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(1) ABATE /'beit/

(2) ABDICATION
/,bdi'kein/

(3) ABERRATION
/'be'rein/

(4) ABEYANCE
/'beins/

(5) ABHOR /b'h:/

(6) ABIDE /'baid/

(7) ABJURE /b'du/

(8) ABLUTION
/'blu:n/

(9) ABNEGATION
/,bni'gein/

(10) ABROGATE
/'brougeit/

(11) ABSCOND
/b'sknd/

(12) ABSTEMIOUS
/b'sti:mjs/

(13) ABSTRUSE
/b'stru:s/

(14) ABUT /'bt/

(15) ABYSMAL
/'bizml/

(16) ACARPOUS
/'k:ps/

(13) difficult to
comprehend; obscure

(14) border on

(15) bottomless;
extreme

(16) effete; no longer


fertile; worn out

(9) self-denial

(10) repeal or annul by


authority

(11) to go away
suddenly (to avoid
arrest)

(12) restraint,
especially of food and
alcohol

(5) to hate; to detest

(6) be faithful; to
endure

(7) promise or swear


to give up

(8) washing

(1) to lessen; to
subside

(2) giving up control,


authority

(3) straying away from


what is normal

(4) suspended action

(17) ACCLAIMED

(18) ACCOLADE
/'kleid/

(19) ACCRETION
/'kri:n/

(20) ADAMANT
/'dmnt/

(21) ADDLE /'dl/

(22) ADDUCE
/'dju:s/

(23) ADJUDICATE
/'du:di'keit/

(24) ADJUNCT
/'dkt/

(25) ADJURE /'du/

(26) ADMONITORY
/d'mnitri/

(27) ADORN /'d:n/

(28)
ADULTERATION
/,dlt'rein/

(29) ADUMBRATE
/'dmbreit/

(30)
ADVENTITIOUS
/,dven'tis/

(31) AFFABLE
/'fbl/

(32) AFFINITY
/'finiti/

(29) to suggest or hint;


overshadow

(30) coming from


another source and not
innate

(31) polite and


friendly

(32) close connection


relationship

(25) to beg

(26) containing
warning

(27) add beauty;


decorate

(28) making unpure,


poorer in quality

(21) to become rotten;


to become confused

(22) to offer as
example, reason or
proof

(23) to settle judicially

(24) something added;


assistant

(17) welcomed with


shouts and approval

(18) praise; approval

(19) the growing of


separate things into
one

(20) kind of stone;


inflexible

(33) AGGRAVATE
/'grveit/

(34) AGILE /'dail/

(35) AGNOSTIC
/g'nstik/

(36) AGOG /'gg/

(37) AIL /eil/

(38) ALACRITY
/'lkriti/

(39) ALCOVE
/'lkouv/

(40) ALLEGIANCE
/'li:dns/

(41) ALLEVIATE
/'li:vieit/

(42) ALLOY /'li/

(43) ALOOF /'lu:f/

(44) ALTERCATE
/':lt:keit/

(45) AMALGAMATE
/'mlgmeit/

(46)
AMBIDEXTROUS
/'mbi'dekst/

(47) AMBIGUOUS
/m'bigjus/

(48) AMBIVALENT
/'mbi'veilnt/

(45) mix, combine,


unite societies

(46) able to use the left


hand or the right
equally well

(47) doubtful;
uncertain

(48) having both of


two contrary meanings

(41) make (pain)


easier to bear

(42) to debase by
mixing with
something inferior

(43) reserved;
indifferent

(44) to dispute angrily


or noisily

(37) trouble; be ill

(38) eager and


cheerful readiness

(39) recess; partially


enclosed place

(40) duty; support;


loyalty

(33) make worse;


irritate

(34) active; quickmoving

(35) non-committal

(36) eager; excited

(49) AMBLE /'mbl/

(50) AMELIORATE
/'mi:ljreit/

(51) AMORPHOUS
/'m:fs/

(52) AMORTIZE
/'m:taiz/

(53) ANATHEMA
/'nim/

(54) ANGUISH
/'gwi/

(55) ANIMOSITY
/,ni'msiti/

(56) ANTEBELLUM

(57)
ANTEDILUVIAN
/'ntidi'lu:vjn/

(58)
ANTHROPOMORPH
IC /,nrp'm:fik/

(59) ANTIDOTE
/'ntidout/

(60) ANTITHETICAL
/,nti'etik/

(61) APARTHEID
/'p:thaid/

(62) APHASIA
/'feizj/

(63) APHORISM
/'frizm/

(64) APLOMB
/'pl:/

(61) brutal racial


discrimination

(62) loss of the power


to use or comprehend
words

(63) concise statement


of a principle

(64) self-confidence

(57) made a long time


ago

(58) having human


characteristics

(59) medicine used


against a poison or a
disease

(60) direct opposing

(53) something
loathed; curse

(54) severe suffering

(55) strong dislike

(56) existing before a


war

(49) leisurely walk

(50) improve; make


better

(51) shapeless

(52) end (a debt) by


setting aside money

(65) APOSTASY
/'pstsi/

(66) APOSTATE
/'pstsi/

(67) APOTHEOSIS
/,pi'ousi:z/

(68) APPEASE /'pi:z/

(69) APPELLATION
/,pe'lein/

(70)
APPREHENSIVE
/,pri'hensiv/

(71) APPRISE
/'praiz/

(72) APPROBATION
/,pr'bein/

(73) APROPOS
/'prpou/

(74) APT /pt/

(75) ARABESQUE
/,r'besk/

(76) ARBOREAL
/:'b:ril/

(77) ARDOR

(78) ARDUOUS
/':djus/

(79) ARGOT /':gou/

(80) ARRANT /'rnt/

(77) enthusiasm

(78) steep; difficult;


ascent; laborious

(79) jargon; slang

(80) in the highest


degree

(73) appropriate to the


situation; apt

(74) well-suited;
quick-witted

(75) a complex ornate


design

(76) of connected with


trees

(69) identifying name


or title

(70) grasping;
understanding;
unhappy feeling about
future

(71) give notice; to


inform

(72) approval

(65) renunciation of a
religion

(66) one who


abandons long-held
religious or political
convictions

(67) deification;
glorification to
godliness

(68) make quiet or


calm

(81) ARROGANCE
/'rgns/

(82) ARTICULATE
/:'tikjulit/

(83) ASCEND /'send/

(84) ASCENDANCY
/'sendnsi/

(85) ASCERTAIN
/,s'tein/

(86) ASCRIBE
/s'kraib/

(87) ASEPTIC
/'septik/

(88) ASHEN /'n/

(89) ASPERITY
/s'periti/

(90) ASPERSION
/s'p:n/

(91) ASSIDUOUS
/'sidjus/

(92) ASSUAGE
/'sweid/

(93) ASTERISK
/'strisk/

(94) ASTRINGENT
/s'trindnt/

(95) ASTUTE /s'tju:t/

(96) ATELIER
/'tliei/

(93) the mark * (e.g..


omitted letters)

(94) substance that


shrinks

(95) clever, quick at


seeing to get an
advantage

(96) artist's workroom

(89) roughness;
harshness; ill temper;
irritability

(90) slander

(91) diligent; hardworking; sedulous

(92) make smth (pain,


desire) less

(85) get to know

(86) consider to be the


origin of or belonging
to

(87) surgically clean

(88) deadly pale

(81) proud superior


manner of behaviour

(82) speak distinctly;


connect by joints

(83) go or come up

(84) dominance

(97) ATONEMENT
/'tounmnt/

(98) ATTENUATE
/'tenjueit/

(99) ATTUNE /'tju:n/

(100) AUDACIOUS
/:'deis/

(101) AUGURY
/':gjuri/

(102) AUGUST
/':gst - :'gst/

(103) AUSPICIOUS
/:s'pis/

(104) AUSTERE
/:s'ti/

(105) AUXILIARY
/:g'ziljri/

(106) AVER /'v:/

(107) AVERSION
/'v:n/

(108) AVID /'vid/

(109) AVOW /'vau/

(110)
BACCHANALIAN
/,bk'neiljn/

(111) BAIT /beit/

(112) BALEFUL
/'beilful/

(109) admit; declare


openly

(110) orgy

(111) to persecute

(112) harmful;
ominous; causing evil

(105) helping;
supporting

(106) affirm; assert;


prove; justify

(107) strong; dislike

(108) eager; greedy

(101) omen; sign

(102) majestic;
venerable

(103) favorable;
successful; prosperous

(104) severely moral


and strict; simple and
plain

(97) repayment death


of Jesus

(98) make thin;


weaken; enervate

(99) bring into


harmony

(100) daring; foolishly


bold; impudent

(113) BALK /b:k/

(114) BANEFUL
/'beinful/

(115) BARRAGE
/'br:/

(116) BARREN
/'brn/

(117) BASK /b:sk/

(118) BEATIFY
/bi:'tifai/

(119) BEDIZEN
/bi'daizn/

(120) BELABOR

(121) BELLICOSE
/'belikous/

(122) BELLIGERENT
/bi'lidrnt/

(123) BENEDICTION
/,beni'dikn/

(124) BENEFACTOR
/'benifkt/

(125)
BENEVOLENCE
/bi'nevlns/

(126) BENIGN
/bi'nain/

(127) BEQUEST
/bi'kwest/

(128) BERATE
/bi'reit/

(125) wish or activity


in doing good

(126) kind and gentle;


mild (climate)

(127) arrangement to
give smth at death

(128) scold sharply

(121) belligerent;
pugnacious; warlike

(122) (person, nation)


waging war

(123) something that


promotes goodness or
well-being

(124) person who has


given help

(117) enjoy warmth


and light

(118) to bless; make


happy or ascribe a
virtue to

(119) to adorn,
especially in a cheap
showy manner

(120) beat hard

(113) obstacle;
purposely to get on the
way of

(114) causing harm or


ruin; pernicious;
destructive

(115) artificial;
obstacle built across a
river

(116) not good


enough; unable to
have young ones
without value

(129) BEREFT
/bi'vi:v/

(130) BEWILDER
/bi'wild/

(131) BIGOT /'bigt/

(132) BILGE /bild/

(133) BILK /bilk/

(134)
BLANDISHMENT
/'blndimnt/

(135) BLANDNESS
/blndnis/

(136) BLATANT
/'blitnt/

(137) BLITHE /blai/

(138) BLUSTER
/'blst/

(139) BOGUS
/'bougs/

(140) BOISTEROUS
/'bistrs/

(141) BOLSTER
/'boulst/

(142) BOORISH
/'buri/

(143) BRASH /br/

(144) BRASS /br:s/

(141) give greatly


needed support

(142) crude; offensive;


rude

(143) hasty; rush;


cheeky; saucy

(144) yellow metal


(mixing copper and
zinc)

(137) cheerful; casual;


carefree

(138) to talk or act


with noisy swaggering
threats

(139) sham;
counterfeit; not
genuine

(140) loud; noisy;


rough; lacking
restraint

(133) to cheat

(134) flattery coaxing

(135) polite manner;


comforting
uninteresting

(136) noisy and rough

(129) rob or dispossess


of smth (material)

(130) puzzle; confuse

(131) stubborn;
narrow-minded person

(132) bulge the


protuberance of a cask

(145) BRAZEN
/'breizn/

(146) BREACH
/bri:t/

(147) BRITTLE /'britl/

(148) BROACH
/brout/

(149) BROOK /bruk/

(150) BUOYANT
/'bint/

(151) BURGEON
/'b:dn/

(152) BURNISH
/'b:ni/

(153) CABAL /k'bl/

(154) CACOPHONY
/k'kfni/

(155) CADENCE
/'keidns/

(156) CADGE /kd/

(157) CAJOLE
/k'doul/

(158) CALUMNY
/'klmni/

(159) CANDID
/'kndid/

(160) CANT /knt/

(157) use flattery or


deceit; to persuade

(158) slander;
aspersion

(159) frank; straightforward

(160) insincere talk

(153) a scheme or
plot; a group of
plotters

(154) harsh sound

(155) rhythmic
modulation of sound

(156) to beg; to get by


begging

(149) to tolerate,
endure

(150) able to float


light-hearted

(151) grow forth; send


out buds

(152) to polish, rub to


a shine

(145) made of brass

(146) opening; broken


place; breaking

(147) easily broken

(148) bring up;


announce; begin to
talk about

(161)
CANTANKEROUS
/kn'tkrs/

(162) CANVASS
/'knvs/

(163) CAPTIOUS
/'kps/

(164) CAROUSE
/k'rauz/

(165) CARP /k:p/

(166) CARTE
BLANCHE
/'k:t'bl:n/

(167) CASTIGATION
/,ksti'gein/

(168) CATALYST
/'ktlist/

(169) CATATONIC

(170) CATHOLIC
/'klik/

(171) CAUSTIC
/'k:stik/

(172) CAVIL /'kvil/

(173) CEDE/cession

(174) CELERITY
/si'leriti/

(175) CENSURE
/'sen/

(176) CENTURION

(173) to surrender
possession of,
especially by treaty

(174) rapidity of
motion or action

(175) expression of
blame or disapproval a
rebuke

(176) leader of a unit


of 100 soldiers

(169) immobile

(170) comprehensive;
universal

(171) biting; sarcastic

(172) to raise trivial


and frivolous
objection

(165) to find fault or


complain querulously

(166) blanche
full
discretionary power

(167) severe
punishment

(168) substance that


causes speeding up

(161) bad-tempered;
quarrelsome

(162) discuss
thoroughly; sort of
touting

(163) critical

(164) to drink alcohol


freely

(177) CHAFF /f:f/

(178) CHARLATAN
/':ltn/

(179) CHARY /'teri/

(180)
CHASTISEMENT
/'tstizmnt/

(181) CHAUVINIST
/'ouvinist/

(182) CHICANERY
/i'kenri/

(183) CHIMERA
/kai'mir/

(184) CHISEL /'tizl/

(185) CHIVY /'tivi/

(186) CHOLERIC
/,kkrik/

(187) CHROMATIC
/kr'mtik/

(188) CHURL /t:l/

(189) CHUTZPAH

(190)
CIRCUMSCRIBE
/'s:kmskrib/

(191) CLAMOR

(192) CLERICAL
/'klerikl/

(189) nerve; gall

(190) to draw line


around; to limit

(191) shout; complain


with a lot of noise

(192) of the clergy or


clerk

(185) to tease or annoy


with persistent petty
attacks

(186) irritable; badtempered

(187) of color

(188) bad-tempered
person

(181) a blindly
devoted patriot

(182) legal trickery;


false argument

(183) illusion or
fabrication of the mind

(184) steel tool for


shaping materials

(177) to tease goodnaturedly

(178) quack or fraud

(179) cautious; wary

(180) punishment

(193) CLIENTELE

(194) CLINCH
/klint/

(195) CLING /kli/

(196) CLOT /klt/

(197) CLOTURE

(198)
COAGULATION
/kou,gju'lei/

(199) COALESCING

(200) COAX /kouks/

(201) CODA /'koud/

(202) CODDLE /'kdl/

(203) COERCE
/kou':s/

(204) COEVAL
/kou'i:vl/

(205) COGENT
/'koudnt/

(206) COGITATE
/'kditeit/

(207) COGNIZANT
/'kgniznt/

(208) COLLUSION
/k'lu:n/

(205) strong;
convincing

(206) think deeply;


mediate

(207) being fully


aware of

(208) secret agreement


for a deceitful purpose

(201) passage that


completes a piece of
music

(202) treat with care


and tenderness

(203) compel to force


to make obedient

(204) of the same


period; coexisting

(197) closing device


(in Parliament) to end
a debate by voting

(198) change to a thick


and solid state

(199) coming together


and uniting into one
substance

(200) get smb to do


smth by kindness

(193) customers

(194) come to grips;


settle conclusively

(195) to resist
separation

(196) half-solid lump


formed from liquid

(209) COMBUSTION
/km'bstn/

(210) COMELY
/'kmli/

(211)
COMMEMORATE
/k'mem'rein/

(212)
COMMODIOUS
/k'moudjs/

(213) COMMUTER
/k'mju:t/

(214)
COMPLAISANCE
/km'pleizns/

(215)
COMPUNCTION
/km'pkn/

(216) CONCEAL
/kn'si:l/

(217) CONCEITED
/kn'si:tid/

(218)
CONCILIATORY
/kn'silitri/

(219)
CONCOMITANT
/kn'kmitnt/

(220) CONCORD
/'kk:d/

(221) CONCUR
/kn'k:/

(222) CONDENSE
/kn'dens/

(223) CONDONE
/kn'doun/

(224) CONGEAL
/kn'di:l/

(221) agree in opinion;


happen together

(222) increase in
density, strength;
make laconic

(223) forgive

(224) make or become


stiff and solid

(217) having an
excessively high
opinion of oneself

(218) reconciling;
soothing; comforting;
mollifying

(219) accompanying

(220) agreement or
harmony

(213) person who


travels regularly

(214) tending to
comply; obliging
willingness to please

(215) feeling of regret


for one's action

(216) hide; keep secret

(209) process of
burning

(210) attractive

(211) keep the


memory of

(212) having plenty of


space for what is
needed

(225) CONGENITAL
/kn'denitl/

(226) CONJOIN
/kn'dekt/

(227)
CONNOISSEUR
/,kni's:/

(228)
CONNOTATION
/,knou'tein/

(229) CONSOLE
/kn'soul/

(230)
CONSPICUOUS
/kn'spikjus/

(231)
CONSTERNATION
/,knst:'nein/

(232) CONSTRAIN
/kn'strein/

(233) CONSTRICT
/kn'strikt/

(234) CONSUME
/kn'sju:m/

(235)
CONSUMMATE
/kn'smit/

(236) CONTEMN
/kn'tm/

(237)
CONTENTIOUS
/kn'tens/

(238) CONTIGUOUS
/kn'tigjus/

(239) CONTRITE
/'kntrait/

(240)
CONTUMACIOUS
/,kntju'meis/

(237) argumentative;
pugnacious;
combative;
quarrelsome

(238) touching;
neighboring

(239) filled with deep


sorrow for
wrongdoing

(240) insubordinate;
rebellious

(233) make tight or


smaller

(234) get to the end of

(235) perfect; make


perfec, complete

(236) to scorn or
despise

(229) give comfort or


sympathy to

(230) easily seen;


remarkable

(231) surprise and


fear; dismay

(232) compel

(225) existing from


birth; inherent

(226) to join together

(227) a person with


good judgement (e.g.,
in art)

(228) suggestion in
addition to

(241) CONUNDRUM
/k'nndrm/

(242) CONVALESCE
/,knv'les/

(243) CONVICTION
/kn'vikn/

(244) CONVIVIAL
/kn'vivil/

(245) CONVOKE
/kn'vouk/

(246) CONVOLUTED
/'knvlu:t/

(247) CORDIAL
/'k:djl/

(248) CORDON
/'k:dn/

(249) CORNUCOPIA
/,k:nju'koupj/

(250) CORPOREAL
/k:'p:ril/

(251) CORPULENT
/'k:pjulnt/

(252) CORRELATE
/'krileit/

(253)
CORROBORATION
/k,rb'rein/

(254)
COUNTENANCE
/'kauntinns/

(255) COUNTERFEIT
/'kauntfit/

(256)
COUNTERVAIL

(253) additional
strengthening evidence

(254) to favor or
approve of

(255) forgery

(256) counterbalance

(249) abundant supply

(250) physical of or
for the body

(251) having a large


bulky body

(252) have a mutual


relation

(245) call together;


summon

(246) complicated;
coiled; twisted

(247) warm and


sincere

(248) line (of police


acting as a guard)

(241) a riddle;
dilemma; enigma

(242) to recover health


gradually after
sickness

(243) firm belief

(244) fond of feasting,


drinking, and good
company

(257) COVERT
/'kvt/

(258) COVETOUS
/'kvits/

(259) COWER /'kau/

(260) COY /ki/

(261) COZEN /'kzn/

(262) CRASS /krs/

(263) CRAVAT
/kr'vt/

(264) CRAVEN
/'kreivn/

(265) CREASE /kri:s/

(266) CREDULOUS
/'kredjuls/

(267) CRINGE
/'krind/

(268) CROTCHET
/'krtit/

(269) CRYPTIC
/'kriptik/

(270)
CUMBERSOME
/'kmbsm/

(271) CUPIDITY
/kju:'piditi/

(272)
CURMUDGEON
/k:'mdn/

(269) secret; with a


hidden meaning

(270) burdensome;
heavy and awkward to
carry

(271) greed; lust

(272) bad-tempered
person

(265) line made by


crushing white line on
the ground in cricket

(266) ready to believe


things

(267) to behave in an
excessively servile
way

(268) highly
individual and usually
eccentric opinion

(261) to cheat

(262) very great (esp.


stupidity)

(263) piece of linen


worn as a necktie

(264) cowardly

(257) disguised

(258) eagerly desirous

(259) crouch; shrink


back

(260) shy, modest (esp


of a girl)

(273) CURRICULUM
/k'rikjulm/

(274) CURSORY
/'k:sri/

(275) CURTAIL
/k:'teil/

(276) DAINTY
/'deinti/

(277) DASTARD
/'dstd/

(278) DAUNT /d:nt/

(279) DAWDLER
/'d:dl/

(280) DEARTH /d:/

(281) DEBACLE

(282) DECIDUOUS
/di'sidjus/

(283)
DECLAIM/declamatio
n

(284) DECLIVITY
/di'kliviti/

(285) DECORUM
/di'd:rm/

(286) DECREE
/di'kri:/

(287) DECRY /di'krai/

(288) DEFERENTIAL
/,def'renl/

(285) propriety;
properness

(286) order given by


authority

(287) disapprove of

(288) showing respect

(281) a breakup;
overthrow; sudden
disaster

(282) ephemeral

(283) to speak
pompously or
bombastically

(284) downward
inclination

(277) coward

(278) intimidate; make


fearful

(279) person who is


slow; waste of time

(280) shortage

(273) course of study

(274) quick hurried

(275) make shorter


then was planned

(276) pretty, delicate


(food); difficult to
please

(289) DEFIANCE
/di'fains/

(290) DEIGN /dein/

(291) DELETERIOUS
/,deli'tiris/

(292) DELINEATE
/di'linieit/

(293) DELUGE
/'delju:d/

(294) DEMAGOGUE
/'demgg/

(295) DEMUR
/di'm:/

(296) DENIGRATE
/'denigreit/

(297)
DENOUEMENT

(298) DEPLETE
/di'pli:t/

(299) DEPOSITION
/,dep'zin/

(300) DEPRAVE
/di'preiv/

(301) DEPRECATE
/'deprikeit/

(302) DERELICTION
/,deri'likn/

(303) DERISION
/di'rin/

(304) DERIVATIVE
/di'rivtiv/

(301) protest against;


express disapproval of

(302) deserting and


leaving; to fall into
ruins

(303) ridicule;
mockery; deriding

(304) unoriginal;
obtained from another
source

(297) an outcome or
solution; the
unraveling of a plot

(298) use until none


remains

(299) dethronement;
depositing

(300) make morally


bad, corrupt

(293) great flood;


heavy rush of water

(294) person appealing


not to reasons

(295) to hesitate; raise


objections

(296) blacken; belittle;


defame

(289) open
disobedience or
resistance

(290) to condescend;
to give

(291) harmful

(292) to portray,
depict, sketch out

(305)
DEROGATORY
/di'rgtri/

(306) DESCRY
/dis'krai/

(307) DESICCANT
/'desiknt/

(308) DESUETUDE
/'deswitju:d/

(309) DESULTORY
/'desltri/

(310) DETER /di't:/

(311) DETRACTION
/di'trkn/

(312)
DETUMESCENCE

(313) DEVIANCE

(314) DEXTERITY
/deks'teriti/

(315) DIAPHANOUS
/dai'fns/

(316) DIATRIBE
/'daitraib/

(317) DIDACTIC
/di'dktik/

(318) DIFFIDENCE
/'difidns/

(319) DILATE
/dai'leit/

(320) DILATORY
/'diltri/

(317) intended to
teach; preachy

(318) shyness

(319) speak
comprehensively;
become wider, large

(320) intended to
delay

(313) being different


in moral standards
(from normal)

(314) skill (esp. in


handling)

(315) transparent;
gauzy

(316) bitter and violent


attack in words

(309) aimless;
haphazard; digressing
at random

(310) discourage;
hinder

(311) slandering;
verbal attack;
aspersion

(312) diminishing or
lessening of swelling

(305) insulting;
tending to damage

(306) catch sight of;


see smth in the
distance

(307) substance used


to absorb moisture

(308) cessation of use;


disuse

(321) DISABUSE
/,dis'bju:z/

(322) DISALLOW
/'dis'lau/

(323) DISCERN
/di's:n/

(324) DISCOMFIT
/dis'kmfit/

(325) DISCOMPOSE
/,diskm'pouz/

(326) DISCONCERT
/,diskn's:t/

(327)
DISCONSOLATE
/dis'knslit/

(328)
DISCOUNTENANCE
/dis'kauntinns/

(329) DISCOURSE
/dis'k:s/

(330) DISCREDIT
/dis'kredit/

(331) DISCREET
/dis'kri:t/

(332) DISCRETE
/dis'kri:t/

(333) DISDAIN
/dis'dein/

(334)
DISENCUMBER
/'disin'kmb/

(335) DISHEVELED

(336)
DISINGENUOUS
/,disin'denjus/

(333) look on with


contempt

(334) free from


encumbrance

(335) untidy

(336) sophisticated;
artful; trying to
deceive; cunning

(329) speech lecture

(330) refuse to believe

(331) careful, prudent

(332) individually
distinct

(325) to destroy the


composure of

(326) upset the selfpossession of

(327) cheerless;
dejected

(328) refuse to
approve of

(321) to free from


error

(322) refuse to allow


or accept as a correct

(323) see with an


effort but clearly

(324) confuse;
embarrass

(337) DISINTER
/'disin't:/

(338) DISLODGE
/dis'ld/

(339) DISMAL
/'dizml/

(340) DISPARATE
/'disprit/

(341) DISPROOF
/'dis'pru:f/

(342) DISQUIET
/dis'kwait/

(343) DISSEMBLE
/di'sembl/

(344) DISSEMINATE
/di'semineit/

(345) DISSENT
/di'sent/

(346) DISSIPATE
/'disipeit/

(347) DISSOLUTE
/'dislu:t/

(348) DISSOLUTION
/,dis'lu:n/

(349) DISTRAUGHT
/dis'tr:t/

(350) DIVERGENCE
/dai'v:dns/

(351) DIVESTITURE
/dai'vestit/

(352) DIVULGE
/dai'vld/

(349) distracted
violently; upset in
mind

(350) getting farther


apart from a point

(351) taking off;


getting rid of; giving
up

(352) make known


smth secret

(345) have a different


opinion refuse to
assent

(346) to be dissolute

(347) marked by
indulgence in vices

(348) disintegration;
looseness in morals

(341) proof to the


contrary

(342) to take away the


peace or tranquility

(343) speak or behave


so as to hide smth (in
mind)

(344) distribute (esp.


ideas)

(337) dig up from the


earth

(338) move force from


the place occupied

(339) sad; gloomy;


miserable

(340) essentially
different

(353) DOGGEREL
/'dgrl/

(354) DOGMATIC
/dg'mtik/

(355) DOLOROUS
/'dlrs/

(356) DOLT /doult/

(357) DORMANT
/'d:mnt/

(358) DOTE /dout/

(359) DRAWL /dr:l/

(360) DROLL /droul/

(361) DRONE /droun/

(362) DROWSINESS
/'drauzinis/

(363) DRUDGE
/drd/

(364) DUBIOUS
/'dju:bjs/

(365) DUD /dd/

(366) DULCET
/'dlist/

(367) DUPE /dju:p/

(368) DUPLICITY
/dju:'plisiti/

(365) no use person;


smth that fails

(366) melodious;
harmonious

(367) cheat; make a


fool of

(368) deliberate
deception

(361) male bee; person


who isn't selfemployed

(362) feeling sleepy;


half asleep

(363) to do hard,
menial or monotonous
work

(364) feeling doubt

(357) in a state of
inactivity but awaiting
development

(358) show much


fondness; center one's
attention

(359) slow way of


speaking

(360) jesting

(353) trivial, poorly


constructed verse

(354) positive; certain;


arbitrary without room
for discussion

(355) marked by
misery or grief

(356) stupid fellow

(369) DURESS
/dju'res/

(370) DWARF /dw:f/

(371) DYNAMO
/'dainmou/

(372)
EARTHENWARE
/':nwe/

(373) EBULLIENCE
/i'bljns/

(374) EBULLIENT
/i'bljnt/

(375) ECUMENICAL
/,i:kju:'menikl/

(376) EDACIOUS
/i'deis/

(377) EDDY /'edi/

(378) EDIBLE /'edibl/

(379) EFFACE /i'feis/

(380) EFFETE /e'fi:t/

(381) EFFICACY
/,efi'keisnis/

(382) EFFLUVIA
/e'flu:vjm/

(383) EFFRONTERY
/e'frntri/

(384) EGREGIOUS
/i'gri:ds/

(381) production of a
desired result

(382) outflow in a
stream of particles; a
noxious odor or vapor

(383) boldness;
impudence; arrogance

(384) flagrant

(377) circular or spiral


movement (e.g., of
wind)

(378) fit to be eaten;


not poisonous

(379) to make
indistinct

(380) infertile; worn


out; weak

(373) exuberance;
outburst of feeling

(374) overflowing
with enthusiasm;
showing excitement

(375) representing the


whole Christian world

(376) voracious;
devouring

(369) threats to
compel smb

(370) person or smb


much below the usual
size

(371) a generator;
something that
produces electric
current

(372) dishes made of


baked clay

(385) EGRESS
/'i:gres/

(386) ELABORATE
/i'lbrit/

(387) ELEGY /'elidi/

(388) ELICIT /i'lisit/

(389) ELOQUENCE
/'elkwns/

(390) EMACIATE
/i'meiieit/

(391) EMBELLISH
/im'beli/

(392) EMBEZZLE
/im'bezl/

(393) EMOLLIENT
/i'mlint/

(394) EMOTE

(395) EMPIRICAL
/em'pirikl/

(396)
ENCAPSULATE

(397) ENCOMIUM
/en'koumim/

(398)
ENCUMBRANCE
/in'kmbrns/

(399) ENDEARING

(400) ENDORSE
/in'd:s/

(397) warm or
glowing praise;
eulogy; panegyric

(398) burden things


that get on the way of

(399) making dear or


liked

(400) write one's name


on the back of

(393) soothing to the


skin; mollifying

(394) stir up; excite

(395) relying on
experiment

(396) enclose in
capsule

(389) fluent speaking;


skillful use of
language

(390) make thin and


weak

(391) make beautiful

(392) use in a wrong


way for one's own
benefit

(385) way out; exit

(386) worked out with


much care, in great
detail

(387) a lament; a
melancholy
composition

(388) draw out

(401) ENDURING
/in'djuri/

(402) ENERVATE
/i'n:vit/

(403) ENGRAVE
/in'greiv/

(404) ENGROSSING
/in'grousi/

(405) ENGULF
/in'glf/

(406) ENIGMA
/i'nigm/

(407) ENMITY
/'enmiti/

(408) ENNUI
/:'nwi:/

(409) ENSIGN
/'ensain/

(410) ENTANGLE
/in'tgl/

(411) ENTHRAL
/in'r:l/

(412) ENTICE /in'tais/

(413) ENTREAT
/in'tri:t/

(414) ENUNCIATE
/i'nnsieit/

(415) ENZYME
/'enzaim/

(416) EPICUREAN
/,epikju'ri:n/

(413) ask earnestly

(414) pronounce
(words); express a
theory

(415) catalyst

(416) devoted to
pleasure (sensuous
enjoyment)

(409) flag; badge

(410) put into


difficulties

(411) please greatly;


enslave (fig.)

(412) tempt or
persuade

(405) swallow up

(406) smth that is


puzzling

(407) hatred; being an


enemy

(408) boredom

(401) lasting

(402) weaken; deprive


of strength; attenuate

(403) impress deeply

(404) taken up all the


time or attention;
writing in large or
formal

(417) EPIGRAM
/'epigrm/

(418) EPISTLE /i'pisl/

(419) EPITHET
/'epiet/

(420) EPITOME
/i'pitmi/

(421) EQUABLE
/'ekwbl/

(422) EQUANIMITY
/'i:kw'nimiti/

(423) EQUILIBRIUM
/,i:kwi'librim /

(424) EQUIPOISE
/'ekwipiz/

(425) EQUIVOCAL
/i'kwivkl/

(426) EQUIVOCATE
/i'kwivkeit/

(427) ERADICATE
/i'rdikeit/

(428) ERRATIC
/i'rtik/

(429) ERUDITE
/'eru:dait/

(430) ESCHEW
/is'tu:/

(431) ESOTERIC
/,esou'terik/

(432) ESPOUSE
/is'pauz/

(429) learned
scholarly

(430) avoid

(431) abstruse;
intended only for a
small circle of

(432) marry; give


one's support to

(425) having a double


or doubtful meaning;
suspicious

(426) try to deceive by


equivocal language

(427) get rid of; pull


up by the roots

(428) irregular in
behaviour or opinion

(421) steady; regular

(422) calmness of
temperament

(423) state of being


balanced

(424) equal
distribution of weight;
equilibrium

(417) terse or witty


and often paradoxical
saying

(418) letter

(419) adjective

(420) brief summary;


representative
example; a typical
model

(433) EULOGY
/'ju:ldi/

(434) EUPHORIA
/ju:'f:bi/

(435) EUTHANASIA
/,ju:'neizj/

(436) EVASIVE
/i'veisiv/

(437) EVINCE /i'vins/

(438) EVOKE /i'vouk/

(439) EXACERBATE
/eks's:beit/

(440) EXCORIATION
/eks,k:ri'ein/

(441) EXCULPATE
/'eksklpeit/

(442) EXECRATE
/'eksikreit/

(443) EXHAUSTIVE
/ig'z:stiv/

(444) EXIGENCY
/'eksidns/

(445)
EXONERATION
/ig,zn'rein/

(446) EXORBITANT
/ig'z:bitnt/

(447) EXPATIATE
/eks'peiieit/

(448) EXPEDIENT
/iks'pi:djnt/

(445) set smb clear,


free (e.g., from blame)

(446) much too high


or great

(447) to roam; wander


freely

(448) likely to be
useful for a purpose

(441) to clear from a


charge of guilt

(442) to denounce; to
detest utterly

(443) complete;
thorough

(444) emergency an
urgent situation

(437) to show clearly;


to indicate

(438) call up; bring


out

(439) to make more


violent, bitter or
severe

(440) severe criticism

(433) formal praise;


panegyric

(434) elation state of


pleasant excitement

(435) easy and


painless death

(436) tending to evade

(449) EXPIATION
/,ekspi'ein/

(450) EXPLOIT
/'eksplit/

(451)
EXPOSTULATE
/iks'pstjuleit/

(452) EXPURGATE
/'eksp:geit/

(453) EXSCIND
/ek'sind/

(454) EXTANT
/eks'tnt/

(455) EXTEMPORE
/eks'tempri/

(456) EXTENUATE
/eks'tenjueit/

(457) EXTINCT
/iks'tikt/

(458) EXTINGUISH
/iks'tigwi/

(459) EXTIRPATE
/'ekst:peit/

(460) EXTOL /iks'tl/

(461) EXTORT
/iks't:t/

(462) EXTRALEGAL

(463) EXTRANEOUS
/eks'treinjs/

(464) EXTRICABLE
/'ekstrikbl/

(461) obtain by threats,


violence

(462) outside the law

(463) extrinsic; not


forming an essential
part

(464) that can be freed

(457) no longer active

(458) end the


existence of; wipe or
put out

(459) to destroy;
exterminate

(460) praise highly

(453) to cut out; cut


away

(454) still in existence

(455) without previous


thought or preparation

(456) reduce the


strength; lessen
seriousness; partially
excuse

(449) ending; expiring

(450) brilliant
achievement; develop,
use selfishly

(451) argue earnestly;


to dissuade, correct or
protest

(452) to remove
obscenity, purify,
censor

(465) EXTROVERT

(466) EXUBERANCE
/ig'zju:brns/

(467) FACETIOUS
/f:si:s/

(468) FACILE
/'fsail/

(469) FALLACIOUS
/f'leis/

(470) FALTER
/'f:lt/

(471) FANCIFUL
/'fnsiful/

(472) FATUOUS
/'ftjus/

(473) FAWN /f:n/

(474) FECKLESS
/'feklis/

(475) FECUND
/'fi:knd/

(476) FEINT /feint/

(477) FELICITOUS
/fi'lisits/

(478) FELON /'feln/

(479) FERMENT
/'f:ment/

(480) FEROCITY
/f'rousnis/

(477) apt; suitably


expressed; well chosen

(478) person guilty of


murder

(479) substance;
become excited

(480) savage cruelty

(473) young deer; try


to win smb's favor

(474) lacking purpose


or vitality; ineffective

(475) fertile

(476) pretend

(469) based on error

(470) waver; move in


an uncertain manner

(471) imaginary

(472) without sense;


foolish selfsatisfaction

(465) cheerful person

(466) state of growing


vigorously; being full
of life

(467) humorous;
funny; jocular

(468) easily done

(481) FERRET /'ferit/

(482) FERVID
/'f:vid/

(483) FERVOR
/'f:v/

(484) FETID /'fetid/

(485) FETTER /'fet/

(486) FEUD /fju:d/

(487) FIDELITY
/fi'deliti/

(488) FIDGET /'fidit/

(489) FIGUREHEAD

(490) FINESSE
/fi'nes/

(491) FINICAL
/'fainikl/

(492) FINICKY
/'fainikl/

(493) FISSION /'fin/

(494) FIXATE

(495) FLAK /flk/

(496)
FLAMBOYANT
/flm'bint/

(493) splitting or
division (esp. of cells)

(494) stare at

(495) criticism; antiaircraft guns

(496) brightly colored;


florid

(489) carved image on


the prow of a ship

(490) delicate way of


dealing with a
situation

(491) too fussy about


food, clothing, etc.

(492) finical

(485) to shackle; put


in chains

(486) bitter quarrel


over a long period of
time

(487) loyalty;
accuracy

(488) move restlessly;


make nervous

(481) discover by
searching; search

(482) showing earnest


feeling

(483) warmth of
feelings; earnestness

(484) stinking

(497) FLAUNTING

(498) FLAX /'flks/

(499) FLAY /flei/

(500) FLEDGED
/fledged/

(501) FLEET /fleet/

(502) FLINCH /flinch/

(503) FLOP /flop/

(504) FLORID /florid/

(505) FLOUNDER
/flounder/

(506) FLOUT /flout/

(507) FLUKE /fluke/

(508) FLUSTER
/fluster/

(509) FOIBLE /'fibl/

(510) FOIL /fil/

(511) FOMENT
/fou'ment/

(512) FOOLPROOF
/'fu:lpru:f/

(509) defect of
character (a person is
wrongly proud)

(510) prevent from


carrying out; contrast

(511) put smth warm


(to lessen the pain)

(512) incapable; of
failure or error

(505) to struggle to
move; to proceed
clumsily

(506) reject, mock; to


go against (as in going
against tradition)

(507) lucky stroke

(508) make nervous or


confused

(501) number of ships;


quick-moving

(502) draw; move


back; wince

(503) fail; move; fall


clumsily

(504) very much


ornamented; naturally
red (e.g., of face)

(497) show off


complacently

(498) pale; yellow


(hair); a plant

(499) to skin; to
excoriate

(500) able to fly;


trained, experienced

(513) FOPPISH
/'fpi/

(514) FORAGE
/'frid/

(515) FORBEAR
/'f:'be/

(516)
FORBEARANCE
/'f:'berns/

(517) FORD /f:d/

(518) FOREBODE
/f:'boud/

(519) FORENSIC

(520) FORESTALL
/f:'st:l/

(521) FORETOKEN
/'f:toukn/

(522) FORFEIT
/'f:fit/

(523) FORGE /f:d/

(524) FORGERY
/'f:dri/

(525) FORSWEAR
/f:'swe/

(526) FOSTER /'fst/

(527) FRACAS
/'frk:/

(528) FRACTIOUS
/'frks/

(525) renounce;
disallow; repudiate

(526) nurture; care for

(527) noisy quarrel

(528) quarrelsome;
irritable

(521) premonitory
sign

(522) suffer the loss of


smth

(523) workshop for the


shaping of metal; to
shape metal lead

(524) counterfeit

(517) shallow place in


a river (to cross)

(518) to foretell or
predict

(519) belonging to
courts of judicature

(520) prevent by
taking action in
advance preempt

(513) like a man who


pays too much
attention to his clothes

(514) food for horses


and cattle

(515) refrain from; be


patient; ancestor

(516) patience;
willingness to wait

(529) FRAGILE
/'frdail/

(530) FRAGRANT
/'freigrnt/

(531) FRANTIC
/'frtik/

(532) FRENETIC
/fri'netik/

(533) FRET /fret/

(534) FRINGE
/frind/

(535) FROWARD
/'froud/

(536) FRUGAL
/'fru:gl/

(537)
FULMINATION
/,flmi'nein/

(538) FULSOME
/'fulsm/

(539) FUSTY /'fsti/

(540) GAINSAY
/gein'sei/

(541) GARBLE
/'g:bl/

(542) GARMENT
/'g:mnt/

(543) GARNER
/'g:n/

(544) GARRULITY
/g'ru:liti/

(541) make unfair


selection from facts

(542) article of
clothing

(543) to gather and


save to store up

(544) talkativeness

(537) bitter protest

(538) disgusting;
offensive due to
excessiveness

(539) musty; rigidly


old-fashioned or
reactionary

(540) to deny; to
oppose

(533) worry; irritation;


wear away

(534) edge;
ornamental border;
part of hair over the
forehead

(535) intractable; not


willing to yield or
comply; stubborn

(536) careful;
economical

(529) easily injured,


broken or destroyed

(530) sweet-smelling

(531) wildly excited


with joy; anxiety

(532) frantic, frenzied

(545) GARRULOUS
/'gruls/

(546) GAUCHERIE

(547) GERMANE

(548) GIST /dist/

(549) GLEAN /gli:n/

(550) GLIB /glib/

(551) GLIMMER
/'glim/

(552) GLOAT /glout/

(553) GLUT /glt/

(554) GNAW /n:/

(555) GNOMIC
/'noumik/

(556) GOAD /goud/

(557) GORGE /g:d/

(558) GOSSAMER
/'gsm/

(559) GOUGE /gaud/

(560)
GRANDILOQUENT
/grn'dilkwnt/

(557) eat greedily;


narrow opening with a
stream

(558) soft light;


delicate material

(559) tool for cutting


grooves in wood

(560) using pompous


words

(553) supply too


much; fill to excess

(554) waste away; bite


steadily

(555) characterized by
aphorism

(556) smth urging a


person to action

(549) gather facts in


small quantities

(550) ready and


smooth but not sincere

(551) weak, unsteady


light

(552) look at with


selfish delight

(545) too talkative

(546) socially
awkward, tactless
behavior

(547) relevant
pertinent to

(548) the point;


general sense

(561) GRAVE /greiv/

(562) GRAZE /greiz/

(563) GREGARIOUS
/gre'geris/

(564) GRIEVOUS
/'gri:vs/

(565) GROVEL
/'grvl/

(566) GUILE

(567) GULLIBLE

(568) GUSH /g/

(569) GUST /gst/

(570) HACK /hk/

(571) HALCYON
/'hlsin/

(572) HALLOW
/h'lou /

(573) HARANGUE
/h'r/

(574) HARBINGER
/'h:bind/

(575) HARDIHOOD
/'h:dihud/

(576) HARROW
/'hrou/

(573) a long
passionate speech

(574) smth or smb that


foretells the coming of

(575) resolute;
courage and fortitude

(576) to distress;
create stress or
torment

(569) outburst of
feeling; sudden rain,
wind, fire, etc.

(570) cut roughly;


hired horse

(571) calm and


peaceful

(572) to make holy;


consecrate

(565) crawl; humble


oneself

(566) deceit; cunning

(567) easily gulled

(568) burst out


suddenly; talk ardently

(561) serious;
requiring
consideration

(562) touch or scrape


lightly in passing

(563) living in
societies; liking the
company

(564) causing grief or


pain; serious

(577) HAUGHTY
/'h:ti/

(578) HECKLE /'hekl/

(579) HECTOR
/'hekt/

(580) HEED /hi:d/

(581) HEINOUS
/'heins/

(582) HERESY
/'hersi/

(583) HERMETIC
/h:'metik/

(584)
HETEROGENEOUS
/,hetroudi'njs/

(585) HEW /hju:/

(586) HIGHBROW
/'haibrau/

(587) HIRSUTE
/'h:sju:t/

(588) HOAX /houks/

(589) HOLSTER
/'houlst/

(590) HOMILETICS

(591) HONE /houn/

(592) HONORIFIC
/,n'rifik/

(589) leather case for a


pistol

(590) act of preaching

(591) stone used for


sharpening tools

(592) conferring or
conveying honor

(585) make by hard


work cut (by striking)

(586) (person) with


superior tastes

(587) hairy; shaggy

(588) mischievous
trick played on smb
for a joke

(581) odious (of


crime)

(582) belief contrary


to what is generally
accepted

(583) sealed by fusion

(584) made up of
different kinds

(577) arrogant;
conceited

(578) to harass with


questions, challenges
or gibes

(579) to bully

(580) attention; give


notice to

(593) HOODWINK
/'hudwik/

(594) HOSPITABLE
/'hspitbl/

(595) HUBBUB
/'hbb/

(596) HUBRIS
/'hju:bris/

(597) HUSH /h/

(598) HUSK /hsk/

(599) HYPERBOLE
/hai'p:bli/

(600) HYPOCRISY
/hi'pkrsi/

(601) ICONOCLAST
/ai'knklst/

(602)
IDIOSYNCRASY
/,idi'sikrsi/

(603) IDOLATRY
/ai'dltri/

(604) IDYLL /'idil/

(605) IGNOBLE
/ig'noubl/

(606) IGNOMINIOUS
/,ign'minis/

(607) ILLICIT /i'lisit/

(608) IMBROGLIO
/im'brouliou/

(605) dishonorable;
common; undignified

(606) shameful;
dishonorable;
undignified;
disgraceful

(607) unlawful;
forbidden

(608) complicated and


embarrassing situation

(601) person who


attacks popular beliefs

(602) personal
mannerism

(603) excessive
admiration of

(604) a carefree
episode or experience

(597) make or become


silent

(598) worthless
outside part of
anything

(599) extravagant
exaggeration

(600) falsely making


oneself appear to be
good

(593) trick; mislead

(594) liking; to give


hospitality

(595) noise; confusion

(596) arrogant pride

(609) IMMACULATE
/i'mkjulit/

(610) IMMINENT
/'iminnt/

(611) IMMUTABLE
/i'mju:tbl/

(612) IMPAIR
/im'pe/

(613) IMPASSIONED
/im'pnd/

(614) IMPASSIVE
/im'psiv/

(615) IMPEACH
/im'pi:t/

(616) IMPECUNIOUS
/,impi'kju:njs/

(617) IMPEDE
/im'pi:d/

(618) IMPENDING
/im'pendi/

(619) IMPERATIVE
/im'pertiv/

(620) IMPERIOUS
/im'piris/

(621)
IMPERMEABLE
/im'p:mjbl/

(622) IMPERTINENT
/im'p:tinnt/

(623)
IMPERTURBABLE
/,imp:'t:bbl/

(624) IMPERVIOUS

(621) that cannot be


permeated

(622) given to insolent


rudeness

(623) calm; not


capable of being
excited

(624) not allowing to


pass through (of
materials)

(617) hinder; get in the


way of

(618) imminent; being


about to happen;
expected

(619) urgent; essential

(620) commanding;
haughty; arrogant

(613) filled with


passion or zeal

(614) unmoved
feeling; no sign of
passion

(615) to accuse; to
charge with a crime

(616) having little or


no money

(609) pure faultless

(610) likely to come or


happen soon

(611) that cannot be


changed

(612) worsen;
diminish in value

(625)
IMPERVIOUSNESS
/im'p:vjsnis/

(626) IMPETUOUS
/im'petjus/

(627) IMPIETY
/im'paiti/

(628) IMPLACABLE
/im'plkbl/

(629) IMPLICATE
/'implikit/

(630) IMPLICIT
/im'plisit/

(631) IMPLOSION
/im'ploun/

(632) IMPORTUNE
/im'p:tju:n/

(633) IMPRECATION
/,impri'kein/

(634) IMPROMPTU
/im'prmptju:/

(635) IMPUDENT
/im'pru:dnt/

(636) IMPUGNED

(637) IMPUNITY
/im'pju:niti/

(638) IMPUTE
/im'pju:t/

(639)
INADVERTENT
/,ind'v:tnt/

(640) INANE /i'nein/

(637) exemption from


punishment, harm or
loss

(638) to attribute; to a
cause or source;
ascribe

(639) not paying


proper attention

(640) silly senseless

(633) an invocation of
evil; a curse

(634) without
preparation

(635) rash indiscreet

(636) challenged; to be
doubted

(629) show that smb


has a share

(630) implied though


not plainly expressed

(631) collapse;
bursting inward

(632) beg urgently;


solicit (of a prostitute)

(625) haughty;
arrogant; commanding

(626) having sudden


energy; impulsive

(627) lack of
reverence or
dutifulness

(628) incapable of
being placated;
unpleasable

(641) INASMUCH
/inz'mt/

(642)
INCANDESCENT
/incandescent/

(643)
INCARCERATE
/in'k:sreit/

(644) INCENSE
/'insens/

(645) INCESSANT
/in'sesnt/

(646) INCHOATE
/'inkoueit/

(647) INCIPIENT
/in'sipint/

(648) INCISE /in'saiz/

(649) INCITE /in'sait/

(650)
INCONGRUOUS
/in'kgrus/

(651)
INCORRIGIBILITY
/in,krid'biliti/

(652)
INCREDULOUS
/in'kredjuls/

(653) INCULCATE
/'inklkeit/

(654) INCUMBENTS

(655) INCURSION
/in'k:n/

(656)
INDEFATIGABILIT
Y /'indi,ftig'biliti/

(653) fix firmly by


repetition

(654) official duties

(655) a raid; a sudden


attack

(656) not easily


exhaustible;
tirelessness

(649) stir up; rouse

(650) out of place; not


in harmony or
agreement

(651) cannot be cured


or corrected

(652) skeptical;
unwilling to believe

(645) often repeated;


continual

(646) not yet fully


formed; rudimentary;
elementary

(647) beginning

(648) engrave; make a


cut in

(641) since; because

(642) white, glowing


or luminous with
intense heat

(643) to put in prison;


to confine

(644) make angry

(657) INDELIBLE
/in'delibl/

(658) INDIGENCE
/'indidns/

(659) INDIGENOUS
/in'didins/

(660) INDISTINCT
/,indis'tikt/

(661) INDOLENCE
/'indlns/

(662)
INDOMITABLE
/in'dmitbl/

(663) INDUBITABLE
/in'dju:bitbl/

(664) INDULGE
/in'dju:/

(665) INDULGENT
/in'dldnt/

(666) INEFFABLE
/in'efbl/

(667)
INELUCTABLE
/,ini'lktbl/

(668) INEPT /i'nept/

(669) INEPTITUDE
/i'neptitju:d/

(670) INFERNO
/in'f:nou/

(671) INFURIATE
/in'fjurieit/

(672) INFUSE
/in'fju:z/

(669) quality of being


unskillful

(670) hell

(671) fill with fury or


rage

(672) put; pour; fill

(665) inclined to
indulge

(666) too great to be


described in words

(667) certain;
inevitable

(668) unskillful; said


or done at the wrong
time

(661) laziness

(662) not easily


discouraged or
subdued

(663) too evident to be


doubted

(664) gratify; give way


to; satisfy; allow
oneself

(657) that cannot be


rubbed out

(658) poverty

(659) native

(660) not easily heard,


seen

(673) INGENUOUS
/in'denjus/

(674) INGEST
/in'dest/

(675) INGRESS
/'ingres/

(676) INIMICAL
/i'nimikl/

(677) INIMITABLE
/i'nimitbl/

(678) INNOCUOUS
/i'nkjus/

(679) INORDINATE
/in':dinit/

(680)
INSCRUTABLE
/in'skru:tbl/

(681) INSENSIBLE
/in'sensbl/

(682) INSINUATE
/in'sinjueit/

(683) INSIPID
/in'sipid/

(684) INSOLVENT
/in'slvnt/

(685) INSOUCIANT
/in'su:sjnt/

(686) INSULARITY
/,insju'lriti/

(687) INSUPERABLE
/in'sju:prbl/

(688)
INSURRECTION
/,ins'rekn/

(685) unconcerned;
carefree

(686) narrowmindedness; isolated

(687) incapable of
being surmounted or
solved

(688) rising of people


to open resistance to

(681) unconscious;
unresponsive;
unaffected

(682) suggest
unpleasantly; make a
way for smth gently

(683) without taste or


flavor

(684) unable to pay


debts; impoverished

(677) defying
imitation; unmatchable

(678) causing no harm

(679) exceeding
reasonable limits

(680) incapable of
being discovered or
understood

(673) nave; young;


artless; frank

(674) take in by
swallowing

(675) the act of


entering; entrance

(676) harmful or
friendly

(689) INTER /in't:/

(690) INTERDICT
/'intdikt/

(691) INTERIM
/'intrim/

(692) INTERLOPER
/,int'loup/

(693) INTERPOSE
/,int'pouz/

(694)
INTERREGNUM
/,int'regnm/

(695) INTERSPERSE
/,int'sp:s/

(696) INTIMATE
/'intimit/

(697)
INTRACTABLE
/in'trktbl/

(698)
INTRANSIGENCE

(699)
INTRANSIGENT
/in'trnsidnt/

(700) INTREPID
/in'trepid/

(701)
INTROSPECTION
/,introu'spekn/

(702) INUNDATE
/'inndeit/

(703) INURED

(704) INVECTIVE
/in'vektiv/

(701) examining one's


own thoughts and
feelings

(702) flood; cover by


overflowing

(703) accustomed to
adapted

(704) abusive
language; curses

(697) not easily


managed or
controlled; unruly

(698) unwillingness to
compromise;
stubbornness;
intractability

(699) uncompromising

(700) fearless; brave;


undaunted

(693) to come between

(694) lapse in a
continuous series

(695) place here and


there

(696) to announce; to
suggest or hint

(689) to entomb or
bury

(690) prohibit; forbid

(691) as an installment

(692) to encroach; to
intrude

(705) INVEIGH
/in'vei/

(706) INVETERATE
/in'vetrit/

(707) INVIDIOUS
/in'vidis/

(708) INVINCIBLE
/in'vinsbl/

(709) INVOLUTE
/'invlu:t/

(710) IRASCIBLE
/i'rsibl/

(711) IRATE /ai'reit/

(712) IRE /'ai/

(713) IRKSOME
/':ksm/

(714) IRRESOLUTE
/i'rezlu:t/

(715)
IRREVOCABLE
/i'revkbl/

(716) ITINERATE
/i'tinreit/

(717) JABBER
/'db/

(718) JEJUNE
/di'du:n/

(719) JETTISON
/'detisn/

(720) JIBE /daib/

(717) talk excitedly;


utter rapidly

(718) lacking nutritive


value; dull; juvenile

(719) to get rid of as


superfluous or
encumbering

(720) gibe; make fun


of

(713) tiresome

(714) hesitating;
undecided

(715) final and


unalterable

(716) to travel from


place to place; to
peregrinate

(709) complex

(710) irritable; easily


angered

(711) angry

(712) anger

(705) to attack
verbally; denounce;
deprecate

(706) deep-rooted;
long-established

(707) of an unpleasant
or objectionable nature

(708) too strong to be


defeated

(721) JOCULAR
/'dkjul/

(722) JUDICIOUS
/du:'dil/

(723) KNIT /nit/

(724)
LABYRINTHINE
/,lb'rinin/

(725)
LACHRYMOSE
/'lkrimous/

(726) LACKLUSTER
/'lk,lst/

(727) LAMENT
/l'ment/

(728) LASSITUDE
/'lsitju:d/

(729) LATENT
/'leitnt/

(730) LAUDATORY
/'l:dtri/

(731) LAVISH
/'lvi/

(732) LEGACY
/'legsi/

(733) LEVEE /'levi/

(734) LEVITY /'leviti/

(735) LIBEL /'laibl/

(736) LIBERALITY
/,lib'rliti/

(733) formal
reception;
embankment

(734) lack of
seriousness

(735) statement that


damages reputation

(736) free giving;


generosity

(729) present but not


yet active, developed
or visible

(730) expressing or
giving praise

(731) giving or
producing freely,
liberally or generously

(732) smth handed


down from ancestors

(725) causing tears;


tearful

(726) (of eyes) dull

(727) show, feel great


sorrow

(728) weariness;
tiredness

(721) meant as a joke

(722) sound in
judgment; wise

(723) draw together;


unite firmly

(724) to entangle; the


state of affairs

(737) LIBERTINE
/'lib:tain/

(738) LICENTIOUS
/lai'sens/

(739) LIEN /'lin/

(740) LIMN /lim/

(741) LIMP /limp/

(742) LIMPID
/'limpid/

(743) LIONIZE
/'lainaiz/

(744) LISTLESS
/'listlis/

(745) LITHE /lai/

(746) LOLL /ll/

(747) LOPE /loup/

(748) LOQUACIOUS
/lou'kweis/

(749) LUCUBRATE
/'lu:kju:breit/

(750) LUCULENT
/'lu:kjulnt/

(751) LUGUBRIOUS
/lu:'gju:bris/

(752) LULL

(749) write in
scholarly fashion

(750) easily
understood; lucid;
clear

(751) mournful
excessively; sad

(752) become quiet or


less active

(745) bending twisting

(746) rest to sit or


stand in a lazy way;
hang (dog's tongue)

(747) move along with


long strides

(748) talkative;
garrulous

(741) lacking strength;


walking unevenly

(742) transparent;
absolutely serene and
untroubled

(743) treat as a famous


person

(744) characterized by
lack of interest, energy
or spirit

(737) immoral person

(738) lacking legal or


moral restraints

(739) legal claim until


a debt on it is repaid

(740) paint; portray

(753) LUMBER

(754) LUMINARY
/'lu:minri/

(755) LURK /l:k/

(756) LUSTROUS
/'lstrs/

(757) MACABRE
/m'k:br/

(758) MACERATE
/'msreit/

(759)
MACHINATION
/,mki'nein/

(760) MAELSTROM
/'meilstroum/

(761) MALADROIT
/'ml'drit/

(762)
MALAPROPISM
/'mlprpizm/

(763)
MALEDICTION
/,mli'dikn/

(764)
MALEFACTION
/,mli'fkn/

(765) MALEFICENT
/m'lefisnt/

(766)
MALEVOLENCE
/m'levlns/

(767) MALIGN
/m'lain/

(768) MALINGER
/m'lig/

(765) baleful

(766) wishing to do
evil

(767) injurious; speak


ill of smb; tell lie

(768) to fake illness or


injury in order to shirk
a duty

(761) tactless; clumsy

(762) misuse of a
word (for one that
resembles it)

(763) curse; execration

(764) evil deed; crime

(757) gruesome;
suggesting death

(758) make or become


soft by soaking in
water

(759) plot, scheme


(esp. evil)

(760) powerful;
violent whirlpool

(753) move in a
clumsy, noisy way

(754) star; light-giving


body

(755) be out of view


ready to attack

(756) being bright,


polished

(769) MALLEABLE
/'mlibl/

(770) MANACLE
/'mnkl/

(771) MASSACRE
/'msk/

(772)
MATRICULATION
/m,trikju'lein/

(773) MAUDLIN
/'m:dlin/

(774) MAUL /m:l/

(775) MAVERICK
/'mvrik/

(776) MAWKISH
/'m:ki/

(777)
MELLIFLUOUS
/me'liflunt/

(778) MENDACITY
/men'dsiti/

(779) MENDICANT
/'mendiknt/

(780) MERCURIAL
/m:'kjuril/

(781)
MERETRICIOUS
/,meri'tris/

(782) MESMERIZE
/'mezmraiz/

(783) METICULOUS
/mi'tikjuls/

(784) METTLE /'metl/

(781) attractive on the


surface but of little
value

(782) hypnotize

(783) giving great


attention to details

(784) quality of
endurance or courage

(777) sweetly flowing

(778) dishonesty

(779) a beggar

(780) quick,
changeable in
character; fleeting

(773) sentimental in a
silly or tearful way

(774) hurt by rough


handling

(775) rebel;
nonconformist

(776) sickly or
puerilely sentimental

(769) yielding easily;


moldable; adapting

(770) chains for the


hands or feet

(771) cruel killing of a


large number of
people

(772) be admitted
enter a university as a
student

(785) METTLESOME
/'metld/

(786) MIASMA
/mi'zm/

(787) MIDDLING
/'midli/

(788) MINATORY
/mi'neis/

(789) MINCE /mins/

(790)
MISANTHROPE
/'miznroup/

(791) MISCHIEVOUS
/'mistivs/

(792) MISCREANT
/'miskrint/

(793) MISER /'maiz/

(794) MISOGYNIST
/mai'sdinist/

(795) MISSIVE
/'misiv/

(796) MODERATION
/,md'rein/

(797) MOLLIFY
/'mlifai/

(798) MOLT /moult/

(799) MONOMANIA
/'mnou'meinj/

(800) MORBID
/'m:bid/

(797) make calmer or


quieter

(798) moult; lose hair,


feathers before new
growing

(799) excessive
concentration on a
single object or idea

(800) diseased
unhealthy (e.g., about
ideas)

(793) person who


loves wealth and
spends little

(794) one who hates


women, females

(795) letter

(796) quality of being


limited; not extreme

(789) pronounce or
speak affectedly;
euphemize

(790) person who


hates mankind

(791) harmful; causing


mischief

(792) heretical;
villainous

(785) courageous;
high-spirited

(786) vaporous
exhalation causing
disease

(787) fairly good but


not very good

(788) menacing;
threatening

(801) MORDANT
/'m:dnt/

(802) MOROSE
/m'rous/

(803) MOTTLE
/'mtl/

(804) MUFFLER
/'mfl/

(805) MULISH
/'mju:li/

(806)
MULTIFARIOUS
/,mlti'feris/

(807) MUNDANE
/'mndein/

(808) MUNIFICENT
/mju:'nifisnt/

(809) MYRIAD
/'mirid/

(810) NADIR /'neidi/

(811) NASCENT
/'nsnt/

(812) NEBULOUS
/'nebjuls/

(813) NEGLIGENT
/'neglidnt/

(814) NEOPHYTE
/'ni:oufait/

(815) NERVY /'n:vi/

(816) NEXUS
/'nekss/

(813) taking too little


care

(814) person who has


been converted to a
belief

(815) bold or brash;


nervous

(816) a connection, tie


or link

(809) very great


number

(810) lowest, weakest


point

(811) coming into


existence; emerging

(812) cloud-like; hazy;


vague

(805) unreasonably
and inflexibly
obstinate

(806) varied; motley;


greatly diversified

(807) worldly as
opposed to spiritual;
commonplace;
everyday

(808) characterized by
great liberality or
generosity

(801) biting and


caustic; incisive

(802) ill-tempered
unsocial

(803) surface having


colored spots or
blotches

(804) cloth worn


round the neck;
silencer

(817) NIBBLE /'nibl/

(818) NOISOME
/'nism/

(819)
NONCHALANT
/'nnlnt/

(820) NONPLUSED

(821) NOSTRUM
/'nstrm/

(822) NOVITIATE
/nou'viiit/

(823) NOXIOUS
/'nks/

(824) NUGATORY
/'nju:gtri/

(825) OBDURATE
/'bdjurit/

(826) OBFUSCATE
/'bfkeit/

(827) OBLIVIOUS
/'blivis/

(828) OBLOQUY
/'blkwi/

(829) OBNOXIOUS
/b'nks/

(830) OBSEQUIOUS
/b'si:kwis/

(831)
OBSTREPEROUS
/b'streprs/

(832) OBTAIN
/b'tein/

(829) odiously or
disgustingly
objectionable

(830) too eager to


obey or serve

(831) noisy; loud

(832) to be
established; accepted
or customary

(825) hardened and


unrepenting; stubborn;
inflexible

(826) to darken; make


obscure; muddle

(827) unaware; having


no memory

(828) abusively
detractive language;
sharp criticism

(821) a quack,
remedy; an untested
cure

(822) period of being a


novice; house where
novices are trained

(823) harmful

(824) trifling;
worthless

(817) show some


inclination to accept
(an offer)

(818) offensive
disgusting (smell)

(819) not having


interest

(820) greatly surprised

(833) OBTRUSIVE
/b'tru:siv/

(834) OBTUSE
/b'tju:s/

(835) OBVIATE
/'bvieit/

(836) OCCLUDED

(837) ODIOUS
/'oudjs/

(838) ODIUM
/'oudjm/

(839) ODOR /'oud/

(840) OFFAL /offal/

(841) OFFICIOUS
/'fis/

(842) OMINOUS
/'mins/

(843) ONEROUS
/'nrs/

(844) OPAQUENESS
/ou'peiknis/

(845)
OPPROBRIOUS
/'proubris/

(846) OROTUND
/'routnd/

(847) OSSIFY /'sifai/

(848) OSTENSIBLE
/s'tensbl/

(845) showing scorn


or reproach

(846) sonorous;
bombastic

(847) to turn to bone;


to settle rigidly into an
idea

(848) seeming;
appearing as such;
professed

(841) too eager or


ready to help; offer
advice

(842) threatening

(843) needing effort;


burdensome

(844) dullness; not


allowing light to pass
through

(837) repulsive;
hateful

(838) contempt;
dislike; aversion

(839) smell; favor;


reputation

(840) waste or byproduct of a process;


rubbish

(833) projecting;
prominent;
undesirably noticeable

(834) blunt; stupid

(835) to make
unnecessary; get rid of

(836) blocked up

(849)
OSTENTATION
/,sten'tein/

(850) OSTRACISM
/'strsizm/

(851) OVERHAUL
/'ouvh:l/

(852)
OVERWEENING
/,ouv'wi:ni/

(853) PAEAN /'pi:n/

(854) PALATE
/'pltl/

(855) PALATIAL
/p'leil/

(856) PALLIATE
/'plieit/

(857) PALPABILITY
/,plp'biliti/

(858) PALPITATE
/'plpiteit/

(859) PANEGYRIC
/,pni'dirik/

(860) PANOPLY
/'pnpli/

(861) PARADIGM
/'prdaim/

(862) PARASOL
/,pr'sl/

(863) PARIAH
/'pri/

(864)
PARSIMONIOUS
/,p:si'mounjs/

(861) a model;
example or pattern

(862) umbrella used as


a sunshade, especially
by women

(863) an outcast; a
rejected and despised
person

(864) too economical;


miserly

(857) can be felt,


touched, understood

(858) tremble; beat


rapidly and irregularly

(859) formal praise;


eulogy

(860) smth forming a


protective covering;
impressive array

(853) song of praise or


triumph

(854) roof of the


mouth; sense of taste

(855) magnificent

(856) lessen the


severity of

(849) display to obtain


admiration or envy

(850) shut out from


society; refuse to meet,
talk

(851) examine
thoroughly; to learn
about the condition

(852) presumptuously
arrogant; being a jerk

(865) PARTISAN
/,p:ti'zn/

(866) PATHOS
/'peis/

(867) PATRON
/'peitrn/

(868) PAUCITY
/'p:siti/

(869) PECCADILLO
/,pek'dilou/

(870) PEDANTIC
/pi'dntik/

(871) PEDESTRIAN
/pi'destrin/

(872) PEEVISH
/'pi:vi/

(873) PELLUCID
/pe'lju:sid/

(874) PENCHANT
/'p::/

(875) PENITENT
/'penitnt/

(876) PENURIOUS
/pi'njuris/

(877) PENURY
/'penjuri/

(878)
PERAMBULATE
/p'rmbjuleit/

(879) PERCIPIENT
/p:'sipint/

(880)
PEREGRINATION
/,perigri'nein/

(877) extreme poverty

(878) to travel over or


through (esp. on foot)

(879) capable of
perception; discerning

(880) traveling about;


wandering

(873) transparent; easy


to understand

(874) strong
inclination; a liking

(875) feeling or
showing regret

(876) poor; stingy

(869) small sin; small


weakness in one's
character

(870) bookish;
showing off learning

(871) commonplace;
trite; unremarkable

(872) bad-tempered;
irritable

(865) one-sided;
committed to a party;
biased or prejudiced

(866) emotion of
sympathetic pity

(867) regular
customer; person who
gives support

(868) scarcity a
lacking of

(881) PEREMPTORY
/p'remptri/

(882) PERFIDIOUS
/p:'fidis/

(883)
PERFUNCTORY
/p'fktri/

(884) PERILOUS
/'perils/

(885) PERIPATETIC
/,perip'tetik/

(886) PERISH /'peri/

(887) PERMEATE
/'p:mieit/

(888) PERNICIOUS
/p:'nis/

(889) PERPETRATE
/'p:pitreit/

(890) PERQUISITE
/'p:kwizit/

(891) PERSONABLE
/p:'snbl/

(892)
PERSPICACITY
/,p:spi'ksiti/

(893) PERTAIN
/p:'tein/

(894)
PERTINACIOUS

(895) PEST /pest/

(896) PETRIFIED

(893) belong as a part;


have reference

(894) stubbornly
unyielding or
tenacious

(895) destructive thing


or a person who is
nuisance

(896) taken away


power (to think, feel,
act)

(889) be guilty;
commit (a crime)

(890) gratuity or tip

(891) pleasing in
appearance; attractive

(892) quick judging


and understanding

(885) wandering

(886) be destroyed
decay

(887) spread into


every part of

(888) harmful;
injurious

(881) urgent;
imperative

(882) treacherous;
faithless

(883) done as a duty,


without care

(884) dangerous

(897) PETRIFY
/'petrifai/

(898) PETROUS
/'petrs/

(899) PETULANT
/'petjulnt/

(900) PHILISTINE
/'filistain/

(901) PHLEGMATIC
/fleg'mtik/

(902) PICARESQUE
/,pik'resk/

(903) PIED /paid/

(904) PINCH /pint/

(905) PINE /pain/

(906) PIOUS /'pais/

(907) PIQUANT
/'pi:knt/

(908) PIQUE /pi:k/

(909) PITFALL
/'pitf:l/

(910) PITH /pi/

(911) PIVOTAL
/'pivtl/

(912) PLACATE
/pl'keit/

(909) covered hole as


a trap; unsuspected
danger

(910) essential part;


soft liquid substance

(911) of great
importance (others
depend on it)

(912) soothe; pacify;


calm

(905) waste away


through sorrow or
illness

(906) dutiful to
parents; devoted to
religion

(907) agreeably
pungent; stimulating

(908) hurt the pride or


self-respect; stir
(curiosity)

(901) calm sluggish


temperament;
unemotional

(902) involving clever


rogues or adventurers

(903) of mixed colors

(904) be too tight; take


between the thumb
and finger

(897) to make hard,


rocklike

(898) like a rock, hard,


stony

(899) unreasonably
impatient

(900) a smug ignorant


person; one who lacks
knowledge

(913) PLACID
/'plsid/

(914) PLAINTIVE
/'pleintiv/

(915) PLAQUE /pl:k/

(916) PLATITUDE
/'pltitju:d/

(917) PLEA /pli:/

(918) PLEAD /pli:d/

(919) PLETHORA
/'pler/

(920) PLIANT
/'plaibl/

(921) PLOD /pld/

(922) PLUCK /plk/

(923) PLUMB /plm/

(924) PLUMMET
/'plmit/

(925) PLUNGE
/plnd/

(926) POIGNANT
/'pinnt/

(927) POLEMIC
/p'lemik/

(928) PONCHO
/'pntou/

(925) move quickly,


suddenly and with
force

(926) deeply moving;


keen

(927) aggressive
attack on opinions of
another; disputant

(928) large piece of


cloth

(921) continue doing


smth without resting

(922) pull the feathers


off; pick (e.g.,
flowers)

(923) get to the root of

(924) fall; plunge


steeply

(917) request

(918) address a court


of law as an advocate

(919) glut

(920) pliable; easily


bent, shaped or twisted

(913) serenely free of


interruption or
disturbance

(914) mournful
melancholy; sorrowful

(915) flat metal on a


wall as a memorial

(916) a trite or banal


statement;
unoriginality

(929) PONDEROUS
/'pndrs/

(930) PORTENT

(931) POSIT /'pzit/

(932) POSTULATE
/'pstjuleit/

(933) POTENTATE
/'poutnteit/

(934) PRATE /preit/

(935) PRATTLE
/'prtl/

(936) PRECARIOUS
/pri'keris/

(937) PRECEPTS

(938) PRECIPITOUS
/pri'sipits/

(939) PRECIS

(940) PRECLUDE
/pri'klu:d/

(941) PRECURSORY
/pri:'k:sri/

(942)
PREDILECTION
/,pri:di'lekn/

(943)
PREDOMINATE
/pri'dmineit/

(944) PREEN /pri:n/

(941) preliminary;
anticipating

(942) special liking;


mental preference

(943) have more


power than others

(944) tidy; show selfsatisfaction

(937) rules
establishing standards
of conduct

(938) steep

(939) concise
summary

(940) prevent; make


impossible

(933) ruler; one who


wields great power or
sway

(934) to talk long and


idly

(935) to prate; to utter


or make meaningless
sounds

(936) uncertain; risky;


dangerous

(929) heavy; bulky;


dull

(930) omen;
marvelous; threatening

(931) to postulate; to
suggest

(932) to claim; to
assume as true,
existent or necessary

(945) PREMATURE
/,prem'tju/

(946)
PREPONDERANCE
/pri'pndrns/

(947) PRESAGE
/'presid/

(948)
PRESUMPTION
/pri'zmpn/

(949)
PRETERNATURAL
/,pri:t'ntrl/

(950) PREVALENT
/'prevlnt/

(951)
PREVARICATE
/pri'vrikeit/

(952) PRIM /prim/

(953) PRIMP /primp/

(954) PRISTINE
/pristine/

(955) PROBITY
/probity/

(956) PROCLIVITY
/proclivity/

(957)
PROCRASTINATIO
N /procrastination/

(958) PRODIGAL
/prodigal/

(959) PRODIGIOUS
/prodigious/

(960) PRODIGY
/prodigy/

(957) keeping on
putting off

(958) wasteful;
reckless with money

(959) enormous;
wonderful

(960) portentous
event; omen

(953) to dress or
arrange in a careful or
finicky manner

(954) primitive;
unspoiled; pure as in
earlier times

(955) uprightness;
incorruptibility

(956) inclination

(949) not normal or


usual

(950) common

(951) to equivocate; to
stray from the truth

(952) neat formal

(945) doing or
happening smth before
the right time

(946) greatness in
number, strength,
weight

(947) warning sign

(948) arrogance

(961) PROFANE
/profane/

(962) PROFLIGACY
/profligacy/

(963) PROFLIGATE
/profligate/

(964) PROFUNDITY
/profundity/

(965) PROFUSE
/profuse/

(966)
PROGENY/progenitor

(967)
PROGNOSTICATE
/prognosticate/

(968) PROLIFERATE
/proliferate/

(969) PROLIX /prolix/

(970) PRONE /prone/

(971)
PROPAGATION
/propagation/

(972) PROPINQUITY
/propinquity/

(973)
PROPITIATORY
/propitiatory/

(974) PROPITIOUS
/propitious/

(975) PROSAIC
/prosaic/

(976) PROSCRIBE

(973) conciliatory;
appeasing; mitigating

(974) auspicious;
presenting favorable
circumstances

(975) everyday;
mundane;
commonplace

(976) denounce as
dangerous

(969) tiring because


too long

(970) prostrate;
inclined to
(undesirable things)

(971) increasing the


number; spreading;
extending

(972) nearness in time


or place; affinity of
nature

(965) abundant; lavish

(966) descendants;
children

(967) to foretell from


signs or symptoms;
presage

(968) grow, reproduce


by rapid multification

(961) worldly; having


contempt for God

(962) shameless
immorality

(963) wasteful;
prodigal; extravagant

(964) depth

(977) PROTEAN
/protean/

(978) PROTRACTED
/protracted/

(979) PROVIDENT
/provident/

(980) PROVISIONAL
/provisional/

(981) PROVOKE
/provoke/

(982) PRUDENCE
/prudence/

(983) PRUDISH
/prudish/

(984) PRUNE /prune/

(985) PRY /pry/

(986) PUCKER
/'pk/

(987) PUGNACIOUS
/pg'neis/

(988) PUISSANCE

(989)
PULCHRITUDE
/'plkritju:d/

(990) PUMMEL
/'pml/

(991) PUNCTILIOUS
/pk'tilis/

(992) PUNDIT
/'pndit/

(989) physical beauty

(990) to pound or beat

(991) precise; paying


attention to trivialities

(992) pedant; authority


on a subject

(985) inquire too


curiously

(986) wrinkle

(987) fond of, in the


habit of fighting

(988) strength

(981) make angry

(982) careful;
forethought

(983) easily shocked;


excessively modest

(984) dried plum; silly


person

(977) displaying great


diversity or variety;
versatile

(978) prolonged

(979) frugal; looking


to the future

(980) of the present


time only

(993) PUNGENCY
/'pndnsi/

(994) PUNGENT
/'pndnt/

(995) PUNITIVE
/'pju:nitiv/

(996) PURVEY
/p:'vei/

(997)
PUSILLANIMOUS
/,pju:si'lnims/

(998) PUTATIVE
/'pju:ttiv/

(999)
PUTREFACTION
/,pju:tri'fkn/

(1000) PYRE /'pai/

(1001) QUACK
/kwk/

(1002) QUAFF
/kw:f/

(1003) QUAIL /kweil/

(1004) QUALM
/kw:m/

(1005) QUANDARY
/'kwndri/

(1006) QUELL /kwel/

(1007) QUERULOUS
/'kweruls/

(1008) QUIBBLE
/'kwibl/

(1005) state of doubt


or perplexity

(1006) suppress;
subdue

(1007) habitually
complaining

(1008) try to avoid by


sophistication

(1001) person
dishonestly claiming

(1002) drink deeply

(1003) lose courage;


turn frightened

(1004) feeling of
doubt; temporary
feeling of sickness

(997) cowardly;
craven

(998) commonly
accepted or supposed

(999) becoming rotten

(1000) large pile of


wood for burning

(993) sharpness;
stinging quality

(994) marked by a
sharp incisive quality;
caustic

(995) inflicting,
involving or aiming at
punishment

(996) provide supply

(1009) QUIESCENCE
/kwai'esns/

(1010) QUIESCENT
/kwai'esnt/

(1011) QUIRK
/kw:k/

(1012) QUIXOTIC
/kwik'stik/

(1013) QUOTIDIAN
/kw'tidin/

(1014) RABBLE
/'rbl/

(1015) RACONTEUR
/,rkn't:/

(1016) RACY /'reisi/

(1017) RAFFISH
/'rfi/

(1018)
RAGAMUFFIN
/'rg,mfin/

(1019) RAKE /reik/

(1020) RAMBLE
/'rmbl/

(1021) RAMIFY
/'rmifai/

(1022) RANCOROUS
/'rkrs/

(1023) RANT /rnt/

(1024) RAPACIOUS
/r'peis/

(1021) to be divided or
subdivided; to branch
out

(1022) feeling
bitterness; spitefulness

(1023) use extravagant


language

(1024) greedy (esp. for


money)

(1017) low; vulgar

(1018) ragged; often


disreputable person

(1019) dissolute
person; libertine

(1020) to move
aimlessly from place
to place

(1013) banal;
everyday

(1014) mob; crowd;


the lower classes of
populace

(1015) person who


tells anecdotes

(1016) full of zest or


vigor; piquant

(1009) state of being


passive, motionless

(1010) at rest;
dormant; torpid

(1011) habit or action


peculiar to smb or
smth

(1012) generous;
unselfish

(1025) RAREFY
/'rerifai/

(1026) RATIFY
/'rtifai/

(1027) RAVE /reiv/

(1028)
REACTIONARY
/ri:'knri/

(1029) REBUFF
/ri'bf/

(1030)
RECALCITRANT
/ri'klsitrnt/

(1031) RECANT
/ri'knt/

(1032) RECAST
/'ri:'k:st/

(1033) RECIDIVISM
/ri'sidivizm/

(1034)
RECIPROCITY
/,resi'prsiti/

(1035) RECITALS

(1036) RECLUSE
/ri'klu:s/

(1037)
RECOMPENSE
/'rekmpens/

(1038) RECONCILE
/'reknsail/

(1039) RECONDITE
/ri'kndait/

(1040) RECOURSE
/ri'k:s/

(1037) make payment


to reward punish

(1038) settle a quarrel;


restore peace

(1039) little known;


abstruse

(1040) turning to
someone or something
for help

(1033) relapse into


antisocial or criminal
behavior

(1034) granting of
privileges in return for
similar

(1035) a number of
performance of music

(1036) person who


lives alone and avoids
people

(1029) snub

(1030) disobedient

(1031) take back as


being false; give up

(1032) cast or fashion


anew

(1025) to make thin,


less dense; to purify or
refine

(1026) to approve and


sanction formally

(1027) act with


excessive enthusiasm

(1028) opposing
progress

(1041) RECREANCY
/'rekrins/

(1042) RECREANT
/'rekrint/

(1043) RECTITUDE
/'rektitju:d/

(1044)
RECUPERATE
/ri'kju:preit/

(1045) REDEEM
/ri'di:m/

(1046)
REDOUBTABLE
/ri'dautbl/

(1047) REFINE
/ri'fain/

(1048)
REFRACTORY
/ri'fktri/

(1049) REFULGENT
/ri'fldnt/

(1050) REGALE
/ri'geil/

(1051) REGICIDE
/'redisaid/

(1052) REITERATE
/ri:'itreit/

(1053)
REJUVENATION
/ri,du:vi'nein/

(1054) RELAPSE
/ri'lps/

(1055)
REMONSTRATE
/ri'mnstreit/

(1056)
RENAISSANCE
/ri'neisns/

(1053) becoming
young in nature or
appearance

(1054) fall back again

(1055) to protest,
object

(1056) rebirth or
revival

(1049) shining;
brilliant

(1050) to delight or
entertain; to feast

(1051) crime of killing


a king

(1052) say or do again


several times

(1045) get back by


payment; compensate

(1046) formidable;
causing fear

(1047) make or
become pure, cultural

(1048) stubborn;
unmanageable;
untractable

(1041) cowardice;
cowardly giving up

(1042) coward;
apostate or deserter

(1043) the quality of


being straight;
righteousness

(1044) become strong


after illness, loss,
exhaustion

(1057) RENASCENT
/ri'nsnt/

(1058) RENDER
/'rend/

(1059) RENEGADE
/'renigeid/

(1060) RENEGE
/ri'ni:g/

(1061) RENOVATE
/'renouveit/

(1062) RENOWNED
/ri'naund/

(1063) REPAST
/ri'p:st/

(1064) REPEL /ri'pel/

(1065) REPRISAL
/ri'praizl/

(1066) REPROACH
/ri'prout/

(1067) REPROBATE
/'reproubeit/

(1068) REPUDIATE
/ri'pju:dieit/

(1069) REPULSIVE
/ri'plsiv/

(1070) REQUIEM
/'rekwiem/

(1071) REQUITE
/ri'kwait/

(1072) RESCIND
/ri'sind/

(1069) causing a
feeling of disgust

(1070) mass for the


dead; solemn chant for
the dead

(1071) repay; give in


return

(1072) repeal; annul;


cancel

(1065) recurrence,
renewal or resumption
of an action

(1066) scold; upbraid

(1067) person
hardened in sin; one
devoid of decency

(1068) disown; refuse


to accept or pay

(1061) restore smth to


better condition

(1062) celebrated;
famous

(1063) meal

(1064) refuse to
accept; cause dislike

(1057) rising again


into being or vigor

(1058) deliver;
provide; represent

(1059) deserter;
unconventional or
unlawful person

(1060) to deny; to
renounce; to go back
on a promise

(1073) RESIGNED
/ri'zaind/

(1074) RESILIENCE
/ri'zilins/

(1075) RESORT
/'ri:'s:t/

(1076) RESTIVE
/'restiv/

(1077)
RESUSCITATION
/ri,ssi'tein/

(1078) RETARD
/ri't:d/

(1079) RETICENT
/'retisnt/

(1080)
RETROGRADE
/'retrougreid/

(1081) REVERE
/ri'vi/

(1082) REVERENT
/'revrnt/

(1083) RIBALD
/'ribld/

(1084) RIDDLE /'ridl/

(1085) RIFT /'raifli/

(1086) RIVET /'rivit/

(1087) ROLL
/'roulk:l/

(1088) ROTUND
/rou'tnd/

(1085) split; crack;


dissension

(1086) fix; take up;


secure metal pin

(1087) call; calling of


names

(1088) rich and deep;


plump and round

(1081) have deep


respect for

(1082) feeling or
showing deep respect

(1083) crude;
characterized by
coarse indecent humor

(1084) puzzling
person or thing

(1077) coming back to


consciousness

(1078) check; hinder

(1079) reserved;
untalkative

(1080) tending toward


a worse or previous
state

(1073) unresisting;
submissive

(1074) quality of
quickly recovering the
original shape

(1075) to frequently
visit

(1076) refusing to
move; reluctant to be
controlled

(1089) RUFFIAN
/'rfjn/

(1090) RUMPLE
/'rmpl/

(1091)
SACROSANCT
/'skrouskt/

(1092) SAGACIOUS
/s'geis/

(1093) SALACIOUS
/s'leis/

(1094) SALLOW
/'slou/

(1095) SALUBRIOUS
/s'lu:bris/

(1096) SALUTARY
/'sljutri/

(1097)
SANCTIMONY
/,skti'mounjsnis/

(1098) SANCTION
/'skn/

(1099)
SANGUINARY
/'sgwinri/

(1100) SANGUINE
/'sgwin/

(1101) SANITY
/'sniti/

(1102) SARDONIC
/s:'dnik/

(1103) SASH /s/

(1104) SATIATE
/'seiieit/

(1101) health of mind;


soundness of
judgement

(1102) disdainfully or
skeptically humorous;
sarcastic

(1103) long strip worn


round the waist

(1104) satisfy fully

(1097) selfrighteousness;
hypocritical

(1098) approval (by


authority); penalty

(1099) bloody

(1100) cheerful;
confident; optimistic

(1093) obscene

(1094) of a grayish
greenish yellow color

(1095) healthful

(1096) remedial;
causing improvement

(1089) violent cruel


man

(1090) make rough

(1091) most sacred or


holy; immune from
criticism or violation

(1092) having sound


judgment perceptive
wise like a sage

(1105) SATURNINE
/'st:nain/

(1106) SAVANT
/'svnt/

(1107) SAVOR
/'seiv/

(1108) SAWDUST
/'s:dst/

(1109) SCABBARD
/'skbd/

(1110) SCENT /sent/

(1111) SCORCH
/sk:t/

(1112) SCRIBBLE
/'skribl/

(1113) SCRUPLE
/'skru:pl/

(1114)
SCRUPULOUS
/'skru:pjuls/

(1115) SCURRILOUS
/'skrils/

(1116) SCURVY
/'sk:vi/

(1117)
SECEDE/secession

(1118) SECULAR
/'sekjul/

(1119) SEDULOUS
/'sedjuls/

(1120) SEMINAL
/'si:minl/

(1117) to withdraw
from an organization

(1118) material (not


spiritual); living
outside monasteries

(1119) persevering

(1120) like a seed;


constituting a source;
originative

(1113) minute part or


quantity; qualm

(1114) having moral


integrity; punctiliously
exact

(1115) given to coarse


language

(1116) mean;
contemptible

(1109) sheath for the


blade

(1110) smell (esp.


pleasant)

(1111) become
discolored; dry up; go
at high speed

(1112) write hastily

(1105) gloomy; dark;


morose

(1106) person of great


learning

(1107) taste flavor


smth

(1108) tiny bits of


wood

(1121)
SENTENTIOUS
/sen'tens/

(1122) SEQUENCE
/'si:kwns/

(1123) SERE /si/

(1124)
SERENDIPITY
/,seren'dipiti/

(1125) SERMON
/'s:mn/

(1126) SERRATED
/'serit/

(1127) SERVILE
/'s:vail/

(1128) SEVER /'sev/

(1129) SEVERANCE
/'sevrns/

(1130) SHALLOW
/lou/

(1131) SHARD /:d/

(1132) SHEATH /i:/

(1133) SHIFTLESS
/'iftlis/

(1134) SHREW
/ru:d/

(1135) SHREWD
/ru:d/

(1136) SHRILL /ril/

(1133) lacking in
resourcefulness;
lacking in ambition

(1134) ill-tempered,
scolding woman

(1135) astute; showing


sound judgement

(1136) sharp; piercing

(1129) severing

(1130) little depth; not


earnest

(1131) piece of broken


earthenware

(1132) cover for the


blade of a weapon or a
tool

(1125) reproving a
person for his faults

(1126) having a
toothed edge

(1127) like a slave;


lacking independence

(1128) break off

(1121) short and pithy;


full of maxims,
proverbs

(1122) succession;
connected line of

(1123) make hard and


without feeling

(1124) phenomenon of
finding valuable things
not sought for

(1137) SHUN /n/

(1138) SHUNT /nt/

(1139) SIDESTEP

(1140) SIMPER
/'simp/

(1141) SINEW
/'sinju:/

(1142) SINUOUS
/'sinjus/

(1143) SKIFF /skif/

(1144) SKIT /skit/

(1145) SLACK /slk/

(1146) SLAKE /sleik/

(1147) SLATE /sleit/

(1148) SLUGGARD
/'slgd/

(1149) SLUR /sl:/

(1150) SMOLDER
/'smould/

(1151) SNARE /sne/

(1152) SNUB /snb/

(1149) join sounds,


words (indistinct)

(1150) burn slowly


without flame

(1151) trap

(1152) treat with


contempt

(1145) sluggish, dull,


not tight

(1146) to assuage

(1147) king of bluegrey stone; propose;


criticize

(1148) lazy slowmoving person

(1141) power; chief


supporting force

(1142) winding,
undulating, serpentine

(1143) small boat

(1144) short piece of


humorous writing

(1137) keep away


from; avoid

(1138) send from one


track to another; lay
aside

(1139) step to one side

(1140) (give a) silly,


self-conscious smile

(1153) SOAR /s:/

(1154) SOBER
/'soub/

(1155) SOBRIETY
/sou'braiti/

(1156) SODDEN
/'sdn/

(1157) SOGGY /'sgi/

(1158) SOLVENT
/'slvnt/

(1159) SOMATIC
/s'mtik/

(1160) SOMNOLENT
/'smnlnt/

(1161) SOOT /sut/

(1162)
SOPHISTICATED
/s'fistikeitid/

(1163) SOPHISTRY
/'sfistri/

(1164)
SOPHOMORIC
/,sf'mrik/

(1165) SOPORIFIC
/,soup'rifik/

(1166) SORDID
/'s:did/

(1167) SPECIOUS
/'spi:s/

(1168) SPHINX
/sfiks/

(1165) producing
sleep

(1166) wretched;
comfortless

(1167) illogical of
questionable truth or
merit

(1168) enigmatic or
mysterious person

(1161) black powder


in smoke

(1162) complex;
subtle; refined

(1163) fallacious
reasoning; faulty logic

(1164) self-assured
though immature

(1157) heavy with


water

(1158) of the power of


forming a solution

(1159) of the body

(1160) likely to induce


sleep; inclined to sleep

(1153) rise; fly high

(1154) self-controlled

(1155) quality or
condition of being
sober

(1156) soaked;
saturated

(1169) SPLEEN
/spli:n/

(1170) SPLENETIC
/spli'netik/

(1171) SPLICE
/splais/

(1172) SPONGE
/spnd/

(1173) SPURIOUS
/'spjuris/

(1174) SPURN /sp:n/

(1175) SQUALID
/skwlid/

(1176) SQUANDER
/'skwnd/

(1177) SQUAT
/skwt/

(1178) STANCH
/st:nt/

(1179) STEEPLY
/'sti:pli/

(1180) STENTORIAN
/sten't:rin/

(1181) STICKLER
/'stikl/

(1182) STIGMA
/'stigm/

(1183) STIGMATIZE
/'stigmtaiz/

(1184) STING /sti/

(1181) person who


insists on importance
of smth

(1182) mark of shame


or disgrace

(1183) describe smb


scornfully

(1184) smth sharp

(1177) crouch; settle


without permission

(1178) to stop the flow


of a fluid

(1179) rising or falling


sharply

(1180) extremely loud


and powerful

(1173) counterfeit

(1174) have nothing to


do; reject or refuse

(1175) foul; filthy

(1176) spend
wastefully

(1169) feelings of
anger or ill will; often
suppressed

(1170) bad-tempered;
irritable

(1171) join (two ends)

(1172) porous rubber


for washing; live at
once expense

(1185) STINGY
/'stindi/

(1186) STINT /stint/

(1187) STIPPLE
/'stipl/

(1188) STIPULATE
/'stipjuleit/

(1189) STOLID
/'stlid/

(1190) STRAY /strei/

(1191) STREAK
/stri:k/

(1192) STRIATED
/'straiit/

(1193) STRICTURE
/'strikt/

(1194) STRIDE
/straid/

(1195) STRIDENT
/'staidnt/

(1196) STRUT /strt/

(1197) STULTIFY
/'stltifai/

(1198) STYGIAN
/'stidin/

(1199) STYMIE

(1200) SUBDUE
/sb'dju:/

(1197) to cause to
appear or be foolish

(1198) dark, gloomy

(1199) to hinder,
obstruct or block

(1200) overcome,
bring under control

(1193) something that


limits; adverse
criticism

(1194) walk with long


steps

(1195) characterized
by harsh and
discordant sound

(1196) a supporting
bar

(1189) showing no
emotion; impassive

(1190) wander; lose


one's way

(1191) long; thin;


move very fast

(1192) striped;
grooved or banded

(1185) spending, using


unwillingly

(1186) to be thrifty; to
set limits

(1187) paint with dots

(1188) state or put


forward as a necessary
condition

(1201) SUBJUGATE
/'sbdugeit/

(1202) SUBLIME
/s'blaim/

(1203) SUBMERGE
/sb'm:d/

(1204) SUBORN
/s'b:n/

(1205) SUBPOENA
/sb'pi:n/

(1206)
SUBSTANTIATION
/sb,stni'ein/

(1207) SUBSUME
/sb'sju:m/

(1208)
SUBTERFUGE
/'sbtfju:d/

(1209) SUCCOR
/'sk/

(1210) SUFFICE
/s'fais/

(1211) SUFFOCATE
/'sfkeit/

(1212) SUFFRAGE
/'sfrid/

(1213) SULLIED

(1214) SUMMARILY

(1215) SUMMARY
/'smri/

(1216) SUMPTUOUS
/'smptjus/

(1213) to be stained or
discredited

(1214) briefly; without


delay

(1215) done without


delay or formality

(1216) magnificent

(1209) assistance
relief in time of
distress

(1210) be enough

(1211) cause or have


difficulty in breathing

(1212) short prayer


usually in a series;
right of voting

(1205) written order


requiring a person to
appear in a law court

(1206) giving facts to


support (statement)

(1207) include under a


rule

(1208) deception

(1201) to conquer; to
subdue

(1202) extreme,
astounding

(1203) put under water


liquid; sink out of
sight

(1204) induce by
bribery; to commit
perjury

(1217) SUNDRY
/'sndri/

(1218)
SUPERANNUATE
/,sju:p'rnjueit/

(1219)
SUPERCILIOUS
/,sju:p'silis/

(1220)
SUPERFLUOUS
/sju:'p:flus/

(1221)
SUPERIMPOSE
/,sju:prim'pouz/

(1222) SUPERSEDE
/,sju:p'si:d/

(1223) SUPINE
/sju:'pain/

(1224) SUPPLIANT
/'splint/

(1225) SUPPLICATE
/'splikeit/

(1226) SUPPRESS
/s'pres/

(1227) SURCHARGE
/'s:t:d/

(1228) SURFEIT
/'s:fit/

(1229)
SUSCEPTIBILITY
/s,sept'biliti/

(1230) SWERVE
/sw:v/

(1231) SYBARITE
/'sibrait/

(1232) SYCOPHANT
/'sikfnt/

(1229) sensitiveness

(1230) change
direction suddenly

(1231) voluptuary

(1232) person who


flatter to the rich and
powerful

(1225) make a humble


petition to

(1226) prevent from


being known; put an
end to

(1227) additional load;


charge

(1228) satiate; feed to


fulness or to excess

(1221) put smth on the


top

(1222) take the place


of

(1223) lying on the


back; slow to act;
passive

(1224) asking humbly;


beseeching

(1217) various;
miscellaneous;
separate

(1218) to become
retired; to become
obsolete

(1219) disdainful;
characterized by
haughty scorn

(1220) more then is


needed or wanted

(1233)
SYNCOPATED

(1234) SYNOPSIS
/si'npis/

(1235) TACITURN
/'tsit:n/

(1236) TACTILE
/'tktail/

(1237) TADPOLE
/'tdpoul/

(1238) TALON
/'tln/

(1239) TAMP /tmp/

(1240) TAMPER
/'tmp/

(1241)
TANGENTIAL
/tn'denl/

(1242) TARNISHED

(1243) TASSEL
/'tsl/

(1244) TAUNT /t:nt/

(1245) TAUT /t:t/

(1246) TAUTOLOGY
/t:'tldi/

(1247) TAWDRY
/'t:dri/

(1248) TEETOTAL
/ti:'toutl/

(1245) tightly
stretched

(1246) a repetition,
redundancy

(1247) cheap; gaudy;


showy; tacky

(1248) oppose to
alcohol

(1241) suddenly
changeable

(1242) lost brightness

(1243) bunch of
threads

(1244) contemptuous
reproach; hurtful
remark

(1237) form of a frog


when it leaves the egg

(1238) claw of a bird


of prey

(1239) tap or drive


down by repeated light
blows

(1240) interfere with

(1233) abbreviated;
stressing the weak beat

(1234) summary or
outline

(1235) untalkative
silent

(1236) perceptible by
touch

(1249) TEMERITY
/ti'meriti/

(1250)
TEMPERANCE
/'temprns/

(1251) TEMPERATE
/'temprit/

(1252) TENACITY
/ti'neisnis/

(1253)
TENDENTIOUS
/ten'dens/

(1254) TENUOUS
/'tenjus/

(1255) TEPID /'tepid/

(1256) TERMAGANT
/'t:mgnt/

(1257) TERSE /t:s/

(1258) TESTINESS
/'testinis/

(1259)
THREADBARE
/'redbe/

(1260) THRIFT /rift/

(1261) THWART
/wk/

(1262) TIMID /'timid/

(1263) TIMOROUS
/'timrs/

(1264) TOADY
/'toudi/

(1261) obstruct;
frustrate

(1262) shy; easily


frightened

(1263) fearful; timid

(1264) obsequious
flatterer

(1257) brief and to the


point

(1258) witness;
evidence

(1259) exhausted of
interest or freshness;
trite

(1260) care; economy;


thriving; prosperous

(1253) biased

(1254) insubstantial
flimsy weak

(1255) lukewarm

(1256) shrew

(1249) boldness;
brashness; intrepidness

(1250) abstinence
from alcohol; selfcontrol; moderation

(1251) showing selfcontrol

(1252) firmness;
persistency

(1265) TONIC /'tnik/

(1266) TOPPLE /'tpl/

(1267) TORMENT
/'t:mnt/

(1268) TORPID
/'t:pid/

(1269) TORQUE
/t:k/

(1270) TORTUOUS
/'t:tjus/

(1271) TOUT /taut/

(1272) TRACTABLE
/'trktbl/

(1273) TRADUCE
/tr'dju:s/

(1274)
TRANSGRESS
/trns'gres/

(1275) TRANSIENT
/'trnzint/

(1276) TRANSITORY
/'trnsitri/

(1277) TRAVESTY
/'trvisti/

(1278) TREMULOUS
/'tremjul/

(1279) TRENCHANT
/'trentnt/

(1280)
TREPIDATION
/,trepi'dein/

(1277) parody;
imitation

(1278) characterized
by trembling; affected
with timidity

(1279) forceful;
effective; vigorous

(1280) alarm; excited


state of mind

(1273) to malign; to
violate

(1274) break; go
beyond (a limit)

(1275) temporary;
fleeting

(1276) brief

(1269) twisting force


causing rotation

(1270) devious; not


straightforward

(1271) person who


worries others to buy
smth to use his service

(1272) easily
controlled or guided

(1265) smth giving


strength or energy

(1266) be unsteady
and overturn

(1267) severe pain or


suffering

(1268) sleeping;
sluggish; lethargic;
dormant

(1281) TRICKLE
/'trikl/

(1282) TRIFLING
/'traifli/

(1283) TRITE /trait/

(1284) TRUCE /tru:s/

(1285) TRUCKLE
/'trkl/

(1286)
TRUCULENCE
/'trkjulns/

(1287) TRUDGE
/trd/

(1288) TURBID
/'t:bid/

(1289)
TURBULENCE

(1290) TURGID
/'t:did/

(1291) TURMOIL
/'t:mil/

(1292) TURMOIL
/'t:mil/

(1293) TURPITUDE
/'t:pitju:d/

(1294) TURQUOISE
/'t:kw:z/

(1295) TYRO
/'tairou/

(1296) UBIQUITOUS
/ju:'bikwits/

(1293) wickedness;
shamefulness

(1294) greenish-blue
precious stone

(1295) tiro; beginner

(1296) present
everywhere

(1289) being
uncontrolled; violent

(1290) excessively
ornate; swollen or
bloated

(1291) trouble;
disturbance

(1292) state of
extreme confusion,
agitation or
commotion

(1285) to act in a
subservient manner

(1286) aggressiveness;
ferocity

(1287) walk heavily

(1288) muddy; having


the sediment stirred up

(1281) flow in drops

(1282) unimportant

(1283) not new

(1284) (agreement)
stop of fighting for a
time

(1297) ULTERIOR
/l'tiri/

(1298) UMBRAGE
/'mbrid/

(1299) UNCOUTH
/n'ku:/

(1300) UNDERBID
/'nd'bid/

(1301) UNDERMINE
/,nd'main/

(1302) UNDULATE
/'ndjuleit/

(1303) UNEARTH
/'n':/

(1304)
UNENCUMBERED
/'nin'kmbd/

(1305)
UNEXCEPTIONABL
E /,nik'sepnbl/

(1306) UNFEIGNED
/n'feind/

(1307) UNSCATHED
/' n'skei d/

(1308) UNSEEMLY /
n'si:mli/

(1309) UNTOWARD
/ n'tou d/

(1310) UPBRAID /
p'breid/

(1311) URBANE
/ :'bein/

(1312)
VACILLATION

(1309) unfortunate;
inconvenient

(1310) scold; reproach

(1311) elegant; refined


in manners

(1312) being
uncertain; hesitating

(1305) not open to


objection or criticism

(1306) not pretended;


sincere

(1307) unharmed;
unhurt

(1308) inappropriate;
indecorous

(1301) weaken
gradually at the base

(1302) to move in
wavelike fashion;
fluctuate

(1303) discover and


bring to light

(1304) easy-going;
trifle

(1297) situated beyond

(1298) offense;
resentment

(1299) rough;
awkward

(1300) make a lower


bid then smb else

(1313) VAGARY
/'veigri/

(1314) VAIN /vein/

(1315)
VALEDICTORY
/,vli'diktri/

(1316) VALIANT
/'vljnt/

(1317) VALOROUS
/'vlrs/

(1318) VANQUISH
/'vkwi/

(1319) VAUNT
/v:nt/

(1320) VEER /vi/

(1321) VENAL /'vi:nl/

(1322) VENEER
/vi'ni/

(1323)
VENERATION
/,ven'rein/

(1324) VENIAL
/'vi:njl/

(1325) VERACITY
/ve'reisnis/

(1326) VERDANT
/'v:dnt/

(1327)
VERISIMILITUDE
/,verisi'militju:d/

(1328) VERITABLE
/'veritbl/

(1325) truth

(1326) fresh and green

(1327) appearing true


or real

(1328) real; rightly


named

(1321) ready to do
smth dishonest

(1322) surface
appearance covering
the true nature

(1323) regard with


deep respect

(1324) excusable

(1317) brave

(1318) conquer

(1319) to boast

(1320) change
direction

(1313) strange act or


idea

(1314) without use,


result; conceited

(1315) of an act of
bidding farewell

(1316) brave

(1329) VERVE /vev/

(1330) VESTIGE
/'vestid/

(1331) VEX /veks/

(1332) VIGILANCE
/'vidilns/

(1333) VIGILANT
/'vidilnt/

(1334) VIGOROUS
/'vigrs/

(1335) VILIFY
/'vilifai/

(1336) VINDICATE
/'vindikeit/

(1337) VINDICTIVE
/vin'diktiv/

(1338) VIRAGINOUS

(1339) VIRAGO
/vi'r:gou/

(1340) VISCERAL
/'visrl/

(1341) VISCOUS
/'visid/

(1342) VITIATE
/'viieit/

(1343) VITUPERATE
/vi'tju:preit/

(1344) VIVACIOUS
/vi'veis/

(1341) sticky; semifluid

(1342) lower the


quality; weaken the
strength

(1343) curse; abuse in


words

(1344) lively; highspirited

(1337) having a desire


to revenge

(1338) of a virago

(1339) a loud
domineering woman; a
scold or nag

(1340) of the internal


organs of the body

(1333) member of a
vigilance committee

(1334) strong;
energetic

(1335) slander; say


evil things

(1336) to free from


allegation or blame; to
justify

(1329) spirit; vigor;


enthusiasm

(1330) trace or sign

(1331) annoy; distress;


trouble

(1332) watchfulness;
self-appointed group
who maintain order

(1345) VOLATILE
/'vltail/

(1346) VOLITION
/vou'lin/

(1347) VOLUBILITY
/,vlju'biliti/

(1348) VOLUBLE
/'vljubl/

(1349)
VOLUPTUOUS
/v'lptjus/

(1350) VOUCHSAFE
/vaut'seif/

(1351) WAFFLE
/'wfl/

(1352) WAFT /w:ft/

(1353) WAG /wg/

(1354)
WARMONGER
/'w:,mg/

(1355) WARRANT
/'wrnt/

(1356) WEAN /wi:n/

(1357) WELTER
/'welt /

(1358) WEND /wend/

(1359) WHEEDLE
/'wi:dl/

(1360) WHIMSICAL
/'wimzik l/

(1357) turmoil; a
bewildering jumble

(1358) to go, proceed

(1359) to influence or
entice by soft words or
flattery

(1360) full of odd and


fanciful ideas

(1353) merry person

(1354) person who


stirs up war

(1355) authority;
written order;
guarantee

(1356) to turn away


(from a habit)

(1349) full of pleasure


to the senses

(1350) to grant (often


in a gracious manner)

(1351) talk vaguely


and without much
result

(1352) scent; waving


movement; carry
lightly through

(1345) changeable;
inconstant

(1346) power of
choosing or
determining

(1347) fluency;
verbosity; easy use of
spoken language

(1348) fluent

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