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(5) ABHOR /əb'hɔ:/ (6) ABIDE /ə'baid/ (7) ABJURE /əb'dʤuə/ (8) ABLUTION
/ə'blu:ʃn/
(5) to hate; to detest (6) be faithful; to (7) promise or swear (8) washing
endure to give up
(1) to lessen; to (2) giving up control, (3) straying away from (4) suspended action
subside authority what is normal
(17) ACCLAIMED (18) ACCOLADE (19) ACCRETION (20) ADAMANT
/'ækəleid/ /æ'kri:ʃn/ /'ædəmənt/
(25) to beg (26) containing (27) add beauty; (28) making unpure,
warning decorate poorer in quality
(21) to become rotten; (22) to offer as (23) to settle judicially (24) something added;
to become confused example, reason or assistant
proof
(17) welcomed with (18) praise; approval (19) the growing of (20) kind of stone;
shouts and approval separate things into inflexible
one
(33) AGGRAVATE (34) AGILE /'ædʤail/ (35) AGNOSTIC (36) AGOG /ə'gɔg/
/'ægrəveit/ /æg'nɔstik/
(41) ALLEVIATE (42) ALLOY /'ælɔi/ (43) ALOOF /ə'lu:f/ (44) ALTERCATE
/ə'li:vieit/ /'ɔ:ltə:keit/
(41) make (pain) (42) to debase by (43) reserved; (44) to dispute angrily
easier to bear mixing with indifferent or noisily
something inferior
(37) trouble; be ill (38) eager and (39) recess; partially (40) duty; support;
cheerful readiness enclosed place loyalty
(33) make worse; (34) active; quick- (35) non-committal (36) eager; excited
irritate moving
(49) AMBLE /'æmbl/ (50) AMELIORATE (51) AMORPHOUS (52) AMORTIZE
/ə'mi:ljəreit/ /ə'mɔ:fəs/ /ə'mɔ:taiz/
(57) made a long time (58) having human (59) medicine used (60) direct opposing
ago characteristics against a poison or a
disease
(53) something (54) severe suffering (55) strong dislike (56) existing before a
loathed; curse war
(49) leisurely walk (50) improve; make (51) shapeless (52) end (a debt) by
better setting aside money
(65) APOSTASY (66) APOSTATE (67) APOTHEOSIS (68) APPEASE /ə'pi:z/
/ə'pɔstəsi/ /ə'pɔstəsi/ /ə,pɔθi'ousi:z/
(77) ARDOR (78) ARDUOUS (79) ARGOT /'ɑ:gou/ (80) ARRANT /'ærənt/
/'ɑ:djuəs/
(77) enthusiasm (78) steep; difficult; (79) jargon; slang (80) in the highest
ascent; laborious degree
(73) appropriate to the (74) well-suited; (75) a complex ornate (76) of connected with
situation; apt quick-witted design trees
(69) identifying name (70) grasping; (71) give notice; to (72) approval
or title understanding; inform
unhappy feeling about
future
(65) renunciation of a (66) one who (67) deification; (68) make quiet or
religion abandons long-held glorification to calm
religious or political godliness
convictions
(81) ARROGANCE (82) ARTICULATE (83) ASCEND /ə'send/ (84) ASCENDANCY
/'ærəgəns/ /ɑ:'tikjulit/ /ə'sendənsi/
(89) roughness; (90) slander (91) diligent; hard- (92) make smth (pain,
harshness; ill temper; working; sedulous desire) less
irritability
(85) get to know (86) consider to be the (87) surgically clean (88) deadly pale
origin of or belonging
to
(81) proud superior (82) speak distinctly; (83) go or come up (84) dominance
manner of behaviour connect by joints
(97) ATONEMENT (98) ATTENUATE (99) ATTUNE /ə'tju:n/ (100) AUDACIOUS
/ə'tounmənt/ /ə'tenjueit/ /ɔ:'deiʃəs/
(105) AUXILIARY (106) AVER /ə'və:/ (107) AVERSION (108) AVID /'ævid/
/ɔ:g'ziljəri/ /ə'və:ʃn/
(105) helping; (106) affirm; assert; (107) strong; dislike (108) eager; greedy
supporting prove; justify
(101) omen; sign (102) majestic; (103) favorable; (104) severely moral
venerable successful; prosperous and strict; simple and
plain
(97) repayment death (98) make thin; (99) bring into (100) daring; foolishly
of Jesus weaken; enervate harmony bold; impudent
(113) BALK /bɔ:k/ (114) BANEFUL (115) BARRAGE (116) BARREN
/'beinful/ /'bærɑ:ʤ/ /'bærən/
(121) belligerent; (122) (person, nation) (123) something that (124) person who has
pugnacious; warlike waging war promotes goodness or given help
well-being
(117) enjoy warmth (118) to bless; make (119) to adorn, (120) beat hard
and light happy or ascribe a especially in a cheap
virtue to showy manner
(113) obstacle; (114) causing harm or (115) artificial; (116) not good
purposely to get on the ruin; pernicious; obstacle built across a enough; unable to
way of destructive river have young ones
without value
(129) BEREFT (130) BEWILDER (131) BIGOT /'bigət/ (132) BILGE /bildʤ/
/bi'vi:v/ /bi'wildə/
(141) BOLSTER (142) BOORISH (143) BRASH /bræʃ/ (144) BRASS /brɑ:s/
/'boulstə/ /'buəriʃ/
(141) give greatly (142) crude; offensive; (143) hasty; rush; (144) yellow metal
needed support rude cheeky; saucy (mixing copper and
zinc)
(137) cheerful; casual; (138) to talk or act (139) sham; (140) loud; noisy;
carefree with noisy swaggering counterfeit; not rough; lacking
threats genuine restraint
(133) to cheat (134) flattery coaxing (135) polite manner; (136) noisy and rough
comforting
uninteresting
(129) rob or dispossess (130) puzzle; confuse (131) stubborn; (132) bulge the
of smth (material) narrow-minded person protuberance of a cask
(145) BRAZEN (146) BREACH (147) BRITTLE /'britl/ (148) BROACH
/'breizn/ /bri:tʃ/ /broutʃ/
(153) CABAL /kə'bæl/ (154) CACOPHONY (155) CADENCE (156) CADGE /kædʤ/
/kæ'kɔfəni/ /'keidəns/
(153) a scheme or (154) harsh sound (155) rhythmic (156) to beg; to get by
plot; a group of modulation of sound begging
plotters
(149) to tolerate, (150) able to float (151) grow forth; send (152) to polish, rub to
endure light-hearted out buds a shine
(145) made of brass (146) opening; broken (147) easily broken (148) bring up;
place; breaking announce; begin to
talk about
(161) (162) CANVASS (163) CAPTIOUS (164) CAROUSE
CANTANKEROUS /'kænvəs/ /'kæpʃəs/ /kə'rauz/
/kən'tæɳkərəs/
(169) immobile (170) comprehensive; (171) biting; sarcastic (172) to raise trivial
universal and frivolous
objection
(165) to find fault or (166) blanche full (167) severe (168) substance that
complain querulously discretionary power punishment causes speeding up
(185) CHIVY /'tʃivi/ (186) CHOLERIC (187) CHROMATIC (188) CHURL /tʃə:l/
/,kɔkərik/ /krə'mætik/
(185) to tease or annoy (186) irritable; bad- (187) of color (188) bad-tempered
with persistent petty tempered person
attacks
(181) a blindly (182) legal trickery; (183) illusion or (184) steel tool for
devoted patriot false argument fabrication of the mind shaping materials
(177) to tease good- (178) quack or fraud (179) cautious; wary (180) punishment
naturedly
(193) CLIENTELE (194) CLINCH (195) CLING /kliɳ/ (196) CLOT /klɔt/
/klintʃ/
(201) CODA /'koudə/ (202) CODDLE /'kɔdl/ (203) COERCE (204) COEVAL
/kou'ə:s/ /kou'i:vəl/
(201) passage that (202) treat with care (203) compel to force (204) of the same
completes a piece of and tenderness to make obedient period; coexisting
music
(197) closing device (198) change to a thick (199) coming together (200) get smb to do
(in Parliament) to end and solid state and uniting into one smth by kindness
a debate by voting substance
(193) customers (194) come to grips; (195) to resist (196) half-solid lump
settle conclusively separation formed from liquid
(209) COMBUSTION (210) COMELY (211) (212)
/kəm'bʌstʃn/ /'kʌmli/ COMMEMORATE COMMODIOUS
/kə'memə'reiʃn/ /kə'moudjəs/
(213) person who (214) tending to (215) feeling of regret (216) hide; keep secret
travels regularly comply; obliging for one's action
willingness to please
(209) process of (210) attractive (211) keep the (212) having plenty of
burning memory of space for what is
needed
(225) CONGENITAL (226) CONJOIN (227) (228)
/kən'dʤenitl/ /kən'dʤektʃə/ CONNOISSEUR CONNOTATION
/,kɔni'sə:/ /,kɔnou'teiʃn/
(233) make tight or (234) get to the end of (235) perfect; make (236) to scorn or
smaller perfec, complete despise
(229) give comfort or (230) easily seen; (231) surprise and (232) compel
sympathy to remarkable fear; dismay
(225) existing from (226) to join together (227) a person with (228) suggestion in
birth; inherent good judgement (e.g., addition to
in art)
(241) CONUNDRUM (242) CONVALESCE (243) CONVICTION (244) CONVIVIAL
/kə'nʌndrəm/ /,kɔnvə'les/ /kən'vikʃn/ /kən'viviəl/
(249) abundant supply (250) physical of or (251) having a large (252) have a mutual
for the body bulky body relation
(245) call together; (246) complicated; (247) warm and (248) line (of police
summon coiled; twisted sincere acting as a guard)
(241) a riddle; (242) to recover health (243) firm belief (244) fond of feasting,
dilemma; enigma gradually after drinking, and good
sickness company
(257) COVERT (258) COVETOUS (259) COWER /'kauə/ (260) COY /kɔi/
/'kʌvət/ /'kʌvitəs/
(261) COZEN /'kʌzn/ (262) CRASS /kræs/ (263) CRAVAT (264) CRAVEN
/krə'væt/ /'kreivən/
(265) line made by (266) ready to believe (267) to behave in an (268) highly
crushing white line on things excessively servile individual and usually
the ground in cricket way eccentric opinion
(261) to cheat (262) very great (esp. (263) piece of linen (264) cowardly
stupidity) worn as a necktie
(257) disguised (258) eagerly desirous (259) crouch; shrink (260) shy, modest (esp
back of a girl)
(273) CURRICULUM (274) CURSORY (275) CURTAIL (276) DAINTY
/kə'rikjuləm/ /'kə:səri/ /kə:'teil/ /'deinti/
(277) DASTARD (278) DAUNT /dɔ:nt/ (279) DAWDLER (280) DEARTH /də:θ/
/'dæstəd/ /'dɔ:dlə/
(277) coward (278) intimidate; make (279) person who is (280) shortage
fearful slow; waste of time
(273) course of study (274) quick hurried (275) make shorter (276) pretty, delicate
then was planned (food); difficult to
please
(289) DEFIANCE (290) DEIGN /dein/ (291) DELETERIOUS (292) DELINEATE
/di'faiəns/ /,deli'tiəriəs/ /di'linieit/
(297) an outcome or (298) use until none (299) dethronement; (300) make morally
solution; the remains depositing bad, corrupt
unraveling of a plot
(293) great flood; (294) person appealing (295) to hesitate; raise (296) blacken; belittle;
heavy rush of water not to reasons objections defame
(313) being different (314) skill (esp. in (315) transparent; (316) bitter and violent
in moral standards handling) gauzy attack in words
(from normal)
(305) insulting; (306) catch sight of; (307) substance used (308) cessation of use;
tending to damage see smth in the to absorb moisture disuse
distance
(321) DISABUSE (322) DISALLOW (323) DISCERN (324) DISCOMFIT
/,disə'bju:z/ /'disə'lau/ /di'sə:n/ /dis'kʌmfit/
(329) speech lecture (330) refuse to believe (331) careful, prudent (332) individually
distinct
(325) to destroy the (326) upset the self- (327) cheerless; (328) refuse to
composure of possession of dejected approve of
(321) to free from (322) refuse to allow (323) see with an (324) confuse;
error or accept as a correct effort but clearly embarrass
(337) DISINTER (338) DISLODGE (339) DISMAL (340) DISPARATE
/'disin'tə:/ /dis'lɔdʤ/ /'dizməl/ /'dispərit/
(341) proof to the (342) to take away the (343) speak or behave (344) distribute (esp.
contrary peace or tranquility so as to hide smth (in ideas)
mind)
(337) dig up from the (338) move force from (339) sad; gloomy; (340) essentially
earth the place occupied miserable different
(353) DOGGEREL (354) DOGMATIC (355) DOLOROUS (356) DOLT /doult/
/'dɔgərəl/ /dɔg'mætik/ /'dɔlərəs/
(357) DORMANT (358) DOTE /dout/ (359) DRAWL /drɔ:l/ (360) DROLL /droul/
/'dɔ:mənt/
(365) DUD /dʌd/ (366) DULCET (367) DUPE /dju:p/ (368) DUPLICITY
/'dʌlist/ /dju:'plisiti/
(365) no use person; (366) melodious; (367) cheat; make a (368) deliberate
smth that fails harmonious fool of deception
(361) male bee; person (362) feeling sleepy; (363) to do hard, (364) feeling doubt
who isn't self- half asleep menial or monotonous
employed work
(357) in a state of (358) show much (359) slow way of (360) jesting
inactivity but awaiting fondness; center one's speaking
development attention
(353) trivial, poorly (354) positive; certain; (355) marked by (356) stupid fellow
constructed verse arbitrary without room misery or grief
for discussion
(369) DURESS (370) DWARF /dwɔ:f/ (371) DYNAMO (372)
/djuə'res/ /'dainəmou/ EARTHENWARE
/'ə:θənweə/
(377) EDDY /'edi/ (378) EDIBLE /'edibl/ (379) EFFACE /i'feis/ (380) EFFETE /e'fi:t/
(377) circular or spiral (378) fit to be eaten; (379) to make (380) infertile; worn
movement (e.g., of not poisonous indistinct out; weak
wind)
(369) threats to (370) person or smb (371) a generator; (372) dishes made of
compel smb much below the usual something that baked clay
size produces electric
current
(385) EGRESS (386) ELABORATE (387) ELEGY /'elidʤi/ (388) ELICIT /i'lisit/
/'i:gres/ /i'læbərit/
(393) soothing to the (394) stir up; excite (395) relying on (396) enclose in
skin; mollifying experiment capsule
(389) fluent speaking; (390) make thin and (391) make beautiful (392) use in a wrong
skillful use of weak way for one's own
language benefit
(385) way out; exit (386) worked out with (387) a lament; a (388) draw out
much care, in great melancholy
detail composition
(401) ENDURING (402) ENERVATE (403) ENGRAVE (404) ENGROSSING
/in'djuəriɳ/ /i'nə:vit/ /in'greiv/ /in'grousiɳ/
(409) flag; badge (410) put into (411) please greatly; (412) tempt or
difficulties enslave (fig.) persuade
(405) swallow up (406) smth that is (407) hatred; being an (408) boredom
puzzling enemy
(401) lasting (402) weaken; deprive (403) impress deeply (404) taken up all the
of strength; attenuate time or attention;
writing in large or
formal
(417) EPIGRAM (418) EPISTLE /i'pisl/ (419) EPITHET (420) EPITOME
/'epigræm/ /'epiθet/ /i'pitəmi/
(425) having a double (426) try to deceive by (427) get rid of; pull (428) irregular in
or doubtful meaning; equivocal language up by the roots behaviour or opinion
suspicious
(421) steady; regular (422) calmness of (423) state of being (424) equal
temperament balanced distribution of weight;
equilibrium
(417) terse or witty (418) letter (419) adjective (420) brief summary;
and often paradoxical representative
saying example; a typical
model
(433) EULOGY (434) EUPHORIA (435) EUTHANASIA (436) EVASIVE
/'ju:lədʤi/ /ju:'fɔ:biə/ /,ju:θə'neizjə/ /i'veisiv/
(437) EVINCE /i'vins/ (438) EVOKE /i'vouk/ (439) EXACERBATE (440) EXCORIATION
/eks'æsə:beit/ /eks,kɔ:ri'eiʃn/
(437) to show clearly; (438) call up; bring (439) to make more (440) severe criticism
to indicate out violent, bitter or
severe
(433) formal praise; (434) elation state of (435) easy and (436) tending to evade
panegyric pleasant excitement painless death
(449) EXPIATION (450) EXPLOIT (451) (452) EXPURGATE
/,ekspi'eiʃn/ /'eksplɔit/ EXPOSTULATE /'ekspə:geit/
/iks'pɔstjuleit/
(457) no longer active (458) end the (459) to destroy; (460) praise highly
existence of; wipe or exterminate
put out
(453) to cut out; cut (454) still in existence (455) without previous (456) reduce the
away thought or preparation strength; lessen
seriousness; partially
excuse
(449) ending; expiring (450) brilliant (451) argue earnestly; (452) to remove
achievement; develop, to dissuade, correct or obscenity, purify,
use selfishly protest censor
(465) EXTROVERT (466) EXUBERANCE (467) FACETIOUS (468) FACILE
/ig'zju:bərəns/ /fə:si:ʃəs/ /'fæsail/
(473) FAWN /fɔ:n/ (474) FECKLESS (475) FECUND (476) FEINT /feint/
/'feklis/ /'fi:kənd/
(473) young deer; try (474) lacking purpose (475) fertile (476) pretend
to win smb's favor or vitality; ineffective
(469) based on error (470) waver; move in (471) imaginary (472) without sense;
an uncertain manner foolish self-
satisfaction
(465) cheerful person (466) state of growing (467) humorous; (468) easily done
vigorously; being full funny; jocular
of life
(481) FERRET /'ferit/ (482) FERVID (483) FERVOR (484) FETID /'fetid/
/'fə:vid/ /'fə:və/
(485) FETTER /'fetə/ (486) FEUD /fju:d/ (487) FIDELITY (488) FIDGET /'fidʤit/
/fi'deliti/
(489) carved image on (490) delicate way of (491) too fussy about (492) finical
the prow of a ship dealing with a food, clothing, etc.
situation
(485) to shackle; put (486) bitter quarrel (487) loyalty; (488) move restlessly;
in chains over a long period of accuracy make nervous
time
(501) FLEET /fleet/ (502) FLINCH /flinch/ (503) FLOP /flop/ (504) FLORID /florid/
(505) FLOUNDER (506) FLOUT /flout/ (507) FLUKE /fluke/ (508) FLUSTER
/flounder/ /fluster/
(509) FOIBLE /'fɔibl/ (510) FOIL /fɔil/ (511) FOMENT (512) FOOLPROOF
/fou'ment/ /'fu:lpru:f/
(509) defect of (510) prevent from (511) put smth warm (512) incapable; of
character (a person is carrying out; contrast (to lessen the pain) failure or error
wrongly proud)
(505) to struggle to (506) reject, mock; to (507) lucky stroke (508) make nervous or
move; to proceed go against (as in going confused
clumsily against tradition)
(501) number of ships; (502) draw; move (503) fail; move; fall (504) very much
quick-moving back; wince clumsily ornamented; naturally
red (e.g., of face)
(497) show off (498) pale; yellow (499) to skin; to (500) able to fly;
complacently (hair); a plant excoriate trained, experienced
(513) FOPPISH (514) FORAGE (515) FORBEAR (516)
/'fɔpiʃ/ /'fɔridʤ/ /'fɔ:'beə/ FORBEARANCE
/'fɔ:'beərəns/
(521) premonitory (522) suffer the loss of (523) workshop for the (524) counterfeit
sign smth shaping of metal; to
shape metal lead
(513) like a man who (514) food for horses (515) refrain from; be (516) patience;
pays too much and cattle patient; ancestor willingness to wait
attention to his clothes
(529) FRAGILE (530) FRAGRANT (531) FRANTIC (532) FRENETIC
/'frædʤail/ /'freigrənt/ /'fræɳtik/ /fri'netik/
(537) bitter protest (538) disgusting; (539) musty; rigidly (540) to deny; to
offensive due to old-fashioned or oppose
excessiveness reactionary
(533) worry; irritation; (534) edge; (535) intractable; not (536) careful;
wear away ornamental border; willing to yield or economical
part of hair over the comply; stubborn
forehead
(529) easily injured, (530) sweet-smelling (531) wildly excited (532) frantic, frenzied
broken or destroyed with joy; anxiety
(545) GARRULOUS (546) GAUCHERIE (547) GERMANE (548) GIST /dʤist/
/'gæruləs/
(549) GLEAN /gli:n/ (550) GLIB /glib/ (551) GLIMMER (552) GLOAT /glout/
/'glimə/
(553) GLUT /glʌt/ (554) GNAW /nɔ:/ (555) GNOMIC (556) GOAD /goud/
/'noumik/
(553) supply too (554) waste away; bite (555) characterized by (556) smth urging a
much; fill to excess steadily aphorism person to action
(549) gather facts in (550) ready and (551) weak, unsteady (552) look at with
small quantities smooth but not sincere light selfish delight
(545) too talkative (546) socially (547) relevant (548) the point;
awkward, tactless pertinent to general sense
behavior
(561) GRAVE /greiv/ (562) GRAZE /greiz/ (563) GREGARIOUS (564) GRIEVOUS
/gre'geəriəs/ /'gri:vəs/
(569) GUST /gʌst/ (570) HACK /hæk/ (571) HALCYON (572) HALLOW
/'hælsiən/ /hə'lou /
(569) outburst of (570) cut roughly; (571) calm and (572) to make holy;
feeling; sudden rain, hired horse peaceful consecrate
wind, fire, etc.
(565) crawl; humble (566) deceit; cunning (567) easily gulled (568) burst out
oneself suddenly; talk ardently
(561) serious; (562) touch or scrape (563) living in (564) causing grief or
requiring lightly in passing societies; liking the pain; serious
consideration company
(577) HAUGHTY (578) HECKLE /'hekl/ (579) HECTOR (580) HEED /hi:d/
/'hɔ:ti/ /'hektə/
(585) HEW /hju:/ (586) HIGHBROW (587) HIRSUTE (588) HOAX /houks/
/'haibrau/ /'hə:sju:t/
(585) make by hard (586) (person) with (587) hairy; shaggy (588) mischievous
work cut (by striking) superior tastes trick played on smb
for a joke
(581) odious (of (582) belief contrary (583) sealed by fusion (584) made up of
crime) to what is generally different kinds
accepted
(577) arrogant; (578) to harass with (579) to bully (580) attention; give
conceited questions, challenges notice to
or gibes
(593) HOODWINK (594) HOSPITABLE (595) HUBBUB (596) HUBRIS
/'hudwiɳk/ /'hɔspitəbl/ /'hʌbʌb/ /'hju:bris/
(597) HUSH /hʌʃ/ (598) HUSK /hʌsk/ (599) HYPERBOLE (600) HYPOCRISY
/hai'pə:bəli/ /hi'pɔkrəsi/
(597) make or become (598) worthless (599) extravagant (600) falsely making
silent outside part of exaggeration oneself appear to be
anything good
(593) trick; mislead (594) liking; to give (595) noise; confusion (596) arrogant pride
hospitality
(609) IMMACULATE (610) IMMINENT (611) IMMUTABLE (612) IMPAIR
/i'mækjulit/ /'iminənt/ /i'mju:təbl/ /im'peə/
(617) hinder; get in the (618) imminent; being (619) urgent; essential (620) commanding;
way of about to happen; haughty; arrogant
expected
(613) filled with (614) unmoved (615) to accuse; to (616) having little or
passion or zeal feeling; no sign of charge with a crime no money
passion
(609) pure faultless (610) likely to come or (611) that cannot be (612) worsen;
happen soon changed diminish in value
(625) (626) IMPETUOUS (627) IMPIETY (628) IMPLACABLE
IMPERVIOUSNESS /im'petjuəs/ /im'paiəti/ /im'plækəbl/
/im'pə:vjəsnis/
(629) show that smb (630) implied though (631) collapse; (632) beg urgently;
has a share not plainly expressed bursting inward solicit (of a prostitute)
(649) stir up; rouse (650) out of place; not (651) cannot be cured (652) skeptical;
in harmony or or corrected unwilling to believe
agreement
(645) often repeated; (646) not yet fully (647) beginning (648) engrave; make a
continual formed; rudimentary; cut in
elementary
(641) since; because (642) white, glowing (643) to put in prison; (644) make angry
or luminous with to confine
intense heat
(657) INDELIBLE (658) INDIGENCE (659) INDIGENOUS (660) INDISTINCT
/in'delibl/ /'indidʤəns/ /in'didʤinəs/ /,indis'tiɳkt/
(665) inclined to (666) too great to be (667) certain; (668) unskillful; said
indulge described in words inevitable or done at the wrong
time
(661) laziness (662) not easily (663) too evident to be (664) gratify; give way
discouraged or doubted to; satisfy; allow
subdued oneself
(657) that cannot be (658) poverty (659) native (660) not easily heard,
rubbed out seen
(673) INGENUOUS (674) INGEST (675) INGRESS (676) INIMICAL
/in'dʤenjuəs/ /in'dʤest/ /'ingres/ /i'nimikəl/
(681) unconscious; (682) suggest (683) without taste or (684) unable to pay
unresponsive; unpleasantly; make a flavor debts; impoverished
unaffected way for smth gently
(673) nave; young; (674) take in by (675) the act of (676) harmful or
artless; frank swallowing entering; entrance friendly
(689) INTER /in'tə:/ (690) INTERDICT (691) INTERIM (692) INTERLOPER
/'intədikt/ /'intərim/ /,intə'loupə/
(697) not easily (698) unwillingness to (699) uncompromising (700) fearless; brave;
managed or compromise; undaunted
controlled; unruly stubbornness;
intractability
(693) to come between (694) lapse in a (695) place here and (696) to announce; to
continuous series there suggest or hint
(709) INVOLUTE (710) IRASCIBLE (711) IRATE /ai'reit/ (712) IRE /'aiə/
/'invəlu:t/ /i'ræsibl/
(713) tiresome (714) hesitating; (715) final and (716) to travel from
undecided unalterable place to place; to
peregrinate
(733) LEVEE /'levi/ (734) LEVITY /'leviti/ (735) LIBEL /'laibəl/ (736) LIBERALITY
/,libə'ræliti/
(733) formal (734) lack of (735) statement that (736) free giving;
reception; seriousness damages reputation generosity
embankment
(729) present but not (730) expressing or (731) giving or (732) smth handed
yet active, developed giving praise producing freely, down from ancestors
or visible liberally or generously
(725) causing tears; (726) (of eyes) dull (727) show, feel great (728) weariness;
tearful sorrow tiredness
(721) meant as a joke (722) sound in (723) draw together; (724) to entangle; the
judgment; wise unite firmly state of affairs
(737) LIBERTINE (738) LICENTIOUS (739) LIEN /'liən/ (740) LIMN /lim/
/'libə:tain/ /lai'senʃəs/
(745) LITHE /laið/ (746) LOLL /lɔl/ (747) LOPE /loup/ (748) LOQUACIOUS
/lou'kweiʃəs/
(745) bending twisting (746) rest to sit or (747) move along with (748) talkative;
stand in a lazy way; long strides garrulous
hang (dog's tongue)
(741) lacking strength; (742) transparent; (743) treat as a famous (744) characterized by
walking unevenly absolutely serene and person lack of interest, energy
untroubled or spirit
(737) immoral person (738) lacking legal or (739) legal claim until (740) paint; portray
moral restraints a debt on it is repaid
(753) LUMBER (754) LUMINARY (755) LURK /lə:k/ (756) LUSTROUS
/'lu:minəri/ /'lʌstrəs/
(761) tactless; clumsy (762) misuse of a (763) curse; execration (764) evil deed; crime
word (for one that
resembles it)
(757) gruesome; (758) make or become (759) plot, scheme (760) powerful;
suggesting death soft by soaking in (esp. evil) violent whirlpool
water
(753) move in a (754) star; light-giving (755) be out of view (756) being bright,
clumsy, noisy way body ready to attack polished
(769) MALLEABLE (770) MANACLE (771) MASSACRE (772)
/'mæliəbl/ /'mænəkl/ /'mæsəkə/ MATRICULATION
/mə,trikju'leiʃn/
(769) yielding easily; (770) chains for the (771) cruel killing of a (772) be admitted
moldable; adapting hands or feet large number of enter a university as a
people student
(785) METTLESOME (786) MIASMA (787) MIDDLING (788) MINATORY
/'metld/ /mi'æzmə/ /'midliɳ/ /mi'neiʃəs/
(793) person who (794) one who hates (795) letter (796) quality of being
loves wealth and women, females limited; not extreme
spends little
(789) pronounce or (790) person who (791) harmful; causing (792) heretical;
speak affectedly; hates mankind mischief villainous
euphemize
(785) courageous; (786) vaporous (787) fairly good but (788) menacing;
high-spirited exhalation causing not very good threatening
disease
(801) MORDANT (802) MOROSE (803) MOTTLE (804) MUFFLER
/'mɔ:dənt/ /mə'rous/ /'mɔtl/ /'mʌflə/
(809) very great (810) lowest, weakest (811) coming into (812) cloud-like; hazy;
number point existence; emerging vague
(801) biting and (802) ill-tempered (803) surface having (804) cloth worn
caustic; incisive unsocial colored spots or round the neck;
blotches silencer
(817) NIBBLE /'nibl/ (818) NOISOME (819) (820) NONPLUSED
/'nɔisəm/ NONCHALANT
/'nɔnʃələnt/
(825) hardened and (826) to darken; make (827) unaware; having (828) abusively
unrepenting; stubborn; obscure; muddle no memory detractive language;
inflexible sharp criticism
(817) show some (818) offensive (819) not having (820) greatly surprised
inclination to accept disgusting (smell) interest
(an offer)
(833) OBTRUSIVE (834) OBTUSE (835) OBVIATE (836) OCCLUDED
/əb'tru:siv/ /əb'tju:s/ /'ɔbvieit/
(837) ODIOUS (838) ODIUM (839) ODOR /'oudə/ (840) OFFAL /offal/
/'oudjəs/ /'oudjəm/
(841) too eager or (842) threatening (843) needing effort; (844) dullness; not
ready to help; offer burdensome allowing light to pass
advice through
(837) repulsive; (838) contempt; (839) smell; favor; (840) waste or by-
hateful dislike; aversion reputation product of a process;
rubbish
(857) can be felt, (858) tremble; beat (859) formal praise; (860) smth forming a
touched, understood rapidly and irregularly eulogy protective covering;
impressive array
(853) song of praise or (854) roof of the (855) magnificent (856) lessen the
triumph mouth; sense of taste severity of
(849) display to obtain (850) shut out from (851) examine (852) presumptuously
admiration or envy society; refuse to meet, thoroughly; to learn arrogant; being a jerk
talk about the condition
(865) PARTISAN (866) PATHOS (867) PATRON (868) PAUCITY
/,pɑ:ti'zæn/ /'peiθɔs/ /'peitrən/ /'pɔ:siti/
(873) transparent; easy (874) strong (875) feeling or (876) poor; stingy
to understand inclination; a liking showing regret
(869) small sin; small (870) bookish; (871) commonplace; (872) bad-tempered;
weakness in one's showing off learning trite; unremarkable irritable
character
(889) be guilty; (890) gratuity or tip (891) pleasing in (892) quick judging
commit (a crime) appearance; attractive and understanding
(901) PHLEGMATIC (902) PICARESQUE (903) PIED /paid/ (904) PINCH /pintʃ/
/fleg'mætik/ /,pikə'resk/
(905) PINE /pain/ (906) PIOUS /'paiəs/ (907) PIQUANT (908) PIQUE /pi:k/
/'pi:kənt/
(905) waste away (906) dutiful to (907) agreeably (908) hurt the pride or
through sorrow or parents; devoted to pungent; stimulating self-respect; stir
illness religion (curiosity)
(901) calm sluggish (902) involving clever (903) of mixed colors (904) be too tight; take
temperament; rogues or adventurers between the thumb
unemotional and finger
(897) to make hard, (898) like a rock, hard, (899) unreasonably (900) a smug ignorant
rocklike stony impatient person; one who lacks
knowledge
(913) PLACID (914) PLAINTIVE (915) PLAQUE /plɑ:k/ (916) PLATITUDE
/'plæsid/ /'pleintiv/ /'plætitju:d/
(917) PLEA /pli:/ (918) PLEAD /pli:d/ (919) PLETHORA (920) PLIANT
/'pleθərə/ /'plaiəbl/
(921) PLOD /plɔd/ (922) PLUCK /plʌk/ (923) PLUMB /plʌm/ (924) PLUMMET
/'plʌmit/
(921) continue doing (922) pull the feathers (923) get to the root of (924) fall; plunge
smth without resting off; pick (e.g., steeply
flowers)
(917) request (918) address a court (919) glut (920) pliable; easily
of law as an advocate bent, shaped or twisted
(913) serenely free of (914) mournful (915) flat metal on a (916) a trite or banal
interruption or melancholy; sorrowful wall as a memorial statement;
disturbance unoriginality
(929) PONDEROUS (930) PORTENT (931) POSIT /'pɔzit/ (932) POSTULATE
/'pɔndərəs/ /'pɔstjuleit/
(933) ruler; one who (934) to talk long and (935) to prate; to utter (936) uncertain; risky;
wields great power or idly or make meaningless dangerous
sway sounds
(949) not normal or (950) common (951) to equivocate; to (952) neat formal
usual stray from the truth
(969) tiring because (970) prostrate; (971) increasing the (972) nearness in time
too long inclined to number; spreading; or place; affinity of
(undesirable things) extending nature
(965) abundant; lavish (966) descendants; (967) to foretell from (968) grow, reproduce
children signs or symptoms; by rapid multification
presage
(985) inquire too (986) wrinkle (987) fond of, in the (988) strength
curiously habit of fighting
(981) make angry (982) careful; (983) easily shocked; (984) dried plum; silly
forethought excessively modest person
(977) displaying great (978) prolonged (979) frugal; looking (980) of the present
diversity or variety; to the future time only
versatile
(993) PUNGENCY (994) PUNGENT (995) PUNITIVE (996) PURVEY
/'pʌndʤənsi/ /'pʌndʤənt/ /'pju:nitiv/ /pə:'vei/
(1001) person (1002) drink deeply (1003) lose courage; (1004) feeling of
dishonestly claiming turn frightened doubt; temporary
feeling of sickness
(997) cowardly; (998) commonly (999) becoming rotten (1000) large pile of
craven accepted or supposed wood for burning
(1017) low; vulgar (1018) ragged; often (1019) dissolute (1020) to move
disreputable person person; libertine aimlessly from place
to place
(1013) banal; (1014) mob; crowd; (1015) person who (1016) full of zest or
everyday the lower classes of tells anecdotes vigor; piquant
populace
(1009) state of being (1010) at rest; (1011) habit or action (1012) generous;
passive, motionless dormant; torpid peculiar to smb or unselfish
smth
(1025) RAREFY (1026) RATIFY (1027) RAVE /reiv/ (1028)
/'reərifai/ /'rætifai/ REACTIONARY
/ri:'ækʃnəri/
(1033) relapse into (1034) granting of (1035) a number of (1036) person who
antisocial or criminal privileges in return for performance of music lives alone and avoids
behavior similar people
(1029) snub (1030) disobedient (1031) take back as (1032) cast or fashion
being false; give up anew
(1025) to make thin, (1026) to approve and (1027) act with (1028) opposing
less dense; to purify or sanction formally excessive enthusiasm progress
refine
(1041) RECREANCY (1042) RECREANT (1043) RECTITUDE (1044)
/'rekriəns/ /'rekriənt/ /'rektitju:d/ RECUPERATE
/ri'kju:pəreit/
(1049) shining; (1050) to delight or (1051) crime of killing (1052) say or do again
brilliant entertain; to feast a king several times
(1041) cowardice; (1042) coward; (1043) the quality of (1044) become strong
cowardly giving up apostate or deserter being straight; after illness, loss,
righteousness exhaustion
(1057) RENASCENT (1058) RENDER (1059) RENEGADE (1060) RENEGE
/ri'næsnt/ /'rendə/ /'renigeid/ /ri'ni:g/
(1065) recurrence, (1066) scold; upbraid (1067) person (1068) disown; refuse
renewal or resumption hardened in sin; one to accept or pay
of an action devoid of decency
(1085) RIFT /'raifliɳ/ (1086) RIVET /'rivit/ (1087) ROLL (1088) ROTUND
/'roulkɔ:l/ /rou'tʌnd/
(1085) split; crack; (1086) fix; take up; (1087) call; calling of (1088) rich and deep;
dissension secure metal pin names plump and round
(1077) coming back to (1078) check; hinder (1079) reserved; (1080) tending toward
consciousness untalkative a worse or previous
state
(1089) violent cruel (1090) make rough (1091) most sacred or (1092) having sound
man holy; immune from judgment perceptive
criticism or violation wise like a sage
(1105) SATURNINE (1106) SAVANT (1107) SAVOR (1108) SAWDUST
/'sætə:nain/ /'sævənt/ /'seivə/ /'sɔ:dʌst/
(1113) minute part or (1114) having moral (1115) given to coarse (1116) mean;
quantity; qualm integrity; punctiliously language contemptible
exact
(1109) sheath for the (1110) smell (esp. (1111) become (1112) write hastily
blade pleasant) discolored; dry up; go
at high speed
(1105) gloomy; dark; (1106) person of great (1107) taste flavor (1108) tiny bits of
morose learning smth wood
(1121) (1122) SEQUENCE (1123) SERE /siə/ (1124)
SENTENTIOUS /'si:kwəns/ SERENDIPITY
/sen'tenʃəs/ /,seren'dipiti/
(1129) SEVERANCE (1130) SHALLOW (1131) SHARD /ʃɑ:d/ (1132) SHEATH /ʃi:θ/
/'sevərəns/ /ʃælou/
(1129) severing (1130) little depth; not (1131) piece of broken (1132) cover for the
earnest earthenware blade of a weapon or a
tool
(1125) reproving a (1126) having a (1127) like a slave; (1128) break off
person for his faults toothed edge lacking independence
(1121) short and pithy; (1122) succession; (1123) make hard and (1124) phenomenon of
full of maxims, connected line of without feeling finding valuable things
proverbs not sought for
(1137) SHUN /ʃʌn/ (1138) SHUNT /ʃʌnt/ (1139) SIDESTEP (1140) SIMPER
/'simpə/
(1141) SINEW (1142) SINUOUS (1143) SKIFF /skif/ (1144) SKIT /skit/
/'sinju:/ /'sinjuəs/
(1145) SLACK /slæk/ (1146) SLAKE /sleik/ (1147) SLATE /sleit/ (1148) SLUGGARD
/'slʌgəd/
(1149) SLUR /slə:/ (1150) SMOLDER (1151) SNARE /sneə/ (1152) SNUB /snʌb/
/'smouldə/
(1149) join sounds, (1150) burn slowly (1151) trap (1152) treat with
words (indistinct) without flame contempt
(1145) sluggish, dull, (1146) to assuage (1147) king of blue- (1148) lazy slow-
not tight grey stone; propose; moving person
criticize
(1141) power; chief (1142) winding, (1143) small boat (1144) short piece of
supporting force undulating, serpentine humorous writing
(1137) keep away (1138) send from one (1139) step to one side (1140) (give a) silly,
from; avoid track to another; lay self-conscious smile
aside
(1153) SOAR /sɔ:/ (1154) SOBER (1155) SOBRIETY (1156) SODDEN
/'soubə/ /sou'braiəti/ /'sɔdn/
(1157) heavy with (1158) of the power of (1159) of the body (1160) likely to induce
water forming a solution sleep; inclined to sleep
(1153) rise; fly high (1154) self-controlled (1155) quality or (1156) soaked;
condition of being saturated
sober
(1169) SPLEEN (1170) SPLENETIC (1171) SPLICE (1172) SPONGE
/spli:n/ /spli'netik/ /splais/ /spʌndʤ/
(1177) crouch; settle (1178) to stop the flow (1179) rising or falling (1180) extremely loud
without permission of a fluid sharply and powerful
(1173) counterfeit (1174) have nothing to (1175) foul; filthy (1176) spend
do; reject or refuse wastefully
(1169) feelings of (1170) bad-tempered; (1171) join (two ends) (1172) porous rubber
anger or ill will; often irritable for washing; live at
suppressed once expense
(1185) STINGY (1186) STINT /stint/ (1187) STIPPLE (1188) STIPULATE
/'stindʤi/ /'stipl/ /'stipjuleit/
(1193) something that (1194) walk with long (1195) characterized (1196) a supporting
limits; adverse steps by harsh and bar
criticism discordant sound
(1189) showing no (1190) wander; lose (1191) long; thin; (1192) striped;
emotion; impassive one's way move very fast grooved or banded
(1185) spending, using (1186) to be thrifty; to (1187) paint with dots (1188) state or put
unwillingly set limits forward as a necessary
condition
(1201) SUBJUGATE (1202) SUBLIME (1203) SUBMERGE (1204) SUBORN
/'sʌbdʤugeit/ /sə'blaim/ /səb'mə:dʤ/ /sʌ'bɔ:n/
(1209) assistance (1210) be enough (1211) cause or have (1212) short prayer
relief in time of difficulty in breathing usually in a series;
distress right of voting
(1205) written order (1206) giving facts to (1207) include under a (1208) deception
requiring a person to support (statement) rule
appear in a law court
(1201) to conquer; to (1202) extreme, (1203) put under water (1204) induce by
subdue astounding liquid; sink out of bribery; to commit
sight perjury
(1217) SUNDRY (1218) (1219) (1220)
/'sʌndri/ SUPERANNUATE SUPERCILIOUS SUPERFLUOUS
/,sju:pə'rænjueit/ /,sju:pə'siliəs/ /sju:'pə:fluəs/
(1225) make a humble (1226) prevent from (1227) additional load; (1228) satiate; feed to
petition to being known; put an charge fulness or to excess
end to
(1221) put smth on the (1222) take the place (1223) lying on the (1224) asking humbly;
top of back; slow to act; beseeching
passive
(1237) form of a frog (1238) claw of a bird (1239) tap or drive (1240) interfere with
when it leaves the egg of prey down by repeated light
blows
(1257) brief and to the (1258) witness; (1259) exhausted of (1260) care; economy;
point evidence interest or freshness; thriving; prosperous
trite
(1269) twisting force (1270) devious; not (1271) person who (1272) easily
causing rotation straightforward worries others to buy controlled or guided
smth to use his service
(1265) smth giving (1266) be unsteady (1267) severe pain or (1268) sleeping;
strength or energy and overturn suffering sluggish; lethargic;
dormant
(1281) TRICKLE (1282) TRIFLING (1283) TRITE /trait/ (1284) TRUCE /tru:s/
/'trikl/ /'traifliɳ/
(1285) to act in a (1286) aggressiveness; (1287) walk heavily (1288) muddy; having
subservient manner ferocity the sediment stirred up
(1281) flow in drops (1282) unimportant (1283) not new (1284) (agreement)
stop of fighting for a
time
(1297) ULTERIOR (1298) UMBRAGE (1299) UNCOUTH (1300) UNDERBID
/ʌl'tiəriə/ /'ʌmbridʤ/ /ʌn'ku:θ/ /'ʌndə'bid/
(1305) not open to (1306) not pretended; (1307) unharmed; (1308) inappropriate;
objection or criticism sincere unhurt indecorous
(1297) situated beyond (1298) offense; (1299) rough; (1300) make a lower
resentment awkward bid then smb else
(1313) VAGARY (1314) VAIN /vein/ (1315) (1316) VALIANT
/'veigəri/ VALEDICTORY /'væljənt/
/,væli'diktəri/
(1313) strange act or (1314) without use, (1315) of an act of (1316) brave
idea result; conceited bidding farewell
(1329) VERVE /veəv/ (1330) VESTIGE (1331) VEX /veks/ (1332) VIGILANCE
/'vestidʤ/ /'vidʤiləns/
(1337) having a desire (1338) of a virago (1339) a loud (1340) of the internal
to revenge domineering woman; a organs of the body
scold or nag
(1333) member of a (1334) strong; (1335) slander; say (1336) to free from
vigilance committee energetic evil things allegation or blame; to
justify
(1329) spirit; vigor; (1330) trace or sign (1331) annoy; distress; (1332) watchfulness;
enthusiasm trouble self-appointed group
who maintain order
(1345) VOLATILE (1346) VOLITION (1347) VOLUBILITY (1348) VOLUBLE
/'vɔlətail/ /vou'liʃn/ /,vɔlju'biliti/ /'vɔljubl/
(1353) merry person (1354) person who (1355) authority; (1356) to turn away
stirs up war written order; (from a habit)
guarantee
(1349) full of pleasure (1350) to grant (often (1351) talk vaguely (1352) scent; waving
to the senses in a gracious manner) and without much movement; carry
result lightly through