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US Presidents
George Washington 1789 – 1797
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Information about Pakistan
Best artist Abdul Rehman Chughtai
Best UN speaker Ahmed Shah Pitras Bukhari First Adam Jee Literary Prize Shaukat Siddiqui (“Khuda-Ki-Basti”) First AIDS patient in Pakistan 1987 First ambassador to USA M. A. H. Isfahani First amendment in the constitution 1974 (Allowed citizens to form political parties) First announcer of world service of Radio Pakistan Safia Kazim First Asian Deputy Secretary General UNO Pir Syed Ahmed Shah Patras Bukhari First Atomic Reactor Islamabad First Autobiography in Urdu Sir Syed Ahmed Khan First Baloch Chief Justice of Supreme Court Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Ch First bank Habib Bank (25th August 1947) First bio plant 1974 First Biography of Quaid-e-Azam Hector Bolitho First book of Allama Iqbal * “Israr-e-Khudi” First British Ruler of India Lord Clive First broadcasting of national anthem ** 13th Aug 1954 First cabinet (15th Aug, 1947) Liaquat Ali Khan (Prime Minister, Defence, Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations), Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar (Trade, Industry and Construction), Malik Ghulam Muhammad (Finance), Sardar Abdul Rab Nishtar (Transports), Raja Ghazanfar Ali Khan (Food, Agriculture and Health), Jugindarnath Mandal (Law and Labour) and Fazal-ur-Rehman (Interior, Information and Education) First Capital Karachi First capital of Sind Hyderabad First Captain of Hockey Iqtidar Ali Shah Dara First Caretaker Prime Minister Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi (6th Aug 1990 – 6th Nov 1990) First Cartoon Film of Pakistan “Keya Aalmi Zamir So Raha Hay” First Census 9th Feb 1951 (34.8 million population) First Chairman FPSC Mian Afzal Hussain (1947 – 1952) First Chairman Higher Education Commission Dr. Ata-ur-Rehman (2005) First Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Gen. Muhammad Sharif (1976 – 1978) First Chairman Senate Habib-ullah Khan First Chairman Federal Shariat Court Justice Salah-ud-Din First Chairman NAB Lt. Gen. Amjad Hussain (1999) First chancellor of Karachi University Khawaja Nazim-ud-Din First Chief Ehtesab Commissioner Justice (r) Ghulam Mujaddid Mirza First Chief Election Commissioner Mr. F. M. Khan First Chief Executive General Musharraf (12th Oct 1999 – 21st June 2001) First Chief Justice Justice Mian Abdul Rasheed First Chief Justice Baluchistan High Court Justice Khuda Bux Murree (1976 – 1977) First Chief Minister Baluchistan Sardar Ata Ullah Khan Mengal First Chief Minister NWFP Khan Abdul Qayyoom Khan First Chief Minister Punjab Mian Iftikhar Hussain Mamdot First Chief Minister Sindh Muhammad Ayub Khoro First Chief Minister West Pakistan Dr. Khan Abdul Star Khan First Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Zafar Ahmed Chaudry First Chief of Army Staff General Tikka Khan First Chief of army staff to resign Gen. Jahangir Karamat First Chief of Army Staff to suspend the Constitution twice Gen. Parvez Musharraf (2nd Nov 2007) First Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Sharif First Children Film of Pakistan “Wattan-Ka-Sipahi” First Civilian Chief Marshal Law Administrator Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto First Commander-in-Chief Pakistan Air Force Air Vice Marshal Paery Cane First C-in-C Pakistan Army General Frank Maservy First C-in-C Pakistan Navy Rear Admiral Jafford James Wilfred First Coin 3rd July 1948 First colour film “Sangam” First coloured program of PTV “Parchhaian” First Constitution 23rd March 1956 (Presidential form) First country to recognize Pakistan Iran First Cricket Captain Abdul Hafeez Karadar First Cricket test match of Pakistan 1952 against India (Pakistan won this match) First Cricketer of Pakistan scoring 4000 in test Zaheer Abbas First Cricket World Cup to be held in Pakistan 1987 (4th World Cup) First deep water port Gawadar Port First Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan Noor Ul Amin First Director General Radio Pakistan Z. A. Bukhari First educational conference 1947 First elected prime minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto First Embassy in Pakistan Egypt First embassy of Pakistan In Iran First English Film of Pakistan “Beyond the last mountain” First Expedition of Pakistan landed in Antarctica 15th Jan 1991 First Federal Minister Defence Liaquat Ali Khan First Federal Ombudsman Justice Sardar Muhammad Iqbal (June 1983) First film of Pakistan “Teri-Yaad” First film to celebrate diamond jubilee “Dosti” First film to celebrate golden jubilee “Sassi” First film to celebrate silver jubilee (25 weeks) “Do Ansoo” First Finance Minister Malik Ghulam Muhammad First Five years plan 1955 – 1 960 First Foreign Minister of Pakistan Sir Zafar-ullah Khan First general elections * 7th Dec 1970 First gold medal of Pakistan in Olympics 1960 in Rome First government in Azad Kashmir 24th Oct 1947 First Governor Baluchistan Lt. Gen. Riaz Hussain First Governor General Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah First Governor NWFP Sir George Cunningham First Governor Punjab Robert Francis Moody First Governor Sindh Sheikh Ghulam Hussain Hidayat Ullah First Governor State Bank Zahid Hussain First Governor West Pakistan Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani First High Commissioner in Britton Habib Ibrahim Rehmat-ullah First Hockey gold medal of Pakistan in Asian Games 1958 First hockey team to visit Pakistan West Germany First hoisting of Pakistani flag in a foreign country France First Indian President of League of Nations General Assembly Sir Muhammad Shah Aga Khan (13 Sep 1937 - 6 Oct 1937) First indigenously designed car “Revo” First indigenously designed jeep “Nissan” First indigenously designed Ship Al-Abbas First King George VI First literary criticism in Urdu Muqaddama-e-Shi’ro-Sha’iri First Local Bodies election 25th Sep 1979 First local language translation of Quran Sindhi First loan from IMF 1st Jan 1984 First man to introduce human rights concept in Pakistan Syed Ansar Ahmed Burney First Marshal Law 7th Oct 1958 First meeting of Constituent Assembly 10th Aug 1947 First meeting of National Security Council 18th Oct 2004 First Metrological rocket of Pakistan Rahbar I (11th Dec 1979) First Modern Railway Station Larkana First mounting of K2 31st July 1954 at 60 Pm (By an Italian Team) First Museum Karachi First Muslim Chief Justice of Lahore High Court Justice Sir Abdul Rasheed (1946 – 1948) First Muslim Commander-in-Chief Air Force Air Marshal Asghar Khan First Muslim Commander-in-Chief Army General Ayub Khan (17th Jan 1951) First Muslim Commander-in-Chief Navy Haji Muhammad Siddique Chaudry First Muslim Governor NWFP Sahibzada Muhammad Khurshid First Muslim Governor Punjab Sardar Abdul Rab Nishtar First News Agency Star News Agency First Nishan-e-Haider Capt. Muhammad Sarwar (23rd Mar 1950) First Nishan-e-Imtiaz Begum Waqar-un-Nisa Noon First Nobel Prize 1979 (Dr. Abdul Salam of Jhang) First Non-commissioned Nishan-e-Haider recipient Sawar Muhammad Hussain Shaheed First Non-Party elections 25th Feb 1985 (National Assembly) and 28th Feb 1985 (Provincial Assemblies) First nuclear power station 1971 (KANUPP) First Nuclear Test 28 May 1999 at Chaghi (Baluchistan) First official activity of Quaid-e-Azam in Pakistan Presiding over of the Constituent Assembly First Pakistani cricketer to have 400 test wickets Wasim Akram (4th in the world) First Pakistani cricketer to have 500 one-day wickets Wasim Akram First Pakistani in British Parliament Ghulam Sarwar from Faisalabad First Pakistani in Canadian Parliament Wajid Ali Khan (July 2004) First Pakistani President of International Court of Justice Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan (19 Feb 1970 - 8 Feb 1973) First Pakistani Secretary General of Cento Mirza O.A. Baig First Pakistani Secretary General of OIC Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada (1 Jan 1985 - 31 Dec 1988) 4th First Pakistani to hoist Pakistani flag on North Pole Numaira Salim (April 2007) First Pakistani to scale Mount Everest Nazeer Sabir (17 May 2000) First Pakistani to win a match in Wimbledon Tennis Haroon Rahim (1976) First Pakistani Judge of International Court of Justice Ch. Zafar-ullah Khan First Pakistani Lenin Prize winner Faiz Ahmed Faiz First Pakistani Nobel Prize winner Dr. Abdul Salam of Jhang in Physics (15th Oct 1979) First Pakistani President of UN General Assembly Sir Mohammad Zafrulla Khan (18 Sep 1962 - 17 Sep 1963) First Pakistani President of World Squash Federation Jahangir Khan First Pakistan Secretary General of SAARC Naeem-ud-Din Hassan (5th) First participation of Pakistan Hockey team in Olympic games 1948 in London First Pashto book * “Patta-Khazana” in 8th Century First Pay Commission * Feb 1948 First person to scale K-2 Ardito Desio and Mario Puchoz July 29, 1954 First person to scale Nanga Parbat Albert F. Mummery (UK) in 1895 First person to sign currency notes of Pakistan Sir Victor Turner First pictorial newspaper Al-Hilal of Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar First poet of Pashto poems Ameer Crore First postage stamp 9th July, 1948 First President of Azad Kashmir Sardar Ibrahim Khan First President of Constituent Assembly Muhammad Ali Jinnah (11th Aug 1947) First President of Pakistan Sikandar Mirza First President of Pakistan Hockey Federation Raja Ghazanfar Ali Khan First president to visit Pakistan President of Indonesia First Prime Minister from Baluchistan Mir Zafar-ullah Jamali First Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir Abdul Hamid Khan First Prime Minister to seek unanimous vote of confidence Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani (29th Mar 2008) First Private Airline Hajveri Airlines First private TV channel Peoples Television Network Islamabad (15th July 1990) First professional boxer of Pakistan Hussain Shah First Quaid-e-Azam Trophy winner Bahawalpur team First railway track 1861 (Karachi to Kotri 169 km) First reference against a chief justice Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudri (9 Mar 2007) First reference against a judge Justice Hassan Ali Agha (1951) First round table conference * 12th Nov 1930 – 19th Jan 1931 First same-sex marriage Shumail Raj with Shahzina Tariq First Satellite into orbit Badr-1 (16th July 1990) atop a Chinese built rocket First science fiction film “Shani” (Hero was Sheri Malik of Chakwal) First Secretary General of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan Asma Jahangir (1985) First session of Constituent assembly 10 – 14 Aug 1947 in Sindh Assembly building, presided over by Law Minister Jogindar Nath Mandal First silver medal in Olympics 1956 (Melbourne) First Sindi Film “Umar Marvi” First Sitara-e-Jurrat Muhammad Mehboob Alam First SOS village Near Lahore First South Asian recipient of “Victoria Cross” Sub. Khuda Dad Khan of Chakwal (Pakistan) in 1914 First Speaker Baluchistan Assembly Sardar Muhammad Khan Barozai (1972 – 1976) First Speaker of the Constitutional Assembly Maulvi Tamizuddin First speaker of National Assembly Abdul Wahab First submarine of Pakistan Agoda (Aug 2002) First suicide attack in Pakistan 6th Nov 2000 in Karachi First surveyor of K2 H. H Godwin Austin First Suspense Novelist Zafar Zubairi First Telephone Factory Haripur First test century for Pakistan Nazar Muhammad (against India) First test catch for Pakistan Nazar Muhammad First test cricket wicket keeper Hanif Muhammad First test match of Pakistan 16th Oct 1952, at Feroze Shah Kotla ground in New Delhi First test wicket for Pakistan Khan Muhammad (against India) First Tractor of Pakistan “Baghban” First triple century from Pakistan Hanif Muhammad First University of Northern Areas Karakuram International University Gilgit (2002) First Urdu Dictionary Mullan Abdul Wasih Hansvi First Urdu Journal “Khair-Khawh-e-Hind” First Urdu Newspaper “Jahan-Numa” First Urdu Novelist Deputy Nazir Ahmed First use of Jinnah cap by Quaid-e-Azam Oct 1937 First wicket in first test match Intikhab Alam First woman chief Scout Zubaida Jalal First woman deputy speaker of National Assembly Dr. Ashraf Abbasi First woman MNA elected to National Assembly Begum Nasim Wali Khan First Women Federal Minister Begum Waqar-Un-Nisa Noon (Tourism) First Woman Film Director Noor Jahan (Film “Chan Way”) First woman Governor State Bank Dr. Shamshad Akhtar (January 2006) First Woman in space Numera Salim (July 2008) First Woman Jet Pilot Ayesha Rubina Naveed First woman Major General Maj. Gen. (r) Dr. Shahida Malik First woman martyr of 1965 war Abida Tusi First women members of constituent Assembly Begum Shaista Ikram-ullah First woman minister Begum Waqar-un-Nisa Noon First Woman Pilot Shukria Khanam First Woman Presidential candidate Fatimah Jinnah First woman representative of Pakistan in UN Begum Salma Tassadaq Hussain First woman sentenced to death Sardaran First woman Speaker National Assembly Dr. Fehmida Mirza (Mar 2008) First woman to win a world Squash title for Pakistan Carla Khan (Grand-daughter of Azam Khan) First woman tried under Hadood Laws Safia Bi-Bi of Punjab (a gang rape victim) First woman Vice Chancellor Dr. Kaneez Yousaf Highest city from sea level Quetta Highest Civil Award Nishan-e-Pakistan Highest Dam Wali-Tangi Dam (Baluchistan) Highest mountain pass Muztagh Pass Highest peak K2 8611 m (Also named Chogori, Godwin Austin and Dap sang) Highest peak of Himalaya Mount Everest (29028 feet / 8848 m) Highest peak of Hindukush Tirich Mir (7690 m) Highest peak of Karakoram K-2 (Skardu) Highest peak of Suleiman Mountains Takht-e-Sulaiman (3374 m) Highest Railway Station Khan Mehtarzai Highest Radio Station Gilgit Highest Road Shahrah-e-Korakaram, or Silk Route Largest Air Port Quaid-e-Azam International Airport Karachi Largest Artificial Lake Keenjhar Lake (Near Thatta) Largest Athletics Stadium Islamabad Largest Atomic Energy research Institute Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology at Nilore in Islamabad Largest Bank State Bank of Pakistan Largest Barrage of the world Sukkur Barrage Largest Canal Lloyd Barrage Canal Largest city along Indus River Hyderabad Largest Commercial Bank Habib Bank Ltd. Largest cantonment Kharian Largest cant of combined India Rawalpindi Largest Cricket Stadium National Stadium Karachi Largest Dam Tarbela Dam (Volume 148 million cubic meters) Largest Desert Thar Desert (Sind) Largest District Khuzdar (Baluchistan) Largest district of Punjab Dera Ghazi Khan Largest Division Qalat Division Largest English Newspaper “The News” Largest Fort Rani Kot (Sind) largest freshwater lake in Pakistan Manchhar Lake (Sindh) Largest graveyard Makli (Thatta) Largest Hockey Stadium National Hockey Stadium Lahore Largest Hydro Electric Power Station Tarbela (3, 478 Megawatt) Largest Industrial Unit Pakistan Steel Mills Karachi Largest Industry Textile Industry Largest Island Manora (Karachi) Largest Jungle Chhanga Manga (Qasoor) Largest lake of Asia Manchhar Lake (Dadu District) Largest Library Punjab Public Library Lahore Largest Mausoleum Quaid-e-Azam Mausoleum Karachi Largest Mine Salt mines Khewra (Jhelum) Largest Monument Minar-e-Pakistan Largest Mosque Faisal Mosque Islamabad Largest Museum Lok-Virsa Museum Islamabad (60, 000 sq feet), National Museum in Karachi is second largest. Largest Natural Lake Manchhar Lake, Dadu (Sind) Largest Nuclear Reactor Karachi Nuclear Power Plant Largest Oilfield Dhurnal Oilfield Largest power station Mangla Power Station Largest radio station Islamabad Largest Railway Station Lahore Largest Railway Workshop Mughal Pura Lahore Largest River Indus River Largest River of Baluchistan Hangol Largest Seaport Karachi Largest TV booster Tandiani (Punjab) Largest TV station Islamabad Largest town of Northern Areas Gilgit (administrative capital) Largest University Punjab University Lahore Largest Urdu Newspaper Jang Largest zoo Lahore Last Chief Minister of West Pakistan Nawab Muzaffar Ali Qazilbash Last Commander-in-Chief Air Force Air Marshal A Rahim Khan Last Commander-in-Chief Pak Army Lt. Gen. Gul Hassan Last Commander-in-Chief Navy Vice Admiral Hassan Hafeez Ahmed Last Governor General of Pakistan Sikandar Mirza Last Governor West Pakistan Lt. Gen. Attiq-ur-Rehman Last Nawab of Bahawalpur Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi Last poem of Allama Iqbal “Hazrat-e-Insan” Last words of Quaid-e-Azam “Allah-Pakistan” Longest barrage Sukkur Barrage Longest boundary Afghanistan Longest frontier Pak-Afghan Border (2, 252 km) Longest Pass Bolan Pass (Baluchistan) Longest Railway Platform Rohri (9th largest platform of the world) Longest Railway Track Karachi to Landi Kotal Longest Railway Tunnel Khojak (Baluchistan) Longest river Indus (1, 790 miles) Longest Road Karachi to Peshawar (Pakistan Highway) Longest Road Tunnel Lowari (5 miles) Longest rule General Zia (11 years and 43 days) Longest tenure as Governor General Malik Ghulam Muhammad (19th October 1951 – 5th October 1955) Longest Water Tunnel Warsak Dam tunnel (3.5 miles) Oldest cantonment Kohat Oldest city Multan Oldest recipient of Nishan-e-Haider Major Tufail Muhammad (44 years) Oldest ruined city Mohenjo Daro (Larkana District) 5000 years old Oldest university Punjab University (1882) Only Recipient of Nishan-e-Haider for 1965 War Major Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Only Vice President of Pakistan Noor-ul-Amin (22nd Dec 1971 – 21st Apr 1972) Second Care-taker Prime Minister Mir Balgh Sher Baz Mazari Second Chairman Senate Ghulam Ishaq Khan Second Chief Minister Baluchistan Jam Mir Ghulam Qadir Khan Second Chief Minister NWFP Sardar Abdur Rasheed Second Chief Minister Punjab Mian Mumtaz Daultana Second Chief Minister Sind Pir Ilahi Bux Second Cricket World Cup to be held in Pakistan 1996 (6th World Cup) Second Governor Baluchistan Sir Ambrose Dandas Flux Second Governor General Pakistan Khawaja Nazimuddin (14th Sept. 1948 – 17th Oct. 1951) Second Governor NWFP Ambrose Dandas Flux Second Governor Punjab Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar Second Governor Sind Sheikh Din Muhammad Second highest military award “Hilal-e-Jurrat” Second Highest Peak of Pakistan Nanga Parbat (8125 m) (26660 feet) Second largest Dam of World Tarbela Dam Second Nishan-e-Haider Major Tufail Muhammad (7th November 1959) Second President Ayub Khan Second Prime Minister Khawaja Nazimuddin (19th Oct. 1951 – 17th April 1953) Second Speaker National Assembly Abdul Wahab Khan Shortest river Ravi (710 miles) Shortest tenure as Governor General Muhammad Ali Jinnah Shortest tenure as President Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Shortest tenure as Prime Minister *** Ayub Khan and Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar Three pillars of state Legislature, Executive and Judiciary |
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Vocabulary from FPSC Screening Tests
1. Aberration *
2. Abet Encourage or assist (an offender or offence) 3. Abjure State publicly to give up a belief or way of life 4. Acclimation Habituate to a new climate or environment 5. Acrimonious Bitter in manner or temper 6. Addle * Become rotten 7. Admonitory Admonishing, warning 8. Adulation Obsequious flattery 9. Adroit Quick and skilful 10. Agnostic A person who believes that existence of God is not provable. 11. Agonising Suffer or cause to suffer agony 12. Allusion Indirect or vague reference 13. Analogous Similar 14. Annuity 15. Antidote Chemical substance that stops the effect of a poison 16. Antioxidant 17. Aptitude Natural talent 18. Arbitration Settlement of a dispute by an impartial third party 19. Attain Achieve 20. Aviary 21. Avid 22. Balmy Mild and pleasant 23. Baroque Architecture or art in Europe from the late 16th to the early 18th century. 24. Beaver 25. Bellicose Eager to fight 26. Berate Rebuke 27. Bereft of Deprived of 28. Bette-noire 29. Bivouac Temporary open encampment without tents 30. Blandishment Flatter 31. Blink Shut and open the eyes quickly 32. Boisterous Noisy, lively 33. Brazen Shameless 34. Breviary Book containing the Roman Catholic daily offices or prayers 35. Brittle Hard but easily broken 36. Caldron Large deep vessel used for boiling 37. Callisthenics Exercises for fitness and grace 38. Carnivorous Animals which eat meat 39. Cater 40. Celerity 41. Charlatan Person falsely claiming knowledge or skill 42. Choreography Design or arrangement of a ballet etc 43. Churlish Unfriendly, bad-tempered 44. Collage A picture made by sticking pieces of paper and cloth onto paper 45. Condor A large South American bird that eats the meat of dead animals 46. Conscientious Diligent 47. Conscious Aware of 48. Credible Worthy of belief 49. Credulous Ready to believe 50. Crevice A narrow opening or fissure especially in a rock etc 51. Crouch Lower the body with limbs close to the chest 52. Culinary Concerned with cooking 53. Cytology 54. Debut First public performance or recording 55. Decimate 56. Desiccate 57. Defuse Reduce tension 58. Deleterious Harmful 59. Dependant Person supported, esp. financially, by another 60. Dependent Depending 61. Diffuse Spread out 62. Digress Deviate 63. Dispense with? 64. Eerie Weird, Frightening 65. Effete Worn, Exhausted 66. Egregious * Rude 67. Eligible Suitable 68. Elysium Place of ideal happiness 69. Emanating from? 70. Emigrant A person who has left his own country to live in another country 71. Eminent Distinguished 72. Encumbered Into? 73. Endow 74. Enervate Deprive of vigour or vitality 75. Entomology 76. Ephemeral ** 77. Epistle Letter 78. Equable Calm and reasonable person 79. Equalize Make equal 80. Ergonomics Study of the relationship between people and their working environment 81. Eschew 82. Ethics Moral principles 83. Exculpate 84. Explicit Expressed clearly and openly 85. Expunge 86. Exterminate Destroy utterly 87. Extrinsic Not inherent 88. Extrovert A person who is active, lively, and sociable 89. Exuberant High-spirited 90. Facsimile Exact copy 91. Fastidious * Fussy 92. Ferocious Fierce, savage 93. Fiasco Humiliating failure 94. Fickle Inconstant, changeable, disloyal 95. Flint A very hard, greyish-black stone which produces sparks when struck 96. Friskily Lively 97. Frolicsome Playful, Happy 98. Garrulous Talkative 99. Gaudy Narrow opening 100. Giggle Laugh in half-suppressed spasms 101. Goatee Small pointed beard 102. Grumble Complain peevishly 103. Gutsy * Brave 104. Habeas Corpus 105. Hackneyed (Of a phrase etc) Made trite by overuse 106. Hideous Extremely unpleasant or ugly 107. Hike Go on long country walks for pleasure 108. Hoax A trick in which someone tells people something that is not true 109. Hone 110. Hobson’s Choice To have only one thing to choose 111. Illegible Not legible 112. Illusion False idea or belief 113. Immaculate Perfectly clean and tidy 114. Immigrant A person who has come to live in a country from another country 115. Imminent About to happen very soon 116. Imperial Relating to an empire 117. Imperious Domineering 118. Impetuous A person who acts quickly and suddenly without thinking 119. Impugn 120. Indite 121. Industrious 122. Infraction Violation 123. Infringe Violate 124. Inoffensive Harmless 125. Innovative Renewed, Inventive 126. Innuendo * Hint, Indication 127. Insular Resident of an island, Narrow-minded 128. Ironic Displaying irony 129. Kindle Inspire 130. Knapsack Canvas bag carried on the back 131. Kulak A wealthy peasant 132. Infallible Never wrong 133. Labyrinth Complicated network of passages etc 134. Laceration A bad cut on skin 135. Languor 136. Lapidate Stone to death 137. Leeward Direction toward which the wind blows 138. Lesion Injury 139. Lexicography Compiling of dictionaries 140. Lipid Fatlike substances that are insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents, including fatty acids, oils, waxes, and steroids 141. Litter Rubbish 142. Lob Hit or throw (a ball etc.) slowly or in a high arc 143. Locution Word, phrase, or idiom 144. Meagre Scant in amount or quality 145. Mercurial Of or in mercury, Quick, Changeable 146. Mirage 147. Nodule 148. Numb Deprived of feeling 149. Obdurate Stubborn 150. Obsequious Very eager to help or agree with people 151. Obsolete No longer used 152. Ogle 153. Opulence ** Wealth 154. Opulent Luxurious 155. Paediatric Branch of medicine dealing with children and their diseases 156. Pedagogy Science of teaching 157. Penchant Special liking 158. Penurious Very poor 159. Pernicious Very harmful 160. Persecute Treat cruelly 161. Peroration Concluding part of a speech 162. Pervious Permeable / an affording passage 163. Philanthropy Love of mankind 164. Podiatry A branch of chiropody that deals esp. with the bones of the foot and the mechanics of walking 165. Postulate Suggest it as the basis for a theory, argument or calculation 166. Precede Happen before 167. Precipice 168. Preservation 169. Pretence Pretending 170. Preventive Serving to prevent 171. Prim Stiffly formal and precise 172. Proceed Go forward 173. Prodigy Exceptionally gifted or able person 174. Profuse 175. Pro rata Proportional 176. Prosecute Institute legal proceedings against 177. Puny Undersized 178. Putative Reputed, supposed 179. Ransack Pillage or plunder 180. Ransom Money demanded or paid for the release of a prisoner 181. Rave Talk in an excited and uncontrolled way 182. Recession Temporary decline in economic activity or prosperity 183. Repudiating Refuse dealings with 184. Reticence Disposition to silence 185. Retro Backward 186. Revel Have a good time 187. Ribcage Wall of bones formed by the ribs 188. Ruling Passion 189. Sabbatical Leave granted at intervals to a university teacher for study or travel 190. Sagacity Good judgement 191. Sarcastic Mock 192. Scad * 193. Scorch Burn slightly or damaged by heat 194. Sedative A drug that calms or makes sleep 195. Sedentary (Of work etc) done while sitting 196. Sedulous Persevering in effort or endeavour 197. Shield Protect 198. Shrug Slightly and momentarily raise (the shoulders) 199. Sieve Perforated or meshed utensil for separating solids or coarse material from liquids or fine particles 200. Sift Put through a sieve 201. Skew 202. Slack (Of rope etc) not taut 203. Slake Satisfy (thirst, a desire etc) 204. Sorcerer Wizard 205. Sordanity 206. Sphere Globe 207. Stationary Not moving 208. Stationery Writing materials 209. Sturdy Strongly built 210. Sty Inflamed swelling on the edge of an eyelid 211. Sulk Silent and bad-tempered for a while 212. Suppress Prevent forcibly 213. Surreptitiously Done secretly 214. Syndicate 215. Syntax Grammatical arrangement of words 216. Temerity Rashness 217. Tangible Perceptible by touch 218. Tepid Unenthusiastic 219. Thermal 220. Triturate 221. Toll Cost or damage caused by a disaster etc 222. Tornado 223. Tranquil Serene / undisturbed 224. Tremulous Trembling 225. Truculent Aggressively defiant 226. Unearth Discover by searching or digging 227. Vagary 228. Validate Ratify 229. Valediction Bidding farewell 230. Venal Corrupt 231. Venial Pardonable 232. Veracious Truthful by nature 233. Viaduct Long, high bridge that carries a road or railway across a valley 234. Vindicate Clear of blame or suspicion 235. Vindictive Vengeful 236. Vintage Wine of high quality from a particular year and district 237. Vivacious Lively 238. Volatile Unstable 239. Voluptuous 240. Voracious 241. Wistful Yearning 242. Wrack Destruction 243. Wreck Sinking or running aground of a ship 244. Wrench Violent twist 245. Wretched Very unhappy 246. Xenophobia Hatred or fear of foreigners 247. Zulus |
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English Vocabulary
1500 words with meanings
Abhor hate .................................................. . Bigot narrow-minded, prejudiced person .................................................. . Counterfeit fake; false .................................................. . Enfranchise give voting rights .................................................. . Hamper hinder; obstruct .................................................. . Kindle to start a fire .................................................. . Noxious harmful; poisonous; lethal .................................................. . Placid calm; peaceful .................................................. . Remuneration payment for work done .................................................. . Talisman lucky charm .................................................. . Abrasive rough; coarse; harsh .................................................. . Bilk cheat; defraud .................................................. . Covert hidden; undercover .................................................. . Engender cause .................................................. . Hangar storage area (like garage) for a plane .................................................. . Knotty complex; difficult to solve .................................................. . Nuance something subtle; a fine shade of meaning .................................................. . Plagiarism taking credit for someone else's writing or ideas .................................................. . Renown fame .................................................. . Tangent going off the main subject .................................................. . Abasement humiliation; degradation .................................................. . Billowing swelling; fluttering; waving .................................................. . Cower recoil in fear or servility; shrink away from .................................................. . Enhance improve; make better or clearer .................................................. . Harangue noisy, attacking speech .................................................. . Labyrinth a maze .................................................. . Nullify to counter; make unimportant .................................................. . Plaintiff petitioner (in court of law) .................................................. . Replete full .................................................. . Tangible can be touched .................................................. . Abrogate cancel; deny; repeal .................................................. . Blasphemy speech which offends religious sentiments .................................................. . Credible believable .................................................. . Enigma puzzle; mystery .................................................. . Harbingers indicators; bringers of warnings .................................................. . Labyrinthine complicated; highly convoluted .................................................. . Nuzzle cuddle; snuggle .................................................. . Plaudit statement giving strong praise .................................................. . Reprehensible shameful; very bad .................................................. . Tardy slow; late; overdue; delayed .................................................. . Absolution forgiveness; pardon; release .................................................. . Blatant obvious .................................................. . Creditable praiseworthy .................................................. . Ensconce establish firmly in a position .................................................. . Hasten hurry; accelerate; rush .................................................. . Laceration a cut .................................................. . Obdurate stubborn .................................................. . Plausible can be believed; reasonable .................................................. . Reprieve a respite; postponement of a sentence .................................................. . Tawdry of little value; gaudy .................................................. . Abstain desist; go without; withdraw .................................................. . Blighted damaged; destroyed; ruined .................................................. . Credulous gullible; ready to believe anything .................................................. . Enshroud cover .................................................. . Haughtiness arrogance; pride .................................................. . Lachrymose tearful; sad .................................................. . Obfuscate deliberately make something difficult to understand .................................................. . Plethora an excess .................................................. . Repudiate shun; eschew .................................................. . Tedium boredom .................................................. . Abstemious self denying; refraining from indulging .................................................. . Blithe free-spirited; carefree .................................................. . Crepuscular active at dawn and dusk .................................................. . Enunciation clear pronunciation; accent; articulation .................................................. . Headstrong stubborn; willful .................................................. . Lackluster dull; monotonous; bland .................................................. . Objective unbiased; not subjective .................................................. . Pliable flexible; not stubborn .................................................. . Rescind retract; repeal .................................................. . Temper to moderate; soften .................................................. . Abstruse difficult to understand; obscure .................................................. . Blunderbuss 1. ancient weapon (type of gun); 2. a clumsy person .................................................. . Cringe recoil; flinch; shy away .................................................. . Envenom to cause bitterness and bad feeling .................................................. . Hedonism self indulgence; pleasure-seeking .................................................. . Laconic using few words; brief; to the point .................................................. . Oblique indirect; slanting .................................................. . Plumage feathers of a bird .................................................. . Resignation acceptance of fate .................................................. . Tenacious stubborn; resolute; holding firm to a purpose .................................................. . Accolade tribute; honor; praise .................................................. . Bolster support; prop up .................................................. . Cryptic puzzling; enigmatic .................................................. . Ephemeral short-lived .................................................. . Hedonist a pleasure seeker .................................................. . Lamentation expression of regret or sorrow .................................................. . Obliterate destroy; demolish; eradicate .................................................. . Plummet fall suddenly and steeply .................................................. . Resolution determination .................................................. . Tentative not certain .................................................. . Acquiesce to agree to; give in to .................................................. . Bombast arrogant, pompous language .................................................. . Curtail cut short .................................................. . Epicure someone who appreciates good food and drink .................................................. . Heed listen to .................................................. . Lampoon ridicule; spoof .................................................. . Oblivious totally unaware .................................................. . Podium raised platform .................................................. . Resonant echoing .................................................. . Tenuous flimsy; not solid .................................................. . Acrid sharp; pungent (used of smells and tastes) .................................................. . Boorish ill-mannered .................................................. . Cynical believing that people act only out of selfish motives .................................................. . Epistle a letter (form of communication) .................................................. . Heresy against orthodox opinion .................................................. . Lance spear; spike; javelin .................................................. . Obscure difficult to understand; partially hidden .................................................. . Poignant deeply moving; strongly affecting the emotions .................................................. . Respite a break; intermission .................................................. . Terse concise; to the point .................................................. . Acrophobia fear of heights .................................................. . Bourgeois middle class .................................................. . Debility weakness; incapacity .................................................. . Epistolary concerned with letters; through correspondence .................................................. . Hiatus interruption; pause .................................................. . Languid tired; slow .................................................. . Obscured hidden; covered; buried .................................................. . Poised calm; collected; self-possessed .................................................. . Resplendent shining; glowing .................................................. . Therapeutic medicinal; curative .................................................. . Acuity sharpness (mental or visual) .................................................. . Braggart someone who boasts .................................................. . Debunking exposing false claims or myths .................................................. . Epitomized typified; characterized; personified .................................................. . Hidebound rigid in opinions .................................................. . Languish decay; fade away; get weaker .................................................. . Obsequious servile; submissive .................................................. . Polemical causing debate or argument .................................................. . Restorative a tonic .................................................. . Thwart prevent; frustrate .................................................. . Adamant forceful; inflexible .................................................. . Brawny muscular .................................................. . Decathlon an athletic competition with ten events .................................................. . Equivocate speak ambiguously; avoid telling the truth .................................................. . Hieroglyphics 1. picture writing; 2. writing which is difficult to read or enigmatic .................................................. . Larceny theft; robbery; stealing .................................................. . Obsession a dominating concern .................................................. . Ponderous weighty; slow and heavy .................................................. . Retention preservation; withholding .................................................. . Timorous cowardly; fearful .................................................. . Adroit skilful .................................................. . Brevity being brief .................................................. . Decorum dignified, correct behavior [decorous (a)] .................................................. . Err make a mistake .................................................. . Hinder obstruct .................................................. . Largess generosity .................................................. . Obsolete no longer valid .................................................. . Pontificate speak pompously or dogmatically .................................................. . Reticent restrained; holding something back; uncommunicative .................................................. . Tirade stream of verbal abuse .................................................. . Adulation strong admiration; worship .................................................. . Bristle to show irritation .................................................. . Decoy lure; trap; trick .................................................. . Erratic wandering; irregular .................................................. . Histrionic theatrical; exaggerated .................................................. . Laud praise .................................................. . Obstreperous noisy and boisterous .................................................. . Portend foretell .................................................. . Retraction withdrawal; cancellation of a statement .................................................. . Titter giggle quietly .................................................. . Adversity hardship .................................................. . Broach start to discuss; approach .................................................. . Deference respect .................................................. . Esoteric obscure and difficult to understand .................................................. . Hoary old .................................................. . Lavish on a grand scale; wasteful .................................................. . Obtuse mentally dull .................................................. . Portent a warning sign; omen .................................................. . Revere worship .................................................. . Tome large book .................................................. . Advocate support .................................................. . Brusque blunt; abrupt .................................................. . Defoliate cause leaves to fall off .................................................. . Espouse promote; take up; support .................................................. . Hone sharpen; increase; whet .................................................. . Lax careless; not strict .................................................. . Obviate avoid; make unnecessary .................................................. . Poseur someone who puts on an act .................................................. . Riddled full of (usually full of holes) .................................................. . Torpid inactive; lazy; stagnant .................................................. . Aesthetic concerning art or beauty .................................................. . Bulwark fortification; barricade; wall .................................................. . Defunct no longer in existence .................................................. . Etymology the study of word origins .................................................. . Hyperbole grossly exaggerated speech .................................................. . Legend 1. key to map; 2. myth or story .................................................. . Odious hateful .................................................. . Posterity future generations .................................................. . Rife common .................................................. . Torpor dormancy; sluggishness; inactivity .................................................. . Affable friendly; social; easygoing .................................................. . Bureaucracy officialdom .................................................. . Degradation deprivation; poverty; debasement .................................................. . Eulogy praise .................................................. . Hypochondriac a person obsessed with health; having imaginary illnesses .................................................. . Legion in large numbers .................................................. . Officious domineering; intrusive; meddlesome .................................................. . Posthumous after death .................................................. . Rigor thoroughness .................................................. . Totter walk unsteadily .................................................. . Alacrity eagerness; enthusiasm; quickness .................................................. . Burgeon grow; flourish; put forth new shoots .................................................. . Deleterious harmful .................................................. . Euphemism a polite phrase to cover something unpleasant .................................................. . Hypocritical insincere .................................................. . Lethargic tired; without energy .................................................. . Ogle stare at; observe in an obvious manner .................................................. . Postulate hypothesize; propose .................................................. . Robust strong; healthy; tough .................................................. . Tractable obedient; dutiful; polite .................................................. . Alchemy medieval chemistry; attempt to change base metal into gold .................................................. . Burnish polish .................................................. . Deliberate to think over deeply .................................................. . Euphony pleasant sounds .................................................. . Iconoclast person who opposes orthodoxy .................................................. . Levity flippancy; joking about serious matters .................................................. . Olfactory concerned with the sense of smell .................................................. . Potable suitable for drinking .................................................. . Rotund round .................................................. . Tranquil peaceful .................................................. . Alibi an excuse that shows someone was not at a crime scene .................................................. . Buttress strengthen; support .................................................. . Delineation demarcation; explanation; definition; outlining .................................................. . Evacuate vacate; empty; abandon .................................................. . Idiosyncrasy a personal peculiarity; something unique to an individual .................................................. . Libertarian someone who opposes tyranny .................................................. . Ominous threatening .................................................. . Potent powerful; compelling; strong .................................................. . Ruminate think over something; ponder .................................................. . Transcribe copy .................................................. . Allay to lessen .................................................. . Byline the line that tells you who wrote an article .................................................. . Demur hesitate; refuse .................................................. . Exacerbate make worse .................................................. . Ignominious shameful .................................................. . Liniment soothing lotion .................................................. . Omnipotent all-powerful .................................................. . Pragmatic practical .................................................. . Ruse trick; stratagem .................................................. . Transgress go astray; disobey; commit a sin .................................................. . Alleviate make less severe .................................................. . Cacophony discordant loud noises .................................................. . Denounce condemn; speak out against .................................................. . Exasperated frustrated; annoyed .................................................. . Ignominy shame [ignominious (a) = shameful] .................................................. . Lithe flexible; supple .................................................. . Omniscient all-knowing .................................................. . Pragmatist practical person; one who is concerned with usefulness .................................................. . Saccharin falsely sweet .................................................. . Transient short-lived; ephemeral .................................................. . Aloof distant; detached; cold .................................................. . Cajole coax .................................................. . Deplete use up; lessen .................................................. . Exceptionable very bad (something which we should object to) .................................................. . Illuminate to light up or make clear .................................................. . Livid very angry .................................................. . Onerous burdensome; hard to undertake .................................................. . Preamble introductory material .................................................. . Sacrosanct very holy; inviolable .................................................. . Traverse to move across .................................................. . Altruism putting others first; being self-sacrificing .................................................. . Caldron huge cooking pot .................................................. . Deplore regret .................................................. . Exculpate free someone from blame; pardon; acquit .................................................. . Illusory deceptive; false; misleading .................................................. . Lobbyist person who tries to persuade someone to support a particular cause .................................................. . Onus burden .................................................. . Precarious unstable; risky .................................................. . Sagacious wise .................................................. . Trepidation fear .................................................. . Amass accumulate .................................................. . Callow immature .................................................. . Depravity moral corruption .................................................. . Execrable very, very bad .................................................. . Immoderate excessive; extreme .................................................. . Lofty snooty; arrogant; haughty .................................................. . Opaque does not let light through .................................................. . Precedent a previous occurrence used as a guide .................................................. . Sage a wise person .................................................. . Trinket something of little value; knick-knack .................................................. . Ambiguity uncertainty; vagueness .................................................. . Candid frank; honest .................................................. . Deprecate criticize; denounce .................................................. . Exegesis scholarly explanation or interpretation .................................................. . Immutable unchanging; permanent .................................................. . Longevity long life .................................................. . Opulent wealthy; rich; magnificent .................................................. . Precept guiding principle .................................................. . Salacious lecherous; erotic .................................................. . Trite unoriginal; dull .................................................. . Ambiguous unclear in meaning; can be interpreted in different ways .................................................. . Candor frankness; openness .................................................. . Deride ridicule; make fun of; mock .................................................. . Exemplary outstandingly good; setting a fine example .................................................. . Impartial unbiased; neutral .................................................. . Loquacious talkative .................................................. . Ordain 1. destine; 2. confer holy orders on a priest .................................................. . Precinct district of a city .................................................. . Sallow yellowish .................................................. . Trivial unimportant .................................................. . Ambivalence lack of clarity; wavering; being undecided .................................................. . Cantankerous bad-tempered; quarrelsome .................................................. . Derogatory uncomplimentary .................................................. . Exemplify to serve as a good example .................................................. . Impecunious having no money .................................................. . Lucid clear .................................................. . Ornate highly decorated .................................................. . Precipice steep slope .................................................. . Salubrious health-giving .................................................. . Truant shirker; someone absent without permission .................................................. . Ambulatory able to walk around (used of hospital patients) .................................................. . Capacious spacious .................................................. . Desecrate to damage or pollute a holy place .................................................. . Exhaustive complete and thorough .................................................. . Impious wicked; profane .................................................. . Ludicrous ridiculous; silly .................................................. . Orthodox conventional .................................................. . Precipitous done in a hurry .................................................. . Salutary something which teaches you a lesson; beneficial .................................................. . Truncate cut short .................................................. . Ameliorate make better .................................................. . Capitulate surrender; give in to .................................................. . Desecration spoiling something holy .................................................. . Exonerates acquits; absolves; removes blame .................................................. . Impoverished destitute; poor .................................................. . Lukewarm 1. unenthusiastic; 2. neither hot nor cold .................................................. . Ossify 1. turn to bone; 2. become fixed and rigid .................................................. . Preclude prevent or make impossible .................................................. . Sanctimonious hypocritically holy .................................................. . Tumult uproar; noise .................................................. . Amelioration improvement .................................................. . Carping constant criticism .................................................. . Desist stop; discontinue; cease .................................................. . Exorcism getting free/rid of; eliminating (especially demons) .................................................. . Impromptu unrehearsed; spontaneous .................................................. . Lummox clumsy person .................................................. . Ostentatious showy .................................................. . Precocious developing early .................................................. . Sanction give approval to .................................................. . Turpitude depravity .................................................. . Amiable friendly .................................................. . Cartographer person who makes maps .................................................. . Despondent having no hope; miserable .................................................. . Expatriate refugee; emigrant; someone living away from his own country .................................................. . Inadvertent not intentional .................................................. . Luscious juicy; moist; succulent .................................................. . Oust push out of a position .................................................. . Predecessor one who came before .................................................. . Sanguinary bloodthirsty; bloody .................................................. . Tyro novice; beginner .................................................. . Amity friendship .................................................. . Castigate scold strongly .................................................. . Destitution hardship; poverty; misery .................................................. . Expedient convenient; practical .................................................. . Incantation chant; invocation; prayer .................................................. . Lynch assassinate; kill; illegal hanging .................................................. . Overt obvious; not hidden .................................................. . Predicament dilemma; difficult situation .................................................. . Sanguine optimistic; cheerful .................................................. . Ubiquitous found everywhere; omnipresent .................................................. . Amorphous lacking in shape .................................................. . Catharsis purging of pent-up emotions .................................................. . Deter put off; prevent .................................................. . Expedite make faster .................................................. . Incarceration putting in prison .................................................. . Machinations plots and plans .................................................. . Overwrought worked up; in an emotional state .................................................. . Preeminent famous; outstanding .................................................. . Sardonic mocking .................................................. . Unalloyed undiluted; total .................................................. . Analgesic medicine to combat pain .................................................. . Caucus type of private political meeting .................................................. . Deteriorate worsen; decline .................................................. . Exposition clear explanation .................................................. . Incessant without stopping .................................................. . Maelstrom whirlpool; storm in the ocean .................................................. . Palatable good to eat; agreeable .................................................. . Prerogative right or privilege .................................................. . Savant person with knowledge .................................................. . Unctuous oily; using excessive flattery .................................................. . Analogous comparable .................................................. . Caustic burning .................................................. . Detrimental harmful .................................................. . Extol praise .................................................. . Incipient just beginning .................................................. . Magnanimous generous; big-hearted .................................................. . Palisade fence made of posts .................................................. . Prescient having fore-knowledge .................................................. . Scale to climb .................................................. . Undermined damaged; attacked .................................................. . Anarchy chaos; lack of government .................................................. . Cavalcade procession of vehicles .................................................. . Devoured greedily eaten/consumed .................................................. . Extradite deport from one country back to the home country .................................................. . Inclination tendency; a leaning toward .................................................. . Magnate powerful businessman .................................................. . Palliative a remedy that improves but doesn't cure .................................................. . Presentiment a feeling that something might happen .................................................. . Scapegoat person on whom blame is placed for faults of others .................................................. . Underscore emphasize .................................................. . Anecdote a brief amusing story .................................................. . Celerity speed .................................................. . Dexterous skilful with hands .................................................. . Extraneous irrelevant .................................................. . Incoherent not clear .................................................. . Maladroit clumsy; unskillful .................................................. . Pallid pale .................................................. . Presumptuous assuming too much; arrogant .................................................. . Scrupulous careful; diligent; painstaking .................................................. . Unequivocal clear; obvious .................................................. . Animosity hatred; antagonism .................................................. . Censorious disapproving; critical .................................................. . Dichotomy a division into two parts .................................................. . Extrapolate extend; predict on the basis of known data .................................................. . Incongruous not fitting in; out of place .................................................. . Malady illness .................................................. . Palpable easily felt; easily perceived .................................................. . Pretentious pompous; self-important .................................................. . Scrutinize examine carefully .................................................. . Unfetter set free .................................................. . Annex (n) a building which is an addition to an existing building .................................................. . Censure blame .................................................. . Didactic intended to teach; instructive .................................................. . Extrinsic irrelevant; on the outside .................................................. . Inconsequential unimportant; insignificant; negligible .................................................. . Malediction a curse .................................................. . Panacea remedy for all ills .................................................. . Prevaricate speak misleadingly and evasively .................................................. . Scuttle sink .................................................. . Unfrock to remove a priest from his position .................................................. . Annex (v) take possession of; seize; capture .................................................. . Cerebral intellectual .................................................. . Diffident lacking confidence .................................................. . Fallacious false .................................................. . Inconspicuous not easily seen; subtle; not noticeable .................................................. . Malefactor a wrong-doer .................................................. . Paradigm 1. example; 2. model; 3. way of looking at things .................................................. . Pristine unspoiled .................................................. . Seminary an institution in which priests are trained .................................................. . Unprecedented never having happened before .................................................. . Anomaly something which does not fit in a pattern; irregularity .................................................. . Certitude certainty .................................................. . Digress wander off the subject .................................................. . Falter hesitate; waver .................................................. . Indelible cannot be wiped out .................................................. . Malinger deliberately avoid work; shirk .................................................. . Paradox apparently contradictory statement .................................................. . Proclivity tendency towards .................................................. . Sensuous appealing to the senses .................................................. . Unscathed unharmed; intact; without a scratch .................................................. . Antagonism hostility; strong opposition .................................................. . Charlatan trickster who claims knowledge he doesn't have .................................................. . Dike dam; embankment .................................................. . Fanatical obsessive; fixated .................................................. . Indifferent 1. neutral; 2. not outstanding .................................................. . Malingerer person who deliberately tries to avoid work .................................................. . Paragon a perfect example .................................................. . Procrastinate delay; put off .................................................. . Sentinel guard; sentry .................................................. . Unwitting not deliberate; unconscious .................................................. . Antagonistic opposed; hostile; aggressive .................................................. . Chary wary of; cautious about; reluctant to give .................................................. . Dilatory slow; falling behind with one's work .................................................. . Fanaticism passion; excessive devotion .................................................. . Indigenous native to a particular area .................................................. . Malleable flexible; can be shaped .................................................. . Paramount of supreme importance .................................................. . Prodigal wasteful; extravagant .................................................. . Sequester isolate .................................................. . Upbraid scold; tell off; reprimand .................................................. . Antediluvian outdated; prehistoric; very old-fashioned .................................................. . Chastises punishes .................................................. . Dilemma puzzling situation .................................................. . Fastidious overly particular; finicky .................................................. . Indolence laziness .................................................. . Mallet 1. wooden hammer; 2. stick used for polo .................................................. . Parasite 1. scrounger; 2. animal which takes digested food from another .................................................. . Prodigious very large .................................................. . Serendipity fortunate coincidence; unsought discovery .................................................. . Uproarious hilarious; hysterical; very funny .................................................. . Anthology a book which is a collection of poems or stories .................................................. . Chicanery trickery .................................................. . Dilettante person who dabbles in a subject without serious study .................................................. . Fatuous silly; foolish .................................................. . Inductee novice; beginner .................................................. . Manipulatable influencable; controllable .................................................. . Parched dried up .................................................. . Profane unholy .................................................. . Serene calm; peaceful .................................................. . Upshot outcome .................................................. . Anthropocentrism putting man at the center of one's philosophy .................................................. . Chimerical changeable; unstable .................................................. . Diligent hard-working .................................................. . Feasible possible and practicable .................................................. . Indulgent pampering; satisfying desires .................................................. . Marred damaged; spoiled .................................................. . Pariah an outcast from society .................................................. . Profanity swearing; cursing .................................................. . Serrated jagged; saw-like .................................................. . Urbane sophisticated; suave .................................................. . Antiquated outdated; old fashioned .................................................. . Choleric easily angered .................................................. . Diorama model of a scene .................................................. . Fecund fertile .................................................. . Inebriation drunkenness; intoxication .................................................. . Marshal to gather together .................................................. . Parity equality .................................................. . Profound having deep meaning .................................................. . Servile overly submissive; groveling .................................................. . Usurp take someone's position (usually by force) .................................................. . Apathetic indifferent; uninterested; lethargic .................................................. . Chronicler person who records historical information .................................................. . Dirge mournful song .................................................. . Felicitous apt .................................................. . Ineffable cannot be expressed in words .................................................. . Marsupial pouched mammal (like a kangaroo) .................................................. . Parochial narrow-minded; concerned only with local matters .................................................. . Profundity depth .................................................. . Skeptical doubting; not gullible .................................................. . Utilitarian useful .................................................. . Apathy lack of interest or emotion .................................................. . Circuitous indirect .................................................. . Disapprobation disapproval .................................................. . Fervor passion; enthusiasm .................................................. . Inept incompetent; unskilled; useless .................................................. . Martinet person who believes in strict discipline .................................................. . Parody a mockery; imitation for ridicule; spoof .................................................. . Proletarian member of the working class .................................................. . Skirmish minor battle .................................................. . Utopian a believer in an ideal world .................................................. . Apocryphal of doubtful origin .................................................. . Circumlocution using too many words; long-windedness .................................................. . Discern to distinguish one thing from another .................................................. . Fickle unpredictable; whimsical; easily swayed .................................................. . Inertia inactivity; lethargy .................................................. . Masochist person who intentionally inflicts pain on himself .................................................. . Parry ward off; avoid .................................................. . Prolific producing a lot .................................................. . Sluggard slow-moving; lethargic person .................................................. . Vacillate waver; hesitate .................................................. . Appease pacify; soothe; calm down; make peace with .................................................. . Circumscribe limit .................................................. . Discord disagreement .................................................. . Finesse skill .................................................. . Inevitable cannot be avoided .................................................. . Matriarchy society governed by women .................................................. . Parsimonious economical; frugal; thrifty .................................................. . Proponents promoters; supporters .................................................. . Smelt refine an ore .................................................. . Vacuous empty; silly; meaningless .................................................. . Apprehensive worried; fearful .................................................. . Circumspect cautious; considering all sides .................................................. . Discordancy cacophony; harshness; jarring .................................................. . Fitful not continuous; stopping and starting .................................................. . Inexorable relentless .................................................. . Maverick a loner .................................................. . Parsimony stinginess; frugality; cost-cutting .................................................. . Prosaic dull; boring; ordinary .................................................. . Smorgasbord a Swedish buffet of cold dishes .................................................. . Vagrant person wandering without a home .................................................. . Arable can be cultivated .................................................. . Circumvent avoid .................................................. . Discrepancy something which does not match up; inconsistency .................................................. . Flagrant clearly wrong .................................................. . Inexpedient not advisable .................................................. . Meager in short supply .................................................. . Partisan biased; one-sided; committed to one group .................................................. . Proscribe forbid .................................................. . Solace comfort for grief .................................................. . Vapid dull; uninspiring .................................................. . Arbitrary random; for no definite reason .................................................. . Clairvoyant psychic; mystic .................................................. . Discriminate to make a clear distinction; see the difference .................................................. . Flamboyant showy; ornate .................................................. . Infallible perfect; flawless; cannot make mistakes .................................................. . Meander wander from side to side .................................................. . Pathos evoking sadness or pity .................................................. . Prosody study of versification .................................................. . Solicit to ask for; seek .................................................. . Variegated multicolored; speckled .................................................. . Arcane obscure; known only to a few people .................................................. . Clamor shout; scream .................................................. . Discursiveness long windedness; indirectness .................................................. . Flaunt show off; display in a showy manner .................................................. . Infamous famous for something bad .................................................. . Mellow soft; melodious; ripe .................................................. . Patron one who give support (usually financial) .................................................. . Prostration 1. lying face down; 2. be overcome with extreme weakness .................................................. . Somnambulist sleepwalker .................................................. . Vehemence violence; fervor; forcefulness .................................................. . Archaic ancient; outdated; old fashioned .................................................. . Clandestine secret; covert; stealthy .................................................. . Disdain contempt; strong dislike .................................................. . Flippant making jokes about serious matters .................................................. . Infer deduce; conclude .................................................. . Menagerie collection of animals .................................................. . Patronize condescend to; behave in an arrogant manner towards .................................................. . Protagonist main character in film, book, play etc. .................................................. . Soothsayer fortuneteller .................................................. . Vehement forceful .................................................. . Archetype classic example of .................................................. . Clemency mercy .................................................. . Disinterested unbiased .................................................. . Flout defy; reject .................................................. . Ingénue naïve, unsophisticated person .................................................. . Mendacious given to lying .................................................. . Paucity shortage .................................................. . Protean changeable .................................................. . Sophomoric juvenile; immature .................................................. . Venal corrupt; can be bribed .................................................. . Archives collections of old records; place of storage of old documents .................................................. . Cliché overused expression; something unoriginal .................................................. . Disparage criticize; belittle .................................................. . Flustered worked-up; not calm .................................................. . Ingrate ungrateful person .................................................. . Mercenary concerned only with money .................................................. . Peccadillo minor weakness; trivial offence .................................................. . Protégé person under protection of, or guided by another .................................................. . Soporific inducing sleep .................................................. . Veneer surface coating .................................................. . Articulate clear; lucid; eloquent .................................................. . Clientele customers .................................................. . Disparity an inequality .................................................. . Fly-by-night unreliable; disreputable .................................................. . Inimical hostile .................................................. . Mercurial volatile; changeable .................................................. . Pedant person who insists on strict adherence to rules or narrow learning .................................................. . Protocol procedure; code of behavior .................................................. . Sparse spare; bare; meager .................................................. . Venerate revere; worship .................................................. . Artifice deception; trickery .................................................. . Coalesce come together; merge .................................................. . Dispassionate neutral; objective .................................................. . Forensic concerned with argument or debate (esp. for legal evidence) .................................................. . Innate inherited; inborn .................................................. . Merge come together .................................................. . Pedestrian common; mundane; banal .................................................. . Provincial unsophisticated; narrow-minded .................................................. . Specious false .................................................. . Venial minor; unimportant .................................................. . Artisan craftsman .................................................. . Coddle pamper; fuss over; indulge .................................................. . Disseminating circulating; broadcasting; spreading (information) .................................................. . Fortitude bravery .................................................. . Innocuous harmless; inoffensive .................................................. . Metaphorically symbolically; figuratively .................................................. . Peerless without equal .................................................. . Prudent cautious; wise .................................................. . Speckled spotted; freckled; dotted .................................................. . Veracity truthfulness .................................................. . Ascetic without luxuries; severely simple .................................................. . Coercion force .................................................. . Diurnal active in daytime .................................................. . Fortuitous happening by chance .................................................. . Innovate create; introduce something new .................................................. . Meticulous very careful; painstaking .................................................. . Pejorative derogatory .................................................. . Puerile childish .................................................. . Sporadic not continuous; intermittent .................................................. . Verbose talkative; long-winded; rambling .................................................. . Assiduous thorough; diligent .................................................. . Cogent lucid; well argued .................................................. . Divert 1. entertain; 2. distract; 3. cause a detour .................................................. . Fractious irritable; difficult to control .................................................. . Inscrutable mysterious; impenetrable .................................................. . Mettle courage; bravery; valor .................................................. . Pellucid transparently clear .................................................. . Punctilious paying attention to small details .................................................. . Spurious false .................................................. . Verbosity using too many words .................................................. . Assuage to calm .................................................. . Cogitate think over something; ponder .................................................. . Docile gentle and easily lead .................................................. . Fraudulent fake; false .................................................. . Insentient unfeeling .................................................. . Milieu environment .................................................. . Pensive in a thoughtful mood; thinking deeply .................................................. . Purloin steal .................................................. . Stagnant still; not moving .................................................. . Vertigo dizziness .................................................. . Astute perceptive; sharp-witted .................................................. . Collage picture made from fragments of other pictures .................................................. . Dogmatic having stubbornly held opinions .................................................. . Frivolous not serious .................................................. . Insipid dull; bland; boring .................................................. . Mire swamp; muddy ground .................................................. . Penury poverty .................................................. . Pusillanimous cowardly .................................................. . Staid dull; sober; serious .................................................. . Vestigial not developed .................................................. . Asylum place of refuge or safety .................................................. . Collate arrange in order .................................................. . Dolt stupid person .................................................. . Frugal economical; not wasting anything .................................................. . Instigate to start; provoke .................................................. . Misanthrope hater of the rest of mankind .................................................. . Perceptive observant .................................................. . Pyromania compulsion to start fires .................................................. . Stanza section of a poem .................................................. . Vignette small sketch .................................................. . Atheist person who does not believe in God .................................................. . Colloquial local and informal (used of language) .................................................. . Dotard foolish old man .................................................. . Furrow groove .................................................. . Instigator troublemaker; person who entices others to do something .................................................. . Misnomer wrong name .................................................. . Percipient perceptive; insightful .................................................. . Quaff drink down quickly .................................................. . Staunch loyal; faithful; dependable .................................................. . Vilification blackening someone's name .................................................. . Atrophy waste away from lack of use .................................................. . Collusion plotting and planning .................................................. . Drawl speak slowly with words running together .................................................. . Furtive hidden and secret .................................................. . Insurgent a rebel .................................................. . Misogynist hater of women .................................................. . Perdition damnation .................................................. . Quagmire marsh; bog .................................................. . Stereotype fixed image .................................................. . Vindicate prove right; remove blame .................................................. . Attenuate weaken .................................................. . Commandeer take possession of .................................................. . Drivel nonsense .................................................. . Futile useless; hopeless .................................................. . Interminable never-ending .................................................. . Misrepresentation deliberately deceiving .................................................. . Peremptory in a commanding manner .................................................. . Quaint picturesque .................................................. . Stevedore dockworker .................................................. . Virtuoso an accomplished musician .................................................. . Augment increase; make bigger .................................................. . Complacent self-satisfied; smug .................................................. . Droll dryly amusing .................................................. . Galleon ancient type of sailing ship .................................................. . Intermittent sporadic; irregular .................................................. . Mitigate lessen; make less severe .................................................. . Perfidy treachery .................................................. . Quandary dilemma; puzzle .................................................. . Stifle suppress .................................................. . Virulent dangerous; harmful .................................................. . Auspicious favorable; promising to turn out well .................................................. . Compliant easy to control; submissive .................................................. . Drone 1. monotonous noise (n); 2. to speak with no emotion (v); 3.male bee .................................................. . Gambol frolic; leap; bound .................................................. . Intransigence stubbornness .................................................. . Modicum small amount .................................................. . Perfunctory superficial; cursory .................................................. . Quarantine isolation to prevent the spread of disease .................................................. . Stoic known for fortitude; indifferent to pleasure or pain .................................................. . Vital essential; alive; important .................................................. . Austere severely plain .................................................. . Concatenate link together .................................................. . Dubious doubtful .................................................. . Garble distort; confuse; muddle .................................................. . Intransigent stubborn; unyielding .................................................. . Momentous very important .................................................. . Peripatetic nomadic; moving from place to place .................................................. . Quarry 1. something that is hunted; 2. mine for stone .................................................. . Stoke add fuel to; strengthen .................................................. . Vitriolic corrosive; strongly attacking .................................................. . Aversion a dislike of .................................................. . Concatenation linking into chains .................................................. . Dupe to fool someone .................................................. . Garish gaudy .................................................. . Intrepid brave .................................................. . Monotonous dull; unvarying .................................................. . Peripheral on the edge; not important .................................................. . Querulous always complaining .................................................. . Stolid impassive; dull; indifferent .................................................. . Vivacity liveliness; animation .................................................. . Balk hinder and prevent; hesitate over .................................................. . Conciliate to bring together; end a dispute .................................................. . Dynamic lively; vibrant; energetic .................................................. . Garner gather; collect .................................................. . Inveterate habitual .................................................. . Moratorium temporary prohibition or halt to activity .................................................. . Perjury telling lies under oath .................................................. . Quirk oddity .................................................. . Stratagem plot; plan; trick .................................................. . Vivify enliven .................................................. . Banal common; dull .................................................. . Concise stated in few words .................................................. . Ebullient very lively; cheerful; jovial; happy .................................................. . Garrulous talkative .................................................. . Invidious arousing envy .................................................. . Moribund on the point of death .................................................. . Pernicious destructive; harmful .................................................. . Ramble wander aimlessly .................................................. . Strident loud and harsh .................................................. . Vociferous noisy; loud in speech .................................................. . Banality ordinariness; dullness .................................................. . Condescend talk down to .................................................. . Eccentric unusual; quirky; odd .................................................. . Gaunt emaciated; bony and angular .................................................. . Inviolable cannot be invaded .................................................. . Morose gloomy; bad tempered .................................................. . Persnickety fastidious; fussy .................................................. . Ramifications branches; subdivisions of a complex system; outcomes .................................................. . Stringent strict or severe .................................................. . Volatile dangerously unstable; evaporates easily .................................................. . Bane troublesome influence .................................................. . Condone tacitly support; overlook .................................................. . Eclectic taking things from different sources .................................................. . Genre a category; type .................................................. . Irascible easily angered .................................................. . Mundane ordinary; worldly .................................................. . Perpetuated caused to continue .................................................. . Rancor resentment; animosity; bad feeling .................................................. . Strut swagger; show off .................................................. . Voluble talkative .................................................. . Bard poet .................................................. . Condoning overlooking; disregarding; ignoring .................................................. . Edifice building; structure; construction .................................................. . Germane relevant .................................................. . Ire anger [irate (a) = very angry] .................................................. . Munificent generous; charitable .................................................. . Perpetuity eternity .................................................. . Rant use bombastic language .................................................. . Stupefying astonishing; shocking; stunning into silence .................................................. . Voluminous very large; spacious .................................................. . Bastion fortress; stronghold .................................................. . Conflagration big fire .................................................. . Efface wipe out; remove all trace of .................................................. . Germinal just growing; not developed; immature .................................................. . Irksome annoying; infuriating .................................................. . Mutinous very rebellious .................................................. . Personable attractive .................................................. . Ratify approve; consent .................................................. . Subpoena summons to court .................................................. . Voracious ravenous .................................................. . Befuddle confuse .................................................. . Confound confuse .................................................. . Effigy a model of a person .................................................. . Gibbering making meaningless noises .................................................. . Ironic satiric; unexpected .................................................. . Myriad in large numbers .................................................. . Perspicacious insightful; sharp; wise .................................................. . Raucous rough and unpleasant (of sounds) .................................................. . Substantiate give supporting evidence .................................................. . Waive surrender; give up .................................................. . Begrudge resent .................................................. . Congeal to solidify .................................................. . Effusive gushing; demonstrative .................................................. . Glacial hostile; unfriendly; cold; icy .................................................. . Irrational unreasonable; absurd .................................................. . Navigable suitable for sailing .................................................. . Perspicacity insight .................................................. . Raze destroy; demolish; tear down .................................................. . Subterfuge a trick .................................................. . Wane grow less .................................................. . Beguile mislead; lure .................................................. . Congenital present from birth .................................................. . Egalitarianism belief in equality .................................................. . Goad prod; urge .................................................. . Irreproachable cannot be criticized; perfect .................................................. . Nebulous vague .................................................. . Pertinent relevant .................................................. . Rebuttal denial .................................................. . Subtle not obvious .................................................. . Wary hesitant; cautious .................................................. . Belabor explain in unnecessary detail .................................................. . Connoisseur person with refined taste and good judgment .................................................. . Egregious outstandingly, obviously bad .................................................. . Grate (v) 1. to annoy; aggravate; vex; 2. shred .................................................. . Irrevocable cannot be cancelled; unchangeable .................................................. . Nefarious wicked; immoral; disreputable .................................................. . Peruse read carefully .................................................. . Recant disclaim; retract statement .................................................. . Subversive rebellious; revolutionary .................................................. . Wax to increase; to grow .................................................. . Beleaguer besiege; attack .................................................. . Consecrate dedicate .................................................. . Egress exit .................................................. . Gratis free of charge; without payment .................................................. . Itinerant nomadic; wandering from place to place .................................................. . Negate cancel; deny .................................................. . Pervasive spreading everywhere .................................................. . Recapitulate summarize .................................................. . Succinct concise .................................................. . Waylay accost; stop; approach; hinder .................................................. . Belie contradict .................................................. . Consensus general agreement .................................................. . Eloquent fluent and persuasive in speech .................................................. . Gratuitous unwarranted .................................................. . Jaded tired; bored; worn out .................................................. . Negligence carelessness .................................................. . Petrify 1. terrify; 2. turn to stone .................................................. . Receptacle container; vessel; holder .................................................. . Suffragist someone who campaigns for voting rights .................................................. . Weighty serious .................................................. . Belittle to demean .................................................. . Conspicuous easily seen; prominent .................................................. . Elucidate make clear .................................................. . Gravity seriousness .................................................. . Jargon specialized language used by experts .................................................. . Neologism newly coined word .................................................. . Petulant sulky; peevish .................................................. . Recluse someone who cuts himself off from life .................................................. . Supercilious proud and haughty .................................................. . Whelp young dog .................................................. . Bellicose war-like; aggressive .................................................. . Consummate complete; total; supremely good .................................................. . Elusive hard to pin down .................................................. . Gregarious extroverted; sociable; outgoing .................................................. . Jaundiced cynical; pessimistic .................................................. . Nettle annoy .................................................. . Phenomenon an event or happening (plural: phenomena) .................................................. . Recuperate get better after illness .................................................. . Superlative extremely good; the best .................................................. . Whet sharpen .................................................. . Belligerent aggressive; ready to fight .................................................. . Contemporary living or happening at the same time .................................................. . Emaciated very thin; withered .................................................. . Gritty coarse; granular .................................................. . Jaunt short pleasure trip .................................................. . Niggardly miserly; stingy .................................................. . Philanthropy charity; love of mankind .................................................. . Red tape formalities; paperwork; official procedure .................................................. . Surly grumpy; rude .................................................. . Whimsical capricious; changeable .................................................. . Bemoan complain about .................................................. . Contrite sorry .................................................. . Emancipate set free .................................................. . Guffaw sudden loud laughter .................................................. . Jeopardize put at risk; endanger .................................................. . Nomadic wandering from place to place .................................................. . Philistine uncultured person .................................................. . Redolent smelling of; giving off odors .................................................. . Surreptitious secret; sneaky; stealthy .................................................. . Willful stubborn .................................................. . Benevolent kindly .................................................. . Contrition sorrow and repentance .................................................. . Embezzle defraud; steal .................................................. . Guile cunning; craftiness .................................................. . Jingoistic extremely patriotic; nationalistic .................................................. . Nonchalance an appearance of indifference; calm and composed .................................................. . Phlegmatic calm; imperturbable .................................................. . Redress put right something that was wrong .................................................. . Surreptitiously secretly; furtively; stealthily .................................................. . Wily cunning .................................................. . Benign kindly; harmless .................................................. . Contumacious stubborn .................................................. . Embroil involve in hostility or argument .................................................. . Guileless frank; straightforward; honest .................................................. . Jocular in a joking manner .................................................. . Nondescript having no special features; dull and ordinary .................................................. . Pillage plunder .................................................. . Redundant unnecessary; superfluous .................................................. . Susceptible vulnerable .................................................. . Wispy flimsy; frail; delicate .................................................. . Benignity compassion; gentleness; fondness .................................................. . Contusion a bruise .................................................. . Emerge come out; appear .................................................. . Gullibility unwariness; trustfulness; being easily fooled .................................................. . Jollity gaiety; happiness .................................................. . Nonentity a person of no importance; not famous .................................................. . Pinnacle topmost point .................................................. . Referendum public vote .................................................. . Suspect doubtful .................................................. . Wistful melancholy; pensive; expressing a longing for .................................................. . Bequeath leave something in one's will to be given after one's death .................................................. . Conundrum a puzzle .................................................. . Emulate to imitate something admired .................................................. . Gullible easily fooled .................................................. . Jubilant ecstatic; delighted; rejoicing .................................................. . Nostalgia longing for the past .................................................. . Pious very religious .................................................. . Refute disprove .................................................. . Sybarite lover of luxury .................................................. . Zany crazy; wacky .................................................. . Berate scold; criticize .................................................. . Conventional usual; customary; common .................................................. . Endorse give support or approval to .................................................. . Gustatory concerned with the sense of taste .................................................. . Judicious correct in judgment; wise .................................................. . Notoriety infamy; known for wrong doing .................................................. . Pivotal of central importance .................................................. . Regale entertain .................................................. . Sycophant bootlicker; flatterer .................................................. . Zeal enthusiasm .................................................. . Beret type of cap .................................................. . Corpulent fat .................................................. . Endurance staying power; patience; stamina .................................................. . Hackneyed common and over-used .................................................. . Jurisprudence science or study of law .................................................. . Novel new; unusual .................................................. . Placate pacify; soothe; calm .................................................. . Relegate dismiss to a lower position .................................................. . Taciturn quiet; saying little .................................................. . Zealot fanatic .................................................. . Bestial behaving like a beast; brutal .................................................. . Corrugated highly folded .................................................. . Enduring lasting .................................................. . Hallowed worshipped; consecrated .................................................. . Juxtapose place next to .................................................. . Novice a beginner; tyro .................................................. . Placebo harmless medicine with no effect; dummy medicine .................................................. . Remorse regret; sorrow; contrition .................................................. . Tactile concerned with the sense of touch .................................................. . Zenith summit .................................................. . Abate reduce in intensity .................................................. . Abjure renounce; swear to refrain from something .................................................. . Blandishment words used to coax or flatter [blandish (v)] .................................................. . Boor ill-mannered person [boorish (a)] .................................................. . Cardinal 1. high ranking church official; 2. major, important .................................................. . Deliberate 1. slow (a); 2. to think over (v); 3. on purpose (a) .................................................. . Equivocation speaking ambiguously [equivocate (v), equivocal (a)] .................................................. . Feckless feeble; helpless; lacking in initiative .................................................. . Imperturbability quality of being calm and not easily disturbed [imperturbable (a)] .................................................. . Meretricious falsely attractive; tawdry .................................................. . Augury prediction, looking for omens [auger (v)] .................................................. . Boycott refuse to have dealings with .................................................. . Glib slick; superficial esp. in speech .................................................. . Incise cut into [incision (n); incisive (a)] .................................................. . Moralistic concerned with morals [moralize (v)] .................................................. . Ostracism shunning; social isolation [ostracize (v)] .................................................. . Penchant inclination; leaning; tendency; predilection .................................................. . Rarefy make less dense [rarefaction (n)] .................................................. . Repine fret; be discontented .................................................. . Stipulate specify [stipulation (n)] .................................................. . Diaphanous transparent; thin and delicate .................................................. . Feint pretended attack; a move intended to deceive .................................................. . Inured hardened; habituated .................................................. . Mettlesome spirited [mettle (n)] .................................................. . Puissance power .................................................. . Recondite obscure .................................................. . Stygian very dark .................................................. . Touting advertising; supporting [tout (v)] .................................................. . Virtuosity skill, expertise [virtuoso (n); virtuosi (n.pl)] .................................................. . Volubility excessive talkativeness [voluble (a)] .................................................. . Caret punctuation mark signifying omission .................................................. . Contiguous adjacent; touching; abutting [contiguity (n)] .................................................. . Damp (used of vibration) reduce in extent .................................................. . Ellipsis omission of essential words .................................................. . Extirpation wiping out; complete destruction [extirpate (v)] .................................................. . Foppish behaving or dressing like a dandy; excessively concerned with fashion .................................................. . Gaffe blunder; social mistake .................................................. . Hortatory encouraging; exhorting .................................................. . Opprobrious expressing great scorn [opprobrium (n)] .................................................. . Recumbent reclining; lying down .................................................. . Ambidextrous able to use both left and right hands equally well .................................................. . Culpability guilt [culpable = blameworthy] .................................................. . Discernment judgment; perceptiveness .................................................. . Encomium praise .................................................. . Inveigle coax; cajole; wheedle; entice .................................................. . Minatory threatening .................................................. . Ossified turned to bone; become rigid [ossification (n)] .................................................. . Plumb measure depth of (v); exact (a. slang) .................................................. . Quintessential most typical; the perfect example of [quintessence (n)] .................................................. . Runic mysterious; magical .................................................. . Accretion accumulation of matter; growth produced by adding from the outside .................................................. . Anachronistic occurring in the wrong time period [anachronism (n)] .................................................. . Chronic long lasting (often used for diseases in which case the opposite is acute) .................................................. . Churlishness rudeness; ill-mannered behavior .................................................. . Demagogue mob leader (who appeals to base instincts) [demagogy/demagoguery (n)] .................................................. . Effrontery daring; audacity (has a negative connotation) .................................................. . Idyll story or incident in peaceful or ideal setting [idyllic (a)] .................................................. . Interregnum interval between reigns or governments .................................................. . Nugatory of minor significance; futile .................................................. . Sinecure job which pays salary but requiring little effort .................................................. . Anodized electroplated; coated with thin layer of metal .................................................. . Aphoristic expressed tersely [aphorism (n) = short statement; maxim] .................................................. . Canonical orthodox [canon (n) = set of accepted works] .................................................. . Commensurate equal in significance .................................................. . Dexterity skill, esp. with hands [dexterous (a)] .................................................. . Extant still in existence (opposite of extinct) .................................................. . Impugned challenged; called into question .................................................. . Probity uprightness; honesty .................................................. . Raconteur person who relates a story .................................................. . Solicitous kindly; expressing care and concern .................................................. . Amalgamate join; consolidate [amalgamation (n)] .................................................. . Baleful evil .................................................. . Coerce force [coercion (n); coercing (a)] .................................................. . Inchoate undeveloped; nascent .................................................. . Iniquitous evil; unjust [iniquity (n)] .................................................. . Libertine dissolute person; prodigal .................................................. . Millinery hats and hat-making .................................................. . Natty neat; dapper; smart .................................................. . Occluded obscured; blocked .................................................. . Sidereal of or related to stars .................................................. . Avaricious greedy for money .................................................. . Extirpate wipe out totally .................................................. . Halcyon peaceful and happy; calm (esp. of summer weather) .................................................. . List (v) 1. to lean to one side; 2. to write in order .................................................. . Maudlin sad; sentimental; inclined to weep .................................................. . Refulgent glowing; radiant .................................................. . Subliminal below the threshold of consciousness .................................................. . Testiness irritability; irascibility [testy (a)] .................................................. . Vituperate attack bitterly .................................................. . Whittle 1. carve with knife; 2. reduce step by step .................................................. . Caricature ridicule (v); cartoon intended to ridicule (n) .................................................. . Colander bowl with holes used to drain vegetables etc. .................................................. . Cumbersome bulky; difficult to carry [encumber = to burden] .................................................. . Dispatch 1. send (v); 2. speed; celerity (n) .................................................. . Epistemology theory of knowledge .................................................. . Froward stubborn; wayward; disobedient .................................................. . Supine lying flat on one’s back .................................................. . Throwback exhibiting primitive, or ancestral, traits .................................................. . Untoward unexpected .................................................. . Verisimilar true to life; giving the appearance of reality .................................................. . Abysmal very deep; very bad .................................................. . Approbation approval [opp. disapprobation] .................................................. . Bent (n) inclination; aptitude .................................................. . Cadge get by begging .................................................. . Debacle disaster .................................................. . Extemporize speak without preparation or rehearsal [extemporaneous (a)] .................................................. . Incumbents occupiers of a job or position .................................................. . Lambaste attack verbally .................................................. . Noisome disgusting .................................................. . Pastiche work (usually artistic) which imitates, or is composed of parts taken from varied sources .................................................. . Arboreal living in trees; concerned with trees .................................................. . Centrifuge device to separate substances by spinning them at high speed .................................................. . Cloistered isolated .................................................. . Disabuse make someone aware of an error in thinking .................................................. . Engendering causing; bringing into being [engender (v)] .................................................. . Intemperate excessive; immoderate [intemperance (n)] .................................................. . Lugubrious sad; gloomy .................................................. . Nonplussed confused .................................................. . Pedagogy science of education; teaching .................................................. . Satiate satisfy; fill completely [satiable (a); satiation (n)] .................................................. . Artless without effort; without trickery; simple .................................................. . Comeliness beauty; prettiness [comely (a)] .................................................. . Doff take off (esp. of a hat) .................................................. . Don put on (esp. of clothes) .................................................. . Erudition learning; scholarly knowledge [erudite (a)] .................................................. . Plaintive sad; mournful .................................................. . Suborn bribe .................................................. . Tendentious dogmatic; biased .................................................. . Tortuous indirect; winding .................................................. . Verbiage excessive or meaningless wordiness .................................................. . Atonement making amends for sin or crime [atone (v)] .................................................. . Complaisance flexibility; willingness to please [complaisant (a)] .................................................. . Daguerreotype forerunner of the photograph .................................................. . Fawn behave in a sycophantic way; grovel [fawning (a)] .................................................. . Gregariousness sociability; liking for crowds [gregarious (a)] .................................................. . Nascent emerging; newly formed .................................................. . Paean praise; tribute (esp. in song) .................................................. . Reproof scolding; criticism [reprove (v)] .................................................. . Scurvy 1. disease due to lack of vitamin C; 2. contemptible; rascally .................................................. . Tutelary serving as a guardian [tutelage (n)] .................................................. . Abscission cutting; process causing leaves to fall off .................................................. . Contentious causing argument [contention (n); contend (v)] .................................................. . Debilitating weakening [debilitate (v)] .................................................. . Foible quirk; minor weakness .................................................. . Importune beg; solicit [importunate (a)] .................................................. . Pertain be relevant to [pertinent (a)] .................................................. . Slew glut; excess .................................................. . Toady sycophant; flatterer .................................................. . Torrid hot and steamy .................................................. . Veracious true [veracity (n)] .................................................. . Asperity using harsh or critical tone .................................................. . Blowhard boastful person .................................................. . Disingenuous naïve .................................................. . Evanescent short-lived [evanescence (n)] .................................................. . Intangible cannot be touched; abstract [intangibility (n)] .................................................. . Labile changing rapidly; unstable .................................................. . Malapropism use of similar sounding but incorrect word .................................................. . Posture (v) to put on an act .................................................. . Proximate immediate; nearest .................................................. . Pugnacious aggressive, ready to fight [pugnacity (n)] .................................................. . Foreshadowed indicated a future event [foreshadow (v)] .................................................. . Gaucherie awkwardness [gauche (a)] .................................................. . Heterodox unorthodox .................................................. . Inscrutability quality of being difficult to comprehend [inscrutable (a)] .................................................. . Limerick short amusing poem .................................................. . Mannered stylized; pretentious .................................................. . Pluck (n) courage .................................................. . Sedulous persevering; eager and thorough .................................................. . Syllogism type of logical reasoning .................................................. . Vicissitude unexpected change in fortune or circumstances .................................................. . Acolyte disciple; follower or attendant .................................................. . Admonitory scolding [admonition (n)] .................................................. . Caprices whimsies; fancies .................................................. . Cornucopia symbol (horn filled with fruit etc.) denoting natural abundance .................................................. . Deferential showing respect [deference (n); defer (v)] .................................................. . Intractability stubbornness; resistance [intractable (a)] .................................................. . Luminary eminent person .................................................. . Minion underling; servant .................................................. . Undergird support; strengthen .................................................. . Vitiate weaken; sap energy .................................................. . Coterie clique; small group with common interests .................................................. . Denigrate decry; criticize; belittle .................................................. . Empirical found by experiment or practice .................................................. . Gainsay contradict .................................................. . Hyperbole exaggeration [hyperbolic (a)] .................................................. . Modest 1. bashful; unpretentious; 2. not excessive .................................................. . Prolixity wordiness [prolix (a)] .................................................. . Rebus puzzle in which pictures give clues .................................................. . Sere withered; old .................................................. . Vulpine like a fox [compare with bovine (cow-like); porcine (pig-like), etc.] .................................................. . Corroborate give supporting evidence [corroboration (n)] .................................................. . Exacerbated made worse [exacerbate (v); exacerbation (n)] .................................................. . Exact (v) to demand; extort .................................................. . Faddish whimsical; following a fashion .................................................. . Hapless unlucky .................................................. . Misconstrue put a wrong interpretation on something .................................................. . Perennial long-lasting .................................................. . Rent torn (past participle of the verb to rend) .................................................. . Shard fragment of pottery .................................................. . Xenophobe person afraid of foreigners .................................................. . Alleviated made less severe [alleviation (n); alleviate (v)] .................................................. . Apostrophe 1. punctuation mark; 2. appeal to someone not present (a figure of speech) .................................................. . Centurion roman soldier (commander of a company of 100 soldiers) .................................................. . Emollient softening (a); something which softens (n) .................................................. . Fusillade long burst of gunfire .................................................. . Inerrancy infallibility; inability to make mistakes [inerrant (a)] .................................................. . Mince 1. chop into small pieces; 2. walk with tiny steps, 3. speak in an affected manner .................................................. . Palpate medical term meaning to examine with the hands .................................................. . Platitude unoriginal, obvious saying .................................................. . Quibble 1. (v) to argue about minor matters; to play on words when finding fault; 2. (n) a minor verbal point in an argument .................................................. . Apprehension slight fear; sense of something unfavorable .................................................. . Conniving cunning; scheming [connive (v)] .................................................. . Derision mockery [deride (v)] .................................................. . Epigram short, witty saying .................................................. . Lassitude lack of energy; weariness .................................................. . Pedantic over-insistent on matters of book-learning [pedant (n)] .................................................. . Phenomenology branch of science concerned with things as they are perceived; not directly derived from theory .................................................. . Precipitate 1. hurried (a); 2. insoluble product of a reaction in chemistry (n), 3. to instigate or speed up an action (v) .................................................. . Renege go back on promise or retract statement .................................................. . Apprehension slight fear; sense of something unfavorable .................................................. . Armada fleet of ships .................................................. . Dawdler slow person who falls behind others [dawdle (v)] .................................................. . Dross something worthless; impurities left after refining .................................................. . Expiate atone; make amends for .................................................. . Hack 1. chop roughly; 2. person who writes to earn money, 3. hired horse .................................................. . Prone 1. vulnerable to; 2. horizontal .................................................. . Propensity tendency; inclination .................................................. . Scabbard cover for a sword .................................................. . Skiff small boat .................................................. . Umbrage 1. shadow; 2. offence; sense of injury .................................................. . Dilettantism dabbling esp. in the arts [dilettante (n) = person who dabbles] .................................................. . Enervate weaken .................................................. . Malevolent having evil intentions [malevolence (n)] .................................................. . Neophyte new convert; tyro .................................................. . Panegyric speech praising someone; laudatory words .................................................. . Presage forewarn of; indicate .................................................. . Serration jagged edge .................................................. . Slight 1. minor (a); 2. perceived insult (v) and (n) .................................................. . Tare 1. weed; 2. allowance made for container when weighing .................................................. . Unprepossessing unattractive .................................................. . Aberration deviation from the normal .................................................. . Cant insincere talk .................................................. . Disinter dig up [opposite inter = bury] .................................................. . Façade 1. front elevation of building, 2. false appearance or demeanor .................................................. . Impeding hindering [impede (v); impediment (n)] .................................................. . Lacuna gap; missing part [plural = lacunae] .................................................. . Monolithic united in purpose; forming a single unit .................................................. . Pied multicolored .................................................. . Roster list of names .................................................. . Seemly appropriate (of behavior); decorous .................................................. . Analogue 1. something similar; 2. output proportional to input (engineering) .................................................. . Coda piece of music at the end of a musical work; finale; final part of document .................................................. . Commingle mix .................................................. . Equivocal ambiguous; open to interpretation [equivocate (v), equivocation (n)] .................................................. . Fallible capable of making mistakes [fallibility (n)] .................................................. . Hallow respect; worship .................................................. . Indigence poverty .................................................. . Papyrus material used for writing on before paper was invented .................................................. . Pique 1. annoyance (n); 2. to stimulate interest; to annoy (v) .................................................. . Sap 1. liquid inside plants (n); 2. to drain; to undermine (v); 3. a fool (n) .................................................. . Arbitrator mediator; person appointed to judge a dispute [arbitrate (v)] .................................................. . Descry to see (esp. at a distance); catch sight of .................................................. . Facetious not intended to be taken seriously .................................................. . Indecorous unseemly; inappropriate (of behavior) .................................................. . Proliferate grow and spread [proliferation (n)] .................................................. . Scotch (v) to prevent; stop; disable .................................................. . Strut 1. supporting rod (n); 2. to walk in an arrogant manner; show off (v) .................................................. . Toy (v) to play with .................................................. . Usury lending money at high interest rates .................................................. . Wag (n) a witty person .................................................. . Atavism reappearance of ancestral traits; regression [atavistic (a)] .................................................. . Filibuster delaying tactics .................................................. . Gambit opening move; transaction .................................................. . Mitigation making less severe [mitigate (v)] .................................................. . Obligate compulsory .................................................. . Predilection leaning; interest; talent .................................................. . Propitiate appease; try to gain favor [propitiation (n)] .................................................. . Stanch to stop .................................................. . Travesty parody; ridiculous error .................................................. . Waft drift smoothly (v); whiff; smell (n) .................................................. . Forage search for food .................................................. . Lumber 1. walk in an ungainly way; 2. timber (wood) .................................................. . Muse 1. think; meditate (v); 2. a source of inspiration (n) [in mythology, a goddess who gives inspiration] .................................................. . Prescience foreknowledge .................................................. . Prune 1. to trim; 2. a dried plum .................................................. . Ready (used of wit) quick .................................................. . Resolve firmness (n) .................................................. . Squalid dirty and demeaning .................................................. . Sullied made dirty or impure [opposite unsullied; sully (v)] .................................................. . Veneration worship; respect [venerable (a), venerate (v)] .................................................. . Demur object; hesitate to accept .................................................. . Duplicity cunning; deception; double dealing .................................................. . Exigency urgent matter; pressing need .................................................. . Expostulate offer strong objections; remonstrate .................................................. . Gossamer delicate; filmy; like gauze .................................................. . Inefficacious ineffective .................................................. . Pine 1. type of evergreen tree; 2. grieve .................................................. . Prudish narrow-minded; excessively concerned with morals [prudery (n), prude (n)] .................................................. . Quixotic impractically idealistic .................................................. . Stipple cover with dots of paint etc. .................................................. . Abrasion 1. damage to skin caused by scraping; 2. process of scraping or rubbing [abrade (v)] .................................................. . Adumbrate outline; indicate .................................................. . Cognitive concerned with thinking or perceiving [cognition (n)] .................................................. . Deign condescend .................................................. . Fervid passionate .................................................. . Gall 1. bitterness (bad feeling); 2. confidence; 3. abnormal growth on a plant .................................................. . Levee 1. raised bank of a river; 2. morning reception held by a monarch .................................................. . Preternatural unnatural; abnormal .................................................. . Quell suppress .................................................. . Score (n) written form of music .................................................. . Abut to adjoin .................................................. . Consternation worry and concern .................................................. . Gavel judge’s hammer .................................................. . Lien right to sell property held as a security; legal hold on job etc. .................................................. . Parenthesis remarks deviating from the main point [parentheses are round brackets in punctuation] .................................................. . Sinewy vigorous; having well-developed muscles [a sinew is a tendon] .................................................. . Steep (v) to soak in water .................................................. . Tamp to plug; press loose matter down tightly (e.g. pack explosives into a hole) .................................................. . Venturing 1. hazarding; risking; putting forward; 2. going somewhere [venturesome means courageous or willing to take risks] .................................................. . Wry 1. twisted or bent to one side; 2. dryly humorous .................................................. . Arduous hard .................................................. . Decimated kill or destroy a large part of (originally one tenth) .................................................. . Fledge 1. grow feathers; 2. leave nest [fledgling (n) = an inexperienced person or a baby bird] .................................................. . Gouge cut or dig out .................................................. . Picayune insignificant; of little value .................................................. . Riveting fascinating [to rivet literally means to fix metal plates using metal pins] .................................................. . Soliloquy solo speech .................................................. . Supplicant person who requests or begs for something [supplicate (v)] .................................................. . Transcendental supernatural; going beyond normal experience [transcendent (a)] .................................................. . Veritable true; genuine [verity (n)] .................................................. . Condescension talking down to someone [condescending (a)] .................................................. . Divest remove; take off .................................................. . Eddy circular current .................................................. . Epaulet shoulder decoration .................................................. . Fallacy wrong idea [fallacious (a)] .................................................. . Fringe 1. decorative border with tassels (n); 2. to form an edge (v) .................................................. . Leaven to make light; modify; cause bread to rise using yeast etc. .................................................. . Patronize 1. to talk down to; condescend; 2. to be a customer of .................................................. . Prominent 1. eminent; 2. protruding; 3. obvious .................................................. . Statute law [statutory (a)] .................................................. . Antipathy hatred .................................................. . Aver affirm .................................................. . Expatiate speak or write at great length .................................................. . Flag (v) 1. to lose energy; 2. to signal .................................................. . Flail 1. tool used to thresh grain; 2. to thresh (separate grain from chaff); 3. to wave arms about wildly .................................................. . Indicted accused (of crime) .................................................. . Loll laze around; hang out (when used of the tongue) .................................................. . Malign slander .................................................. . Secure (v) 1. to fix firmly; 2. to obtain .................................................. . Talon long pointed nail or claw .................................................. . Abeyance state of inactivity; disuse .................................................. . Disarm 1. take away weapons; 2. win over to one’s side [disarming (a)] .................................................. . Elaborate 1. complex and detailed (a); 2. to expand on (v) .................................................. . Foment 1. stir up; 2. bathe with hot liquids (medical) .................................................. . Jockeying maneuvering; struggling to get ahead of others [jockey (v)] .................................................. . Minutiae small details .................................................. . Rue regret [rueful (a)] .................................................. . Somatic concerned with the body .................................................. . Stinting holding back; limiting the supply (of supplies/money etc.) [stint (v)] .................................................. . Temperate moderate .................................................. . Allure 1. attraction (n); 2. to attract (v) .................................................. . Caulk treat with substance such as tar to make water-tight .................................................. . Conscript 1. person enlisted compulsorily into the armed forces; 2. (v) to enlist compulsorily .................................................. . Desultory aimless; inconsistent in effort .................................................. . Elegy poem concerned with death; praise of a dead person .................................................. . Fallow uncultivated .................................................. . Forbearing tolerant [forbear (v); forbearance (n)] .................................................. . Hegemony political domination; complete authority .................................................. . Improbity lack of honesty or integrity .................................................. . Qualm hesitation or fear .................................................. . Assay 1. try; 2. assess purity .................................................. . Chauvinist someone excessively patriotic [chauvinism (n)] .................................................. . Discrete separate; discontinuous (not to be confused with discreet - prudent; diplomatic] .................................................. . Enlist 1. sign up for the army; 2. obtain .................................................. . Fabricated made up; false; manufactured [fabricate (v); fabrication(n)] .................................................. . Fulminate 1. attack loudly in words; denounce thunderously; 2. explode noisily .................................................. . Hawser thick rope or cable .................................................. . Jibe agree with; complement; match up with (in British usage jibe means mock) .................................................. . Peer 1. an equal; 2. to stare at; 3. nobleman .................................................. . Stickler one who is strict about rules or details .................................................. . Cloture closure; terminating a debate by voting .................................................. . Congruent matching [congruency (n)] .................................................. . Dally waste time; flirt .................................................. . Dissemble avoid the truth .................................................. . Dote be excessively fond of [doting (a)] .................................................. . Errant 1. wandering; 2. wrong; 3. straying from accepted standards .................................................. . Fervent passionate .................................................. . Stomach (v) to tolerate .................................................. . Synapse junction between two nerve cells .................................................. . Undercutting offering a lower price; undermining .................................................. . Arson deliberate, criminal starting of fires .................................................. . Carrion dead flesh; carcasses .................................................. . Intelligible can be understood .................................................. . Ironclad cannot be altered; firm .................................................. . Lint fluff; soft material used to cover wounds .................................................. . Pretension assumed attitude of superiority; arrogance .................................................. . Pundit expert .................................................. . Pyre ceremonial fire .................................................. . Sate satisfy .................................................. . Syncopation type of musical rhythm with missed beats .................................................. . Abraded worn away; eroded [abrade (v); abrasion (n)] .................................................. . Apposite fitting; suitable .................................................. . Diatribe tirade; violent denunciation; stream of criticism .................................................. . Gerontocracy government by the aged .................................................. . Maculated spotted .................................................. . Quisling traitor .................................................. . Sedulity thoroughness; perseverance [sedulous (a)] .................................................. . Seine type of fishing net .................................................. . Tender to offer .................................................. . Waffle talk nonsense .................................................. . Burlesque 1. comic play; 2. lampoon .................................................. . Exemplar model type [exemplary (a)] .................................................. . Homiletics art of preaching and giving sermons .................................................. . Impugn challenge; question someone’s honor etc. .................................................. . Incubus encumbrance; nightmarish thing .................................................. . Lope run with long strides .................................................. . Macerate chop into tiny pieces .................................................. . Nostrum remedy .................................................. . Saw 1. tool for cutting; 2. wise saying .................................................. . Sibyl prophetess .................................................. . Brook 1. small stream; 2. tolerate .................................................. . Emboss decorate with a raised design .................................................. . Eschew shun; avoid .................................................. . Limpid transparently clear .................................................. . Liturgy form of worship .................................................. . Nexus connection .................................................. . Odometer instrument to measure distance covered .................................................. . Purchase 1. grip; 2. buy .................................................. . Quotidian daily; routine .................................................. . Seminal essential; formative .................................................. . Agog amazed; wide-eyed with enthusiasm .................................................. . Amortize pay off a debt in installments .................................................. . Curmudgeon grumpy person .................................................. . Dormancy state of inactivity .................................................. . Efficacy effectiveness .................................................. . Epithet phrase used as a label or to express the essential nature of .................................................. . Figurehead symbol of power; nominal leader .................................................. . Fracas fight; disturbance .................................................. . Jamb door post .................................................. . Milk to squeeze; obtain by application of pressure .................................................. . Chorales simple hymns .................................................. . Dissonance discord; disagreement .................................................. . Frieze decorative border .................................................. . Gist essence; main point .................................................. . Latent hidden; real but undeveloped .................................................. . Partiality bias .................................................. . Plodding walking slowly and heavily; uninspired .................................................. . Rekindle relight; revive .................................................. . Symphony type of musical composition .................................................. . Tarnished made dull; spoil (reputation) .................................................. . Compromised 1. damaged or put in doubt (esp. of reputation); 2. reached an agreement by giving up part of a claim .................................................. . Drabness dullness .................................................. . Endow give gift; provide with money etc. .................................................. . Esoterica obscure details .................................................. . Falters hesitates .................................................. . Prattle mindless talk .................................................. . Prohibitive 1. prohibiting; 2. exorbitantly expensive .................................................. . Purist conservative; one who insists on correct forms of language etc. .................................................. . Quack charlatan; fake .................................................. . Taunt mock; tease .................................................. . Arresting (a) attracting attention; striking .................................................. . Barrage extended gunfire to cover an attack; dam across river; deluge or information etc. .................................................. . Chantey type of song sung by sailors .................................................. . Ferrous concerned with iron or its compounds .................................................. . Manipulative scheming .................................................. . Orate speak in a pompous manner .................................................. . Psychosis severe mental disturbance .................................................. . Savor enjoy .................................................. . Table (v) put down for future discussion .................................................. . Underwrite give guarantee, insure .................................................. . Dissident person who disagrees [dissidence (n)] .................................................. . Enigmatic puzzling [enigma (n)] .................................................. . Foolhardy reckless [foolhardiness (n)] .................................................. . Homogeneity evenness; uniformity .................................................. . Personification 1. represent something as a person; 2. a concrete example of .................................................. . Plaque 1. surface deposit on teeth or in artery etc.; 2. decorative plate or sign .................................................. . Plausibility believability [plausible (a)] .................................................. . Resilience resistance; ability to spring back [resilience (a)] .................................................. . Trilogy set of three (literary works etc.); tetralogy = set of four .................................................. . Vagary something unaccountable; freak .................................................. . Aisle corridor; passageway (esp. between rows of seats) .................................................. . Discountenance disallow .................................................. . Imperative must be obeyed .................................................. . Indigent poor; needy [indigence (n)] .................................................. . Nadir lowest point .................................................. . Paranoia mental state characterized by delusions or excessive fear .................................................. . Prudence caution; wisdom .................................................. . Resuscitation revival from unconsciousness [resuscitate (v)] .................................................. . Shirk avoid (esp. work) .................................................. . Teetotalism total abstinence from alcohol .................................................. . Balm soothing ointment or anything soothing [balmy (a)] .................................................. . Calibrate mark an accurate scale on a device .................................................. . Cataclysmic violently disruptive [cataclysm (n)] .................................................. . Impropriety inappropriate behavior .................................................. . Pith center; soft part of stem; essence .................................................. . Primordial present from the beginning of time .................................................. . Reconnaissance examination or survey conducted in advance [reconnoiter (v)] .................................................. . Sinistral left-handed (or counterclockwise) [dextral - right handed] .................................................. . Tempers moderates .................................................. . Undermine subvert; attempt to overthrow .................................................. . |
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Vocabulary excercises
Vocabulary Exercises 1
calligraphy - fine handwriting cartography - mapmaking epigram - short saying graphic - evoking lifelike images holography three - dimensional image monogram - design composed of one or more initials monograph - scholarly study seismograph - instrument for measuring earthquake vibrations stenography - short hand writing typography - appearance of a printed page ultimatum - final offer canard - false report inert - inactive immemorial - extending back beyond memory desolate - uninhabited Vocabulary Exercises 2 deploy - place military troops lassitude - weariness haze - unclear ply - address someone urgently acuteness - quick mind belligerent - seeking conflict detonation - explosion pinnacle - highest point clamor - cry out bevy - any group lurid - glowing bawl - to call out noisily reins - controlling commend - to express a good opinion foreboding - prediction of something bad Vocabulary Exercises 3 fusillade - simultaneous firing of weapons contagion - spreading of a disease precipitate - cause to happen silhouette - figure seen against a light background apparition - anything that appears unexpectedly reverberation - reechoed sound insensate - not capable of feeling sensation exultant - triumphant imminent - likely to happen soon desist - stop avail - take advantage of torrent - very heavy fall of rain repugnance - distaste conveyance - a transport or carrier Vocabulary Exercises 4 minute - small colossus - huge disgorge - empty lethargy - great lack of energy torpor - state of being inactive obscurity - lack of clearness or visibility perplexingly - with confusion or hesitancy furtively - secretly cowl - hood scintillate - reflect brightly consume - devour gaunt - starved indiscriminate - failing to clearly choose battery - basic unit of military personnel dissuade - persuade not to do something Vocabulary Exercises 5 assiduously - carefully expostulate - argue vicar - a parish priest formidable - inspiring fear obliquely - with a change of direction portmanteau - suitcase exultation - celebration decapitate - to remove one's head intricate - full of elaborate detail patent - obvious intermittently - periodically froth - churn inaudibly - not able to be heard confluence - where rivers join Vocabulary Exercises 6 basin - low area on Earth's surface salinity - saltiness crest - highest point of a wave trough - lowest point of a wave breaker - ocean wave that collapses tide - the rise and fall of the sea level photosynthesis - compound produced through light pollutant - a poison radiation - method of transmitting or spreading something stratosphere - atmosphere that contains ozone dew point - temperature at which water vapor condenses cirrus h - igh altitude clouds cumulus - low-lying puffy white clouds cumulonimbus - anvil shaped clouds Vocabulary Exercises 7 dearth - scarce supply gratify - satisfy choleric - easily angered threshold - entrance wreak - inflict punishment upon stoic - unemotional vendetta - destructive feud condone - excuse robust - strong panoply - striking array confer - to present poignant - touching mettle - spirit withhold - restrain vindictive - revengeful Vocabulary Exercises 8 travesty - humorous imitation impose - to apply by force piquant - spicy diatribe - abusive denunciation appease - quieten sumptuous - lavish hedonism - pursuit of castigate - inflict severe punishment orotund - full in sound brink - edge pluck - daring wrest - obtain by pulling brazen - shameless harridan - vicious encumber - to place a heavy load on Vocabulary Exercises 9 wan - unnaturally pale ploy - devious action jostle - push stringent - severe catastrophe - a great calamity nettle - stinging hairs ostentatious - very showy display glut - fill beyond capacity incense - infuriate severe - strict precipice - steep cliff retaliate - to pay back peevish - contrary verge - border rehabilitate - restore to good health Vocabulary Exercises 10 pacific - peaceful toady - flatterer endow - to give obsequious - fawning rectify - to set right circumspection - carefully considering remonstrance - protest hem - surround lethargic - lack of energy rout - to cause to flee aghast - horrified manifest - obvious radiate - to send out timorous - timid instantaneous - done immediately Vocabulary Exercises 11 masonry - brick scullery - room next to kitchen rampart - defense against attack aspect - point of view agile - moving easily rendering - drawing dexterous - skillful endeavor - to strive convulsive - involuntary spasms physiological - workings of the body heterogeneous - make of different elements fluctuation - unsteady motion supersede - to make obsolete defunct - no longer used caricature - representation of a person Vocabulary Exercises 12 incur - to bring on oneself vitiate - weaken efficacious - effective importunity - persistent urgent demands anemic - lacking vitality elemental - most basic contrivance - invention oscillate - swing from side to side impart - give acute - sharp enigma - perplexing culminate - climax or end atrocity - cruel action vestige - sign forethought - thinking ahead Vocabulary Exercises 13 oust - force out tussle - cuffle cajole - coax rudimentary - basic paradoxical - full of contradictions implore - ask copiously - abundantly intolerable - unbearable parch - dry ebb - decline despondent - without hope inconclusive - not leading to a definite result phantasm - ghost sumptuous - splendid frond - palm Vocabulary Exercises 14 covet - long for with envy teeter - to rock lurid - vivid or harsh dominate - rule dethronement - act of ousting exuberance - excitement succumb - yield circuitously - indirectly singularly - uniquely dexterous - skillful cell - small unit organelles - tiny organs cell wall - outermost boundary of a cell nucleus - center of a cell chromosomes - carries the traits of a cell Vocabulary Exercises 15 chlorophyll - green substance in plants enzyme - body protein weight - measure of the force cleavage - groove between parts gravity - attractive force fracture - to break titanium - lightweight metal pique - arouse equivocate - lie opulent - luxuriant dandy - a dude concerned with his clothes gesticulate - express through movement diffident - shy ruse - trickery conjure - exaggerated dignity Vocabulary Exercises 16 pompous - vain or stuck up frippery - elegance emit - to give off resplendent - splendid glint - sparkle strut - walk proudly vociferous - crying out loudly perfidy - treachery ravage - devastate boorish - ill-mannered myriad - innumerable hoodwink - deceive vocal - spoken locution - word or phrase devastate - destroy Vocabulary Exercises 17 staid - great dignity AD - Anno domini BC - Before Christ bicentennial - two hundredth anniversary centennial - one hundredth anniversary century - one hundred years chronology - events in order decade - ten years generalization - broad conclusion historian - studies the past barometer - measures air pressure bathysphere - sphere-shaped diving vessel lens - transparent object that bends light palpable - able to be handled Vocabulary Exercises 18 vitality - energetic indolently - lazily slender - thin doggedly - persistently crags - uneven parts of cliffs opaque - not able to be seen through gargoyle - decorative monster cultivated - refined baronial - suitable for nobility cossack - skilled Russian horsemen lacerated - torn roughly mantle - thickest layer inside Earth tsunami - destructive tidal wave Vocabulary Exercises 19 projectile - object thrown or shot centripetal - tendency to move to the center antibiotic - stops growth of microorganisms biopsy - removal of living tissue biosphere - atmosphere in which living things exist microbe - tiny life form symbiosis - beneficial relationship vivacious - lively vivid - intense edifice - building alleviate - make bearable viable - practicable agenda - a plan infiltrate - to enter maliciously sultry - hot Vocabulary Exercises 20 itinerary - plan for a journey sustain - support transient - passing with time levity - humor quaff - to drink heartily hardy - vigorous valor - bravery malign - to make untrue statements demure - shy edict - having the force of law permeate - penetrate audacious - outrageous malaise - sense of unease evict - expel pugnacious - belligerent Vocabulary Exercises 21 oration - formal speech avert - to prevent craven - cowardly humility - meekness or a lack of pride exhort - spur on impediment - obstruction embellish - decorate pith - sponge-like inside of flower luminous - bright or glowing subside - sink to a lower level homage to pay respect rebuke - to reprimand wiles - tricks rant - emotional speech snare - trap Vocabulary Exercises 22 isthmus - narrow strip of land lurk - wait out of sight entice - lure gorge - deep valley assemble - to gather together omnivorous - eating anything sinister - wicked clandestine - done in secret strait - narrow passage of water vivacious - lively timorous - fearful savory - tasty role - an assumed character bland - tasteless gourmand - glutton Vocabulary Exercises 23 covey - small flock of birds waylay - ambush indefatigable - unwearying aplomb - great composure stymie - stump arduous - difficult cistern - receptacle for holding water flag - cloth with a distinct design inscrutable - mysterious quandary - perplexity curtail - abbreviate sheepish - embarrassed surplus - excess amount truncate - to shorten garish - tacky Vocabulary Exercises 24 chagrin - embarrassment garrulous - wordy and rambling enigma - riddle deplete - empty out sanctimonious - self-righteous languish - lose strength incessant - continuous magnanimity - kind-heartedness rainforest - forest with abundant rainfall deforestation - large-scale cutting down of forests dike - dam or levee fallow - not cultivated personification - giving human characteristics exposition - explanation setting - where a story takes place Vocabulary Exercises 25 persistent - unrelenting fatuous - foolish petulant - impatient ferocity - savage dissentient - against the majority satchel - small bag drawl - speak very slowly scheme - plan in a deceitful way beckon - silent gesture turbulent - wildly irregular motion retch - vomit perpetuate - cause to continue affluence - abundance of riches consent - give permission lavish - give generously Vocabulary Exercises 26 placid - calm recoil - shrink back meager - small amount expanse - open area degrade - bring to dishonor blatant - brazenly obvious imperceptible - difficult to detect deteriorate - to become worse perusal - casual reading aggregation - group of people unprecedented - never before seen din - harsh noice ruckus - noisy disturbance hibernate - inactive state archeologist - studies man's past Vocabulary Exercises 27 incidental - accidental predicament - situation that is hard to get out of dietitian - specialist in nutrition waders - waterproof boots poacher - one that kills animals illegally sloughs - places of deep mud briar - thorny stem haven - safe place gauged - estimated commute - travel back and forth mystical - spiritual meaning biologist - those who study living things random - determined by chance audible - heard semi-dormant - half asleep Vocabulary Exercises 28 frigid - intensely cold refuge - shelter unsociable - unfriendly conservancy - preserve of natural resources soberly - seriously pointed - definite meaning flank - fleshy part near the ribs burly - heavily built mannequin - plastic person disfigure - to mar the appearance stealthy - sneaky fishtail - swing from side to side intimidate - make fearful gallivanting - roaming data - information Vocabulary Exercises 29 compel - to make someone do something gingerly - carefully cubicle - small space skeptical - attitude of doubt heart-wrenching - very emotional microfiche - sheet of microfilm honorary - having distinction psychic - supernatural forces laden - burdened retreat - withdrawal hypnotizing - mesmerizing habitat - living environment vivid - lively ebony - dark vicinity - near Vocabulary Exercises 30 dedicated - committed to a goal rafters - beams that support shard - fragment of a brittle substance sanctuary - protection boycott - refusal to do something simmer - stew gently mute - to muffle or make quiet resign - give up deliberately manufacture - to make something rivulets - small streams dilemma - problem cackle - to laugh harshly trauma - disturbing event sullen - depressed hobgoblin - mischievous elf Vocabulary Exercises 31 levering - prying dentures - false set of teeth sinewy - stringy caterwauling - harsh crying cockfight - fighting gamecocks daubed - coated cascade - small waterfall score - account throaty - sound uttered low and rasping slog - hit hard rogue - dishonest person simper smile in a silly manner taproot - root that grows downward taunt - insult meringue - sweet topping Vocabulary Exercises 32 cantankerous - grouchy catcall - loud cry meandered - walk along without direction abominable - disgusting privy - outhouse impudence - rudeness dovecote - box for domestic pigeons tunic - loose cloak skeins - loosely coiled yarn grievances - complaints shamming - pretending betrothal - engagement wimple - cloth covering over the head morose - gloomy odious - extremely unlikable Vocabulary Exercises 33 addled - confused contemplating - deciding spectacle - eye-catching gibberish - foolish talk tedious - repetitive harrowing - vexing rapturous - ecstatic menagerie - collection of animals babbling - talking excessively cairn - marker slather - a great amount doleful - mournful adage - wise saying embroil - entangle succinct - concise Vocabulary Exercises 34 minutia - trivial detail capsize - to overturn frowzy - unkempt peon - menial worker ensnare - to catch lavish - to give abundantly finagle - to obtain peripatetic - traveling on foot lapse - to be no longer valid excoriate - to tear fluent - express oneself readily charisma - personal appeal regress - move backward articulate - express oneself clearly Vocabulary Exercises 35 beacon - guiding device cajole - flatter lucid - sane or rational mentor - trusted counselor retinue - body of assistants burgeon - blossom histrionic - melodramatic psyche - having to do with the soul advocate - to plead in favor salutary - beneficial conclave - private meeting deflect - to turn aside pernicious - wicked missive - written communication extol - praise highly Vocabulary Exercises 36 whet - sharpen by rubbing transient - passing quckly complacency - quiet satisfaction scrutinize - look at very carefully serene - calm assurance - confidence terrestrial - of the earth molten - liquefied by heat animated - very lively superficial - not deep eloquent - expressive palpitate - tremble fertile - fruitful unanimity - complete agreement fluctuate - continually changing Vocabulary Exercises 37 incandescent - very bright velocity - speed vigil - determined watchfulness audible - can be heard recede - move back calamity - misery scoff - express mocking contempt adjacent - near or close jubilant - triumphant tranquil - calm dun - dull grayish brown incrustation - crust circumference - boundary of a circular object irresolute - wavering in purpose diameter - width of a circular object Vocabulary Exercises 38 ascribe - assign something to consolation - making less sad embed - set firmly inanimate - not moving evident - plain rouse - awake impediment - hinders a certain action excavation - expose by digging concussion - violent blow cavity - hole billowy - surge inarticulate - speak poorly petrify - paralyze with fear deliberation - slowness and with care aperture - opening Vocabulary Exercises 39 renew - make new impulse - sudden inclination multitude - large number of persons derelict - abandoned accost - approach to speak composition - makeup derive - to receive intermittent - stopping and starting pallid - faint in color drone - continuous buzzing sound impinge - strike inevitable - certain to happen stupefy - stun undulate - move as if in waves verge - edge Vocabulary Exercises 40 combustible - flammable incontinently - able to restrain trivial - insignificant deter - discourage someone smite - strike hard perplexed - puzzled detachment - separation incongruity - having a lack of harmony haggard - worn look allay - lessen albeit - even though invigorate - energize indisputably - unquestionably dispense - do away with exertion - energetic activity Vocabulary Exercises 41 timidity - state of shyness citizenship - conduct within the community cooperation - working together school pride - satisfaction in your school's achievements respect - regard highly self-respect - positive opinion of oneself courage - bravery commitment - binding oneself loyalty - faithfulness determination - firm of purpose trustworthy - responsible tolerance - permitting something empathy - understand what another person is feeling kindness - being friendly and sympathetic gratitude - thankfulness Vocabulary Exercises 42 generosity - unselfishness diligence - steady manner creativity - originality initiative - first step work ethic - positive attitude towards work punctuality - promptness perseverance - continuing in spite of difficulties reliability - honoring commitments courtesy - well-mannered honesty - truthfulness fairness - impartiality patience - waiting calmly and quietly cleanliness - free from dirt self-control - mastering one's actions compassion - showing pity Vocabulary Exercises 43 independent - self-reliant wisdom - accumulated learning virtue - moral excellence dependability - reliability sportsmanship - winning or losing positively cheerfulness - good humored patriotism - love of country absurd - unreasonable access - approach acclaim - to approve acquiesce - to agree advocate - to support aloof - disinterested ambiguous - unclear Vocabulary Exercises 44 analogy - comparison analysis - examination of something anarchy - lawlessness apathy - lack of emotion arbitrary - whimsical arrogant - overly proud articulate - to speak distinctly augment - to add to authentic - genuine baffle - to perplex benevolent - intending to do good bias - prejudice censor - to ban censure - an official reprimand circumlocution - to evade with words Vocabulary Exercises 45 coherent - logical competent - fit contempt - disdain deference - respect denounce - condemn deter - discourage deviate - turn aside from discern - distinguish discriminate - distinguish disdain - despise disparage - discredit dispute - to call into question distort - twist out of the true meaning diverse - differing from one another dogma - doctrine Vocabulary Exercises 46 fluctuate - shift back and forth futile - unproductive hostile - unfriendly hypocrite - who fakes virtue hypothesis - tentative assumption immense - enormous impose - compel indifferent - without interest indulge - pamper inevitable - incapable of being avoided infer - hint innocuous - inoffensive innovate - introduce something new intense - extreme manipulate - to control skillfully Vocabulary Exercises 47 pandemonium - chaos benevolence - kindness barter - to trade culture - way of life of a group whimsical - impulsive lagoon - pool of water tributary - small stream delta - mouth of a river longitude - east-west direction on the globe equator - north-south line around the middle of the Eath topographic - map that shows the relief of the land contour lines - lines that connect points of equal elevation epicenter - point directly above an earthquake harbor - seaport plains - flat land Vocabulary Exercises 48 ocean - body of salt water volcano - opening in the Earth valley - low land between hills reef - ridge that lies near the surface of a sea rapids - fast moving part of a river swamp - low, wet lands floodplain - land that is flooded by a river cape - land that extends into water sea - body of salt water lake - body of fresh water with land on all sides range - chain of mountains canyon - deep, narrow valley mesa - flat-topped mountain waterfall - steep drop from a high place cave - hollow passage in the earth Vocabulary Exercises 49 wetlands - land saturated with water foothills - hilly area at the base of a mountain gap - passage through mountains inlet - narrow passage of water marsh - lowland with moist soil peak - pointed summit of a mountain tributary - river that empties into a larger river product - answer to a multiplication problem quotient - answer to a division problem square root - any number times itself exponent - how many times a number is used as a factor variable - letter that represents a number consecutive - one after another formula - mathematical equation estimate - educated guess Vocabulary Exercises 50 base - lowest point or number integers - whole numbers positive number - any number greater than zero negative number - any number less than zero opposite numbers - negative and positive of a number absolute value - distance from zero on the number line simplify - reduce completely evaluate - find the value of a variable expression substitution - put in place of percent - number compared to one hundred meter - basic unit of length in the metric system gram - basic unit of mass liter - basic unit of capacity Vocabulary Exercises 51 deci 1/10 centi 1/100 milli 1/1000 metric - system of measurement proper fraction - fraction whose numerator is less than its denominator improper fraction - fraction whose numerator is greater that denominator mixed number - whole number and a fraction foot - 12 inches yard - 3 feet mile - 5,280 feet pound - 16 ounces Vocabulary Exercises 52 ton - 2,000 pounds cup - 8 fluid ounces pint - 2 cups quart - 2 pints gallon - 4 quarts ratio - comparison of one number to another quadrant - section of the coordinate plane plot - mark points on a graph trojan horse - hidden instructions inside a computer program hacker - someone who breaks into a computer system Vocabulary Exercises 53 reboot - restart gigabyte - one billion bytes of information tutorial - program of instruction WYSIWYG - word-processing system encrypt - scramble computerized information header - information at the top margin footer - information at the bottom of a page executable - computer file that will perform a tast buffer - used to store data online - connected to a computer network character - symbol such as a letter byte - a small unit of measure of computer memory upload - to transfer data from a computer download - to transfer data to a computer Vocabulary Exercises 54 command - causes a computer to do a task delete - to remove document - text file file - stored document format - to divide in sectors for data storage graphics - pictures hard copy - a document that is printed on paper input - information given to a computer insert - process of adding memory - computer storage capacity menu - list of functions that a computer performs Vocabulary Exercises 55 word wrap - automatic movement of a word to the next line output - the final document printout - document printed on paper proofreading - finding mistake or errors in your copy software - set of programmed instructions word processing - text data edit - to modify data e-mail - electronic mail digital - camera a camera which uses a chip to store images hard drive - magnetic metal disk that stores data hardware - physical parts of the computer Vocabulary Exercises 56 web site - a location on the world wide web modem - device that connects the computer to a communications system mouse - pointing device multimedia - graphics and sound online - connected to a computer network PC - personal computer scanner - device that copies an image port - computer connection hardware scroll - to move through text or graphics software - computer programs word processor - application that outputs text data ply - provide insistently decapitate - to remove one's head Vocabulary Exercises 57 whinnies - horse sound bridle - horse's harness for the head stirrups - rings that a horse rider's feet fit in gallop - to go very fast straddle t - o sit with one leg on each side meadow - grassy land reluctant - holding back skillets - frying pans rodeo - riding and roping contest utensils - tools used in cooking satisfied - having no doubts confidently - feeling sure of yourself appearance - the way something looks summoned - being called progress - moving forward Vocabulary Exercises 58 failure - not successful conscious - being aware resist - go against remarkable - amazing particularly - distinct or different accord - being in agreement request - ask for immediately - right now available - able to be used now sensation - feeling disaster - terrible loss enchanted - magically delighted acrobats - trapeze artists agent - representing another boardinghouse - furnished rooms and meals Vocabulary Exercises 59 protegee - guided by someone wavering - moving back and forth trance - dreamlike state Parliament - British legislature allies - friends in war taxes - money paid to the government authority - control tariff - tax on imported goods represent - acting for someone else treason - betraying one’s government petitions - signed requests for boycott - refusal to buy congress - meeting of elected representatives repealed - taken back massacre - killing many defenseless people Vocabulary Exercises 60 blockade - barring entry by ships quarter - soldier's housing rights - irrevocable freedoms inutemen - soldiers available on short notice patriots - loyal to one’s nation dread - to wait with fear recovery - return to being well prospecting - looking for gold citizen - member of a country occupation - person's job ransack - messy search herb - useful plant expression - look on the face emigrant - person leaving his country grant - something that is given Vocabulary Exercises 61 impatient - unwillingness to wait despair - loss of hope succeed - complete frontier - edge of an unknown land determination - decided action cautiously - carefully supply - to give what is needed appeal - to ask for supervise - to watch over settlers - pioneers in a new area assure - to make confident stunned - shocked opportunities - chances to do something demonstration - public disply Vocabulary Exercises 62 muffle - to deaden sound partition - something that divides prowls - roams quietly prose - anything not poetry anxiously - nervously nonchalant - unconcerned sarcastically - in a mocking tone laughingstock - object of ridicule culprit - guilty person privileges - special rights groveling - crawling face-down cringe - to shrink back propeller - rotating blades pneumonia - disease of the lungs flustered - confused Vocabulary Exercises 63 mariners - sailors vessels - ships provisions - supplies of food unfurled - unfolded mutiny - rebellion against authority forfeited - given up reckon - compute or calculate orator - public speaker spectators - persons watching an event transfixed - motionless vetoed - rejected by authority resolutions - personal goals adjourned - ended a session astronomy - study of heavenly bodies yield - produce Vocabulary Exercises 64 unraveling - becoming undone eclipse - complete or partial hiding almanac - yearly book of facts edition - copies printed at one time abolitionist - slavery opponent monarch - royal ruler here - in this place little - small this - thing being mentioned mother - female parent play - to have fun trunk - long snout cake - baked dessert Vocabulary Exercises 65 artist - one who paints or draws meadow - grassy field paintings - pictures not drawn with pen or pencil brook - small stream season - part of the year real - not imagined talking - speaking stretching - spreading out brilliant - bright cover - hide under something delighted - very happy horrible - terrible replied - answered weaving - winding in and out crawled - moved slowly Vocabulary Exercises 66 tend - to take care of finally - at last disappear - to move out of sight strange - unusual through - into and out of relatives - people in the same family wrinkle - crooked fold hour - sixty minutes few - not many bullying - threatening family - people related to each another buy - to purchase new - not old grown - larger weather - outside conditions Vocabulary Exercises 67 knit - to made with yarn barbecue - meat roasted on an open fire jeans - tough cotton pants adventure - an exciting experience whole - complete or entire harbor - sheltered body of water soar - fly very high surround - shut in on all sides believe - to trust in practice - training by repeating remember - to keep in memory cousin - child of your aunt or uncle building - structure country - land of a nation say - to speak Vocabulary Exercises 68 touch - physical contact bore - make a hole impatient - not wanting to wait replied - answered squeeze - press between something thorn - sharp sticker on a plant lazy - not willing to work hungry - feeling a need for food full - able to hold no more angry - feeling or showing displeasure ridiculous - foolish and comical draw - to make a picture thought - idea music - pleasant expressive sounds instrument - something making musical sounds Vocabulary Exercises 69 squawk - shrill or harsh sound poem - writing in verse entertain - to amuse performance - musical or theatrical presentation foolish - not having good sense feather - covering on bird's body spread - to stretch out balance - steady position foot - lowest part of the leg canyon - deep narrow valley cringed - crouch in fear consumer - user of goods or services error - mistake released - set free lame - not able to walk well Vocabulary Exercises 70 sly - sneaky or clever sturdy - strong astonishment - amazement proud - feeling good about yourself special - very important knew - having the facts borrow - temporary use something enough - all that is needed heard - listened to dike - dam made of dirt announced - said or told blinding - hard to see through flooded covered with water village - small town cranes - large water birds Vocabulary Exercises 71 women - female humans clever - sly and resourceful greedy - wanting too much tricky - sly courage - overcoming fear attempt - to make an effort trees - large, woody plants short - not long or tall live - to exist way - certain path leaves - green parts of a plant turn - to move in a different direction soft - not hard their - belonging to them Vocabulary Exercises 72 feel - to know by touch nervous - restless or tense allowance - something granted postcards - cards mailed without an envelope yawn - expression of tiredness knapsack - backpack advice - guidance realistic - showing things as they are haze - fog or cloud device - an instrument or tool chemical - made from changed substances ingredients - parts of a mixture silo - storage tower mechanical - like a machine millennium - one thousand years Vocabulary Exercises 73 descendant - person born from an ancestor oppression - force or subjugation discrimination - extreme favoritism in actions or attitude nectar - sweet liquid made by flowers production - process of making something conquer - to overpower current - flow of water cycle - repeating set of events endangered - threatened installed - set up correctly engineering - planning and building cocoon - covering around a pupa orphanage - place for homeless children wigwam - Indian tent Vocabulary Exercises 74 squaw - American Indian woman papoose - Native American baby legend - supernatural story excavate - to dig up dugout - Indian log boat mesas - steep hills with flat tops adobe - made of clay cultivate - grow plants accomplishment - achievement founded - established formal - following established customs piety - religious devotion ingenious - clever compulsory - enforced baritone - male voice above a bass Vocabulary Exercises 75 entitled - having the right to something landscape - stretch of natural scenery on land pros - advantages cons - disadvantages bolster - support or strengthen residential - used for homes ancestors - people one is descended from prosperous - having success synthetic - man-made with chemicals poultry - birds raised for food communal - belonging to a group harvest - gather a crop perpetuate - cause to be continued industrious - steadily working hard competently - skillfully Vocabulary Exercises 76 emphasize - give special attention to deprive - keep from having dialect - localized form of a language tolerate - allow monsoon - strong seasonal wind sacrifice - giving up of something commemorate - honor the memory of restoration - act of bringing back conservation - preserving something inhabit - to live in irrigation - supplying land with water nutrients - substances that provide nourishment distribution - area over which something is spread ecosystems - specific environment impact - effect of an action Vocabulary Exercises 77 vegetation - plant life desolate - barren or deserted broadcaster - person sending messages electronically exclusively - particular way blackmail - to get something by threatening evading - avoiding mute - silent impose - to enforce stragglers - those lagging behind violated - failed to follow influence - ability to affect what others do neutral - taking neither side truce - temporary halt in fighting recital - musical performance stage fright - fear of performing Vocabulary Exercises 78 kneaded - pressed with the hands quartet - four musicians who perform together ensemble - group of musicians who perform together professional - specially trained scales - series of musical tones tempo - speed of music intonation - ability to play notes in tune symphony - long piece of music in four parts inquire - investigate dreadful - terrible eccentricities - odd behaviors peculiar - odd uproar - noisy confusion appreciate - show gratitude congruent - same shape and size Vocabulary Exercises 79 dodge - move quickly aside rescue - save from danger taunt - to tease source - origin eliminate - to get rid of famished - starving produce - to make purchase - to buy something discover - to find something curtain - window covering break - to crack into pieces piece - part of a whole wondered c - urious about something rescue - save from harm Vocabulary Exercises 80 strong - powerful appear - come into sight spare - extra brought - carried with one perfect - just right company - with others without - not having sure - positive enjoyed - pleased with explained - told about something sighed - long sad breath lonely - sad about being by yourself decided - made up one's mind important - necessary or valuable change - to make different Vocabulary Exercises 81 dangling - swinging loosely noise - loud sounds coin - metal piece of money tour - a trip visiting places solar system - the Sun and the planets aboard - on something guide - person leading a trip already - before now dangerous - unsafe thunder - loud noise in a storm rotates - turns in a circle orbit - planet’s path around a sun astronomer - solar system expert fiercest - wildest bargain - a deal Vocabulary Exercises 82 jungle - land thickly covered with plants kind - type mind - to care about or obey group - number of things together scare - make afraid lie - to rest by not standing or to no tell the truth planets - larger bodies that orbit a star produce - to make larger bigger in size weigh - to measure weight meteorite - an object striking the earth from space crater - deep hole comet - object of gas and dust orbiting the sun future - time that hasn't happened yet Vocabulary Exercises 83 discovered - found out neighbors - people who live near one another different - not the same scratched - scraped veterinarian - doctor that takes care of animals people - persons caught - captured discover - find out biography - story of a person's life bald - having no hair on head protect - guard argument - disagreement advantage - something that is helpful between - space that separates Vocabulary Exercises 84 pity - sympathy or sorrow fair - not favoring more than another quarrel - angry dispute accept - take what is given penalty - punishment horizon - line where sky meets earth jeer - to taunt particular - specific or exact underground - below the earth ‘s surface layers - levels shower - brief fall of rain destroy - to ruin completely pounded - hit hard repeatedly eon - age in the earth's history countless - too many to be counted Vocabulary Exercises 85 raging - moving with violent force mountain - high hill sometimes - not always air - gases that we breathe against - in opposition shoes - coverings for the feet start - to begin dough - mixture of flour and water slowly - not fast minute - short period of 60 seconds presents - gifts stomach - where food is digested in the body delicious - very good to taste mouthful - as much as can be held in the mouth at one time bale - large bundle of material Vocabulary Exercises 86 fault - blame or cause pause - short stop spare - to keep from harming pouch - fold of skin like a bag freight - goods transported shove - push busy f - ull of activity shrieked - screamed shoulder - part of the body below the neck silly - ridiculous couple - two secure - safe boast - to speak too well of yourself commotion - excitement and confusion demand - ask forcefully Vocabulary Exercises 87 lose - not have any longer tone - quality of sound bore - to make a hole loon - duck-like bird nip - pinch compose - make up stockade - high, strong fence howl - a long and sad cry cause - to make something happen duty - obligation ferocious - savage literate - able to read and write minuscule - very small nonfiction - prose works based on facts fiction - an imagined story Vocabulary Exercises 88 obstinate - stubborn sibling - brother or sister suspense - anxiety vermin - animal pests aviator - pilot territory - land ruled by a nation smuggling - illegally transporting goods dire - terrible condemned - strongly disapproved dismal - gloomy or depressing campus - grounds of a school somberly - sadly address - speech establish - to set up concoction - mixture of things Vocabulary Exercises 89 scour - search extensively maneuver - move skillfully donation - contribution landmark - outstanding or well-know object turbulence - violent atmospheric condition indicate - to show visualize - to form a mental picture transmission - sending a message static - radio noises vague - not distinct abated - lessened troupe - company or group ruts - grooves in the ground revived - returned to life vanity - excessive pride Vocabulary Exercises 90 source - point of origin populated - filled with inhabitants revolutionary - radical change disarray - state of disorder helter-skelter - haphazardly assaults - attacks camphor - smelly white powder loll - rest in a lazy way eddies - currents that move with the main current reservoirs - storage place for liquid elated - happy perverse - opposite of right indomitable - unconquerable recede - to move away falter - to loose force Vocabulary Exercises 91 burly - muscular perilous - full of dangers cavernous - resembling a cave enveloped - completely surrounded homely - plain kingfisher - fish eating bird comprehend - understand luxurious - something pleasurable parson - clergyman vigorous - lively penetrate - pierce infield - playing area of a baseball field nonviolence - absence of violence unable - cannot do recite - to repeat from memory Vocabulary Exercises 92 defrost - thaw cherish - love disturb - to make uneasy lock - to bind tightly multiply - increase in number nourish - to feed overcome - conquer pause - stop for a short time smudge - smear or blur efficient - effective without waste false - wrong ignore - disregard misery - great pain or suffering Vocabulary Exercises 93 partition - divider smooth - even and unwrinkled telescope - instrument that magnifies distant objects utensil - implement bacteria - single-celled microscopic organisms canyon - deep narrow valley decibel - measure for sound volume fertile - productive soil noun - person, place, or thing quarrel - argument signature - written name of person treaty - agreement rent - money paid for use of property Vocabulary Exercises 94 shear - cut wool off a sheep debt - money that is owed Vicar - preacher or priest bluff - high bank or cliff interpreter - person that translates languages sentinel - guard peg - wooden nail abstain - do without aquarium - container for fish battle - fight or conflict carpenter - person who builds things with wood engineer - person who plans and builds structures hobby - something a person does for fun lumberjack - person who chops down trees recruit - person who has recently joined Vocabulary Exercises 95 politician - person who runs for a political office bailiff - officer of a court smoldering - burning and smoking with little flame wondrous - marvelous emerges - breaks through generations - family members around the same age pollen - fine powder from flowers canopy - covering humiliation - causing shame shame heroine - main female character abandon - to leave behind translation - something changed to another language breed - one partricular kind of animal ramble - to go on and on Vocabulary Exercises 96 passerby - person who is moving by instinct - natural feeling patrol - secure an area talent - something someone can do well avalanche - sliding of material down a hillside victim - person who has been hurt suffocate - to die from not breathing conscious - awake and alert audition - to try out for a part applause - clapping of hands volunteer person who freely gives time scenery - stage backgrounds hostility - hate or dislike disgrace - to bring shame upon Vocabulary Exercises 97 stalk - follow without being seen wandering - traveling from place to place adapt - adjust to survival the act of staying alive technique - special way to do something disguising - changing appearance surroundings - place around something enables - allows mimic - copy resemble - to look like noticeable - easily seen Vocabulary Exercises 98 sculpted - carved by an artist mantle - cape like covering era - long period of time reside - to live rodents - animals such as mice sparkling - gleaming or shining jewel - valuable stone or gem countryside - rural area record - permanent evidence aware - having knowledge recall - to remember drift - move along on a current of air or water Vocabulary Exercises 99 capture - catch and hold responsible - being the cause of something drab - dull impossible - unable to happen imitate - follow the example of achiever - someone who reaches a goal success - achievement career - profession package - box used for delivery pasture - grassy field for farm animals ankles - joints where feet meet legs damage - harm advise - offer helpful suggestions frightened - afraid Vocabulary Exercises 100 lightning - visible discharge in the sky electricity - energy from the flow of electrons shiver - shake realized - understood completely stubborn - unwilling to change shadow - area of darkness frozen - turned to ice or motionless crane - machine that lifts heavy objects property - piece of land program - plan petition - request sprinkling - spreading or scattering cunning - clever weave - to interlace pluck - pick by pulling off Vocabulary Exercises 101 sunset - time when the sun disappears plump - chubby dusk - time when darkness begins escape - to break free or run away desert - large region of sand tumbleweeds - dead rolling plants fortune - success grazing - eating grass and other plants swallow - transporting food from the mouth to the stomach comfortable - relaxed without pain ledge - shelf-like rock on a mountain image - picture curious - wanting to know more view - what can be seen echoes - repeated sounds Vocabulary Exercises 102 spy - to see without being seen peering - looking in a searching way blind - unable to see peculiar - unique identified - named or discovered creatures - living beings exist - to live extinction - when no member of a species survives populations - certain living things in a certain place underground - below the earth’s surface tame - gentle and meek energy - power to do work affect - have an influence on Vocabulary Exercises 103 theory - explanation backed by testing gem - valuable mineral ore - mineral containing a useful substance luster - shininess density - amount per unit of measure properties - things that can be described about an object atom - smallest component of an element Vocabulary Exercises 104 electron - negative part of atom outside nucleus proton - positive part of atom inside nucleus characterization - vivid description connotation - emotional added meaning to a word denotation - exaction definition to a word figurative - non-literal language flashback - part of a story that already happened imagery - language that describes something inference - reasonable conclusion inversion - reversal of the usual order irony - sarcasm or an unexpected outcome metaphor - comparison between two unlike things cacophony - harsh jarring sound coherent - consistent and logical dilution - weakened substance Vocabulary Exercises 105 drastically - extremely enigmatic - perplexing indigenous - native to an area metabolism - chemical reactions in living things ingestion - taking in food digestion - breaking food down respiration - breathing excretion - getting rid of waste materials available - ready for use cater - to satisfy the needs of customary - usual or expected dissuade - persuade not to do something firebrand - troublemaker hazard - danger homicide - murder Vocabulary Exercises 106 humane - showing sympathy for others indifference - lack of interest or concern indignant - anger over something unjust indispensable - absolutely necessary lubricate - to apply oil or grease mutual - shared equally pelt - strike successively plague - easily spread disease causing deaths poised - balanced regime - government in power retard - to make slow transparent - allowing light through unscathed - wholly unharmed polygon - closed figure with three or more sides majority - greater part Vocabulary Exercises 107 definite - precise symbol - something that represents something else doubtful - uncertain navigator - person who charts the course deny - refuse to give twilight - time immediately after sunset reliable - dependable absent - not present analyze - study accidentally - not on purpose embarrass - humiliate misspell - spell incorrectly adherent - supporter or follower Vocabulary Exercises 108 daunt - frighten tranquility - calmness virago - quarrelsome woman persecution - affliction flagon - container for liquids quaff - drink heartily lore - traditional knowledge morrow - the next day surcease - to come to an end entreat - ask earnestly obeisance - deference or homage beguile - to trick countenance - appearance craven - cowardly discourse - long communication Vocabulary Exercises 109 placid - peaceful melancholy - gloomy state of mind ominous - portending evil or harm plutonian - like the underworld pallid - pale chamber - room invest - to put into dynasty - family of rulers pagoda - tall Asian shrine empire - groups of lands under the rule of one ruler academic - relating to education clarify - to make clear confide - totell something in secret disclose - to uncover Vocabulary Exercises 110 enlighten - to inform expound - to make a detailed statement on a topic ingrained - impressed firmly on the mind sage - wise and respected person seminar - conference where a specific topic is discussed abridge - to shorten browse - to look casually citation - quotation from a reliable source compendium - short but complete summary etymology - study of the origin of words gazetteer - geographical dictionary glossary - alphabetical list of words in the back of a book abash - embarrass Vocabulary Exercises 111 activate - start adept - expert adjacent - directly next to advent - coming event affliction - misery allay - lessen alliance - union for a common purpose amity - friendliness anecdote - brief story appalling - terrible anonymous - unidentified appropriate - suitable aristocrat - nobility arrogance - excessive pride Vocabulary Exercises 112 articulate - speak clearly aspiration - strong desire scenario - rough script taunt - reproach with insults expansion - act of expanding emphatic - strongly expressive deny - declare something to be untrue intersect - meet at a point of crossing insignia - emblem sponsor - one who supports publicity - bringing something to the public's attention offensive - act of attacking abandoned left behind breeds - particular kinds of animals companion - close associate Vocabulary Exercises 113 rambles - going on and on originated - came into being instincts - natural tendencies patrol - check for trouble talent - special natural ability avalanches - large mass sliding down a hillside victim - someone who is injured suffocate - to die from lack of air conscious - awake audition - to try out father - male parent pony - small horse wanted - desired Vocabulary Exercises 114 opportunitie - chance to do something supply - furnish what is needed dreaded - greatly feared miniature - tiny version quality - degree of excellence nourish - keep alive and healthy mechanical - operated by a machine yield - amount produced nectar - sweet liquid found in flowers remedies - cures production - process of making something oppression - cruel and unfair treatment untidy - messy discovered - found out Vocabulary Exercises 115 exclude - shut out disapprove - show dislike inactive - idle inaccurate - wrong dishonest - deceitful expedition - journey for a purpose extinct - no longer living incomplete - not finished untied - not fastened incorrect - not right unpack - to take things out unseen - not visible except - instead of unhealthy - not well universe - everything that exists Vocabulary Exercises 116 exploration - travel for the purpose discovery disinfectant - used to destroy germs international - between nations babble - make meaningless sounds badge - distinctive emblem baggage - luggage a traveler takes on a trip bakery - place baked goods are made ballot - form used to cast a vote balance - equality between opposing forces baton - wand used by a musical conductor priest - religious leader temple - place of worship principal - highest in importance Vocabulary Exercises 117 shinny - to climb slimy - covered with filth stationing - assigning a certain spot venture - proceed in face of danger pantry - closet where food is kept reputation - how the public views a person style - manner of doing something exercises - training by repetition and review sprint - race covering a short distance gurgling - making a flowing or low sound spade - digging tool churn - to stir quickly patchwork - many small pieces sewn together umbrella - hand-held canopy struggle - difficult task Vocabulary Exercises 118 compass - direction determining device tough - rugged general - high officer carnival - fair or festival several - quite a few ceramics - type of pottery classical - arts in a past era daub - apply paint with crude strokes medley - mixture melodious - pleasant to hear orchestrate - organize palette - thin board for mixing paints pantomime - acting with gestures texture - feel of the surface of an object geologist - scientist who studies rocks Vocabulary Exercises 119 mine - extracting minerals from the ground forbidden - not allowed accidental - happening by chance vein - long deposit of underground metal allusion - indirect mention of something dialogue - conversation foreshadow - foretell or bode anthology - collection of writings serialize - present one part of a story at a time volume - relative amount episode - part in a series image - vivid description pseudonym - pen name literary - referring to books and writing commission - share of the profit Vocabulary Exercises 120 interest - charge for the use of money principal - amount borrowed in a loan flex - bend mono - prefix meaning "one" phonetics - study of the sounds of language deign - condescend pragmatic - practical ambiance - special atmosphere tout - publicize obsequious - groveling prospect - possibility ingratiate - gain favor Vocabulary Exercises 121 voracious - eating a lot manifesto - declaration of principles vaunt - brag about cynical - showing scorn apprehensive - uneasy confide - to reveal in private retrospective - contemplating annals - chronological record of the events implore - to beg for earnestly fortuitous - fortunate invective - abusive language rue - feel regret avarice - greed trappings - articles of dress Vocabulary Exercises 122 condescend - lower oneself drivel - talk childishly disseminate - to spread lustrous - shiny envelop - enclose with a covering iridescent - display of lustrous colors rancor - bitter malignant - disposed to do evil curmudgeon - ill-tempered person degrade - demote exalt - glorify, praise, or honor slough - swamp discern - detect Vocabulary Exercises 123 baleful - ominous pall - cover for a coffin shimmer - glimmer precarious - based on uncertain premises misdemeanor - offense less serious than a felony fester - to decay sanguine - color of blood maelstrom - violent situation disclose - to make known jaundice - yellowish coloring of the eyes and skin toehold - slight advantage void - emptiness specter - ghost destitute - lacking necessary things implored - begged Vocabulary Exercises 124 blemish - physical defect misanthrope - someone who does not like people ponderous - unyielding trifle - something of little value wrench - twist or pull covetous - greedy solemnize - honor or remember bestow - give dismal - gloomy and dark resolute - determined endeavor - to try insomniac - person who is unable to sleep deliquesce - melt away homage - anything done to show honor compulsion - feeling of having to do something Vocabulary Exercises 125 wizened - old preserve - maintain astonish - surprise confidentially - secretly seethe - bubble or boil consequence - result of an action vacant - not occupied wane - to become less repent - feel sorry for subcontinent - large landmass jute - plant fiber used in making rope teak - tropical wood used in furniture beleaguer - beset with difficulties Vocabulary Exercises 126 spasmodically - abruptly ascetic - very self-disciplined person fanatic - zealot draught - long spell of dry weather ruse - trick remorse - torturing sense of guilt concussion - shock from impact acute - sharp and quick conceive - develop in the mind dissimulation - act of hiding profound - marked by intellectual depth sagacity - intelligence stifle - hold back Vocabulary Exercises 127 supposition - assumption stalk - approach an stealthily vex - trouble suavity - graceful politeness audacity - aggressive courage vehemently - violently derision - contempt or ridicule anxiety - extreme nervousness crevice - crack or narrow hole fluently - clearly hearkening - listening carefully hypocritical - pretending mockery - mean spirited joking proceeded - went forward pulsation - rhythmic beating Vocabulary Exercises 128 refrained - kept from doing something conceive - develop in the mind trait - characteristic genetics - study of heredity heredity - passing of traits to offspring genes - specific portion of DNA dominant - stronger hue - color province - territorial district surmount - overcome an obstacle obsequious - servile and flattering termagant - quarrelsome impunity - freedom from punishment aversion - definite dislike frolic - lively recreation Vocabulary Exercises 129 pestilent - very harmful disposition - temperament incessantly - never stopping eloquence - polished speech tranquility - calmness reciprocate - to return fancy - whimsical imagination transient - temporary azure - blue colored countenance - facial expression addle - to make confused bewilderment - hopelessly confused comely - attractive corroborate - support Vocabulary Exercises 130 beleaguer - beset with difficulties invalid - sickly person thicket - thick growth of plants sanction - 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Vocabulary excercises
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calligraphy - fine handwriting cartography - mapmaking epigram - short saying graphic - evoking lifelike images holography three - dimensional image monogram - design composed of one or more initials monograph - scholarly study seismograph - instrument for measuring earthquake vibrations stenography - short hand writing typography - appearance of a printed page ultimatum - final offer canard - false report inert - inactive immemorial - extending back beyond memory desolate - uninhabited Vocabulary Exercises 2 deploy - place military troops lassitude - weariness haze - unclear ply - address someone urgently acuteness - quick mind belligerent - seeking conflict detonation - explosion pinnacle - highest point clamor - cry out bevy - any group lurid - glowing bawl - to call out noisily reins - controlling commend - to express a good opinion foreboding - prediction of something bad Vocabulary Exercises 3 fusillade - simultaneous firing of weapons contagion - spreading of a disease precipitate - cause to happen silhouette - figure seen against a light background apparition - anything that appears unexpectedly reverberation - reechoed sound insensate - not capable of feeling sensation exultant - triumphant imminent - likely to happen soon desist - stop avail - take advantage of torrent - very heavy fall of rain repugnance - distaste conveyance - a transport or carrier Vocabulary Exercises 4 minute - small colossus - huge disgorge - empty lethargy - great lack of energy torpor - state of being inactive obscurity - lack of clearness or visibility perplexingly - with confusion or hesitancy furtively - secretly cowl - hood scintillate - reflect brightly consume - devour gaunt - starved indiscriminate - failing to clearly choose battery - basic unit of military personnel dissuade - persuade not to do something Vocabulary Exercises 5 assiduously - carefully expostulate - argue vicar - a parish priest formidable - inspiring fear obliquely - with a change of direction portmanteau - suitcase exultation - celebration decapitate - to remove one's head intricate - full of elaborate detail patent - obvious intermittently - periodically froth - churn inaudibly - not able to be heard confluence - where rivers join Vocabulary Exercises 6 basin - low area on Earth's surface salinity - saltiness crest - highest point of a wave trough - lowest point of a wave breaker - ocean wave that collapses tide - the rise and fall of the sea level photosynthesis - compound produced through light pollutant - a poison radiation - method of transmitting or spreading something stratosphere - atmosphere that contains ozone dew point - temperature at which water vapor condenses cirrus h - igh altitude clouds cumulus - low-lying puffy white clouds cumulonimbus - anvil shaped clouds Vocabulary Exercises 7 dearth - scarce supply gratify - satisfy choleric - easily angered threshold - entrance wreak - inflict punishment upon stoic - unemotional vendetta - destructive feud condone - excuse robust - strong panoply - striking array confer - to present poignant - touching mettle - spirit withhold - restrain vindictive - revengeful Vocabulary Exercises 8 travesty - humorous imitation impose - to apply by force piquant - spicy diatribe - abusive denunciation appease - quieten sumptuous - lavish hedonism - pursuit of castigate - inflict severe punishment orotund - full in sound brink - edge pluck - daring wrest - obtain by pulling brazen - shameless harridan - vicious encumber - to place a heavy load on Vocabulary Exercises 9 wan - unnaturally pale ploy - devious action jostle - push stringent - severe catastrophe - a great calamity nettle - stinging hairs ostentatious - very showy display glut - fill beyond capacity incense - infuriate severe - strict precipice - steep cliff retaliate - to pay back peevish - contrary verge - border rehabilitate - restore to good health Vocabulary Exercises 10 pacific - peaceful toady - flatterer endow - to give obsequious - fawning rectify - to set right circumspection - carefully considering remonstrance - protest hem - surround lethargic - lack of energy rout - to cause to flee aghast - horrified manifest - obvious radiate - to send out timorous - timid instantaneous - done immediately Vocabulary Exercises 11 masonry - brick scullery - room next to kitchen rampart - defense against attack aspect - point of view agile - moving easily rendering - drawing dexterous - skillful endeavor - to strive convulsive - involuntary spasms physiological - workings of the body heterogeneous - make of different elements fluctuation - unsteady motion supersede - to make obsolete defunct - no longer used caricature - representation of a person Vocabulary Exercises 12 incur - to bring on oneself vitiate - weaken efficacious - effective importunity - persistent urgent demands anemic - lacking vitality elemental - most basic contrivance - invention oscillate - swing from side to side impart - give acute - sharp enigma - perplexing culminate - climax or end atrocity - cruel action vestige - sign forethought - thinking ahead Vocabulary Exercises 13 oust - force out tussle - cuffle cajole - coax rudimentary - basic paradoxical - full of contradictions implore - ask copiously - abundantly intolerable - unbearable parch - dry ebb - decline despondent - without hope inconclusive - not leading to a definite result phantasm - ghost sumptuous - splendid frond - palm Vocabulary Exercises 14 covet - long for with envy teeter - to rock lurid - vivid or harsh dominate - rule dethronement - act of ousting exuberance - excitement succumb - yield circuitously - indirectly singularly - uniquely dexterous - skillful cell - small unit organelles - tiny organs cell wall - outermost boundary of a cell nucleus - center of a cell chromosomes - carries the traits of a cell Vocabulary Exercises 15 chlorophyll - green substance in plants enzyme - body protein weight - measure of the force cleavage - groove between parts gravity - attractive force fracture - to break titanium - lightweight metal pique - arouse equivocate - lie opulent - luxuriant dandy - a dude concerned with his clothes gesticulate - express through movement diffident - shy ruse - trickery conjure - exaggerated dignity Vocabulary Exercises 16 pompous - vain or stuck up frippery - elegance emit - to give off resplendent - splendid glint - sparkle strut - walk proudly vociferous - crying out loudly perfidy - treachery ravage - devastate boorish - ill-mannered myriad - innumerable hoodwink - deceive vocal - spoken locution - word or phrase devastate - destroy Vocabulary Exercises 17 staid - great dignity AD - Anno domini BC - Before Christ bicentennial - two hundredth anniversary centennial - one hundredth anniversary century - one hundred years chronology - events in order decade - ten years generalization - broad conclusion historian - studies the past barometer - measures air pressure bathysphere - sphere-shaped diving vessel lens - transparent object that bends light palpable - able to be handled Vocabulary Exercises 18 vitality - energetic indolently - lazily slender - thin doggedly - persistently crags - uneven parts of cliffs opaque - not able to be seen through gargoyle - decorative monster cultivated - refined baronial - suitable for nobility cossack - skilled Russian horsemen lacerated - torn roughly mantle - thickest layer inside Earth tsunami - destructive tidal wave Vocabulary Exercises 19 projectile - object thrown or shot centripetal - tendency to move to the center antibiotic - stops growth of microorganisms biopsy - removal of living tissue biosphere - atmosphere in which living things exist microbe - tiny life form symbiosis - beneficial relationship vivacious - lively vivid - intense edifice - building alleviate - make bearable viable - practicable agenda - a plan infiltrate - to enter maliciously sultry - hot Vocabulary Exercises 20 itinerary - plan for a journey sustain - support transient - passing with time levity - humor quaff - to drink heartily hardy - vigorous valor - bravery malign - to make untrue statements demure - shy edict - having the force of law permeate - penetrate audacious - outrageous malaise - sense of unease evict - expel pugnacious - belligerent Vocabulary Exercises 21 oration - formal speech avert - to prevent craven - cowardly humility - meekness or a lack of pride exhort - spur on impediment - obstruction embellish - decorate pith - sponge-like inside of flower luminous - bright or glowing subside - sink to a lower level homage to pay respect rebuke - to reprimand wiles - tricks rant - emotional speech snare - trap Vocabulary Exercises 22 isthmus - narrow strip of land lurk - wait out of sight entice - lure gorge - deep valley assemble - to gather together omnivorous - eating anything sinister - wicked clandestine - done in secret strait - narrow passage of water vivacious - lively timorous - fearful savory - tasty role - an assumed character bland - tasteless gourmand - glutton Vocabulary Exercises 23 covey - small flock of birds waylay - ambush indefatigable - unwearying aplomb - great composure stymie - stump arduous - difficult cistern - receptacle for holding water flag - cloth with a distinct design inscrutable - mysterious quandary - perplexity curtail - abbreviate sheepish - embarrassed surplus - excess amount truncate - to shorten garish - tacky Vocabulary Exercises 24 chagrin - embarrassment garrulous - wordy and rambling enigma - riddle deplete - empty out sanctimonious - self-righteous languish - lose strength incessant - continuous magnanimity - kind-heartedness rainforest - forest with abundant rainfall deforestation - large-scale cutting down of forests dike - dam or levee fallow - not cultivated personification - giving human characteristics exposition - explanation setting - where a story takes place Vocabulary Exercises 25 persistent - unrelenting fatuous - foolish petulant - impatient ferocity - savage dissentient - against the majority satchel - small bag drawl - speak very slowly scheme - plan in a deceitful way beckon - silent gesture turbulent - wildly irregular motion retch - vomit perpetuate - cause to continue affluence - abundance of riches consent - give permission lavish - give generously Vocabulary Exercises 26 placid - calm recoil - shrink back meager - small amount expanse - open area degrade - bring to dishonor blatant - brazenly obvious imperceptible - difficult to detect deteriorate - to become worse perusal - casual reading aggregation - group of people unprecedented - never before seen din - harsh noice ruckus - noisy disturbance hibernate - inactive state archeologist - studies man's past Vocabulary Exercises 27 incidental - accidental predicament - situation that is hard to get out of dietitian - specialist in nutrition waders - waterproof boots poacher - one that kills animals illegally sloughs - places of deep mud briar - thorny stem haven - safe place gauged - estimated commute - travel back and forth mystical - spiritual meaning biologist - those who study living things random - determined by chance audible - heard semi-dormant - half asleep Vocabulary Exercises 28 frigid - intensely cold refuge - shelter unsociable - unfriendly conservancy - preserve of natural resources soberly - seriously pointed - definite meaning flank - fleshy part near the ribs burly - heavily built mannequin - plastic person disfigure - to mar the appearance stealthy - sneaky fishtail - swing from side to side intimidate - make fearful gallivanting - roaming data - information Vocabulary Exercises 29 compel - to make someone do something gingerly - carefully cubicle - small space skeptical - attitude of doubt heart-wrenching - very emotional microfiche - sheet of microfilm honorary - having distinction psychic - supernatural forces laden - burdened retreat - withdrawal hypnotizing - mesmerizing habitat - living environment vivid - lively ebony - dark vicinity - near Vocabulary Exercises 30 dedicated - committed to a goal rafters - beams that support shard - fragment of a brittle substance sanctuary - protection boycott - refusal to do something simmer - stew gently mute - to muffle or make quiet resign - give up deliberately manufacture - to make something rivulets - small streams dilemma - problem cackle - to laugh harshly trauma - disturbing event sullen - depressed hobgoblin - mischievous elf Vocabulary Exercises 31 levering - prying dentures - false set of teeth sinewy - stringy caterwauling - harsh crying cockfight - fighting gamecocks daubed - coated cascade - small waterfall score - account throaty - sound uttered low and rasping slog - hit hard rogue - dishonest person simper smile in a silly manner taproot - root that grows downward taunt - insult meringue - sweet topping Vocabulary Exercises 32 cantankerous - grouchy catcall - loud cry meandered - walk along without direction abominable - disgusting privy - outhouse impudence - rudeness dovecote - box for domestic pigeons tunic - loose cloak skeins - loosely coiled yarn grievances - complaints shamming - pretending betrothal - engagement wimple - cloth covering over the head morose - gloomy odious - extremely unlikable Vocabulary Exercises 33 addled - confused contemplating - deciding spectacle - eye-catching gibberish - foolish talk tedious - repetitive harrowing - vexing rapturous - ecstatic menagerie - collection of animals babbling - talking excessively cairn - marker slather - a great amount doleful - mournful adage - wise saying embroil - entangle succinct - concise Vocabulary Exercises 34 minutia - trivial detail capsize - to overturn frowzy - unkempt peon - menial worker ensnare - to catch lavish - to give abundantly finagle - to obtain peripatetic - traveling on foot lapse - to be no longer valid excoriate - to tear fluent - express oneself readily charisma - personal appeal regress - move backward articulate - express oneself clearly Vocabulary Exercises 35 beacon - guiding device cajole - flatter lucid - sane or rational mentor - trusted counselor retinue - body of assistants burgeon - blossom histrionic - melodramatic psyche - having to do with the soul advocate - to plead in favor salutary - beneficial conclave - private meeting deflect - to turn aside pernicious - wicked missive - written communication extol - praise highly Vocabulary Exercises 36 whet - sharpen by rubbing transient - passing quckly complacency - quiet satisfaction scrutinize - look at very carefully serene - calm assurance - confidence terrestrial - of the earth molten - liquefied by heat animated - very lively superficial - not deep eloquent - expressive palpitate - tremble fertile - fruitful unanimity - complete agreement fluctuate - continually changing Vocabulary Exercises 37 incandescent - very bright velocity - speed vigil - determined watchfulness audible - can be heard recede - move back calamity - misery scoff - express mocking contempt adjacent - near or close jubilant - triumphant tranquil - calm dun - dull grayish brown incrustation - crust circumference - boundary of a circular object irresolute - wavering in purpose diameter - width of a circular object Vocabulary Exercises 38 ascribe - assign something to consolation - making less sad embed - set firmly inanimate - not moving evident - plain rouse - awake impediment - hinders a certain action excavation - expose by digging concussion - violent blow cavity - hole billowy - surge inarticulate - speak poorly petrify - paralyze with fear deliberation - slowness and with care aperture - opening Vocabulary Exercises 39 renew - make new impulse - sudden inclination multitude - large number of persons derelict - abandoned accost - approach to speak composition - makeup derive - to receive intermittent - stopping and starting pallid - faint in color drone - continuous buzzing sound impinge - strike inevitable - certain to happen stupefy - stun undulate - move as if in waves verge - edge Vocabulary Exercises 40 combustible - flammable incontinently - able to restrain trivial - insignificant deter - discourage someone smite - strike hard perplexed - puzzled detachment - separation incongruity - having a lack of harmony haggard - worn look allay - lessen albeit - even though invigorate - energize indisputably - unquestionably dispense - do away with exertion - energetic activity Vocabulary Exercises 41 timidity - state of shyness citizenship - conduct within the community cooperation - working together school pride - satisfaction in your school's achievements respect - regard highly self-respect - positive opinion of oneself courage - bravery commitment - binding oneself loyalty - faithfulness determination - firm of purpose trustworthy - responsible tolerance - permitting something empathy - understand what another person is feeling kindness - being friendly and sympathetic gratitude - thankfulness Vocabulary Exercises 42 generosity - unselfishness diligence - steady manner creativity - originality initiative - first step work ethic - positive attitude towards work punctuality - promptness perseverance - continuing in spite of difficulties reliability - honoring commitments courtesy - well-mannered honesty - truthfulness fairness - impartiality patience - waiting calmly and quietly cleanliness - free from dirt self-control - mastering one's actions compassion - showing pity Vocabulary Exercises 43 independent - self-reliant wisdom - accumulated learning virtue - moral excellence dependability - reliability sportsmanship - winning or losing positively cheerfulness - good humored patriotism - love of country absurd - unreasonable access - approach acclaim - to approve acquiesce - to agree advocate - to support aloof - disinterested ambiguous - unclear Vocabulary Exercises 44 analogy - comparison analysis - examination of something anarchy - lawlessness apathy - lack of emotion arbitrary - whimsical arrogant - overly proud articulate - to speak distinctly augment - to add to authentic - genuine baffle - to perplex benevolent - intending to do good bias - prejudice censor - to ban censure - an official reprimand circumlocution - to evade with words Vocabulary Exercises 45 coherent - logical competent - fit contempt - disdain deference - respect denounce - condemn deter - discourage deviate - turn aside from discern - distinguish discriminate - distinguish disdain - despise disparage - discredit dispute - to call into question distort - twist out of the true meaning diverse - differing from one another dogma - doctrine Vocabulary Exercises 46 fluctuate - shift back and forth futile - unproductive hostile - unfriendly hypocrite - who fakes virtue hypothesis - tentative assumption immense - enormous impose - compel indifferent - without interest indulge - pamper inevitable - incapable of being avoided infer - hint innocuous - inoffensive innovate - introduce something new intense - extreme manipulate - to control skillfully Vocabulary Exercises 47 pandemonium - chaos benevolence - kindness barter - to trade culture - way of life of a group whimsical - impulsive lagoon - pool of water tributary - small stream delta - mouth of a river longitude - east-west direction on the globe equator - north-south line around the middle of the Eath topographic - map that shows the relief of the land contour lines - lines that connect points of equal elevation epicenter - point directly above an earthquake harbor - seaport plains - flat land Vocabulary Exercises 48 ocean - body of salt water volcano - opening in the Earth valley - low land between hills reef - ridge that lies near the surface of a sea rapids - fast moving part of a river swamp - low, wet lands floodplain - land that is flooded by a river cape - land that extends into water sea - body of salt water lake - body of fresh water with land on all sides range - chain of mountains canyon - deep, narrow valley mesa - flat-topped mountain waterfall - steep drop from a high place cave - hollow passage in the earth Vocabulary Exercises 49 wetlands - land saturated with water foothills - hilly area at the base of a mountain gap - passage through mountains inlet - narrow passage of water marsh - lowland with moist soil peak - pointed summit of a mountain tributary - river that empties into a larger river product - answer to a multiplication problem quotient - answer to a division problem square root - any number times itself exponent - how many times a number is used as a factor variable - letter that represents a number consecutive - one after another formula - mathematical equation estimate - educated guess Vocabulary Exercises 50 base - lowest point or number integers - whole numbers positive number - any number greater than zero negative number - any number less than zero opposite numbers - negative and positive of a number absolute value - distance from zero on the number line simplify - reduce completely evaluate - find the value of a variable expression substitution - put in place of percent - number compared to one hundred meter - basic unit of length in the metric system gram - basic unit of mass liter - basic unit of capacity Vocabulary Exercises 51 deci 1/10 centi 1/100 milli 1/1000 metric - system of measurement proper fraction - fraction whose numerator is less than its denominator improper fraction - fraction whose numerator is greater that denominator mixed number - whole number and a fraction foot - 12 inches yard - 3 feet mile - 5,280 feet pound - 16 ounces Vocabulary Exercises 52 ton - 2,000 pounds cup - 8 fluid ounces pint - 2 cups quart - 2 pints gallon - 4 quarts ratio - comparison of one number to another quadrant - section of the coordinate plane plot - mark points on a graph trojan horse - hidden instructions inside a computer program hacker - someone who breaks into a computer system Vocabulary Exercises 53 reboot - restart gigabyte - one billion bytes of information tutorial - program of instruction WYSIWYG - word-processing system encrypt - scramble computerized information header - information at the top margin footer - information at the bottom of a page executable - computer file that will perform a tast buffer - used to store data online - connected to a computer network character - symbol such as a letter byte - a small unit of measure of computer memory upload - to transfer data from a computer download - to transfer data to a computer Vocabulary Exercises 54 command - causes a computer to do a task delete - to remove document - text file file - stored document format - to divide in sectors for data storage graphics - pictures hard copy - a document that is printed on paper input - information given to a computer insert - process of adding memory - computer storage capacity menu - list of functions that a computer performs Vocabulary Exercises 55 word wrap - automatic movement of a word to the next line output - the final document printout - document printed on paper proofreading - finding mistake or errors in your copy software - set of programmed instructions word processing - text data edit - to modify data e-mail - electronic mail digital - camera a camera which uses a chip to store images hard drive - magnetic metal disk that stores data hardware - physical parts of the computer Vocabulary Exercises 56 web site - a location on the world wide web modem - device that connects the computer to a communications system mouse - pointing device multimedia - graphics and sound online - connected to a computer network PC - personal computer scanner - device that copies an image port - computer connection hardware scroll - to move through text or graphics software - computer programs word processor - application that outputs text data ply - provide insistently decapitate - to remove one's head Vocabulary Exercises 57 whinnies - horse sound bridle - horse's harness for the head stirrups - rings that a horse rider's feet fit in gallop - to go very fast straddle t - o sit with one leg on each side meadow - grassy land reluctant - holding back skillets - frying pans rodeo - riding and roping contest utensils - tools used in cooking satisfied - having no doubts confidently - feeling sure of yourself appearance - the way something looks summoned - being called progress - moving forward Vocabulary Exercises 58 failure - not successful conscious - being aware resist - go against remarkable - amazing particularly - distinct or different accord - being in agreement request - ask for immediately - right now available - able to be used now sensation - feeling disaster - terrible loss enchanted - magically delighted acrobats - trapeze artists agent - representing another boardinghouse - furnished rooms and meals Vocabulary Exercises 59 protegee - guided by someone wavering - moving back and forth trance - dreamlike state Parliament - British legislature allies - friends in war taxes - money paid to the government authority - control tariff - tax on imported goods represent - acting for someone else treason - betraying one’s government petitions - signed requests for boycott - refusal to buy congress - meeting of elected representatives repealed - taken back massacre - killing many defenseless people Vocabulary Exercises 60 blockade - barring entry by ships quarter - soldier's housing rights - irrevocable freedoms inutemen - soldiers available on short notice patriots - loyal to one’s nation dread - to wait with fear recovery - return to being well prospecting - looking for gold citizen - member of a country occupation - person's job ransack - messy search herb - useful plant expression - look on the face emigrant - person leaving his country grant - something that is given Vocabulary Exercises 61 impatient - unwillingness to wait despair - loss of hope succeed - complete frontier - edge of an unknown land determination - decided action cautiously - carefully supply - to give what is needed appeal - to ask for supervise - to watch over settlers - pioneers in a new area assure - to make confident stunned - shocked opportunities - chances to do something demonstration - public disply Vocabulary Exercises 62 muffle - to deaden sound partition - something that divides prowls - roams quietly prose - anything not poetry anxiously - nervously nonchalant - unconcerned sarcastically - in a mocking tone laughingstock - object of ridicule culprit - guilty person privileges - special rights groveling - crawling face-down cringe - to shrink back propeller - rotating blades pneumonia - disease of the lungs flustered - confused Vocabulary Exercises 63 mariners - sailors vessels - ships provisions - supplies of food unfurled - unfolded mutiny - rebellion against authority forfeited - given up reckon - compute or calculate orator - public speaker spectators - persons watching an event transfixed - motionless vetoed - rejected by authority resolutions - personal goals adjourned - ended a session astronomy - study of heavenly bodies yield - produce Vocabulary Exercises 64 unraveling - becoming undone eclipse - complete or partial hiding almanac - yearly book of facts edition - copies printed at one time abolitionist - slavery opponent monarch - royal ruler here - in this place little - small this - thing being mentioned mother - female parent play - to have fun trunk - long snout cake - baked dessert Vocabulary Exercises 65 artist - one who paints or draws meadow - grassy field paintings - pictures not drawn with pen or pencil brook - small stream season - part of the year real - not imagined talking - speaking stretching - spreading out brilliant - bright cover - hide under something delighted - very happy horrible - terrible replied - answered weaving - winding in and out crawled - moved slowly Vocabulary Exercises 66 tend - to take care of finally - at last disappear - to move out of sight strange - unusual through - into and out of relatives - people in the same family wrinkle - crooked fold hour - sixty minutes few - not many bullying - threatening family - people related to each another buy - to purchase new - not old grown - larger weather - outside conditions Vocabulary Exercises 67 knit - to made with yarn barbecue - meat roasted on an open fire jeans - tough cotton pants adventure - an exciting experience whole - complete or entire harbor - sheltered body of water soar - fly very high surround - shut in on all sides believe - to trust in practice - training by repeating remember - to keep in memory cousin - child of your aunt or uncle building - structure country - land of a nation say - to speak Vocabulary Exercises 68 touch - physical contact bore - make a hole impatient - not wanting to wait replied - answered squeeze - press between something thorn - sharp sticker on a plant lazy - not willing to work hungry - feeling a need for food full - able to hold no more angry - feeling or showing displeasure ridiculous - foolish and comical draw - to make a picture thought - idea music - pleasant expressive sounds instrument - something making musical sounds Vocabulary Exercises 69 squawk - shrill or harsh sound poem - writing in verse entertain - to amuse performance - musical or theatrical presentation foolish - not having good sense feather - covering on bird's body spread - to stretch out balance - steady position foot - lowest part of the leg canyon - deep narrow valley cringed - crouch in fear consumer - user of goods or services error - mistake released - set free lame - not able to walk well Vocabulary Exercises 70 sly - sneaky or clever sturdy - strong astonishment - amazement proud - feeling good about yourself special - very important knew - having the facts borrow - temporary use something enough - all that is needed heard - listened to dike - dam made of dirt announced - said or told blinding - hard to see through flooded covered with water village - small town cranes - large water birds Vocabulary Exercises 71 women - female humans clever - sly and resourceful greedy - wanting too much tricky - sly courage - overcoming fear attempt - to make an effort trees - large, woody plants short - not long or tall live - to exist way - certain path leaves - green parts of a plant turn - to move in a different direction soft - not hard their - belonging to them Vocabulary Exercises 72 feel - to know by touch nervous - restless or tense allowance - something granted postcards - cards mailed without an envelope yawn - expression of tiredness knapsack - backpack advice - guidance realistic - showing things as they are haze - fog or cloud device - an instrument or tool chemical - made from changed substances ingredients - parts of a mixture silo - storage tower mechanical - like a machine millennium - one thousand years Vocabulary Exercises 73 descendant - person born from an ancestor oppression - force or subjugation discrimination - extreme favoritism in actions or attitude nectar - sweet liquid made by flowers production - process of making something conquer - to overpower current - flow of water cycle - repeating set of events endangered - threatened installed - set up correctly engineering - planning and building cocoon - covering around a pupa orphanage - place for homeless children wigwam - Indian tent Vocabulary Exercises 74 squaw - American Indian woman papoose - Native American baby legend - supernatural story excavate - to dig up dugout - Indian log boat mesas - steep hills with flat tops adobe - made of clay cultivate - grow plants accomplishment - achievement founded - established formal - following established customs piety - religious devotion ingenious - clever compulsory - enforced baritone - male voice above a bass Vocabulary Exercises 75 entitled - having the right to something landscape - stretch of natural scenery on land pros - advantages cons - disadvantages bolster - support or strengthen residential - used for homes ancestors - people one is descended from prosperous - having success synthetic - man-made with chemicals poultry - birds raised for food communal - belonging to a group harvest - gather a crop perpetuate - cause to be continued industrious - steadily working hard competently - skillfully Vocabulary Exercises 76 emphasize - give special attention to deprive - keep from having dialect - localized form of a language tolerate - allow monsoon - strong seasonal wind sacrifice - giving up of something commemorate - honor the memory of restoration - act of bringing back conservation - preserving something inhabit - to live in irrigation - supplying land with water nutrients - substances that provide nourishment distribution - area over which something is spread ecosystems - specific environment impact - effect of an action Vocabulary Exercises 77 vegetation - plant life desolate - barren or deserted broadcaster - person sending messages electronically exclusively - particular way blackmail - to get something by threatening evading - avoiding mute - silent impose - to enforce stragglers - those lagging behind violated - failed to follow influence - ability to affect what others do neutral - taking neither side truce - temporary halt in fighting recital - musical performance stage fright - fear of performing Vocabulary Exercises 78 kneaded - pressed with the hands quartet - four musicians who perform together ensemble - group of musicians who perform together professional - specially trained scales - series of musical tones tempo - speed of music intonation - ability to play notes in tune symphony - long piece of music in four parts inquire - investigate dreadful - terrible eccentricities - odd behaviors peculiar - odd uproar - noisy confusion appreciate - show gratitude congruent - same shape and size Vocabulary Exercises 79 dodge - move quickly aside rescue - save from danger taunt - to tease source - origin eliminate - to get rid of famished - starving produce - to make purchase - to buy something discover - to find something curtain - window covering break - to crack into pieces piece - part of a whole wondered c - urious about something rescue - save from harm Vocabulary Exercises 80 strong - powerful appear - come into sight spare - extra brought - carried with one perfect - just right company - with others without - not having sure - positive enjoyed - pleased with explained - told about something sighed - long sad breath lonely - sad about being by yourself decided - made up one's mind important - necessary or valuable change - to make different Vocabulary Exercises 81 dangling - swinging loosely noise - loud sounds coin - metal piece of money tour - a trip visiting places solar system - the Sun and the planets aboard - on something guide - person leading a trip already - before now dangerous - unsafe thunder - loud noise in a storm rotates - turns in a circle orbit - planet’s path around a sun astronomer - solar system expert fiercest - wildest bargain - a deal Vocabulary Exercises 82 jungle - land thickly covered with plants kind - type mind - to care about or obey group - number of things together scare - make afraid lie - to rest by not standing or to no tell the truth planets - larger bodies that orbit a star produce - to make larger bigger in size weigh - to measure weight meteorite - an object striking the earth from space crater - deep hole comet - object of gas and dust orbiting the sun future - time that hasn't happened yet Vocabulary Exercises 83 discovered - found out neighbors - people who live near one another different - not the same scratched - scraped veterinarian - doctor that takes care of animals people - persons caught - captured discover - find out biography - story of a person's life bald - having no hair on head protect - guard argument - disagreement advantage - something that is helpful between - space that separates Vocabulary Exercises 84 pity - sympathy or sorrow fair - not favoring more than another quarrel - angry dispute accept - take what is given penalty - punishment horizon - line where sky meets earth jeer - to taunt particular - specific or exact underground - below the earth ‘s surface layers - levels shower - brief fall of rain destroy - to ruin completely pounded - hit hard repeatedly eon - age in the earth's history countless - too many to be counted Vocabulary Exercises 85 raging - moving with violent force mountain - high hill sometimes - not always air - gases that we breathe against - in opposition shoes - coverings for the feet start - to begin dough - mixture of flour and water slowly - not fast minute - short period of 60 seconds presents - gifts stomach - where food is digested in the body delicious - very good to taste mouthful - as much as can be held in the mouth at one time bale - large bundle of material Vocabulary Exercises 86 fault - blame or cause pause - short stop spare - to keep from harming pouch - fold of skin like a bag freight - goods transported shove - push busy f - ull of activity shrieked - screamed shoulder - part of the body below the neck silly - ridiculous couple - two secure - safe boast - to speak too well of yourself commotion - excitement and confusion demand - ask forcefully Vocabulary Exercises 87 lose - not have any longer tone - quality of sound bore - to make a hole loon - duck-like bird nip - pinch compose - make up stockade - high, strong fence howl - a long and sad cry cause - to make something happen duty - obligation ferocious - savage literate - able to read and write minuscule - very small nonfiction - prose works based on facts fiction - an imagined story Vocabulary Exercises 88 obstinate - stubborn sibling - brother or sister suspense - anxiety vermin - animal pests aviator - pilot territory - land ruled by a nation smuggling - illegally transporting goods dire - terrible condemned - strongly disapproved dismal - gloomy or depressing campus - grounds of a school somberly - sadly address - speech establish - to set up concoction - mixture of things Vocabulary Exercises 89 scour - search extensively maneuver - move skillfully donation - contribution landmark - outstanding or well-know object turbulence - violent atmospheric condition indicate - to show visualize - to form a mental picture transmission - sending a message static - radio noises vague - not distinct abated - lessened troupe - company or group ruts - grooves in the ground revived - returned to life vanity - excessive pride Vocabulary Exercises 90 source - point of origin populated - filled with inhabitants revolutionary - radical change disarray - state of disorder helter-skelter - haphazardly assaults - attacks camphor - smelly white powder loll - rest in a lazy way eddies - currents that move with the main current reservoirs - storage place for liquid elated - happy perverse - opposite of right indomitable - unconquerable recede - to move away falter - to loose force Vocabulary Exercises 91 burly - muscular perilous - full of dangers cavernous - resembling a cave enveloped - completely surrounded homely - plain kingfisher - fish eating bird comprehend - understand luxurious - something pleasurable parson - clergyman vigorous - lively penetrate - pierce infield - playing area of a baseball field nonviolence - absence of violence unable - cannot do recite - to repeat from memory Vocabulary Exercises 92 defrost - thaw cherish - love disturb - to make uneasy lock - to bind tightly multiply - increase in number nourish - to feed overcome - conquer pause - stop for a short time smudge - smear or blur efficient - effective without waste false - wrong ignore - disregard misery - great pain or suffering Vocabulary Exercises 93 partition - divider smooth - even and unwrinkled telescope - instrument that magnifies distant objects utensil - implement bacteria - single-celled microscopic organisms canyon - deep narrow valley decibel - measure for sound volume fertile - productive soil noun - person, place, or thing quarrel - argument signature - written name of person treaty - agreement rent - money paid for use of property Vocabulary Exercises 94 shear - cut wool off a sheep debt - money that is owed Vicar - preacher or priest bluff - high bank or cliff interpreter - person that translates languages sentinel - guard peg - wooden nail abstain - do without aquarium - container for fish battle - fight or conflict carpenter - person who builds things with wood engineer - person who plans and builds structures hobby - something a person does for fun lumberjack - person who chops down trees recruit - person who has recently joined Vocabulary Exercises 95 politician - person who runs for a political office bailiff - officer of a court smoldering - burning and smoking with little flame wondrous - marvelous emerges - breaks through generations - family members around the same age pollen - fine powder from flowers canopy - covering humiliation - causing shame shame heroine - main female character abandon - to leave behind translation - something changed to another language breed - one partricular kind of animal ramble - to go on and on Vocabulary Exercises 96 passerby - person who is moving by instinct - natural feeling patrol - secure an area talent - something someone can do well avalanche - sliding of material down a hillside victim - person who has been hurt suffocate - to die from not breathing conscious - awake and alert audition - to try out for a part applause - clapping of hands volunteer person who freely gives time scenery - stage backgrounds hostility - hate or dislike disgrace - to bring shame upon Vocabulary Exercises 97 stalk - follow without being seen wandering - traveling from place to place adapt - adjust to survival the act of staying alive technique - special way to do something disguising - changing appearance surroundings - place around something enables - allows mimic - copy resemble - to look like noticeable - easily seen Vocabulary Exercises 98 sculpted - carved by an artist mantle - cape like covering era - long period of time reside - to live rodents - animals such as mice sparkling - gleaming or shining jewel - valuable stone or gem countryside - rural area record - permanent evidence aware - having knowledge recall - to remember drift - move along on a current of air or water Vocabulary Exercises 99 capture - catch and hold responsible - being the cause of something drab - dull impossible - unable to happen imitate - follow the example of achiever - someone who reaches a goal success - achievement career - profession package - box used for delivery pasture - grassy field for farm animals ankles - joints where feet meet legs damage - harm advise - offer helpful suggestions frightened - afraid Vocabulary Exercises 100 lightning - visible discharge in the sky electricity - energy from the flow of electrons shiver - shake realized - understood completely stubborn - unwilling to change shadow - area of darkness frozen - turned to ice or motionless crane - machine that lifts heavy objects property - piece of land program - plan petition - request sprinkling - spreading or scattering cunning - clever weave - to interlace pluck - pick by pulling off Vocabulary Exercises 101 sunset - time when the sun disappears plump - chubby dusk - time when darkness begins escape - to break free or run away desert - large region of sand tumbleweeds - dead rolling plants fortune - success grazing - eating grass and other plants swallow - transporting food from the mouth to the stomach comfortable - relaxed without pain ledge - shelf-like rock on a mountain image - picture curious - wanting to know more view - what can be seen echoes - repeated sounds Vocabulary Exercises 102 spy - to see without being seen peering - looking in a searching way blind - unable to see peculiar - unique identified - named or discovered creatures - living beings exist - to live extinction - when no member of a species survives populations - certain living things in a certain place underground - below the earth’s surface tame - gentle and meek energy - power to do work affect - have an influence on Vocabulary Exercises 103 theory - explanation backed by testing gem - valuable mineral ore - mineral containing a useful substance luster - shininess density - amount per unit of measure properties - things that can be described about an object atom - smallest component of an element Vocabulary Exercises 104 electron - negative part of atom outside nucleus proton - positive part of atom inside nucleus characterization - vivid description connotation - emotional added meaning to a word denotation - exaction definition to a word figurative - non-literal language flashback - part of a story that already happened imagery - language that describes something inference - reasonable conclusion inversion - reversal of the usual order irony - sarcasm or an unexpected outcome metaphor - comparison between two unlike things cacophony - harsh jarring sound coherent - consistent and logical dilution - weakened substance Vocabulary Exercises 105 drastically - extremely enigmatic - perplexing indigenous - native to an area metabolism - chemical reactions in living things ingestion - taking in food digestion - breaking food down respiration - breathing excretion - getting rid of waste materials available - ready for use cater - to satisfy the needs of customary - usual or expected dissuade - persuade not to do something firebrand - troublemaker hazard - danger homicide - murder Vocabulary Exercises 106 humane - showing sympathy for others indifference - lack of interest or concern indignant - anger over something unjust indispensable - absolutely necessary lubricate - to apply oil or grease mutual - shared equally pelt - strike successively plague - easily spread disease causing deaths poised - balanced regime - government in power retard - to make slow transparent - allowing light through unscathed - wholly unharmed polygon - closed figure with three or more sides majority - greater part Vocabulary Exercises 107 definite - precise symbol - something that represents something else doubtful - uncertain navigator - person who charts the course deny - refuse to give twilight - time immediately after sunset reliable - dependable absent - not present analyze - study accidentally - not on purpose embarrass - humiliate misspell - spell incorrectly adherent - supporter or follower Vocabulary Exercises 108 daunt - frighten tranquility - calmness virago - quarrelsome woman persecution - affliction flagon - container for liquids quaff - drink heartily lore - traditional knowledge morrow - the next day surcease - to come to an end entreat - ask earnestly obeisance - deference or homage beguile - to trick countenance - appearance craven - cowardly discourse - long communication Vocabulary Exercises 109 placid - peaceful melancholy - gloomy state of mind ominous - portending evil or harm plutonian - like the underworld pallid - pale chamber - room invest - to put into dynasty - family of rulers pagoda - tall Asian shrine empire - groups of lands under the rule of one ruler academic - relating to education clarify - to make clear confide - totell something in secret disclose - to uncover Vocabulary Exercises 110 enlighten - to inform expound - to make a detailed statement on a topic ingrained - impressed firmly on the mind sage - wise and respected person seminar - conference where a specific topic is discussed abridge - to shorten browse - to look casually citation - quotation from a reliable source compendium - short but complete summary etymology - study of the origin of words gazetteer - geographical dictionary glossary - alphabetical list of words in the back of a book abash - embarrass Vocabulary Exercises 111 activate - start adept - expert adjacent - directly next to advent - coming event affliction - misery allay - lessen alliance - union for a common purpose amity - friendliness anecdote - brief story appalling - terrible anonymous - unidentified appropriate - suitable aristocrat - nobility arrogance - excessive pride Vocabulary Exercises 112 articulate - speak clearly aspiration - strong desire scenario - rough script taunt - reproach with insults expansion - act of expanding emphatic - strongly expressive deny - declare something to be untrue intersect - meet at a point of crossing insignia - emblem sponsor - one who supports publicity - bringing something to the public's attention offensive - act of attacking abandoned left behind breeds - particular kinds of animals companion - close associate Vocabulary Exercises 113 rambles - going on and on originated - came into being instincts - natural tendencies patrol - check for trouble talent - special natural ability avalanches - large mass sliding down a hillside victim - someone who is injured suffocate - to die from lack of air conscious - awake audition - to try out father - male parent pony - small horse wanted - desired Vocabulary Exercises 114 opportunitie - chance to do something supply - furnish what is needed dreaded - greatly feared miniature - tiny version quality - degree of excellence nourish - keep alive and healthy mechanical - operated by a machine yield - amount produced nectar - sweet liquid found in flowers remedies - cures production - process of making something oppression - cruel and unfair treatment untidy - messy discovered - found out Vocabulary Exercises 115 exclude - shut out disapprove - show dislike inactive - idle inaccurate - wrong dishonest - deceitful expedition - journey for a purpose extinct - no longer living incomplete - not finished untied - not fastened incorrect - not right unpack - to take things out unseen - not visible except - instead of unhealthy - not well universe - everything that exists Vocabulary Exercises 116 exploration - travel for the purpose discovery disinfectant - used to destroy germs international - between nations babble - make meaningless sounds badge - distinctive emblem baggage - luggage a traveler takes on a trip bakery - place baked goods are made ballot - form used to cast a vote balance - equality between opposing forces baton - wand used by a musical conductor priest - religious leader temple - place of worship principal - highest in importance Vocabulary Exercises 117 shinny - to climb slimy - covered with filth stationing - assigning a certain spot venture - proceed in face of danger pantry - closet where food is kept reputation - how the public views a person style - manner of doing something exercises - training by repetition and review sprint - race covering a short distance gurgling - making a flowing or low sound spade - digging tool churn - to stir quickly patchwork - many small pieces sewn together umbrella - hand-held canopy struggle - difficult task Vocabulary Exercises 118 compass - direction determining device tough - rugged general - high officer carnival - fair or festival several - quite a few ceramics - type of pottery classical - arts in a past era daub - apply paint with crude strokes medley - mixture melodious - pleasant to hear orchestrate - organize palette - thin board for mixing paints pantomime - acting with gestures texture - feel of the surface of an object geologist - scientist who studies rocks Vocabulary Exercises 119 mine - extracting minerals from the ground forbidden - not allowed accidental - happening by chance vein - long deposit of underground metal allusion - indirect mention of something dialogue - conversation foreshadow - foretell or bode anthology - collection of writings serialize - present one part of a story at a time volume - relative amount episode - part in a series image - vivid description pseudonym - pen name literary - referring to books and writing commission - share of the profit Vocabulary Exercises 120 interest - charge for the use of money principal - amount borrowed in a loan flex - bend mono - prefix meaning "one" phonetics - study of the sounds of language deign - condescend pragmatic - practical ambiance - special atmosphere tout - publicize obsequious - groveling prospect - possibility ingratiate - gain favor Vocabulary Exercises 121 voracious - eating a lot manifesto - declaration of principles vaunt - brag about cynical - showing scorn apprehensive - uneasy confide - to reveal in private retrospective - contemplating annals - chronological record of the events implore - to beg for earnestly fortuitous - fortunate invective - abusive language rue - feel regret avarice - greed trappings - articles of dress Vocabulary Exercises 122 condescend - lower oneself drivel - talk childishly disseminate - to spread lustrous - shiny envelop - enclose with a covering iridescent - display of lustrous colors rancor - bitter malignant - disposed to do evil curmudgeon - ill-tempered person degrade - demote exalt - glorify, praise, or honor slough - swamp discern - detect Vocabulary Exercises 123 baleful - ominous pall - cover for a coffin shimmer - glimmer precarious - based on uncertain premises misdemeanor - offense less serious than a felony fester - to decay sanguine - color of blood maelstrom - violent situation disclose - to make known jaundice - yellowish coloring of the eyes and skin toehold - slight advantage void - emptiness specter - ghost destitute - lacking necessary things implored - begged Vocabulary Exercises 124 blemish - physical defect misanthrope - someone who does not like people ponderous - unyielding trifle - something of little value wrench - twist or pull covetous - greedy solemnize - honor or remember bestow - give dismal - gloomy and dark resolute - determined endeavor - to try insomniac - person who is unable to sleep deliquesce - melt away homage - anything done to show honor compulsion - feeling of having to do something Vocabulary Exercises 125 wizened - old preserve - maintain astonish - surprise confidentially - secretly seethe - bubble or boil consequence - result of an action vacant - not occupied wane - to become less repent - feel sorry for subcontinent - large landmass jute - plant fiber used in making rope teak - tropical wood used in furniture beleaguer - beset with difficulties Vocabulary Exercises 126 spasmodically - abruptly ascetic - very self-disciplined person fanatic - zealot draught - long spell of dry weather ruse - trick remorse - torturing sense of guilt concussion - shock from impact acute - sharp and quick conceive - develop in the mind dissimulation - act of hiding profound - marked by intellectual depth sagacity - intelligence stifle - hold back Vocabulary Exercises 127 supposition - assumption stalk - approach an stealthily vex - trouble suavity - graceful politeness audacity - aggressive courage vehemently - violently derision - contempt or ridicule anxiety - extreme nervousness crevice - crack or narrow hole fluently - clearly hearkening - listening carefully hypocritical - pretending mockery - mean spirited joking proceeded - went forward pulsation - rhythmic beating Vocabulary Exercises 128 refrained - kept from doing something conceive - develop in the mind trait - characteristic genetics - study of heredity heredity - passing of traits to offspring genes - specific portion of DNA dominant - stronger hue - color province - territorial district surmount - overcome an obstacle obsequious - servile and flattering termagant - quarrelsome impunity - freedom from punishment aversion - definite dislike frolic - lively recreation Vocabulary Exercises 129 pestilent - very harmful disposition - temperament incessantly - never stopping eloquence - polished speech tranquility - calmness reciprocate - to return fancy - whimsical imagination transient - temporary azure - blue colored countenance - facial expression addle - to make confused bewilderment - hopelessly confused comely - attractive corroborate - support Vocabulary Exercises 130 beleaguer - beset with difficulties invalid - sickly person thicket - thick growth of plants sanction - 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