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stolid
2.
encroach
n. severity
n. acting as a dictator
v. to trespass or intrude
3.
potent
4.
impolitic
v. separate, split
5.
frenetic
n. unrest; agitation
adj. frenzied
v. to grow together
6.
neologism
7.
tepid
8.
hamper
9.
callow
adj. sweet-smelling; having the odor of a particular thing
adj. solitary
10.
discerning
1.
comprise
v. include; consist of
n. slander; vilify
n. collection; heap
2.
substantive
adj. efficient
n. appearance; costume
4.
patois
v. move troops so that the battle line is extended at the expense of depth
5.
tensile
n. hatred of marriage
6.
founder
adj. lower
7.
whet
v. sharpen; stimulate
n. revenging agent
8.
finite
n. druggist
adj. limited
adj. obligatory
9.
badger
v. pester; annoy
n. malleability; flexibility
10.
turncoat
n. informal discussion
v. discourage
n. traitor
1.
soldier
2.
commitment
n. an unprincipled politician
3.
volatile
v. to regain
adj. changeable
adj. toilsome
v. to blend
4.
qualify
n. a title of Jesus
n. a quack
5.
transition
6.
devilry
v. to deny oneself
n. malicious mischief
7.
mileage
n. a distance in miles
v. to surpass
8.
prowess
adj. low-priced
adj. heedless
9.
assassinate
v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person
n. permanence
n. a spiritual advisor
10.
generalize
n. ease
1.
deity
n. a god
2.
protuberant
adj. entertaining
adj. inclined, through some whim or fancy change the mind, purpose, or actions suddenly
4.
dearth
n. scarcity
5.
integrity
adj. possessing similar interests and tastes; able to get on well with others
6.
delete
n. an increase
n. an original pattern
7.
demagogue
n. departure, emigration
n. a leader who tries to stir the passions of people for his own purposes
8.
mettle
n. a persistent feeling, idea, activity, etc., which dominates a person; the state of being
exclusively preoccupied by a fixed idea
v. to be sorry for
n. disposition; spirit
9.
predatory
10.
dissent
n. a relation between two things shown in the resemblance not of the things themselves but
of their characteristics
1.
clean
v. to make pure
ad. of or about the system that includes the use of money, credit, investments and banks
ad. suffering physically or mentally with a disease or other problem; not in good health
2.
reasonable
ad. having the color like that made by mixing black and white
n. a spending plan
3.
export
4.
throw
n. the system of sending and receiving signals or sounds through the air without wires
v. to live; to happen
n. a small mountain
6.
hair
n. the smaller of the two groups in the governments of some countries, such as in the United
States Congress
n. the fine material that grows from the skin, especially from the head
7.
shell
v. to fire artillery
8.
minister
v. to be; to live
10.
education
n. a grain used to make bread; the plant that produces the grain
1.
adjutant
2.
adulation
n. flattery; admiration
n. calmness; peace
3.
addendum
n. harshness; plainness
v. hesitate
4.
advent
n. pride, haughtiness
n. arrival
5.
addle
n. deceit; duplicity
v. hint; imply
6.
actuarial
n. commotion; riot
n. thrift; economy
7.
adjuration
adj. exhausting
n. solemn urging
8.
adamant
v. equip
9.
adroit
adj. skillful
10.
adverse
v. sparkle; flash
v. echo; resound
11.
adorn
v. decorate
12.
adjunct
n. hermit
13.
adulterate
n. seriousness
v. issue forth
n. confusion; strife
14.
acuity
n. sharpness
n. kinship
n. poverty, misfortune
15.
adherent
n. supporter; follower
adj. irreverent
16.
admonish
n. uprightness
v. fret; complain
v. warn; reprove
17.
adventitious
18.
acumen
n. premonition; foreboding
n. mental keenness
19.
adversary
n. opponent; enemy
20.
adage
v. follow
n. accident
1. debacle
n. breaking up; downfall
v. confuse; puzzle
v. attribute; ascribe
adj. without feeling
2. cauterize
n. fitness; talent
v. burn with hot iron or caustic
adj. not to be taken away; nontransferable
n. serious or fatal accident
3. squabble
n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
adj. disloyal
n. minor quarrel; bickering
v. waste
4. vulpine
v. reduce; exhaust
n. projection; conjecture
n. lavish expenditure; overabundant condition
adj. like a fox; crafty
5. hibernate
v. sleep throughout the winter
adj. deprived of; lacking
v. worsen; diminish in value
adj. ordinary; unimaginative
6. gambit
v. remove (forcible)
adj. deserving blame
v. abstain from; resist n. chorus
n. opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed
7. metallurgical
adj. lustful
adj. praising
adj. at the point of death
adj. pertaining to the art of removing metals from ores
8. maxim
n. meeting
n. proverb; a truth pithily stated
adj. shining; issuing light
n. forewarning
9. ephemeral
adj. confused; discomposed
adj. short-lived; fleeting
adj. motionless; stale
v. provide a refuge for; hide
10. reparable
adj. pertaining to marriage
adj. proper; appropriate
v. recede; lessen
adj. capable of being repaired
11. genre
n. particular variety of art or literature
n. study of language
adj. haphazard; careless
n. ungrateful person
12. thrifty
n. union; coalition
v. dig into
adj. careful about money; economical
v. equip
13. rote
adj. having an evil influence; virulent
n. repetition
adj. neat and trim
n. one who serves for hire (usually used contemptuously)
14. erode
n. place of spiritual expiation
v. eat away
n. excuse
n. varying form of an element
15. appreciate
v. weaken; sap
v. be thankful for; increase in worth
adj. reserved or aloof; cold in manner
v. quench; sate
16. nutrient
adj. concise; meaty
n. nourishing substance
adj. secret; mysterious
adj. attractive; agreeable
17. finite
n. harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
v. agree
v. steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own
adj. limited
18. execrate
n. retort; comeback
n. boredom; weariness
n. something new; newness
v. curse; express abhorrence for
19. ogle
v. move briskly
n. violation of a law; sin
v. glance coquettishly at; make eyes at
adj. showy; pretentious
20. esteem
n. clothing
n. violation
adj. faultfinding
v. respect; value
1.
conjugation
n. A small cavern.
v. To regain.
v. To unite.
adj. Harsh.
3.
pique
n. Sudden invasion.
4.
sapid
n. General officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
5.
granulate
6.
voracious
n. A prophet.
n. A coming between.
n. Holiness.
7.
specialize
v. To protect.
8.
excretion
n. A sorcerer.
adj. Measureless.
9.
plutocracy
n. A wealthy class in a political community who control the government by means of their
money.
10.
wantonness
n. An artificial trance-sleep.
n. Recklessness.
11.
prurient
n. Sudden invasion.
12.
illuminate
adj. Different.
13.
awry
n. A labyrinth.
adj. Impartial.
n. Rational self-esteem.
14.
counter-claim
n. A cross-demand alleged by a defendant in his favor against the plaintiff.
v. To study plant-life.
15.
peter
adj. Ingenuous.
16.
ambulance
17.
inundation
n. Inadequacy.
n. Flood.
18.
imminence
adj. Unreasonable.
v. To behave ill.
19.
lough
n. The body of men constituting the official advisors of the executive head of a nation.
n. A lake or loch.
adj. Yielding to the desires or humor of oneself or those under one's care.
20.
discolor
v. To stain.
1.
celestial
adj. despotic
2.
haughty
3.
cumbrous
adj. untiring
4.
stoic
5.
pecuniary
adj. supreme power and authority; independent of the control of any other government
v. to gain an advantage by the use of trick to evade by the use of deception; to go around
6.
glib
7.
exotic
8.
delectable
adj. profitable
9.
hypothesis
n. a. personal peculiarity
10.
dissolute
n. an increase
11.
fatuous
n. a skilled storyteller
n. general agreement
12.
coterie
13.
zenith
15.
incontrovertible
adj. indisputable
n. an extreme patriot
16.
archetype
adj. possessing similar interests and tastes; able to get on well with others
n. an original pattern
17.
delinquent
n. an offender
n. an increase
18.
crass
19.
jettison
v. to throw overboard (as cargo); to throw off (as a burden or something in the way )
adj. fat
20.
culpable
v. to read carefully
adj. sick
1.
apologize
n. a grain used to make bread; the plant that produces the grain
n. the general condition of the body and mind; the condition of being free from sickness or
disease
v. to express regret for a mistake or accident for which one accepts responsibility
2.
crowd
ad. having done something wrong or in violation of a law; responsible for a bad action
3.
soil
4.
balance
5.
fetus
n. unborn young
v. to say that one has a good feeling toward another because that person did something kind
v. to come to be
v. to release
6.
heart
7.
stupid
n. a splitting; in atomic fission, the nucleus of an atom is split to produce nuclear energy
8.
march
v. to go up; to go higher
v. to walk in a group like soldiers; to walk together in a large group to protest about
something
9.
sister
11.
dense
12.
substance
13.
trick
ad. of or about more than one nation or many nations; of the whole world
ad. fast
n. a food grain
15.
wheat
n. a grain used to make bread; the plant that produces the grain
16.
act
v. to study or examine all information about an event, situation or charge; to search for the
truth
ad. having a large distance between two opposite surfaces; having many parts close together
v. to do something
17.
sign
n. a city where ships load or unload goods; a place on a coast where ships can be safe from a
storm
n. an economic system in which the production of most goods and services is owned and
operated for profit by private citizens or companies
19.
receive
20.
local
n. the settlement of an argument where each side agrees to accept less than first demanded
n. the money a person or business must pay to the government so the government can
provide services
1.
allocate
2.
predecessor
v. to influence or persuade
3.
stigmatize
n. an impossible fancy
4.
servile
5.
earthy
adj. unrefined
adj. productive
6.
profound
7.
kinship
v. to be advantageous; to be necessary
8.
heresy
9.
circumlocutory
n. a rebuke
10.
jettison
v. annoy; irritate
v. condescend; stoop
11.
lucent
adj. unconcerned
12.
relinquish
13.
effigy
v. to bicker
15.
unequivocal
16.
ostentatious
n. a cleft or crack
17.
concise
n. inflation or extension
18.
impasse
19.
homeostasis
n. maintenance of stability
20.
protocol
21.
gamut
n. a large number
22.
insularity
n. harshness
n. equipment; accessories
23.
progeny
v. obey; yield to
n. children; offspring
24.
pedantic
25.
loiter
26.
orthodox
n. a strong dislike or repugnance
27.
contemporary
n. carelessness
28.
fluency
29.
succor
n. aid; assistance
30.
traumatic
adj. causing a violent injury
31.
facsimile
n. copy; reproduction
v. to ask earnestly
32.
deplete
33.
burgeon
34.
lassitude
35.
cogitate
36.
compatible
37.
unique
38.
recalcitrant
39.
retroaction
n. a reverse action
n. appearance
40.
corpulence
n. obesity
v. to outline; to describe
1.
defeatist
v. degrade; humiliate
2.
militant
adj. bloody
adj. having many talents; capable of working in many fields
3.
toga
n. fortress
adj. after death (as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death)
4.
atrophy
n. wasting away
n. study of insects
adj. hairy
5.
behoove
n. armed band
v. plunder
v. show clearly
6.
interminable
adj. endless
adj. expedient; prudent
v. soothe
7.
foist
v. set free
v. lessen in value
8.
analgesic
adj. ghastly
n. hermit
9.
exacerbate
n. motion; gesture
v. worsen; embitter
10.
braggart
n. boaster
adj. praising
11.
dispel
adj. shining
12.
actuarial
n. misgivings
n. spur; motive
13.
parley
n. conference
14.
aggregate
adj. hollow
n. excess; overabundance
n. sum; total
15.
sectarian
n. questionable medicine
adj. truthful
16.
disfigure
n. missile
17.
baffle
v. appease
v. frustrate; perplex
18.
recuperate
v. recover
19.
bigotry
n. stubborn intolerance
n. food
v. enlarge
20.
spatula
n. significance
21.
fulminate
v. thunder; explode
22.
cohorts
n. armed band
v. approve; ratify
v. give in; surrender
23.
intermittent
24.
runic
v. consider; ponder
25.
odious
n. wild tumult
n. subordinate possessions
adj. hateful
26.
philatelist
n. stamp-collector
n. supplicatory prayer
28.
redundant
v. suppress; extinguish
v. bear fruit
29.
stilted
adj. poisonous
adj. all-powerful
30.
temporal
v. surrender
n. use of force
v. destroy
adj. profitable
32.
discombobulated
33.
hinterlands
n. back country
34.
harbinger
v. shorten; reduce
n. forerunner
v. issue forth
35.
random
v. increase
v. move faster
36.
faze
n. conceit; vanity
n. savor; enjoy
v. disconcert; dismay
37.
satyr
n. informal discussion
n. half-human, half-bestial being in the court of Dionysus, portrayed as wanton and cunning
38.
inundate
v. overflow; flood
n. person concerned with the interrelationship between living organisms and their
environment
n. deification; glorification
39.
dawdle
40.
mollify
v. soothe
1.
insatiable
v. to check or hinder
n. a. personal peculiarity
2.
anonymous
3.
atheist
4.
cogent
n. approval; praise
5.
apprehensive
adj. fearful
6.
compensation
v. to draw out
adj. sacrificing moral principles in order to attain power; politically cunning
7.
countenance
adj. excessive
n. a face
8.
fictitious
9.
archetype
n. an original pattern
n. one who proudly shows off his learning or who overrates his knowledge
10.
erudite
adj. roomy
n. adopting and reproducing, without acknowledgment, the writings or ideas of another and
passing them off as one's own
12.
innuendo
adj. objectionable
13.
raconteur
n. a skilled storyteller
adj. excessive
14.
misanthropic
adj. excessive
v. to be sorry for
16.
onus
n. nearness
n. burden; duty
17.
aesthetic
n. compelling a person by physical force or other means to do something against his will
n. a branching; sub-division
18.
convivial
20.
culpable
21.
anthology
n. one who dabbles in the fine arts for amusement only and without concentrated study
22.
promulgate
adj. fearful
adj. of, or pertaining to, the world, as contrasted with the spirit
23.
crass
24.
proletariat
adj. objectionable
25.
sleazy
n. a cliff
26.
grimace
27.
exultation
n. faithfulness
n. coward
n. great rejoicing
28.
bizarre
n. an extreme patriot
29.
ubiquitous
adj. all-powerful
30.
exotic
31.
promontory
adj. trembling
n. a cliff
32.
hyperbole
adj. supreme power and authority; independent of the control of any other government
33.
jettison
n. one who proudly shows off his learning or who overrates his knowledge
v. to throw overboard (as cargo); to throw off (as a burden or something in the way )
34.
blithe
35.
benevolent
adj. genuine
36.
fiasco
adj. deadly
37.
flaunt
adj. gripping and moving the feelings powerfully; piercing, biting, pointed
adj. despotic
n. great rejoicing
38.
writhe
n. a. personal peculiarity
39.
ire
n. anger
40.
hypothesis
1.
convention
n. any business that produces goods or provides services; the work and related activity in
factories and offices
2.
reach
3.
there
n. a part of the body that has a special purpose, such as the heart or brain
ad. having a small distance between two opposite surfaces; not fat
4.
lift
n. the force produced when something is pushed down or against something else
5.
brief
n. a prison for those waiting to be tried for a crime or for those serving sentences for crimes
that are not serious
v. to move into or be in a position in which only the feet are on a surface; to be in one
position or place
n. a device of strong, light material that rises when filled with gas lighter than air
6.
tax
v. to use force to move something toward the person or thing using the force; opposite push
7.
engineer
8.
deaf
n. the bright object often seen in the night sky that orbits the earth about every twenty-nine
days
9.
work
10.
enzyme
n. a special kind of protein; it produces changes in other substances without being changed
itself
11.
black
ad. the same in amount, size, weight or value; having the same rights
n. the settlement of an argument where each side agrees to accept less than first demanded
ad. dark; having the color like that of the night sky
12.
wire
n. a thin piece of tissue that sends information through the body to and from the brain
n. a long, thin piece of metal used to hang objects or to carry electricity or electronic
communications from one place to another
13.
marry
v. to join a man and woman together as husband and wife; to become husband and wife
(usually in a religious or civil ceremony)
14.
rice
prep. along or by the side of; together
n. a food grain
15.
program
n. the general condition of the body and mind; the condition of being free from sickness or
disease
v. to come to be
n. a white substance found in sea water and in the ground, used to affect the taste of food
16.
public
17.
equal
n. any substance that is not solid or liquid; any substance that burns to provide heat, light or
power
ad. the same in amount, size, weight or value; having the same rights
n. an electronic machine for storing and organizing information, and for communicating
with others
18.
water
n. the liquid that falls from the sky as rain or is found in lakes, rivers and oceans
n. something round
19.
surround
20.
good
n. a device or system for sending sounds, especially the voice, over distances
21.
reason
n. the written record or description of past events; the study of the past
n. a device that uses radio signals to learn the position or speed of objects that may be too
far away to be seen
22.
boat
23.
root
v. to give form to
n. the part of a plant that is under the ground and takes nutrients from the soil
n. a thin piece of tissue that sends information through the body to and from the brain
n. the liquid that falls from the sky as rain or is found in lakes, rivers and oceans
24.
best
25.
protein
n. substances responsible for the growth of tissue and for fixing damaged tissue
26.
move
27.
bring
n. the general condition of the body and mind; the condition of being free from sickness or
disease
28.
temperature
n. a substance found in nature that is not an animal or a plant, such as coal or salt
29.
transportation
n. something round
30.
laser
31.
climate
ad. of or about the energy produced by splitting atoms or bringing them together; of or about
weapons that explode by using energy from atoms
v. to join a man and woman together as husband and wife; to become husband and wife
(usually in a religious or civil ceremony)
32.
push
ad. having a small distance between two opposite surfaces; not fat
v. to use force to move something away from the person or thing using the force; opposite
pull
33.
gray
ad. having the color like that made by mixing black and white
n. a form of energy that flows through wires to provide heat and light, and power to
machines
35.
loyal
n. a device that receives electronic signals and makes them into pictures and sounds; the
system of sending pictures and sounds by electronic signals over a distance so others can see
and hear them on a receiver
36.
river
v. to lose blood
n. a large amount of water that flows across land into another river, a lake or an ocean
n. the time between when the sun goes down and when it rises, when there is little or no
light
37.
must
38.
apologize
v. to express regret for a mistake or accident for which one accepts responsibility
39.
prize
n. something offered or won in a competition; something of value that one must work hard
for to get
40.
tie