5000 Words with Brief Definitions

Faraz_1984 · #1 Sunday, August 03, 2008

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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