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1. Aberration straying away from what is normal
2. Abeyance - suspended action
3. Abhor - to hate, to detest
4. Abide - be faithful to; endure
5. Abjure - promise or swear, to give up
6. Abet - help/encourage somebody (in doing wrong)
7. Abraded - rubbed off, worn away by friction
8. Abrasion - rubbing, scraping, wearing off
9. Abrogate - repeal or annul by authority
10. Abscond - to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest)
11. Abstruse - difficult to comprehend; obscure
12. Abundant - plentiful
13. Abut - border on
14. Abysmal - bottomless, extreme
15. Acarpous - effete, no longer fertile, worn out
16. Accentuate - give more force or attention to
17. Acclaimed - welcomed with shouts and approval
18. Accolade - praise, approval
19. Accretion - the growing of separate things into one
20. Acquiesce in - agree (without protest)
21. Acquisition - something acquired, acquiring
22. Adamant - kind of stone; inflexible
23. Adhere - remain faithful, stick fast to
24. Adhesion - adhering, support
25. Adjacent - lying near, next
26. Admonitory - containing warning
27. Adorn - add beauty; decorate
28. Adulteration - making unpure, poorer in quality
29. Affable - polite and friendly
30. Affinity - close connection, relationship
31. Aggravate - make worse; irritate
32. Agile - active, quick-moving
33. Agog - eager/excited
34. Ail - trouble; be ill
35. Alacrity - eager and cheerful readiness
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36. Alcove - recess/partially enclosed place
37. Alienate - estrange
38. Allegiance - duty, support, loyalty
39. Alleviate - make (pain) easier to bear
40. Alloy - to debase by mixing with something inferior
41. Aloof - reserved, indifferent
42. Amalgamate - mix, combine, unite societies
43. Ambidextrous - able to use the left hand or the right equally well
44. Ambiguous - doubtful, uncertain
45. Ambivalent - having both of two contrary meanings
46. Ameliorate - improve, make better
47. Amendment - improving
48. Amicable - friendly
49. Amortize - end (a debt) by setting aside money
50. Amplify - make large or fuller, increase the strength
51. Anguish - severe suffering
52. Animosity - strong dislike
53. Annul - put an end to
54. Anticlimax - sudden fall
55. Antidote - medicine used against a poison or a disease
56. Antithetical - direct opposing
57. Apartheid - brutal racial discrimination
58. Apathetic - indifference
59. Aplomb - self-confidence
60. Apostate - one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
61. Apotheosis - deification, glorification to godliness
62. Appease - make quiet or calm
63. Apprehensive - grasping, understanding; fear, unhappy feeling about
future
64. Apprise - give notice to, inform
65. Approbation - approval
66. Appropriate - take for one's own use, acquire, set aside
67. Apropos - appropriate to the situation; apt
68. Apt - well-suited, quick-witted
69. Arabesque - whimsical
70. Arbitrate - decide by arbitration
71. Arboreal - of connected with trees
72. Ardently - with full of ardor
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73. Ardor - enthusiasm
74. Arduous - steep, difficult ascent; laborious
75. Argot - jargon, slang
76. Arrant - in the highest degree
77. Arrogance - proud, superior manner of behaviour
78. Articulate - speak distinctly, connect by joints
79. Ascend - go or come up
80. Ascent - the act of ascending
81. Ascertain - get to know
82. Ascetic - practicing self-denial, austere, stark
83. Ascribe - consider to be the origin of or belonging to
84. Aseptic - surgically clean
85. Asperity - roughness, harshness, ill temper, irritability
86. Aspersion - slander
87. Assail with - attack violently
88. Asset - valuable quality, something that has money value
89. Assiduous - diligent, hard-working, sedulous
90. Assuage - make something (pain, desire) less
91. Assumption - something supposed but not proved
92. Asterisk - the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters)
93. Astringent - substance that shrinks
94. Astute - clever; quick at seeing to get an advantage
95. Atonement - repayment; death of Jesus
96. Attenuate - make thin. weaken, enervate
97. Attune - bring into harmony
98. Audacious - daring, foolishly bold, impudent
99. Augury - omen, sign
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August - majestic, venerable
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Auspice - protection or support, patronage
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Auspicious - favorable, successful, prosperous
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Austere - severely moral and strict; simple and plain
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Auxiliary - helping, supporting
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Aver - affirm, assert, prove, justify
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Aversion - strong dislike
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Avid - eager, greedy
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Avow - admit. Declare openly
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Babble - talk in a way that is difficult to understand

Baleful - harmful, ominous, causing evil
Balk - obstacle; purposely to get on the way of
Balloon - swell out like balloon
Balm - sweet-smelling oil; consolation
Banal - uninteresting
Band - flat, thin strip of material; range of frequencies
Bane - cause of injury, poison, source of harm
Baneful - causing harm or ruin, pernicious, destructive
Barrage - artificial obstacle built across a river
Barren - not good enough, unable to have young ones, without
Bask in - enjoy warmth and light
Bazaar - market
Be irreconcilable - cannot be brought into harmony
Beatify - to bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to
Bedizen - to adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner
Belabor - beat hard
Belie - contradict, give a false impression
Belittle - cause to seem unimportant
Bellicose - belligerent, pugnacious, warlike
Belligerent - (person, nation) waging war
Belligerently - waging war
Bend - cause something to be out of a straight line
Benefactor - person who has given help
Benevolence - wish or activity in doing good
Benign - kind and gentle; mild (climate)
Bequest - arrangement to give something at death
Berate - scold sharply
Bereft - rob or dispossess of something (material)
Bewilder - puzzle, confuse
Biased - prejudice
Bigot - stubborn, narrow-minded person
Bilge - bulge, the protuberance of a cask
Blandishment - flattery, coaxing
Blandness - polite manner, comforting, uninteresting
Blatant - noisy and rough
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Blithe - gay and joyous

Blueprint plan, scheme, photographic print
Blunt - plain, not troubling to be polite
Boggle - be alarmed, hesitate, amazed
Bogus - sham, counterfeit, not genuine
Boisterous - loud, noisy, rough, lacking restraint
Bolster - give greatly needed support
Boor - ill-mannered person
Boorish - crude, offensive, rude
Braid - strands of hair woven together, something edging sloth
Brash - hasty, rush; cheeky, saucy
Brass - yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc)
Brazen - made of brass
Breach - opening broken place, breaking
Brigant - brigand, bandit
Brisk - active, lively
Brisket - breast of an animal
Brittle - easily broken
Broach - bring up, announce, begin to talk about
Brook - to tolerate, endure
Buoyant - able to float; light-hearted
Burgeon - grow forth, send out buds
Burnish - to polish, rub to a shine
Bust - run out of money
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Cabal - a scheme or plot, a group of plotters
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Cadge - to beg, to get by begging
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Cajolers - flattery or deceit to persuade
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Calf - young of the domestic cow
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Calipers - metal supports attached to the legs, measuring
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Calumniate - to slander, present false accusal
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Calumny - slander, aspersion
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Candid - frank straight-forward
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Cantankerous - bad-tempered/quarrelsome
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Cantin - sincere talk/jargon
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Canvass - discuss thoroughly; sort of touting
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Capricious - fickle, whimsical, given to change, unpredictable
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Castigate - to chastise, correct by punishing

Castigation - severe punishment
Casual - happening by chance, careless
Catalyst - substance that causes speeding up
Caustic - biting, sarcastic
Censure - expression of blame or disapproval; a rebuke
Census - official counting of the population
Centurion - leader of a unit of 100 soldiers
Chary - cautious, wary
Chastened - corrected, punished
Chastisement - punishment
Chauvinist a blindly devoted patriot
Chicanery - legal trickery/false argument
Chisel - steel tool for shaping materials
Churl - bad-tempered person
Cite - give as an example
Clamor - shout complain with a lot of noise
Cleanse - make pure, thoroughly clean
Clientele - customers
Clinch - come to grips/settle conclusively
Cling - to resist separation
Clot - half-solid lump formed from liquid
Cloture - closing, device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting
Coalescing - coming together and uniting into one substance
Coax - get somebody to do something by kindness
Coda - passage that completes a piece of music
Coddle - treat with care and tenderness
Coerce - compel to force to make obedient
Coeval - of the same period, coexisting
Cogent strong convincing
Cogitate think deeply, mediate
Cognition - knowing, awareness (emotionless)
Cognizant being fully aware of
Coherent sticking together
Colander - bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off
Collaborate - work in partnership
Collusion - secret agreement for a deceitful purpose
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Combustion - process of burning

Commemorate - keep the memory of
Commend - praise
Commendable - worthy of praise
Commingle - mingle together
Commodious - having plenty of space for what is needed
Commuter - person who travels regularly
Complacently with self-satisfaction
Complaisance - tending to comply, obliging, willingness to please
Comply - act in accordance
Compound - mix or combine
Comprise - be composed of
Compunction - feeling of regret for one's action
Conceal - hide, keep secret
Conceit - over-high opinion of, too much pride
Conciliatory - reconciling, soothing, comforting, mollifying
Concord - agreement or harmony
Concur - agree in opinion, happen together
Condense - increase in density, strength, make laconic
Condone - forgive
Congeal - make or become stiff and solid
Conjoin to join together
Connoisseur - a person with good judgment (e.g.. in art)
Connotation - suggestion in addition to
Consent - give agreement or permission
Consequential - pompous, self important
Consolation - consoling or being consoled
Console - give comfort or sympathy to
Conspicuous - easily seen; remarkable
Consternation - surprise and fear, dismay
Constrain - compel
Constrict - make tight or smaller
Consume - get to the end of
Consummate - perfect/make perfect/complete
Contemn - to scorn or despise
Contentious - argumentative, pugnacious, combative, quarrelsome
Contiguous - touching, neighboring, near
Contrite - filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing
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Contumacious - insubordinate, rebellious

Conundrum - a riddle, dilemma, enigma
Conviction - convincing; firm belief
Convoke - call together, summon
Convoluted - complicated; coiled, twisted
Cord - twisted strands
Cordial - warm and sincere
Cordon line of police acting as a guard
Cornucopia - abundant supply
Corporeal - physical; of or for the body
Correlate - have a mutual relation
Corroboration - additional, strengthening evidence

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Countenance to - favor or approve of

Counterfeit - forgery
Countervail - counterbalance
Covert - disguised
Covetous - eagerly desirous
Cower - crouch; shrink back
Coy shy/modest (esp of a girl)
Crass - very great (es. stupidity)
Cravat - piece of linen worn as a necktie
Craven cowardly
Crease - line made by crushing; white line on the ground in cricket
Credulity - too great a readiness to believe things
Credulous - ready to believe things
Crush - press, lose shape, subdue, overwhelm
Cryptic - secret, with a hidden meaning
Cumbersome - burdensome, heavy and awkward to carry
Curmudgeon - bad-tempered person
Curriculum - course of study
Cursory - quick, hurried
Curtail - make shorter then was planned
Cynic - person who see no good in anything

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Dainty - pretty/delicate(food)/difficult to please
Dart - quick movement; missile in darts
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Daunt - intimidate, make fearful

Dawdler - person who is slow; waste of time
Dearth - shortage
Debacle - a breakup, overthrow, sudden disaster
Decorous - polite, decent
Decorum - propriety, properness
Decree - order given by authority
Decry - disapprove of
Defer - postpone; give way (to show respect)
Deference - respect
Deferential - showing respect
Defiance - open disobedience or resistance
Deflect - turn aside
Defy - resist openly
Degrade - reduce in rank or status
Delineate - to portray, depict, sketch out
Deluge - great flood, heavy rush of water
Delusion - false belief
Demagogue - person appealing not to reasons
Demur - to hesitate, raise objections
Denigrate - blacken, belittle, sully, defame
Denouement - an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot
Denounce - give information against
Dent - hollow, depression mad by a blow
Deplete - use until none remains
Deposition - dethronement, depositing
Deprave - make morally bad; corrupt
Deprecate - protest against, express disapproval of
Dereliction - deserting and leaving to fall into ruins
Derision - ridicule, mockery, deriding
Derivative - unoriginal, obtained from another source
Derogatory - insulting; tending to damage
Descry - catch sight of, see something in the distance
Desiccant - substance used to absorb moisture
Desiccate - dry out all the moisture
Desuetude - cessation of use; disuse
Desultory - aimless, haphazard, digressing at random
Detach - separate
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Deter - discourage, hinder

Detraction - slandering, verbal attack, aspersion
Detumescence - diminishing or lessening of swelling
Deviance - being different in moral standards (from normal)
Dexterity - skill (esp. in handling)
Dexterous - clever, skillful with hands
Diaphanous - transparent, gauzy
Diatribe - bitter and violent attack in words
Dictate - order
Diffidence - shyness
Diffident - lacking in self-confidence
Dilate - speak comprehensively, become wider, large
Dilatory - causing delay, procrastinating
Din - loud noise that continues
Disabuse - to undeceive, correct a false impression
Disallow - refuse to allow or accept as a correct
Discern - see with an effort but clearly
Discomfit - to defeat, put down
Disconcert - upset the self-possession of
Discountenance - refuse to approve of
Discourse - speech, lecture,
Discredit - refuse to believe
Discreet - careful/prudent
Discrete - individually distinct
Disdain - look on with contempt
Disencumber - free from encumbrance
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Endearing - making dear or liked
Endemic - epidemic
Endorse - write one's name on the back of
Enduring - lasting
Enervate - weaken, deprive of strength, attenuate
Engender - cause, produce, give rise to
Engrave - impress deeply
Engrossing - taken up all the time or attention; writing in large or
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Engulf - swallow up
Enigma - something that is puzzling
Enmity - hatred; being an enemy
Enormity - excessive wickedness; evilness
Enormousness - great size
Ensign - flag/badge
Entangle - put into difficulties
Enthral - please greatly/enslave (fig)
Entice - tempt or persuade
Entreat - ask earnestly
Enunciate - pronounce (words)/express a theory
Enzyme - catalyst
Epicure food lover, a connoisseur of food
Epicurean - devoted to pleasure (sensuous enjoyment)
Epistle letter
Epithet adjective
Epitome - brief summary; representative example; a typical model
Equable - steady, regular
Equanimity - calmness of temperament
Equilibrium - state of being balanced
Equipoise - equal distribution of weight; equilibrium
Equivocal - having a double or doubtful meaning; suspicious
Equivocate - try to deceive by equivocal language
Eradicate - get rid of; pull up by the roots
Erasure erasing, removing all traces
Erode - wear away, eat into
Erratic - irregular in behaviour or opinion
Erudite - learned, scholarly
Escalate - increase, develop
Eschew - avoid
Esoteric - abstruse; intended only for a small circle of
Espouse - marry; give one's support to
Eulogy - formal praise; panegyric
Euphoria - elation; state of pleasant excitement
Euthanasia - easy and painless death
Evaluating - finding out the value
Evaporate - change into vapor, disappear, die
Evasive - tending to evade
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Evince - to show clearly, to indicate
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Evoke - call up, bring out
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Evolve - unfold, develop naturally and gradually
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Excoriate - to flay, stip off the skin; to denounce sharply
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Excoriation - severe criticism
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Exculpate - to clear from a charge of guilt
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Exert - thrust out, push forth
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Exertion - instance of exerting
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Exhaustive - complete, thorough
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Exigency - emergency, an urgent situation
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Exonerate - free; clear
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Exoneration - set somebody clear, free (e.g.. from blame)
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Exorbitant - much too high or great
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Expatiate - to roam, wander freely
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Expedient - likely to be useful for a purpose
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Expiation - ending; expiring
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Exploit brilliant achievement; develop; use selfishly
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Expostulate - argue earnestly to dissuade, correct, or protest
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Expurgate - to remove obscenity, purify, censor
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Exscind - to cut out, cut away
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Extant - still in existence
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Extempore - without previous thought or preparation
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Extensive - far-reaching
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Extenuate - reduce the strength of, lessen seriousness, partially
excuse
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Extinct - no longer active
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Extinguish - end the existence of/wipe or put out
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Extirpate - to destroy, exterminate, cut out, exscind
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Extol - praise highly
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Extort - obtain by threats, violence
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Extralegal - outside the law
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Extricable that can be freed
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Extrovert - cheerful person
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Exuberance - state of growing vigorously; being full of life
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Facile - easily done
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Fallacious - based on error
Fallacy - false or mistaken belief
Falter - waver/move in an uncertain manner
Fatuous - without sense, foolish self-satisfaction
Faucet - device for controlling the outflow of a liquid
Fawn - young deer, try to win somebody's favor
Feckless - lacking purpose or vitality; ineffective; careless
Fecund - fertile
Feint - pretend
Felicitous - apt; suitably expressed, well chosen, apropos
Felon - person guilty of murder
Ferment - substance; become excited
Ferocity - savage cruelty
Ferret - discover by searching; search
Fertile - producing much, full of ideas
Fertilize - make fertile or productive
Fervid - showing earnest feeling
Fervor - warmth of feelings; earnestness
Fetid - stinking
Fetter - to shackle, put in chains
Feud - bitter quarrel over a long period of time
Fidelity - loyalty, accuracy
Fidget - move restlessly, make nervous
Figurehead carved image on the prow of a ship
Finesse - delicate way of dealing with a situation
Finical - too fussy about food, clothing, etc.
Finicky - finical
Finite - limited, having bounds
Fission - splitting or division (esp. of cells)
Fix at - stare at
Flak - criticism/anti-aircraft guns
Flamboyant - brightly colored, florid
Flammable - having tendency to burst into flames
Flaunting - show off complacently
Flaw - crack, lessen value
Flax - pale yellow (hair); a plant
Fledged - able to fly, trained, experienced
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Fleet number of ships, quick-moving
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Fleeting - passing quickly
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Flexibility - easily bent without braking
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Flinch - draw, move back, wince
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Flop - fail/move/fall clumsily
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Florid - very much ornamented; naturally red (e.g.. of face)
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Floridness - ruddiness; heavily decorated; ornateness
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Flout - reject, mock, to go against (as in going against tradition)
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Fluke - lucky stroke
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Fluster make nervous or confused
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Foible - defect of character (a person is wrongly proud)
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Foil - prevent from carrying out; contrast
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Foment - put something warm (to lessen the pain)
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Foolproof - incapable of failure or error
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Foppish - like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes
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Forage - food for horses and cattle
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Forbear - refrain from, be patient; ancestor
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Forbearance - patience, willingness to wait
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Ford - shallow place in a river (to cross)
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Forestall - prevent by taking action in advance, preempt
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Forethought - foresight, planned in advance
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Forfeit suffer the loss of something
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Forge - workshop for the shaping of metal; to shape metal; lead
500.
Forgery - counterfeit
501.
Forswear - renounce, disallow, repudiate
502.
Fortify - strengthen
503.
Fortuitous - happening by chance
504.
Foster - nurture, care for
505.
Fracas noisy quarrel
506.
Fragile - easily injured, broken or destroyed
507.
Fragrant - sweet-smelling
508.
Franchise - special right given by authority
509.
Frantic - wildly excited with joy, pain, anxiety
510.
Frenetic - frantic, frenzied
511.
Fret - worry; irritation; wear away
512.
Friction - the rubbing of one thing against another, difference of
opinion
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Fringe - edge; ornamental border; part of hair over the forehead
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Froward - intractable, not willing to yield or comply, stubborn
Frugal - careful, economical
Fulminate - berate, vituperate, to thunder out, to explode
Fulmination - bitter protest
Fulsome - disgusting, offensive due to excessiveness
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Gainsay - to deny, declare false, to oppose

Gambol - quick, playful jumping
Garble - make unfair selection from facts
Garment - article of clothing
Garner - to gather and save; to store up
Garrulity - talkativeness
Garrulous too talkative
Gaucherie - socially awkward, tactless behavior
Germane - relevant; pertinent to
Gist - the point, general sense
Glean - gather facts in small quantities
Glib - ready and smooth but not sincere
Glimmer - weak/unsteady light
Gloat - over look at with selfish delight
Glut - supply to much, fill to excess
Gnaw - waste away; bite steadily
Goad - something urging a person to action
Gorge - eat greedily/narrow opening with a stream
Gossamer - soft light, delicate material
Gouge - tool for cutting grooves in wood
Grace favor
Grandiloquent - using pompous words
Grave - serious, requiring consideration
Graze - touch or scrape lightly in passing
Gregarious - living in societies; liking the company
Grievance - cause for complaint or protest
Grievous - causing grief or pain; serious, dire, grave
Grimace - twisted expression of a face
Grind - crush, polish
Grooves - long channel in the surface, habitual way of living
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Grovel - crawl, humble oneself

Guile - deceit, cunning
Guileless - straight-forward, candid
Gull - cheat, deceive
Gullible - easily gulled
Gush - burst out suddenly/talk ardently
Gust - outburst of feeling; sudden rain, wind, fire, etc.
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Hack - cut roughly; hired horse

Halcyon - calm and peaceful
Hallow - to make holy; consecrate
Hamper - basket with a lid, prevent free movement or activity
Hapless - unlucky, unfortunate
Harangue - a long, passionate speech
Harbinger - something or somebody that foretells the coming
Harrow - to distress, create stress or torment
Harsh - rough, cruel, stern
Haughty - arrogant; conceited
Haven harbor, safety place
Heed - attention/give notice to
Heinous - odious (of crime)
Heresy - belief contrary to what is generally accepted
Hermetic - sealed by fusion
Heterogeneous - made up of different kinds
Hew - make by hard work; cut (by striking)
Highbrow - (person) with superior tastes
Hirsute - hairy, shaggy
Hoax - mischievous trick played on somebody for a joke
Hoipolloi - the masses; the rabble
Hollow - not soled, with hole
Holster - leather case for a pistol
Homiletics - act of preaching
Hone - stone used for sharpening tools
Hoodwink - trick, mislead
Hospitable - liking to give hospitality
Hubris - arrogant pride
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Hurdle - light frame, fence to be jumped over

Hush - make or become silent
Husk - worthless outside part of anything
Hypocrisy - falsely making oneself appear to be good
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588.
Iconoclast - person who attacks popular beliefs
589.
Iconoclastic - attacking cherished beliefs
590.
Idiosyncrasy - personal mannerism
591.
Idolatrous - worshipping idols \
592.
Idolatry - excessive admiration of
593.
Ignoble - dishonorable, common, undignified
594.
Ignominious - shameful, dishonorable, undignified, disgraceful
595.
Illicit - unlawful, forbidden
596.
Illusory - deceptive; an illusion
597.
Imbroglio - complicated and embarrassing situation
598.
Immaculate - pure, faultless
599.
Immerse - absorb; put under the surface of
600.
Imminent - likely to come or happen soon
601.
Immutable - that cannot be changed
602.
Impair - worsen, diminish in value
603.
Impaired - damaged, weakened
604.
Impassive - unmoved; feeling no sign of passion
605.
Impecunious - having little or no money
606.
Impede - hinder; get in the way of
607.
Impediment - something that hinders (e.g. stammer)
608.
Impending - imminent, being about to happen, expected
609.
Imperative - urgent, essential
610.
Imperious - commanding, haughty, arrogant
611.
Impermeable that cannot be permeated
612.
Imperturbable - calm; not capable of being excited
613.
Impervious - not allowing to pass through (of materials)
614.
Imperviousness - arrogance, commanding presence, over
bearingness
615.
Impetuous - having sudden energy, impulsive, thrusting ahead,
forceful
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Impiety - lack of reverence or dutifulness
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Implacable - incapable of being placated, unpleasable

Implausibility incredibility
Implicate - show that somebody has a share
Implicit - implied though not plainly expressed
Implosion - collapse; bursting inward
Imply - make a suggestion
Importune - beg urgently; solicit (of a prostitute)
Imprecation - an invocation of evil; a curse
Impromptu - without preparation
Impudence - being rash, indiscreet
Impudent - rash, indiscreet
Impugned - challenged, to be doubted
Impute - to attribute to a cause or source, ascribe
Inadvertent - done thoughtlessly
Inane - silly, senseless
Inasmuch - since, because
Incense - make angry
Incessant - often repeated, continual
Inchoate -not yet fully formed, rudimentary, elementary
Incipient - beginning
Incise - engrave, make a cut in
Incite stir up, rouse
Inclined - directing the mind in a certain direction
Incoherently - not consistently, unclearly
Incongruous - out of place, not in harmony or agreement
Incorrigibility - cannot be cured or corrected
Incredulous - skeptical, unwilling to believe
Inculcate - fix firmly by repetition
Incumbents - official duties
Incursion - a raid, a sudden attack
Indefatigability - not easily exhaustible; tirelessness
Indelible - that cannot be rubbed out
Indelicate - immodest; lacking in refinement
Indigence - poverty
Indigenous - native
Indistinct - not easily heard, seen, clearly marked
Indolence - laziness
Indomitable - not easily discouraged or subdued
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Indulge - gratify, give way to, satisfy; allow oneself
656.
Indulgent - inclined to indulge
657.
Ineffable to great to be described in words
658.
Ineluctable - certain, inevitable
659.
Inept - unskillful; said or done at the wrong time
660.
Ineptitude - quality of being unskillful
661.
Inferno - hell
662.
Infertile - not fertile, barren
663.
Inflame - become red, angry
664.
Inflammatory - tending to inflame
665.
Infuriate - fill with fury or rage
666.
Infuse - put, pour, fill
667.
Ingenuous - naive, young, artless, frank, honest, sincere
668.
Ingest - take in by swallowing
669.
Inherent - existing as a natural part
670.
Inhibit - hinder, restrain
671.
Inimical - harmful or friendly
672.
Inimitable - defying imitation, unmatchable
673.
Innocuous - causing no harm
674.
Inscrutable - incapable of being discovered or understood
675.
Insensible - unconscious, unresponsive, unaffected
676.
Insinuate - suggest unpleasantly; make a way for something gently
677.
Insipid -without taste or flavor
678.
Insouciant - unconcerned, carefree
679.
Insularity - narrow-mindedness, isolated
680.
Insurrection - rising of people to open resistance to
681.
Interdict - prohibit, forbid
682.
Interim - as an installment
683.
Intersperse - place here and there
684.
Intervene - come between; interfere to change the result
685.
Intractable - unruly, refractory, stubborn
686.
Intransigence - unwillingness to compromise, stubbornness,
intractability
687.
Intransigent - uncompromising
688.
Intrepid fearless, brave, undaunted
689.
Introspection - examining one's own thoughts and feelings
690.
Inundate - flood; cover by overflowing
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Inured - accustomed to, adapted
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Invective - abusive language, curses

Inveigh - to attack verbally, denounce, deprecate
Inveterate - deep-rooted. long-established
Invincible - too strong to be defeated
Involute - complex
Irascible - irritable, easily angered
Irate - angry
Ire - anger
Irksome tiresome
Irrelevant - not relevant, not connected
Irresolute - hesitating; undecided
Irrevocable - final and unalterable
Itinerary - plan for a journey, details or records of a route
Itinerate - to travel from place to place, to peregrinate

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Jabber -talk excitedly; utter rapidly

Jeopardize - put in danger
Jibe - gibe, make fun of
Jocular - meant as a joke
Judicious - sound in judgment; wise
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Knit - draw together, unite firmly

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Labyrinthine - to entangle the state of affairs

Lachrymose - causing tears, tearful
Lackluster - (of eyes) dull, without bright
Laconic - brief, to the point, terse
Lag - go too slow
Lament - show, feel great sorrow
Lassitude - weariness, tiredness
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Latent - present but not yet active, developed or visible

Laudatory - expressing or giving praise
Lavish - giving or producing freely, liberally or generously
Leakage - the process of leaking
Legacy - something handed down from ancestors
Levee - formal reception/embankment
Levity - lack of seriousness
Libel - statement that damages reputation
Liberality - free giving; generosity
Libertine - immoral person
Lien - legal claim until a debt on it is repaid
Limn - paint, portray
Limp - lacking strength, walking unevenly
Lionize - treat as a famous person
Lithe - bending, twisting
Loll - rest, to sit or stand in a lazy way; hang (dog's tongue)
Lope - move along with long strides
Loquacious - talkative, garrulous
Lubricant - substance that makes work easier
Lubricate - put oil to make work easily
Lubricious - lewd, wanton, greasy, slippery
Lucubrate - write in scholarly fashion
Luculent - easily understood, lucid, clear
Lugubrious - mournful, excessively sad
Lull - become quiet or less active
Lumber - move in a clumsy/noisy way
Luminary - star, light-giving body
Lurk - be out of view ready to attack
Lustrous - being bright, polished
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Macabre - gruesome, suggesting death

Macerate - make or become soft by soaking in water
Machination - plot, scheme (esp. evil)
Maladroit - tactless, clumsy
Malapropism - misuse of a word (for one that resembles it)
Malevolence - wishing to do evil
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Malign - injurious, speak ill of somebody, tell lie

Malinger - to fake illness or injury, in order to shirk a duty
Malleable - yielding; easily shaped; moldable; adapting
Manacle - chains for the hands or feet
Martial - brave, of associated with war
Massacre - cruel killing of a large number of people
Matriculation - be admitted, enter a university as a student
Mature - come to full development, to a state ready for use
Maudlin - sentimental in a silly or tearful way
Maul - hurt by rough handling
Maverick rebel, nonconformist
Mellifluous - sweetly flowing
Mendacious - false
Mendacity - dishonesty
Mendicant - a beggar
Mercurial - quick, changeable in character, fleeting
Meretricious - attractive on the surface but of little value
Mesmerize - hypnotize
Meticulous - giving great attention to details
Mettle - quality of endurance or courage
Mettlesome - courageous, high-spirited
Middling -fairly good but not very good
Minatory - menacing, threatening
Mince - pronounce or speak affectedly, euphemize
Misanthrope - person who hates mankind
Mischievous - harmful, causing mischief
Miser - person who loves wealth and spends little
Misogynist - one who hates women/females
Missile - something that is thrown or shot
Mitigate - make less severe or painful
Moderation - quality of being limited, not extreme
Mollify - make calmer or quieter
Molt - moult, lose hair, feathers before new growing
Morbid - diseased, unhealthy (e.g.. about ideas)
Morose - ill-tempered, unsociable
Mortuary - place where dead bodies are taken to be kept until burial
Muffler - cloth worn round the neck/silencer
Multifarious - varied, motley, greatly diversified
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Mundane - worldly as opposed to spiritual; commonplace, everyday
Myriad - very great number
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Nadir -lowest, weakest point

Nascent - coming into existence, emerging
Nebulous - cloud-like; hazy; vague; indistinct
Negligent - taking too little care
Neophyte - person who has been converted to a belief
Nexus - a connection, tie, or link
Nibble - show some inclination to accept (an offer)
Nice - precise, sensitive to subtleness
Noisome - offensive, disgusting (smell)
Nonchalant - not having interest
Nonplused - greatly surprised
Nostrum - a quack remedy, an untested cure
Notion - nominal, token
Noxious - harmful
Nugatory trifling/worthless
Nullify - make void and null
Numb without ability to feel or move
Numbness - without ability to move a finger
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812.
Obdurate - hardened and unrepenting; stubborn, inflexible
813.
Obfuscate - to darken, make obscure, muddle
814.
Oblivious - unaware, having no memory
815.
Obloquy - abusively detractive language, sharp criticism,
vituperation
816.
Obsequious - too eager to obey or serve
817.
Obsolete - no longer used
818.
Obstreperous - noisy, loud
819.
Obtain - to be established, accepted, or customary
820.
Obtrusive - projecting, prominent, undesirably noticeable
821.
Obtuse - blunt/stupid
822.
Obviate to make unnecessary, get rid of
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Occluded - blocked up
824.
Occult - hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension
825.
Odious - repulsive, hateful
826.
Odium - contempt, dislike, aversion
827.
Odor - smell; favor; reputation
828.
Officious - too eager or ready to help, offer advice
829.
Ominous - threatening
830.
Opaqueness - dullness/not allowing light to pass through
831.
Opprobrious - showing scorn or reproach
832.
Ossify - to turn to bone; to settle rigidly into an idea
833.
Ostensible - seeming, appearing as such, professed
834.
Ostentation - display to obtain admiration or envy
835.
Ostentatious - fond of showing ostentation
836.
Ostracism - shut out from society, refuse to meet, talk
837.
Ostrich - fast-running bird unable to fly
838.
Outset - start
839.
Overhaul - examine thoroughly to learn about the condition
840.
Overweening - presumptuously arrogant, overbearing, immoderate,
being a jerk
841.
Overwhelm - weigh down, submerge
P
842.
Paean - song of praise or triumph
843.
Palate - roof of the mouth; sense of taste
844.
Palatial - magnificent
845.
Palliate - to make something appear less serious, to alleviate, to
gloss over
846.
Palpability - can be felt, touched, understood
847.
Palpitate - tremble, beat rapidly and irregularly
848.
Pan - flat/zoom
849.
Panegyric - formal praise, eulogy
850.
Paradigm - a model, example, or pattern
851.
Parenthesis - sentence within another one, something separated
852.
Pariah - an outcast, a rejected and despised person
853.
Parsimonious - too economical, miserly
854.
Partisan - one-sided, committed to a party, biased or prejudiced
855.
Patron - regular customer; person who gives support
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Paucity - scarcity, a lacking of

Peccadillo - small sin; small weakness in one's character
Pedantic - bookish, showing off learning
Pedestrian - commonplace, trite, unremarkable
Pellucid - transparent, easy to understand
Penchant - strong inclination, a liking
Penitent - feeling or showing regret
Penurious - poor/stingy
Penury - extreme poverty
Peregrination - traveling about, wandering
Peremptory - urgent, imperative, unchallengeable, ending debate
Perennial - lasting for a long time (e.g.. a year)
Perfidious - treacherous, faithless
Perfidy - treachery; breaking of faith
Perfunctory - done as a duty without care
Perilous - dangerous
Peripatetic - wandering
Perish - be destroyed; decay
Perjury - willful false statement, unlawful act
Permeate - spread into every part of
Pernicious - harmful, injurious
Perpetrate - be guilty; commit (a crime)
Persevere - keep on steadily, continue
Personable - pleasing in appearance, attractive
Perspicacity - quick judging and understanding
Pertain - belong as a part, have reference
Pest - destructive thing or a person who is nuisance
Petrified - taken away power (to think, feel, act)
Petrify - to make hard, rocklike
Petrous - like a rock, hard, stony
Petulant - unreasonably impatient
Philistine - a smug ignorant person; one who lacks knowledge
Phlegmatic - calm, sluggish temperament; unemotional
Picaresque - involving clever rogues or adventurers
Pied - of mixed colors
Pinch - be too tight, take between the thumb and finger
Pine - waste away through sorrow or illness
Pious - dutiful to parents; devoted to religion
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Piquant - agreeably pungent, stimulating

Pique - hurt the pride or self-respect, stir (curiosity)
Pitfall - covered hole as a trap, unsuspected danger
Pith - essential part, force, soft liquid substance
Pivotal - of great importance (others depend on it)
Placate - soothe, pacify, calm
Plaintive - mournful, melancholy, sorrowful
Plaque - flat metal on a wall as a memorial
Platitude - a trite or banal statement; unoriginality
Plea - request
Plead - address a court of law as an advocate
Plethora glut
Pliant - pliable, easily bent, shaped or twisted
Plod - continue doing something without resting
Pluck - pull the feathers off, pick (e.g.. flowers)
Plumb - get to the root of
Plummet - fall, plunge, steeply
Plunge - move quickly, suddenly and with force
Poignant - deeply moving; keen
Poise - be ready, be balanced, self-possession
Polemical - controversial, argued
Poncho - large piece of cloth
Ponderous - heavy, bulky, dull
Portent - omen; marvelous; threatening
Poseur - someone taking on airs to impress others; a phony
Posture - state, attitude; adopt a vain
Poverty - state of being poor
Pragmatic - practical, favoring utility
Precarious - uncertain, risky, dangerous
Precept - moral instruction
Precepts - rules establishing standards of conduct
Precipitate - throw something violently down from a height
Preclude - prevent, make impossible
Precursory - preliminary, anticipating
Predilection - special liking, mental preference
Predominate - have more power than others
Preempt - obtain by preemption or in advance
Preen - tidy/show self-satisfaction
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Premature - doing or happening something before the right time
933.
Preponderance - greatness in number, strength, weight
934.
Presage - warning sign
935.
Presumption - arrogance
936.
Preternatural - not normal or usual
937.
Prevalent - common
938.
Prevaricate - to equivocate, to stray from the truth
939.
Prim - neat; formal
940.
Pristine - primitive, unspoiled, pure, as in earlier times
unadulterated
941.
Probity - uprightness, incorruptibility, principle
942.
Proclivity - inclination
943.
Procrast - ination keeping on putting off
944.
Prodigal - wasteful, reckless with money
945.
Prodigious - enormous, wonderful
946.
Profane - worldly, having contempt for God
947.
Profligacy - shameless immorality
948.
Profligate - wasteful, prodigal, licentious, extravagant
949.
Profundity - depth
950.
Profuse - abundant/lavish
951.
Proliferate - grow, reproduce by rapid multiplication
952.
Prolix - tiring because too long
953.
Prone - prostrate; inclined to (undesirable things)
954.
Propagation - increasing the number, spreading, extending
955.
Propinquity - nearness in time or place, affinity of nature
956.
Propitiate - do something to take away the anger of
957.
Propitiatory - conciliatory, appeasing, mitigating
958.
Propitious - auspicious, presenting favorable circumstances
959.
Prosaic - everyday, mundane, commonplace, trite, pedestrian
960.
Proscribe - denounce as dangerous
961.
Protracted prolonged
962.
Provident - frugal; looking to the future
963.
Provisional - of the present time only
964.
Provoke - make angry; vax
965.
Prudence - careful forethought
966.
Prudish - easily shocked, excessively modest
967.
Prune - dried plum, silly person
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Pry - get smth; inquire too curiously
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Pucker - wrinkle
Pugnacious - fond of, in the habit of fighting
Puissance - strength
Punch - strike with the fist; tool for cutting holes; alc. drink
Punctilious precise, paying attention to trivialities
Pundit - pedant, authority on a subject
Pungency - sharpness; stinging quality
Purvey - provide, supply
Pusillanimous cowardly, craven
Putrefaction - becoming rotten
Pyre - large pile of wood for burning
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Quack - person dishonestly claiming to smth

Quaff - drink deeply
Quail - lose courage, turn frightened
Qualm - feeling of doubt, temporary feeling of sickness
Quandary - state of doubt or perplexity
Quell - suppress, subdue
Quibble - try to avoid by sophistication
Quiescence - state of being passive/motionless
Quiescent - at rest, dormant, torpid
Quirk - habit or action peculiar to somebody or smth
Quixotic - generous, unselfish
Quotidian - banal; everyday
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Rabble -mob, crowd; the lower classes of populace

Raconteur - person who tells anecdotes
Radiant - bright, shining
Raffish - low, vulgar, base, tawdry
Rail at - find fault, utter reproaches
Ramify - to be divided or subdivided; to branch out
Rancorous - feeling bitterness, spitefulness
Rant - use extravagant language
Rapacious - greedy (especially for money)
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Rarefy - to make thin, to make less dense, to purify or refine
Rave - act with excessive enthusiasm
Reactionary - opposing progress
Rebuff - snub
Recalcitrant - disobedient
Recant - take back as being false; give up
Recast - cast or fashion anew
Recidivism - relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior
Reciprocity - granting of privileges in return for similar
Recital - performance of music
Recluse - person who lives alone and avoids people
Recompense - make payment to; reward, punish
Reconcile - settle a quarrel; restore peace
Recondite - little known; abstruse
Recourse - something turned to for help
Recreancy - cowardice, a cowardly giving up
Recuperate - become strong after illness, loss, exhaustion
Redeem - get back by payment; compensate
Redemptive - serving to redeem
Redoubtable - formidable, causing fear
Refine - make or become pure, cultural
Refractory - stubborn, unmanageable, intractable
Refulgent - shining, brilliant
Regale - to delight or entertain; to feast
Regicide - crime of killing a king
Reiterate - say or do again several times
Rejuvenation - becoming young in nature or appearance
Relapse -fall back again
Relinquish - give up
Reluctant - unwilling or disinclined
Remonstrate - to protest, object
Render - deliver, provide, represent
Renovate - restore something to better condition
Renowned - celebrated, famous
Rent - regular payment for the use of smth, division or split
Repast - meal
Repel - refuse to accept/cause dislike
Repine at be discontented with
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Reproach - scold, upbraid

Reprobate - person hardened in sin; one devoid of decency
Repudiate - disown, refuse to accept or pay
Repulsive - causing a feeling of disgust
Requite - repay, give in return
Rescind - repeal/annul/cancel
Resigned - unresisting, submissive
Resilience - quality of quickly recovering the original shape
Resolve - determine
Resort to - frequently visit
Restive - refusing to move; reluctant to be controlled
Resurrect - bring back into use
Resuscitation - coming back to consciousness
Retard - check, hinder
Reticent - reserved, untalkative, silent, taciturn
Revere - have deep respect for
Reverent - feeling or showing deep respect
Riddle - puzzling person or thing
Rift - split, crack, dissension
Rivet - fix, take up, secure; metal pin
Roll call - calling of names
Rope - thick strong cord made by twisting
Rotund - rich and deep; plump and round
Rubric - heading, title, or category
Ruffian - violent, cruel man
Rumple - make rough
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Sagacious - having sound judgment; perceptive, wise; like a sage

Salacious - obscene
Salient - prominent, protruding, conspicuous, highly relevant
Salubrious - healthful
Salutary - remedial, wholesome, causing improvement
Sanctimony - Self-righteousness, hypocritical, with false piety
Sanction - approval (by authority); penalty
Sanguine - cheerful, confident, optimistic
Sanity - health of mind; soundness of judgement
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Sap - weaken
Sash - long strip worn round the waist
Sate - satiate
Satiate - satisfy fully
Saturnine - gloomy, dark, sullen, morose
Savant - person of great learning
Savor - taste, flavor smth
Sawdust - tiny bits of wood
Scabbards - heath for the blade
Scent - smell (especially pleasant)
Scorch - become discolored/dry up/go at high speed
Scribble - write hastily
Scurvy - mean, contemptible
Seal - piece of wax, lead, etc stamped on the document
Secular - material (not spiritual); living outside monasteries
Sedulous - persevering
Seminal - like a seed; constituting a source, originative
Sententious - short and pithy, full of maxims/proverbs
Sequence - succession, connected line of
Sere - make hard and without feeling/mouldy flower.
Sermon - reproving a person for his faults
Serrated - having a toothed edge
Serration - having a toothed edge
Servile - like a slave, lacking independence
Sever - break off
Severance - severing
Shaft - arrow or spear, something long and narrow
Shallow - little depth; not earnest
Shard - piece of broken earthenware
Sheath - cover for the blade of a weapon or a tool
Shove - push
Shrewd - astute; showing sound judgement
Shrill - sharp, piercing
Shun - keep away from; avoid
Shunt - send from one track to another; lay aside; evade discussion
Sidestep - step to one side
Simper - (give a) silly/self-conscious smile
Sinuous - winding, undulating, serpentine
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Skiff - small boat

Skit - short piece of humorous writing
Slack - sluggish; dull; not tight
Slake - to assuage, to satisfy, allay
Slate - king of blue-grey stone; propose; criticize
Sluggard - lazy, slow-moving person
Slur - join sounds/words (indistinct)

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