*]angular adj. Sharp-cornered.[*]alliance n. Any combination or union for some common purpose.[*]anhydrous adj. Withered.[*]allot v. To assign a definite thing or part to a certain person.[*]animadversion n. The utterance of criticism or censure.[*]allotment n. Portion.[*]animadvert v. To pass criticism or censure.[*]allude v. To refer incidentally, or by suggestion.[*]animalcule n. An animal of microscopic smallness.[*]allusion n. An indirect and incidental reference to something without definite mention of it.[*]animate v. To make alive.[*]alluvion n. Flood.[*]animosity n. Hatred.[*]ally n. A person or thing connected with another, usually in some relation of helpfulness.[*]annalist n. Historian.[*]almanac n. A series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain[*]annals n. A record of events in their chronological order, year by year.[*]annex v. To add or affix at the end.[*]astronomical information.[*]aloof adv. Not in sympathy with or desiring to associate with others.[*]annihilate v. To destroy absolutely.[*]altar n. Any raised place or structure on which sacrifices may be offered or incense burned.[*]annotate v. To make explanatory or critical notes on or upon.[*]alter v. To make change in.[*]annual adj. Occurring every year.[*]alteration n. Change or modification.[*]annuity n. An annual allowance, payment, or income.[*]

[*]annunciation n. Proclamation.[*]appropriate adj. Suitable for the purpose and circumstances.[*]anode n. The point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the[*]aqueduct n. A water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.[*]aqueous adj. Of, pertaining to, or containing water.[*]like.[*]anonymous adj. Of unknown authorship.[*]arbiter n. One chosen or appointed, by mutual consent of parties in dispute, to decide matters.[*]antagonism n. Mutual opposition or resistance of counteracting forces, principles, or[*]arbitrary adj. Fixed or done capriciously.[*]arbitrate v. To act or give judgment as umpire.[*]persons.[*]Antarctic adj. Pertaining to the south pole or the regions near it.[*]arbor n. A tree.[*]ante v. In the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.[*]arboreal adj. Of or pertaining to a tree or trees.[*]antecede v. To precede.[*]arborescent adj. Having the nature of a tree.[*]antecedent n. One who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank,[*]arboretum n. A botanical garden or place devoted to the cultivation of trees or shrubs.[*]arboriculture n. The cultivation of trees or shrubs.[*]order, or causality.[*]antechamber n. A waiting room for those who seek audience.[*]arcade n. A vaulted passageway or street; a roofed passageway having shops, etc., opening from it.[*]antedate v. To assign or affix a date to earlier than the actual one.[*]archaic adj. Antiquated[*]antediluvian adj. Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the[*]archaism n. Obsolescence.[*]archangel n. An angel of high rank.[*]days of Noah.[*]antemeridian adj. Before noon.[*]archbishop n. The chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the Greek, Roman,[*]antemundane adj. Pertaining to time before the world's creation.[*]and Anglican church.[*]antenatal adj. Occurring or existing before birth.[*]archdeacon n. A high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.[*]anterior adj. Prior.[*]archaeology n. The branch of anthropology concerned with the systematic investigation of[*]anteroom n. A room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.[*]the relics of man.[*]anthology n. A collection of extracts from the writings of various authors.[*]archetype n. A prototype.[*]anthracite n. Hard coal.[*]archipelago n. Any large body of water studded with islands, or the islands collectively[*]anthropology n. The science of man in general.[*]themselves.[*]anthropomorphous adj. Having or resembling human form.[*]ardent adj. Burning with passion.[*]antic n. A grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.[/LIST]

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[LIST][*]ardor n. Intensity of passion or affection.[*]Antichrist n. Any opponent or enemy of Christ, whether a person or a power.[*]arid adj. Very dry.[*]anticlimax n. A gradual or sudden decrease in the importance or impressiveness of what is said.[*]aristocracy n. A hereditary nobility[*]anticyclone n. An atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.[*]aristocrat n. A hereditary noble or one nearly connected with nobility.[*]antidote n. Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, disease, or the[*]armada n. A fleet of war-vessels.[*]armful n. As much as can be held in the arm or arms.[*]like.[*]antilogy n. Inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.[*]armory n. An arsenal.[*]antipathize v. To show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.[*]aroma n. An agreeable odor.[*]antiphon n. A response or alteration of responses, generally musical.[*]arraign v. To call into court, as a person indicted for crime, and demand whether he pleads[*]antiphony n. An anthem or other composition sung responsively.[*]guilty or not.[*]antipodes n. A place or region on the opposite side of the earth.[*]arrange v. To put in definite or proper order.[*]antiquary n. One who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.[*]arrangement n. The act of putting in proper order, or the state of being put in order.[*]antiquate v. To make old or out of date.[*]arrant adj. Notoriously bad.[*]antique adj. Pertaining to ancient times.[*]arrear n. Something overdue and unpaid.[*]antiseptic n. Anything that destroys or restrains the growth of putrefactive micro-[*]arrival n. A coming to stopping-place or destination.[*]arrogant adj. Unduly or excessively proud, as of wealth, station, learning, etc.[*]organisms.[*]antislavery adj. Opposed to human slavery.[*]arrogate v. To take, demand, or claim, especially presumptuously or without reasons or[*]antispasmodic adj. Tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.[*]grounds.[*]antistrophe n. The inversion of terms in successive classes, as in “the home of joy” and[*]Artesian well n. A very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure[*]artful adj. Characterized by craft or cunning.[*]“the joy of home”.[*]antitoxin n. A substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.[*]Arthurian adj. Pertaining to King Arthur, the real or legendary hero of British poetic story.[*]antonym n. A word directly opposed to another in meaning.[*]artifice n. Trickery.[*]anxious adj. Distressed in mind respecting some uncertain matter.[*]artless adj. Ingenuous.[*]apathy n. Insensibility to emotion or passionate feeling.[*]ascendant adj. Dominant.[*]aperture n. Hole.[*]ascension n. The act of rising.[*]apex n. The highest point, as of a mountain.[*]ascent n. A rising, soaring, or climbing.[*]aphorism n. Proverb.[*]ascetic adj. Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion.[*]apiary n. A place where bees are kept.[*]ascribe v. To assign as a quality or attribute.[*]apogee n. The climax.[*]asexual adj. Having no distinct sexual organs.[*]apology n. A disclaimer of intentional error or offense.[*]ashen adj. Pale.[*]apostasy n. A total departure from one's faith or religion.[*]askance adv. With a side or indirect glance or meaning.[*]apostate adj. False.[*]asperity n. Harshness or roughness of temper.[*]apostle n. Any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.[*]aspirant n. One who seeks earnestly, as for advancement, honors, place.[*]apothecary n. One who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.[*]aspiration n. An earnest wish for that which is above one's present reach.[*]apotheosis n. Deification.[*]aspire v. To have an earnest desire, wish, or longing, as for something high and good, not[*]appall v. To fill with dismay or horror.[*]yet attained.[*]apparent adj. Easily understood.[*]assailant n. One who attacks.[*]apparition n. Ghost.[*]assassin n. One who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.[*]appease v. To soothe by quieting anger or indignation.[*]assassinate v. To kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.[*]appellate adj. Capable of being appealed to.[*]assassination n. Murderer, as by secret assault or treachery.[*]appellation n. The name or title by which a particular person, class, or thing is called.[*]assay n. The chemical analysis or testing of an alloy ore.[*]append v. To add or attach, as something accessory, subordinate, or supplementary.[*]assent v. To express agreement with a statement or matter of opinion.[*]appertain v. To belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.[*]assess v. To determine the amount of (a tax or other sum to be paid).[*]apposite adj. Appropriate.[*]assessor n. An officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.[*]apposition n. The act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.[*]assets n. pl. Property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.[*]appraise v. To estimate the money value of.[*]assiduous adj. Diligent.[*]appreciable adj. Capable of being discerned by the senses or intellect.[*]assignee n. One who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property[*]apprehend v. To make a prisoner of (a person) in the name of the law.[*]and interests.[*]apprehensible adj. Capable of being conceived.[*]assimilate v. To adapt.[*]approbation n. Sanction.[*]assonance n. Resemblance or correspondence in sound.[/LIST]

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[LIST][*]assonant adj. Having resemblance of sound.[*]balsam n. A medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.[*]assonate v. To accord in sound, especially vowel sound.[*]banal adj. Commonplace.[*]assuage v. To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or[*]barcarole n. A boat-song of Venetian gondoliers.[*]barograph n. An instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric[*]disease.[*]astringent adj. Harsh in disposition or character.[*]pressure.[*]astute adj. Keen in discernment.[*]barometer n. An instrument for indicating the atmospheric pressure per unit of surface.[*]atheism n. The denial of the existence of God.[*]barring prep. Apart from.[*]athirst adj. Wanting water.[*]baritone adj. Having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.[*]athwart adv. From side to side.[*]bask v. To make warm by genial heat.[*]atomizer n. An apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.[*]bass adj. Low in tone or compass.[*]atone v. To make amends for.[*]baste v. To cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.[*]atonement n. Amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.[*]baton n. An official staff borne either as a weapon or as an emblem of authority or[*]atrocious adj. Outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.[*]privilege.[*]atrocity n. Great cruelty or reckless wickedness.[*]battalion n. A body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a[*]attaché n. A subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.[*]regiment.[*]attest v. To certify as accurate, genuine, or true.[*]batten n. A narrow strip of wood.[*]attorney-general n. The chief law-officer of a government.[*]batter n. A thick liquid mixture of two or more materials beaten together, to be used in cookery.[*]auburn adj. Reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.[*]bauble n. A trinket.[*]audacious adj. Fearless.[*]bawl v. To proclaim by outcry.[*]audible adj. Loud enough to be heard.[*]beatify v. To make supremely happy.[*]audition n. The act or sensation of hearing.[*]beatitude n. Any state of great happiness.[*]auditory adj. Of or pertaining to hearing or the organs or sense of hearing.[*]beau n. An escort or lover.[*]augment v. To make bigger.[*]becalm v. To make quiet.[*]augur v. To predict.[*]beck v. To give a signal to, by nod or gesture.[*]Augustinian adj. Pertaining to St. Augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called[*]bedaub v. To smear over, as with something oily or sticky.[*]bedeck v. To cover with ornament.[*]after him.[*]aura n. Pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons[*]bedlam n. Madhouse.[*]aural adj. Of or pertaining to the ear.[*]befog v. To confuse.[*]auricle n. One of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.[*]befriend v. To be a friend to, especially when in need.[*]auricular adj. Of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.[*]beget v. To produce by sexual generation.[*]auriferous adj. Containing gold.[*]begrudge v. To envy one of the possession of.[*]aurora n. A luminous phenomenon in the upper regions of the atmosphere.[*]belate v. To delay past the proper hour.[*]auspice n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.[*]belay v. To make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.[*]austere adj. Severely simple; unadorned.[*]belie v. To misrepresent.[*]autarchy n. Unrestricted power.[*]believe v. To accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.[*]authentic adj. Of undisputed origin.[*]belittle v. To disparage.[*]authenticity n. The state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship[*]belle n. A woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments,[*]claimed.[*]etc.[*]autobiography n. The story of one's life written by himself.[*]bellicose adj. Warlike.[*]autocracy n. Absolute government.[*]belligerent adj. Manifesting a warlike spirit.[*]autocrat n. Any one who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence.[*]bemoan v. To lament[*]automaton n. Any living being whose actions are or appear to be involuntary or[*]benediction n. a solemn invocation of the divine blessing.[*]benefactor n. A doer of kindly and charitable acts.[*]mechanical.[*]autonomous adj. Self-governing.[*]benefice n. A church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine[*]autonomy n. Self-government.[*]service.[*]autopsy n. The examination of a dead body by dissection to ascertain the cause of death.[/LIST]

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[LIST][*]beneficent adj. Characterized by charity and kindness.[*]autumnal adj. Of or pertaining to autumn.[*]beneficial adj. Helpful.[*]auxiliary n. One who or that which aids or helps, especially when regarded as subsidiary[*]beneficiary n. One who is lawfully entitled to the profits and proceeds of an estate or[*]or accessory.[*]property.[*]avalanche n. The fall or sliding of a mass of snow or ice down a mountain-slope, often[*]benefit n. Helpful result.[*]benevolence n. Any act of kindness or well-doing.[*]bearing with it rock.[*]avarice n. Passion for getting and keeping riches.[*]benevolent adj. Loving others and actively desirous of their well-being.[*]aver v. To assert as a fact.[*]benign adj. Good and kind of heart.[*]averse adj. Reluctant.[*]benignant adj. Benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.[*]aversion n. A mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing.[*]benignity n. Kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.[*]avert v. To turn away or aside.[*]benison n. Blessing.[*]aviary n. A spacious cage or enclosure in which live birds are kept.[*]bequeath v. To give by will.[*]avidity n. Greediness.[*]bereave v. To make desolate with loneliness and grief.[*]avocation n. Diversion.[*]berth n. A bunk or bed in a vessel, sleeping-car, etc.[*]avow v. To declare openly.[*]beseech v. To implore.[*]awaken v. To arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.[*]beset v. To attack on all sides.[*]awry adv. & adj. Out of the proper form, direction, or position.[*]besmear v. To smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.[*]aye adv. An expression of assent.[*]bestial adj. Animal.[*]azalea n. A flowering shrub.[*]bestrew v. To sprinkle or cover with things strewn.[*]azure n. The color of the sky.[*]bestride v. To get or sit upon astride, as a horse.[*]Baconian adj. Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon or his system of philosophy.[*]bethink v. To remind oneself.[*]bacterium n. A microbe.[*]betide v. To happen to or befall.[*]badger v. To pester.[*]betimes adv. In good season or time.[*]baffle v. To foil or frustrate.[*]betroth v. To engage to marry.[*]bailiff n. An officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.[*]betrothal n. Engagement to marry.[*]baize n. A single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.[*]bevel n. Any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.[*]bale n. A large package prepared for transportation or storage.[*]bewilder v. To confuse the perceptions or judgment of.[*]baleful adj. Malignant.[*]bibliomania n. The passion for collecting books.[*]ballad n. Any popular narrative poem, often with epic subject and usually in lyric form.[*]bibliography n. A list of the words of an author, or the literature bearing on a particular subject.[/LIST]

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[LIST][*]bibliophile n. One who loves books.[*]Briticism n. A word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of Great Britain or the British.[*]bibulous adj. Fond of drinking.[*]brittle adj. Fragile.[*]bide v. To await.[*]broach v. To mention, for the first time.[*]biennial n. A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and flowers and fruit the second.[*]broadcast adj. Disseminated far and wide.[*]bier n. A horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.[*]brogan n. A coarse, heavy shoe.[*]bigamist n. One who has two spouses at the same time.[*]brogue n. Any dialectic pronunciation of English, especially that of the Irish people.[*]bigamy n. The crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.[*]brokerage n. The business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.[*]bight n. A slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.[*]bromine n. A dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.[*]bilateral adj. Two-sided.[*]bronchitis n. Inflammation of the bronchial tubes.[*]bilingual adj. Speaking two languages.[*]bronchus n. Either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.[*]biograph n. A bibliographical sketch or notice.[*]brooch n. An article of jewelry fastened by a hinged pin and hook on the underside.[*]biography n. A written account of one's life, actions, and character.[*]brotherhood n. Spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.[*]biology n. The science of life or living organisms.[*]browbeat v. To overwhelm, or attempt to do so, by stern, haughty, or rude address or manner.[*]biped n. An animal having two feet.[*]brusque adj. Somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech.[*]birthright n. A privilege or possession into which one is born.[*]buffoon n. A clown.[*]bitterness n. Acridity, as to the taste.[*]buffoonery n. Low drollery, coarse jokes, etc.[*]blasé adj. Sated with pleasure.[*]bulbous adj. Of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.[*]blaspheme v. To indulge in profane oaths.[*]bullock n. An ox.[*]blatant adj. Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous.[*]bulrush n. Any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.[*]blaze n. A vivid glowing flame.[*]bulwark n. Anything that gives security or defense.[*]blazon v. To make widely or generally known.[*]bumper n. A cup or glass filled to the brim, especially one to be drunk as a toast or health.[*]bleak adj. Desolate.[*]bumptious adj. Full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit.[*]blemish n. A mark that mars beauty.[*]bungle v. To execute clumsily.[*]blithe adj. Joyous.[*]buoyancy n. Power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.[*]blithesome adj. Cheerful.[*]buoyant adj. Having the power or tendency to float or keep afloat.[*]blockade n. The shutting up of a town, a frontier, or a line of coast by hostile forces.[*]bureau n. A chest of drawers for clothing, etc.[*]boatswain n. A subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging,[*]bureaucracy n. Government by departments of men transacting particular branches of[*]anchors, etc.[*]public business.[*]bodice n. A women's ornamental corset-shaped laced waist.[*]burgess n. In colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of Maryland or[*]bodily adj. Corporeal.[*]Virginia.[*]boisterous adj. Unchecked merriment or animal spirits.[*]burgher n. An inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.[*]bole n. The trunk or body of a tree.[*]burnish v. To make brilliant or shining.[*]bolero n. A Spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.[*]bursar n. A treasurer.[*]boll n. A round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.[*]bustle v. To hurry.[*]bolster v. To support, as something wrong.[*]butt v. To strike with or as with the head, or horns.[*]bomb n. A hollow projectile containing an explosive material.[*]butte n. A conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.[*]bombard v. To assail with any missile or with abusive speech.[*]buttress n. Any support or prop.[*]bombardier n. A person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.[*]by-law n. A rule or law adopted by an association, a corporation, or the like.[*]bombast n. Inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.[*]cabal n. A number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private[*]boorish adj. Rude.[*]purpose.[*]bore v. To weary by tediousness or dullness.[*]cabalism n. Superstitious devotion to one's religion.[*]borough n. An incorporated village or town.[*]cabinet n. The body of men constituting the official advisors of the executive head of a[*]bosom n. The breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.[*]nation.[*]botanical adj. Connected with the study or cultivation of plants.[*]cacophony n. A disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or[*]botanize v. To study plant-life.[*]tones.[*]botany n. The science that treats of plants.[*]cadaverous adj. Resembling a corpse.[*]bountiful adj. Showing abundance.[*]cadence n. Rhythmical or measured flow or movement, as in poetry or the time and pace[*]Bowdlerize v. To expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by omitting words or[*]of marching troops.[*]cadenza n. An embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.[*]passages.[*]bowler n. In cricket, the player who delivers the ball.[*]caitiff adj. Cowardly.[*]boycott v. To place the products or merchandise of under a ban.[*]cajole v. To impose on or dupe by flattering speech.[*]brae n. Hillside.[*]cajolery n. Delusive speech.[*]braggart n. A vain boaster.[*]calculable adj. That may be estimated by reckoning.[*]brandish v. To wave, shake, or flourish triumphantly or defiantly, as a sword or spear.[*]calculus n. A concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in[*]bravado n. An aggressive display of boldness.[*]hardness.[*]bravo interj. Well done.[*]callosity n. The state of being hard and insensible.[*]bray n. A loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.[*]callow adj. Without experience of the world.[*]braze v. To make of or ornament with brass.[*]calorie n. Amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water 1 degree centigrade.[*]brazier n. An open pan or basin for holding live coals.[*]calumny n. Slander.[*]breach n. The violation of official duty, lawful right, or a legal obligation.[*]Calvary n. The place where Christ was crucified.[*]breaker n. One who trains horses, dogs, etc.[*]Calvinism n. The system of doctrine taught by John Calvin.[*]breech n. The buttocks.[*]Calvinize v. To teach or imbue with the doctrines of Calvinism.[*]brethren n. pl. Members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.[*]came n. A leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.[*]brevity n. Shortness of duration.[*]cameo n. Any small engraved or carved work in relief.[*]bric-a-brac n. Objects of curiosity or for decoration.[*]campaign n. A complete series of connected military operations.[*]bridle n. The head-harness of a horse consisting of a head-stall, a bit, and the reins.[*]Canaanite n. A member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of Canaan, or[*]brigade n. A body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.[*]western Palestine.[*]brigadier n. General officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a[*]canary adj. Of a bright but delicate yellow.[*]candid adj. Straightforward.[*]major-general.[*]brigand n. One who lives by robbery and plunder.[*]candor n. The quality of frankness or outspokenness.[*]brimstone n. Sulfur.[*]canine adj. Characteristic of a dog.[*]brine n. Water saturated with salt.[*]canon n. Any rule or law.[*]bristle n. One of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.[*]cant v. To talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity.[*]Britannia n. The United Kingdom of Great Britain.[*]cantata n. A choral composition.[*]bibliophile n. One who loves books.[*]Briticism n. A word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of Great Britain or the British.[*]bibulous adj. Fond of drinking.[*]brittle adj. Fragile.[*]bide v. To await.[*]broach v. To mention, for the first time.[*]biennial n. A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and flowers and fruit the second.[*]broadcast adj. Disseminated far and wide.[*]bier n. A horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.[*]brogan n. A coarse, heavy shoe.[*]bigamist n. One who has two spouses at the same time.[*]brogue n. Any dialectic pronunciation of English, especially that of the Irish people.[*]bigamy n. The crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.[*]brokerage n. The business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.[*]bight n. A slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.[*]bromine n. A dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.[*]bilateral adj. Two-sided.[*]bronchitis n. Inflammation of the bronchial tubes.[*]bilingual adj. Speaking two languages.[*]bronchus n. Either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.[*]biograph n. A bibliographical sketch or notice.[*]brooch n. An article of jewelry fastened by a hinged pin and hook on the underside.[*]biography n. A written account of one's life, actions, and character.[*]brotherhood n. Spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.[*]biology n. The science of life or living organisms.[*]browbeat v. To overwhelm, or attempt to do so, by stern, haughty, or rude address or manner.[*]biped n. An animal having two feet.[*]brusque adj. Somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech.[*]birthright n. A privilege or possession into which one is born.[*]buffoon n. A clown.[*]bitterness n. Acridity, as to the taste.[*]buffoonery n. Low drollery, coarse jokes, etc.[*]blasé adj. Sated with pleasure.[*]bulbous adj. Of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.[*]blaspheme v. To indulge in profane oaths.[*]bullock n. An ox.[*]blatant adj. Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous.[*]bulrush n. Any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.[*]blaze n. A vivid glowing flame.[*]bulwark n. Anything that gives security or defense.[*]blazon v. To make widely or generally known.[*]bumper n. A cup or glass filled to the brim, especially one to be drunk as a toast or health.[*]bleak adj. Desolate.[*]bumptious adj. Full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit.[*]blemish n. A mark that mars beauty.[*]bungle v. To execute clumsily.[*]blithe adj. Joyous.[*]buoyancy n. Power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.[*]blithesome adj. Cheerful.[*]buoyant adj. Having the power or tendency to float or keep afloat.[*]blockade n. The shutting up of a town, a frontier, or a line of coast by hostile forces.[*]bureau n. A chest of drawers for clothing, etc.[*]boatswain n. A subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging,[*]bureaucracy n. Government by departments of men transacting particular branches of[*]anchors, etc.[*]public business.[*]bodice n. A women's ornamental corset-shaped laced waist.[*]burgess n. In colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of Maryland or[*]bodily adj. Corporeal.[*]Virginia.[*]boisterous adj. Unchecked merriment or animal spirits.[*]burgher n. An inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.[*]bole n. The trunk or body of a tree.[*]burnish v. To make brilliant or shining.[*]bolero n. A Spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.[*]bursar n. A treasurer.[*]boll n. A round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.[*]bustle v. To hurry.[*]bolster v. To support, as something wrong.[*]butt v. To strike with or as with the head, or horns.[*]bomb n. A hollow projectile containing an explosive material.[*]butte n. A conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.[*]bombard v. To assail with any missile or with abusive speech.[*]buttress n. Any support or prop.[*]bombardier n. A person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.[*]by-law n. A rule or law adopted by an association, a corporation, or the like.[*]bombast n. Inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.[*]cabal n. A number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private[*]boorish adj. Rude.[*]purpose.[*]bore v. To weary by tediousness or dullness.[*]cabalism n. Superstitious devotion to one's religion.[*]borough n. An incorporated village or town.[*]cabinet n. The body of men constituting the official advisors of the executive head of a[*]bosom n. The breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.[*]nation.[*]botanical adj. Connected with the study or cultivation of plants.[*]cacophony n. A disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or[*]botanize v. To study plant-life.[*]tones.[*]botany n. The science that treats of plants.[*]cadaverous adj. Resembling a corpse.[*]bountiful adj. Showing abundance.[*]cadence n. Rhythmical or measured flow or movement, as in poetry or the time and pace[*]Bowdlerize v. To expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by omitting words or[*]of marching troops.[*]cadenza n. An embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.[*]passages.[*]bowler n. In cricket, the player who delivers the ball.[*]caitiff adj. Cowardly.[*]boycott v. To place the products or merchandise of under a ban.[*]cajole v. To impose on or dupe by flattering speech.[*]brae n. Hillside.[*]cajolery n. Delusive speech.[*]braggart n. A vain boaster.[*]calculable adj. That may be estimated by reckoning.[*]brandish v. To wave, shake, or flourish triumphantly or defiantly, as a sword or spear.[*]calculus n. A concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in[*]bravado n. An aggressive display of boldness.[*]hardness.[*]bravo interj. Well done.[*]callosity n. The state of being hard and insensible.[*]bray n. A loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.[*]callow adj. Without experience of the world.[*]braze v. To make of or ornament with brass.[*]calorie n. Amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water 1 degree centigrade.[*]brazier n. An open pan or basin for holding live coals.[*]calumny n. Slander.[*]breach n. The violation of official duty, lawful right, or a legal obligation.[*]Calvary n. The place where Christ was crucified.[*]breaker n. One who trains horses, dogs, etc.[*]Calvinism n. The system of doctrine taught by John Calvin.[*]breech n. The buttocks.[*]Calvinize v. To teach or imbue with the doctrines of Calvinism.[*]brethren n. pl. Members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.[*]came n. A leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.[*]brevity n. Shortness of duration.[*]cameo n. Any small engraved or carved work in relief.[*]bric-a-brac n. Objects of curiosity or for decoration.[*]campaign n. A complete series of connected military operations.[*]bridle n. The head-harness of a horse consisting of a head-stall, a bit, and the reins.[*]Canaanite n. A member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of Canaan, or[*]brigade n. A body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.[*]western Palestine.[*]brigadier n. General officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a[*]canary adj. Of a bright but delicate yellow.[*]candid adj. Straightforward.[*]major-general.[*]brigand n. One who lives by robbery and plunder.[*]candor n. The quality of frankness or outspokenness.[*]brimstone n. Sulfur.[*]canine adj. Characteristic of a dog.[*]brine n. Water saturated with salt.[*]canon n. Any rule or law.[*]bristle n. One of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.[*]cant v. To talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity.[*]Britannia n. The United Kingdom of Great Britain.[*]cantata n. A choral composition.[/LIST][LIST][/LIST]

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[LIST][*]canto n. One of the divisions of an extended poem.[*]chronology n. The science that treats of computation of time or of investigation and[*]cantonment n. The part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.[*]arrangement of events.[*]capacious adj. Roomy.[*]chronometer n. A portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.[*]capillary n. A minute vessel having walls composed of a single layer of cells.[*]cipher v. To calculate arithmetically. (also a noun meaning zero or nothing)[*]capitulate v. To surrender or stipulate terms.[*]circulate v. To disseminate.[*]caprice n. A whim.[*]circumference n. The boundary-line of a circle.[*]caption n. A heading, as of a chapter, section, document, etc.[*]circumlocution n. Indirect or roundabout expression.[*]captious adj. Hypercritical.[*]circumnavigate v. To sail quite around.[*]captivate v. To fascinate, as by excellence. eloquence, or beauty.[*]circumscribe v. To confine within bounds.[*]carcass n. The dead body of an animal.[*]circumspect adj. Showing watchfulness, caution, or careful consideration.[*]cardiac adj. Pertaining to the heart.[*]citadel n. Any strong fortress.[*]cardinal adj. Of prime or special importance.[*]cite v. To refer to specifically.[*]caret n. A sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.[*]claimant n. One who makes a claim or demand, as of right.[*]caricature n. a picture or description in which natural characteristics are exaggerated or[*]clairvoyance n. Intuitive sagacity or perception.[*]clamorous adj. Urgent in complaint or demand.[*]distorted.[*]carnage n. Massacre.[*]clan n. A tribe.[*]carnal adj. Sensual.[*]clandestine adj. Surreptitious.[*]carnivorous adj. Eating or living on flesh.[*]clangor n. Clanking or a ringing, as of arms, chains, or bells; clamor.[*]carouse v. To drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.[*]clarify v. To render intelligible.[*]carrion n. Dead and putrefying flesh.[*]clarion n. A small shrill trumpet or bugle.[*]cartilage n. An elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.[*]classify v. To arrange in a class or classes on the basis of observed resemblance; and differences.[*]cartridge n. A charge for a firearm, or for blasting.[*]clearance n. A certificate from the proper authorities that a vessel has complied with the[*]caste n. The division of society on artificial grounds.[*]law and may sail.[*]castigate v. To punish.[*]clemency n. Mercy.[*]casual adj. Accidental, by chance.[*]clement adj. Compassionate.[*]casualty n. A fatal or serious accident or disaster.[*]close-hauled adj. Having the sails set for sailing as close to the wind as possible.[*]cataclysm n. Any overwhelming flood of water.[*]clothier n. One who makes or sells cloth or clothing.[*]cataract n. Opacity of the lens of the eye resulting in complete or partial blindness.[*]clumsy adj. Awkward of movement.[*]catastrophe n. Any great and sudden misfortune or calamity.[*]coagulate v. To change into a clot or a jelly, as by heat, by chemical action, or by a[*]cathode n. The negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.[*]ferment.[*]Catholicism n. The system, doctrine, and practice of the Roman Catholic Church.[*]coagulant adj. Producing coagulation.[*]catholicity n. Universal prevalence or acceptance.[*]coalescence n. The act or process of coming together so as to form one body,[*]cat-o-nine-tails n. An instrument consisting of nine pieces of cord, formerly used for[*]combination, or product.[*]coalition n. Combination in a body or mass.[*]flogging in the army and navy.[*]caucus n. A private meeting of members of a political party to select candidates.[*]coddle v. To treat as a baby or an invalid.[*]causal adj. Indicating or expressing a cause.[*]codicil n. A supplement adding to, revoking, or explaining in the body of a will.[*]caustic adj. Sarcastic and severe.[*]coerce v. To force.[*]cauterize v. To burn or sear as with a heated iron.[*]coercion n. Forcible constraint or restraint, moral or physical.[*]cede v. To pass title to.[*]coercive adj. Serving or tending to force.[*]censor n. An official examiner of manuscripts empowered to prohibit their publication.[*]cogent adj. Appealing strongly to the reason or conscience.[*]censorious adj. Judging severely or harshly.[*]cognate adj. Akin.[*]census n. An official numbering of the people of a country or district.[*]cognizant adj. Taking notice.[*]centenary adj. Pertaining to a hundred years or a period of a hundred years.[*]cohere v. To stick together.[*]centiliter n. A hundredth of a liter.[*]cohesion n. Consistency.[*]centimeter n. A length of one hundredth of a meter.[*]cohesive adj. Having the property of consistency.[*]centurion n. A captain of a company of one hundred infantry in the ancient Roman army.[*]coincide v. To correspond.[*]cereal adj. Pertaining to edible grain or farinaceous seeds.[*]coincidence n. A circumstance so agreeing with another: often implying accident.[*]ceremonial adj. Characterized by outward form or ceremony.[*]coincident adj. Taking place at the same time.[*]ceremonious adj. Observant of ritual.[*]collaborate v. To labor or cooperate with another or others, especially in literary or scientific pursuits.[*]cessation n. Discontinuance, as of action or motion.[*]collapse v. To cause to shrink, fall in, or fail.[*]cession n. Surrender, as of possessions or rights.[*]collapsible adj. That may or can collapse.[*]chagrin n. Keen vexation, annoyance, or mortification, as at one's failures or errors.[*]colleague n. An associate in professional employment.[*]chameleon adj. Changeable in appearance.[*]collective adj. Consisting of a number of persons or objects considered as gathered into a[*]chancery n. A court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.[*]mass, or sum.[*]chaos n. Any condition of which the elements or parts are in utter disorder and confusion.[*]collector n. One who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.[*]characteristic n. A distinctive feature.[*]collegian n. A college student.[*]characterize v. To describe by distinctive marks or peculiarities.[*]collide v. To meet and strike violently.[*]charlatan n. A quack.[*]collier n. One who works in a coal-mine.[*]chasm n. A yawning hollow, as in the earth's surface.[*]collision n. Violent contact.[*]chasten v. To purify by affliction.[*]colloquial adj. Pertaining or peculiar to common speech as distinguished from literary.[*]chastise v. To subject to punitive measures.[*]colloquialism n. Form of speech used only or chiefly in conversation.[*]chastity n. Sexual or moral purity.[*]colloquy n. Conversation.[*]chateau n. A castle or manor-house.[*]collusion n. A secret agreement for a wrongful purpose.[*]chattel n. Any article of personal property.[*]colossus n. Any strikingly great person or object.[*]check v. To hold back.[*]comely adj. Handsome.[*]chiffon n. A very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.[*]comestible adj. Fit to be eaten.[*]chivalry n. The knightly system of feudal times with its code, usages and practices.[*]comical adj. Funny.[*]cholera n. An acute epidemic disease.[*]commemorate v. To serve as a remembrance of.[*]choleric adj. Easily provoked to anger.[*]commentary n. A series of illustrative or explanatory notes on any important work.[*]choral adj. Pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.[*]commingle v. To blend.[*]Christ n. A title of Jesus[*]commissariat n. The department of an army charged with the provision of its food and[*]christen v. To name in baptism.[*]water and daily needs.[*]Christendom n. That part of the world where Christianity is generally professed.[*]commission v. To empower.[*]chromatic adj. Belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.[*]commitment n. The act or process of entrusting or consigning for safe-keeping.[/LIST]

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[LIST][*]canto n. One of the divisions of an extended poem.[*]chronology n. The science that treats of computation of time or of investigation and[*]cantonment n. The part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.[*]arrangement of events.[*]capacious adj. Roomy.[*]chronometer n. A portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.[*]capillary n. A minute vessel having walls composed of a single layer of cells.[*]cipher v. To calculate arithmetically. (also a noun meaning zero or nothing)[*]capitulate v. To surrender or stipulate terms.[*]circulate v. To disseminate.[*]caprice n. A whim.[*]circumference n. The boundary-line of a circle.[*]caption n. A heading, as of a chapter, section, document, etc.[*]circumlocution n. Indirect or roundabout expression.[*]captious adj. Hypercritical.[*]circumnavigate v. To sail quite around.[*]captivate v. To fascinate, as by excellence. eloquence, or beauty.[*]circumscribe v. To confine within bounds.[*]carcass n. The dead body of an animal.[*]circumspect adj. Showing watchfulness, caution, or careful consideration.[*]cardiac adj. Pertaining to the heart.[*]citadel n. Any strong fortress.[*]cardinal adj. Of prime or special importance.[*]cite v. To refer to specifically.[*]caret n. A sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.[*]claimant n. One who makes a claim or demand, as of right.[*]caricature n. a picture or description in which natural characteristics are exaggerated or[*]clairvoyance n. Intuitive sagacity or perception.[*]clamorous adj. Urgent in complaint or demand.[*]distorted.[*]carnage n. Massacre.[*]clan n. A tribe.[*]carnal adj. Sensual.[*]clandestine adj. Surreptitious.[*]carnivorous adj. Eating or living on flesh.[*]clangor n. Clanking or a ringing, as of arms, chains, or bells; clamor.[*]carouse v. To drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.[*]clarify v. To render intelligible.[*]carrion n. Dead and putrefying flesh.[*]clarion n. A small shrill trumpet or bugle.[*]cartilage n. An elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.[*]classify v. To arrange in a class or classes on the basis of observed resemblance; and differences.[*]cartridge n. A charge for a firearm, or for blasting.[*]clearance n. A certificate from the proper authorities that a vessel has complied with the[*]caste n. The division of society on artificial grounds.[*]law and may sail.[*]castigate v. To punish.[*]clemency n. Mercy.[*]casual adj. Accidental, by chance.[*]clement adj. Compassionate.[*]casualty n. A fatal or serious accident or disaster.[*]close-hauled adj. Having the sails set for sailing as close to the wind as possible.[*]cataclysm n. Any overwhelming flood of water.[*]clothier n. One who makes or sells cloth or clothing.[*]cataract n. Opacity of the lens of the eye resulting in complete or partial blindness.[*]clumsy adj. Awkward of movement.[*]catastrophe n. Any great and sudden misfortune or calamity.[*]coagulate v. To change into a clot or a jelly, as by heat, by chemical action, or by a[*]cathode n. The negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.[*]ferment.[*]Catholicism n. The system, doctrine, and practice of the Roman Catholic Church.[*]coagulant adj. Producing coagulation.[*]catholicity n. Universal prevalence or acceptance.[*]coalescence n. The act or process of coming together so as to form one body,[*]cat-o-nine-tails n. An instrument consisting of nine pieces of cord, formerly used for[*]combination, or product.[*]coalition n. Combination in a body or mass.[*]flogging in the army and navy.[*]caucus n. A private meeting of members of a political party to select candidates.[*]coddle v. To treat as a baby or an invalid.[*]causal adj. Indicating or expressing a cause.[*]codicil n. A supplement adding to, revoking, or explaining in the body of a will.[*]caustic adj. Sarcastic and severe.[*]coerce v. To force.[*]cauterize v. To burn or sear as with a heated iron.[*]coercion n. Forcible constraint or restraint, moral or physical.[*]cede v. To pass title to.[*]coercive adj. Serving or tending to force.[*]censor n. An official examiner of manuscripts empowered to prohibit their publication.[*]cogent adj. Appealing strongly to the reason or conscience.[*]censorious adj. Judging severely or harshly.[*]cognate adj. Akin.[*]census n. An official numbering of the people of a country or district.[*]cognizant adj. Taking notice.[*]centenary adj. Pertaining to a hundred years or a period of a hundred years.[*]cohere v. To stick together.[*]centiliter n. A hundredth of a liter.[*]cohesion n. Consistency.[*]centimeter n. A length of one hundredth of a meter.[*]cohesive adj. Having the property of consistency.[*]centurion n. A captain of a company of one hundred infantry in the ancient Roman army.[*]coincide v. To correspond.[*]cereal adj. Pertaining to edible grain or farinaceous seeds.[*]coincidence n. A circumstance so agreeing with another: often implying accident.[*]ceremonial adj. Characterized by outward form or ceremony.[*]coincident adj. Taking place at the same time.[*]ceremonious adj. Observant of ritual.[*]collaborate v. To labor or cooperate with another or others, especially in literary or scientific pursuits.[*]cessation n. Discontinuance, as of action or motion.[*]collapse v. To cause to shrink, fall in, or fail.[*]cession n. Surrender, as of possessions or rights.[*]collapsible adj. That may or can collapse.[*]chagrin n. Keen vexation, annoyance, or mortification, as at one's failures or errors.[*]colleague n. An associate in professional employment.[*]chameleon adj. Changeable in appearance.[*]collective adj. Consisting of a number of persons or objects considered as gathered into a[*]chancery n. A court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.[*]mass, or sum.[*]chaos n. Any condition of which the elements or parts are in utter disorder and confusion.[*]collector n. One who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.[*]characteristic n. A distinctive feature.[*]collegian n. A college student.[*]characterize v. To describe by distinctive marks or peculiarities.[*]collide v. To meet and strike violently.[*]charlatan n. A quack.[*]collier n. One who works in a coal-mine.[*]chasm n. A yawning hollow, as in the earth's surface.[*]collision n. Violent contact.[*]chasten v. To purify by affliction.[*]colloquial adj. Pertaining or peculiar to common speech as distinguished from literary.[*]chastise v. To subject to punitive measures.[*]colloquialism n. Form of speech used only or chiefly in conversation.[*]chastity n. Sexual or moral purity.[*]colloquy n. Conversation.[*]chateau n. A castle or manor-house.[*]collusion n. A secret agreement for a wrongful purpose.[*]chattel n. Any article of personal property.[*]colossus n. Any strikingly great person or object.[*]check v. To hold back.[*]comely adj. Handsome.[*]chiffon n. A very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.[*]comestible adj. Fit to be eaten.[*]chivalry n. The knightly system of feudal times with its code, usages and practices.[*]comical adj. Funny.[*]cholera n. An acute epidemic disease.[*]commemorate v. To serve as a remembrance of.[*]choleric adj. Easily provoked to anger.[*]commentary n. A series of illustrative or explanatory notes on any important work.[*]choral adj. Pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.[*]commingle v. To blend.[*]Christ n. A title of Jesus[*]commissariat n. The department of an army charged with the provision of its food and[*]christen v. To name in baptism.[*]water and daily needs.[*]Christendom n. That part of the world where Christianity is generally professed.[*]commission v. To empower.[*]chromatic adj. Belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.[*]commitment n. The act or process of entrusting or consigning for safe-keeping.[/LIST]

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[LIST][*]committal n. The act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being[*]confiscate v. To appropriate (private property) as forfeited to the public use or treasury.[*]commodity n. Something that is bought and sold.[*]conflagration n. A great fire, as of many buildings, a forest, or the like.[*]commotion n. A disturbance or violent agitation.[*]confluence n. The place where streams meet.[*]commute v. To put something, especially something less severe, in place of.[*]confluent n. A stream that unites with another.[*]comparable adj. Fit to be compared.[*]conformance n. The act or state or conforming.[*]comparative adj. Relative.[*]conformable adj. Harmonious.[*]comparison n. Examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or[*]conformation n. General structure, form, or outline.[*]conformity n. Correspondence in form, manner, or use.[*]unlikeness.[*]compensate v. To remunerate.[*]confront v. To encounter, as difficulties or obstacles.[*]competence n. Adequate qualification or capacity.[*]congeal v. To coagulate.[*]competent adj. Qualified.[*]congenial adj. Having kindred character or tastes.[*]competitive adj. characterized by rivalry.[*]congest v. To collect into a mass.[*]competitor n. A rival.[*]congregate v. To bring together into a crowd.[*]complacence n. Satisfaction with one's acts or surroundings.[*]coniferous adj. Cone-bearing trees.[*]complacent adj. Pleased or satisfied with oneself.[*]conjecture n. A guess.[*]complaisance n. Politeness.[*]conjoin v. To unite.[*]complaisant adj. Agreeable.[*]conjugal adj. Pertaining to marriage, marital rights, or married persons.[*]complement v. To make complete.[*]conjugate adj. Joined together in pairs.[*]complex adj. Complicated.[*]conjugation n. The state or condition of being joined together.[*]compliant adj. Yielding.[*]conjunction n. The state of being joined together, or the things so joined.[*]complicate v. To make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.[*]connive v. To be in collusion.[*]complication n. An intermingling or combination of things or parts, especially in a perplexing manner.[*]connoisseur n. A critical judge of art, especially one with thorough knowledge and sound[*]complicity n. Participation or partnership, as in wrong-doing or with a wrong-doer.[*]judgment of art.[*]compliment v. To address or gratify with expressions of delicate praise.[*]connote v. To mean; signify.[*]component n. A constituent element or part.[*]connubial adj. Pertaining to marriage or matrimony.[*]comport v. To conduct or behave (oneself).[*]conquer v. To overcome by force.[*]composure n. Calmness.[*]consanguineous adj. Descended from the same parent or ancestor.[*]comprehensible adj. Intelligible.[*]conscience n. The faculty in man by which he distinguishes between right and wrong in[*]comprehension n. Ability to know.[*]character and conduct.[*]comprehensive adj. Large in scope or content.[*]conscientious adj. Governed by moral standard.[*]compress v. To press together or into smaller space.[*]conscious adj. Aware that one lives, feels, and thinks.[*]compressible adj. Capable of being pressed into smaller compass.[*]conscript v. To force into military service.[*]compression n. Constraint, as by force or authority.[*]consecrate v. To set apart as sacred.[*]comprise v. To consist of.[*]consecutive adj. Following in uninterrupted succession.[*]compulsion n. Coercion.[*]consensus n. A collective unanimous opinion of a number of persons.[*]compulsory adj. Forced.[*]conservatism n. Tendency to adhere to the existing order of things.[*]compunction n. Remorseful feeling.[*]conservative adj. Adhering to the existing order of things.[*]compute v. To ascertain by mathematical calculation.[*]conservatory n. An institution for instruction and training in music and declamation.[*]concede v. To surrender.[*]consign v. To entrust.[*]conceit n. Self-flattering opinion.[*]consignee n. A person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.[*]conceive v. To form an idea, mental image or thought of.[*]consignor n. One who entrusts.[*]concerto n. A musical composition.[*]consistency n. A state of permanence.[*]concession n. Anything granted or yielded, or admitted in response to a demand, petition,[*]console v. To comfort.[*]consolidate v. To combine into one body or system.[*]or claim.[*]conciliate v. To obtain the friendship of.[*]consonance n. The state or quality of being in accord with.[*]conciliatory adj. Tending to reconcile.[*]consonant adj. Being in agreement or harmony with.[*]conclusive adj. Sufficient to convince or decide.[*]consort n. A companion or associate.[*]concord n. Harmony.[*]conspicuous adj. Clearly visible.[*]concordance n. Harmony.[*]conspirator n. One who agrees with others to cooperate in accomplishing some unlawful purpose.[*]concur v. To agree.[*]conspire v. To plot.[*]concurrence n. Agreement.[*]constable n. An officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.[*]concurrent adj. Occurring or acting together.[*]constellation n. An arbitrary assemblage or group of stars.[*]concussion n. A violent shock to some organ by a fall or a sudden blow.[*]consternation n. Panic.[*]condensation n. The act or process of making dense or denser.[*]constituency n. The inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.[*]condense v. To abridge.[*]constituent n. One who has the right to vote at an election.[*]condescend v. To come down voluntarily to equal terms with inferiors.[*]constrict v. To bind.[*]condolence n. Expression of sympathy with a person in pain, sorrow, or misfortune.[*]consul n. An officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.[*]conduce v. To bring about.[*]consulate n. The place in which a consul transacts official business.[*]conducive adj. Contributing to an end.[*]consummate v. To bring to completion.[*]conductible adj. Capable of being conducted or transmitted.[*]consumption n. Gradual destruction, as by burning, eating, etc., or by using up, wearing[*]conduit n. A means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for[*]out, etc.[*]consumptive adj. Designed for gradual destruction.[*]a fluid.[*]confectionery n. The candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.[*]contagion n. The communication of disease from person to person.[*]confederacy n. A number of states or persons in compact or league with each other, as for[*]contagious adj. Transmitting disease.[*]contaminate v. To pollute.[*]mutual aid.[*]confederate n. One who is united with others in a league, compact, or agreement.[*]contemplate v. To consider thoughtfully.[*]confer v. To bestow.[*]contemporaneous adj. Living, occurring, or existing at the same time.[*]conferee n. A person with whom another confers.[*]contemporary adj. Living or existing at the same time.[*]confessor n. A spiritual advisor.[*]contemptible adj. Worthy of scorn or disdain.[*]confidant n. One to whom secrets are entrusted.[*]contemptuous adj. Disdainful.[*]confide v. To reveal in trust or confidence.[*]contender n. One who exerts oneself in opposition or rivalry.[*]confidence n. The state or feeling of trust in or reliance upon another.[*]contiguity n. Proximity.[*]confident adj. Assured.[*]contiguous adj. Touching or joining at the edge or boundary.[*]confinement n. Restriction within limits or boundaries.[*]continence n. Self-restraint with respect to desires, appetites, and passion.[/LIST]

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[LIST][*]contingency n. Possibility of happening.[*]cosmography n. The science that describes the universe, including astronomy,[*]contingent adj. Not predictable.[*]geography, and geology.[*]continuance n. Permanence.[*]cosmology n. The general science of the universe.[*]continuation n. Prolongation.[*]cosmopolitan adj. Common to all the world.[*]continuity n. Uninterrupted connection in space, time, operation, or development.[*]cosmopolitanism n. A cosmopolitan character.[*]continuous adj. Connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of[*]cosmos n. The world or universe considered as a system, perfect in order and[*]sequence.[*]arrangement.[*]contort v. To twist into a misshapen form.[*]counter-claim n. A cross-demand alleged by a defendant in his favor against the plaintiff.[*]contraband n. Trade forbidden by law or treaty.[*]counteract v. To act in opposition to.[*]contradiction n. The assertion of the opposite of that which has been said.[*]counterbalance v. To oppose with an equal force.[*]contradictory adj. Inconsistent with itself.[*]countercharge v. To accuse in return.[*]contraposition n. A placing opposite.[*]counterfeit adj. Made to resemble something else.[*]contravene v. To prevent or obstruct the operation of.[*]counterpart n. Something taken with another for the completion of either.[*]contribution n. The act of giving for a common purpose.[*]countervail v. To offset.[*]contributor n. One who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.[*]counting-house n. A house or office used for transacting business, bookkeeping,[*]contrite adj. Broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.[*]correspondence, etc.[*]contrivance n. The act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a[*]countryman n. A rustic.[*]courageous adj. Brave.[*]special purpose.[*]contrive v. To manage or carry through by some device or scheme.[*]course n. Line of motion or direction.[*]control v. To exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.[*]courser n. A fleet and spirited horse.[*]controller n. One who or that which regulates or directs.[*]courtesy n. Politeness originating in kindness and exercised habitually.[*]contumacious adj. Rebellious.[*]covenant n. An agreement entered into by two or more persons or parties.[*]contumacy n. Contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.[*]covert adj. Concealed, especially for an evil purpose.[*]contuse v. To bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.[*]covey n. A flock of quails or partridges.[*]contusion n. A bruise.[*]cower v. To crouch down tremblingly, as through fear or shame.[*]convalesce v. To recover after a sickness.[*]coxswain n. One who steers a rowboat, or one who has charge of a ship's boat and its[*]convalescence n. The state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the[*]crew under an officer.[*]crag n. A rugged, rocky projection on a cliff or ledge.[*]cessation of disease.[*]convalescent adj. Recovering health after sickness.[*]cranium n. The skull of an animal, especially that part enclosing the brain.[*]convene v. To summon or cause to assemble.[*]crass adj. Coarse or thick in nature or structure, as opposed to thin or fine.[*]convenience n. Fitness, as of time or place.[*]craving n. A vehement desire.[*]converge v. To cause to incline and approach nearer together.[*]creak n. A sharp, harsh, squeaking sound.[*]convergent adj. Tending to one point.[*]creamery n. A butter-making establishment.[*]conversant adj. Thoroughly informed.[*]creamy adj. Resembling or containing cream.[*]conversion n. Change from one state or position to another, or from one form to another.[*]credence n. Belief.[*]convertible adj. Interchangeable.[*]credible adj. Believable.[*]convex adj. Curving like the segment of the globe or of the surface of a circle.[*]credulous adj. Easily deceived.[*]conveyance n. That by which anything is transported.[*]creed n. A formal summary of fundamental points of religious belief.[*]convivial adj. Devoted to feasting, or to good-fellowship in eating or drinking.[*]crematory adj. A place for cremating dead bodies.[*]convolution n. A winding motion.[*]crevasse n. A deep crack or fissure in the ice of a glacier.[*]convolve v. To move with a circling or winding motion.[*]crevice n. A small fissure, as between two contiguous surfaces.[*]convoy n. A protecting force accompanying property in course of transportation.[*]criterion n. A standard by which to determine the correctness of a judgment or conclusion.[*]convulse v. To cause spasms in.[*]critique n. A criticism or critical review.[*]convulsion n. A violent and abnormal muscular contraction of the body.[*]crockery n. Earthenware made from baked clay.[*]copious adj. Plenteous.[*]crucible n. A trying and purifying test or agency.[*]coquette n. A flirt.[*]crusade n. Any concerted movement, vigorously prosecuted, in behalf of an idea or[*]cornice n. An ornamental molding running round the walls of a room close to the ceiling.[*]principle.[*]cornucopia n. The horn of plenty, symbolizing peace and prosperity.[*]crustacean adj. Pertaining to a division of arthropods, containing lobsters, crabs, crawfish, etc.[*]corollary n. A proposition following so obviously from another that it requires little[*]crustaceous adj. Having a crust-like shell.[*]cryptogram n. Anything written in characters that are secret or so arranged as to have[*]demonstration.[*]coronation n. The act or ceremony of crowning a monarch.[*]hidden meaning.[*]coronet n. Inferior crown denoting, according to its form, various degrees of noble rank[*]crystallize v. To bring together or give fixed shape to.[*]cudgel n. A short thick stick used as a club.[*]less than sovereign.[*]corporal adj. Belonging or relating to the body as opposed to the mind.[*]culinary adj. Of or pertaining to cooking or the kitchen.[*]corporate adj. Belonging to a corporation.[*]cull v. To pick or sort out from the rest.[*]corporeal adj. Of a material nature; physical.[*]culpable adj. Guilty.[*]corps n. A number or body of persons in some way associated or acting together.[*]culprit n. A guilty person.[*]corpse n. A dead body.[*]culvert n. Any artificial covered channel for the passage of water through a bank or under[*]corpulent adj. Obese.[*]a road, canal.[*]corpuscle n. A minute particle of matter.[*]cupidity n. Avarice.[*]correlate v. To put in some relation of connection or correspondence.[*]curable adj. Capable of being remedied or corrected.[*]correlative adj. Mutually involving or implying one another.[*]curator n. A person having charge as of a library or museum.[*]corrigible adj. Capable of reformation.[*]curio n. A piece of bric-a-brac.[*]corroborate v. To strengthen, as proof or conviction.[*]cursive adj. Writing in which the letters are joined together.[*]corroboration n. Confirmation.[*]cursory adj. Rapid and superficial.[*]corrode v. To ruin or destroy little by little.[*]curt adj. Concise, compressed, and abrupt in act or expression.[*]corrosion n. Gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration.[*]curtail v. To cut off or cut short.[*]corrosive n. That which causes gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration.[*]curtsy n. A downward movement of the body by bending the knees.[*]corruptible adj. Open to bribery.[*]cycloid adj. Like a circle.[*]corruption n. Loss of purity or integrity.[*]cygnet n. A young swan.[*]cosmetic adj. Pertaining to the art of beautifying, especially the complexion.[*]cynical adj. Exhibiting moral skepticism.[*]cosmic adj. Pertaining to the universe.[*]cynicism n. Contempt for the opinions of others and of what others value.[*]cosmogony n. A doctrine of creation or of the origin of the universe.[*]cynosure n. That to which general interest or attention is directed.[*]daring adj. Brave.[/LIST]