abduct (v.) abbreviate (v.

abase (v.) abundant (adj.)

abscond (v.) accede (v.)

abate (v.) accentuate (v.)

abhor (v.) aberration (n.)

 - to shorten, reduce - to kidnap

- in great numbers - to lower, demean, degrade

- to agree - to sneak away and hide

- to emphasize, to highlight - to lessen, to reduce in severity

- a deviation from the expected course - to hate, loathe

 abide (v.) accommodating (adj.)

abject (adj.) accost (v.)

abort (v.) acumen (n.)

abridge (v.) acute (adj.)

affluent (adj.) affable (adj.)

 - obliging, helpful - to put up with, tolerate

- to approach or confront aggressively - of the most miserable kind

- keen insight - to give up unfinished

- sharp, severe - to shorten, cut down

- friendly, amiable - rich, wealthy

aggrandize (v.) agoraphobia (n.)

abrogate (v.) akimbo (adj.)

aggregate (v.) alacrity (n.)

aghast (adj.) algid (adj.)

alleviate (v.) allay (v.)

an abnormal fear of open or public places - to increase or make greater

with hands on hips - to abolish, often by authority

speed readyness to gather, amass

fridgid, cold struck by amazement

to sooth, assuage to relieve

 aloof (adj.) amble (v.)

altercation (n.) ameliorate (v.)

amalgamation (n.) amend (v.)

ambivalent (adj.) amiable (adj.)

amorphous (adj.) amorous (adj.)

 to stroll, walk reserved, distant

- to improve, to make better an argument, dispute

- to change for the better, a union, a merger

- friendly, affable having contradictory feelings

- relating to or showing love - without shape or borders

 anomaly (n.) apocalypse (n.)

antechamber (n.) apparitional (adj.)

anxiety (n.) arbitrator (n.)

aphorism (n.) ascetic (n.)

atone (v.) assuage (v.)

 - something that does not fit into the normal
- total devastation, the end of the world order

- ghostly, spectral - a waiting room

- one who settles controversy between two - uneasiness

sides

- one who practices restraint as a means of - a short saying

self-discipline

- to ease, pacify - to apologize, make amends

audacious (adj.) bard (n.)

augment (v.) battery (n.)

austere (adj.) belligerent (adj.)

baleful (adj.) benevolent (adj.)

berate (v.) benign (adj.)

 - a poet, often a singer as well - excessively bold

- an assault or an array of similar things - to increase or make larger

intended for use together

- contentious, ready to fight - very bare, bleak, simple

- kind, good, caring - harmful, threatening

- non-threatening, innocuous - to scold severely

bereft (adj.) bloated (adj.)

bide (v.) boisterous (adj.)

bilk (v.) bourgeois (adj.)

blandish (v.) brash (adj.)

brumal (adj.) brazen (adj.)

- swollen, bigger than desired - without, devoid of

- loud, energetic - to wait, or remain in a condition

- middle class - to cheat, to swindle

- hasty or lacking in sensitivity - to coax through flattery

- excessively bold, brash - wintry, relating to winter

 brusque (adj.) cacophony (n.)

buffet (n.) cadence (n.)

buffet (v.) cajole (v.)

burgeon (v.) callous (adj.)

camaraderie (n.) calumny (n.)

 - noise, discordant sound - short, abrupt, dismissive

- rhythm - a spread of food involving choices

- to urge, coax - to hit or strike

- harsh, cold, unfeeling - to come forth, blossom

- an attempt to defame another's reputation - cheerful unity among a group

 canvas (n.) cavity (n.)

capricious (adj.) cavort (v.)

captivate (v.) celestial (adj.)

carouse (v.) chastise (v.)

circumlocution (n.) choreographed (adj.)

 - a hole - a piece of cloth on which an artist paints

- to frolic, leap, prance - impulsive, unpredictable, subject to whim

- to hold the interest of, to gain the attention

- relating to the sky or the heavens of

- to criticize, to scold - to revel, to party

- arranged, as in dance - indirect language

circumspect (adj.) coalesce (v.)

clairvoyant (adj.) cogent (adj.)

claustrophobia (n.) collusion (n.)

clich (n.) colossus (n.)

commendable (adj.) comatose (adj.)

 - to combine into one - cautious

- intelligent, viable - able to see things that others cannot

- an abnormal fear of closed or crowed

- a conspiracy, a secret agreement spaces

- an enormous structure - a trite, overused expression

- lethargic - worthy of praise

commodious (adj.) concede (v.)

compel (v.) conciliatory (adj.)

complicit (adj.) concoct (v.)

compliment (n.) concord (n.)

confluence (n.) conduit (n.)

 - to give in, to accept - spacious, roomy

- agreeable, friendly - to force

- to make up or invent - being an accomplice in a wrong act

- agreement - an expression of esteem or approval

- a pipe, passage, channel - a convergence, a coming together

 confound (v.) copious (adj.)

connotation (n.) corpulent (adj.)

contusion (n.) cosmopolitan (adj.)

convalescence (n.) credulity (n.)

daft (adj.) cursory (adj.)

 - abundant, plentiful - to frustrate

- a meaning or association suggested by a

- very fat word beyond its definition

- worldly, sophisticated - bruise, injury

- readiness to believe - the gradual return to health after illness

- brief to the point of being superficial - insane, foolish

daunting (adj.) defunct (adj.)

dearth (n.) deleterious (adj.)

defame (v.) delude (v.)

deft (adj.) deluge (n.)

desolate (adj.) derelict (adj.)

 - no longer used or existing - intimidating

- harmful - a lack, scarcity

- to deceive, to mislead - to destroy the reputation of

- a great flood or something that - skilled, adept

overwhelms like a flood

- run-down, abandoned - deserted, lifeless

despondent (adj.) differentiate (v.)

destitute (adj.) dilapidated (adj.)

diaphanous (adj.) diligent (adj.)

dictate (v.) diminish (v.)

discreet (adj.) diminutive (adj.)

- to distinguish, to make different - discouraged, hopeless, depressed

- in a state of disrepair - impoverished

- careful, showing care - transparent, light, airy

- to decrease or make smaller - to pronounce, command, prescribe

- miniature, small - prudent or inconspicuous

discrete (adj.) diverse (adj.)

disparage (v.) divisive (adj.)

dissonance (n.) domicile (n.)

divergent (adj.) doppelganger (n.)

dutiful (adj.) douse (v.)

 - varied - separate, distinct, individual

- causing conflict, opposition - to criticize, degrade, belittle

- a residence, a home - lack of harmony or agreement

- a ghostly double of a living person - different, deviating, contrary

- to drench, saturate - careful to fulfill obligations

 dynamic (adj.) empathy (n.)

elocution (n.) enervate (v.)

elucidate (v.) enervated (adj.)

empathetic (adj.) entity (n.)

envious (adj.) entomology (n.)

- the experience of anothers feelings as - characterized by continuous change or
one's own activity

- to weaken, make weary - the art of public speaking

- lacking energy, weakened, exhausted - to clarify

- something that exists as a discrete unit - feeling anothers pain as own's own

- the study of insects - jealous

 erect (v.) excursion (n.)

erroneous (adj.) exemplary (adj.)

euphoric (adj.) exigent (adj.)

exacerbate (v.) existential (adj.)

extol (v.) exorbitant (adj.)

 - a trip, an outing - to construct, to raise

- serving as an example - mistaken, incorrect

- critical, urgent - elated, overjoyed

- relating to existence - to make more violent, intense

- excessive - to praise
extravagant (adj.) fallacious (adj.)

fabricate (v.) familial (adj.)

fabulist (n.) fatuous (adj.)

facile (adj.) fecund (adj.)

feral (adj.) feign (v.)

- incorrect, misleading - excessive, over-the-top

- relating to family - to invent, make-up, concoct

- silly, foolish - a teller of fables; a liar

- fertile, fruitful - easy

- to fake or pretend to - savage, wild, untamed

 fetter (v.) firmament (n.)

fey (adj.) flabbergasted (adj.)

fickle (adj.) flaccid (adj.)

figurative (adj.) flattery (n.)

fluctuate (v.) flout (v.)

 - the sky, the heavens - to restrain, chain, tie

- astounded, stupefied - magical

- characterized by changeableness,
- limp whimsical

- compliments, sycophancy - symbolic

- to scorn, ignore, show contempt for - to vary irregularly

 flux (n.) formidable (adj.)

forage (v.) forsake (v.)

forestall (v.) fortify (v.)

forlorn (adj.) fortitude (n.)

foster (v.) fortuitous (adj.)

 - arousing fear or alarm - a state of constant change or a flow

- to abandon, forget - to rummage, scavenge, graze for food

- to strengthen - to delay, impede

- strength, bravery - lonely, hopeless

- lucky, occurring by chance - to stimulate, promote, encourage

 frenetic (adj.) goad (v.)

gape (v.) gourmand (n.)

gay (adj.) grandiose (adj.)

gluttonous (adj.) gregarious (adj.)

guile (n.) grotto (n.)

 - to urge, to provoke into action - frenzied, hectic, frantic

- one who likes eating and drinking - to open the mouth and stare stupidly

- extraordinary, grand in scope - happy, cheery, or homosexual

- sociable, outgoing - insatiable in appetite

- a small cave or cavern - deceitful actions or behavior

 hail (v.) hedonist (n.)

hapless (adj.) henchman (n.)

harmony (n.) hiatus (n.)

harrowing (adj.) hiemal (adj.)

histrionic (adj.) hierarchy (n.)

 - one whose primary pursuit is pleasure - to come from

- a trusted follower, goon - unlucky

- an interruption in continuity, a break - agreement, often of sound

- wintry, relating to winter - agonizing, distressing

- a ranking system of groups or individuals - excessively dramatic or emotional

idolatrous (adj.) impecunious (adj.)

illusory (adj.) impervious (adj.)

immaculate (adj.) impudent (adj.)

immutable (adj.) incessant (adj.)

inclement (adj.) incisive (adj.)

 - worshiping excessively an object or
- excessively poor person

- unable to be penetrated, unaffected - deceptive, produced by an illusion

- rude, improper - impeccably clean, spotless, pure

- without interruption - not susceptible to change

- clear, sharp, direct - stormy, bad, severe

 inclination (n.) infuse (v.)

indictment (n.) ingenious (adj.)

indignation (n.) inimical (adj.)

inextricable (adj.) iniquity (n.)

innocuous (adj.) innate (adj.)

 - to inject - a tendency, propensity

- marked by special intelligence - accusation of wrongdoing

- hostile, threatening - anger due to an unfair situation

- a wicked act, a sin - hopelessly confused or tangled

- inborn, native, inherent - harmless

 inquisitor (n.) inveterate (adj.)

inundate (v.) irascible (adj.)

invariable (adj.) jubilant (adj.)

invective (n.) judicious (adj.)

juxtapose (v.) juvenile (adj.)

 - someone who asks questions or makes an
- habitual, natural inquiry

- easily angered - to flood

- joyful, happy - not susceptible to change

- of sound judgment - a verbal attack

- young or immature - to put next to each other

labyrinthine (adj.) laud (v.)

laceration (n.) laudatory (adj.)

lachrymose (adj.) lavish (adj.)

latent (adj.) lethargic (adj.)

libel (n.) lewd (adj.)

 - to applaud or praise - intricate, maze-like

- admiring, praising - a cut, a rip

- extravagant - tearful

- sluggish, weary, apathetic - present but hidden

- a statement giving an unjust or

- vulgar, offensive, rude unfavorable representation of a person or
thing
licentious (adj.) lithe (adj.)

limber (adj.) loquacious (adj.)

limpid (adj.) lull (n.)

linchpin (n.) luminescence (n.)

malaise (n.) magnanimous (adj.)

 - graceful, flexible, supple - amoral, lawless, lewd

- talkative - bending or flexing readily, pliable

- a relatively calm interval, as in a storm - clear, easily understood

- something that holds separate things

- light from non-thermal sources together

- generous, noble - vague feeling of discomfort

malevolent (adj.) mandatory (adj.)

malicious (adj.) manifest (v.)

malign (v.) manifold (adj.)

malleable (adj.) masticate (v.)

maudlin (adj.) matrimony (n.)

- required, not optional - having intent to harm others

- to show clearly - malevolent, harmful

- to slander, to smear, to libel, to defame, to

- many speak evil of

- to chew - easily shaped or formed

- marriage - sentimental
 maxim (n.) mendacious (adj.)

meager (adj.) meritorious (adj.)

mediate (v.) metamorphosis (n.)

melodramatic (adj.) mimic (v.)

modicum (n.) misogyny (n.)

 - inclined to lie or mislead - a common saying of advice or virtue

- deserving of praise or merit - lacking in quality stature

- a change of form, shape or substance - to intervene, to arbitrate, to sort out

- exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental;

- to imitate, to copy histrionic

- hatred of women - a small amount of something

 mollify (v.) morose (adj.)

mercurial (adj.) munificent (adj.)

monogamy (n.) mutability (n.)

mores (n.) myopic (adj.)

narrate (v.) myriad (adj.)

 - gloomy or sullen - to soften in temper

- generous, benevolent - quick and changeable in temperment

- capability of change - having only one spouse at a time

- short-sighted - moral attitudes

- consisting of a very great number - to tell a story

nebulous (adj.) noisome (adj.)

nefarious (adj.) notoriety (n.)

neologism (n.) novel (adj.)

neonate (n.) noxious (adj.)

obfuscate (v.) obdurate (adj.)

- foul, offensive, particularly to the sense of - indistinct, hazy
smell

- infamy, known in bad regard - horribly villainous

- strikingly new, unusual, or different - the creation of new words, or a new word

- harmful, toxic - a newborn baby

- unyielding to persuasion or moral - to render incomprehensible

influences
obsequious (adj.) ominous (adj.)

odious (adj.) oration (n.)

officious (adj.) ostracize (v.)

olfactory (adj.) pacify (v.)

pariah (n.) paragon (n.)

- foreboding or foreshadowing evil, - excessively compliant or submissive
portentous

- a dignified and formal speech - meriting strong displeasure

- to exclude from a community - offering unwanted help or service

- to sooth, ease - relating to the sense of smell

- model of perfection - an outcast

 parody (n.) penchant (n.)

patent (adj.) peregrinate (v.)

pedagogue (n.) perfunctory (adj.)

pellucid (adj.) permeate (v.)

pertinacious (adj.) persevere (v.)

 - a tendency, partiality, preference - a satirical imitation

- to travel from place to place on foot - clear, apparent

- showing little enthusiasm, done as duty - a schoolteacher

- to spread out, to pervade - clear

- stubbornly persistent, holding to a belief

- to persist, remain constant or position
 peruse (v.) pique (v.)

pervasive (adj.) pithy (adj.)

petulance (n.) pittance (n.)

physiognomy (n.) placate (v.)

plethora (n.) placid (adj.)

- to provoke or to cause indignation - to examine carefully

- succinctly meaningful - to spread throughout

- very small amount - irritability, impoliteness

- the art of judging human character from

- to soothe, appease facial features

- calm, tranquil - a great number, an abundance

 pliable (adj.) portentous (adj.)

poach (v.) portly (adj.)

poised (adj.) precarious (adj.)

polygamy (n.) predestination (n.)

preponderance (n.) premonition (n.)

- foreboding or forshadowing evil, ominous - flexible, bendable

- fat, chubby, round - to hunt or fish illegally

- dangerously lacking in - balanced, readied

- the concept of destiny or fate - having more than one spouse at a time

- a presentiment of the future - a great amount or frequency

 presage (n.) profuse (adj.)

prestidigitation (n.) propensity (n.)

presumptuous (adj.) propriety (n.)

profane (adj.) protean (adj.)

puerile (adj.) prudent (adj.)

 - abundant, lavish, prolific - an omen

- an inclination, preference - a sleight of hand

- decency, state of being proper - disrespectfully bold

- readily taking on various shapes or forms - indecent, blasphemous

- cautious, careful - immature

pugnacious (adj.) purport (v.)

pulchritude (n.) putrid (adj.)

punctilious (adj.) quaint (adj.)

pungent (adj.) quid pro - (n., latin)

radiant (adj.) quotidian (adj.)

- to present an intention that is often false - belligerent

- rotten, rancid, foul - physical beauty

- old-fashioned - eager to follow rules

- having a sharp, strong quality especially

a mutually beneficial exchange related to smell

- daily, everyday - bright, beaming

 rancid (adj.) recalibrate (v.)

ratiocinate (v.) recapitulate (v.)

raze (v.) rectify (v.)

recalcitrant (adj.) redact (v.)

redress (v.) redoubtable (adj.)

- to readjust or make corrections to - rotten, spoiled, disgusting in smell or taste

- to repeat, reiterate - to think, contemplate

- to set right, correct - to demolish

- to revise, edit - defiant

- formidable, commanding respect - to set right or remedy

 reel (v.) remiss (adj.)

refrain (v.) render (v.)

reiterate (v.) renovate (v.)

relish (v.) repose (n.)

repudiate (v.) reprehensible (adj.)

- negligent, exhibiting carelessness - to be thrown off balance or feel dizzy

- to say, or to make - to hold oneself back, forbear

- to restore, return to original state - to repeat

- rest, sleep - to take zestful pleasure in, enjoy flavor of

- deserving criticism - to reject, turn down

 repulse (v.) retract (v.)

requisition (n.) retribution (n.)

restitution (n.) revel (v.)

retaliation (n.) rife (adj.)

ruse (n.) ruddy (adj.)

 - to cause disgust or distaste, or to drive
- withdraw back, repel

- vengeance, revenge, payback - a demand for goods, often by an authority

- to enjoy - compensation, reimbursement

- abundant - revenge, punishment

- having a healthy, reddish color - a trick

saccharine (adj.) salient (adj.)

rustic (adj.) salutation (n.)

sacrosanct (adj.) sanguine (adj.)

sagacious (adj.) sate (v.)

savor (v.) satiate (v.)

 - significant, conspicuous - overly sweet

- a greeting - relating to country life

- cheery, optimistic, hopeful - sacred, holy

- to satisfy (an appetite) fully. - shrewd, showing sound judgment

- to satisfy excessively - to appreciate fully, enjoy

scathing (adj.) sedentary (adj.)

scourge (n.) seer (n.)

scurrilous (adj.) seminal (adj.)

sedate (v.) serendipity (n.)

sobriety (n.) slander (n.)

 - sitting - hurtful, critical

- a fortune teller - a plague

- original, ground-breaking - crude, vulgar

- the act of finding things not sought, luck - to calm, soothe

- a FALSE statement to damage the - moderation from excess, calm, tranquility

reputation of anothr
somnolent (adj.) spurious (adj.)

soothsayer (n.) stagnant (adj.)

sordid (adj.) stagnate (v.)

spectral (adj.) static (adj.)

strenuous (adj.) steadfast (adj.)

- FALSE but intended to seem believable or - sleepy
possible

- still, not flowing - a fortune teller

- to be idle, to be still - dirty

- not moving, being at rest - ghostly

- fixed or unchanging - requiring tremendous strength or energy

 strife (n.) succinct (adj.)

stupefy (v.) suffice (v.)

submissive (adj.) supplant (v.)

subsist (v.) surfeit (n.)

surreptitious (adj.) surmise (v.)

 - marked by compact precision - conflict

- to meet needs - to astound

- to displace and substitute for another - easily yielding to authority

- an excess, a surplus, an overabundance - to live, exist

- to guess, infer, suppose - done in a secret, or stealthy way

 swarthy (adj.) sympathy (n.)

sybarite (n.) synopsis (n.)

sycophant (n.) taciturn (adj.)

sympathetic (adj.) tantamount (adj.)

telepathic (adj.) tedious (adj.)

- an expression of pity for another, - of dark color or complexion
compassion

- someone devoted to pleasure and luxuary,

- a summary a voluptuary

- not inclined to talk - a self-serving flatterer

- equivalent in value or significance - compassionate

- boring, dull - capable of reading minds

 tenuous (adj.) tome (n.)

terrestrial (adj.) toothsome (adj.)

terse (adj.) torpid (adj.)

timorous (adj.) torrid (adj.)

tragedy (n.) tortuous (adj.)

 - a large book - having little substance or strength

- delicious, luscious - relating to the land

- lazy, lethargic, moving slowly - abrupt, short, brief

- giving off intense heat, passionate - fearful, timid

- a disastrous event, or a work of art in

- winding, twisted which the hero meets a terrible fate
tranquil (adj.) truculent (adj.)

travesty (n.) ubiquitous (adj.)

trek (v.) ultimate (n.)

trite (adj.) umbrage (n.)

undulate (v.) uncanny (adj.)

 - eager to fight, violent - calm, serene, peaceful

- existing everywhere, widespread - a grossly inferior imitation

- the last part, or a fundamental element - to walk, travel by foot

- anger, offense, resentment - overused, hackneyed

- of supernatural character or origin - to move in a smooth wavelike motion

uniform (adj.) vacillate (v.)

unilateral (adj.) variance (n.)

unique (adj.) variegate (v.)

upbraid (v.) vast (adj.)

veracious (adj.) veneer (n.)

 - to sway from one side to another - unvarying, conforming to one principle

- a difference between what is expected and - having only one side

what actually occurs

- to diversify - being the only one of its kind

- enormous, immense - to criticize, scold, reproach

- a superficial or deceptively attractive - honest, truthful

appearance, facade
 verbose (adj.) vim (n.)

vicarious (adj.) vivacious (adj.)

vicissitudes (n.) vocation (n.)

vigor (n.) volition (n.)

voluptuary (n.) voluminous (adj.)

 - and energy, vigor - wordy

- lively, spirited, full of life - experienced through another's actions

- the unexpected changes and shifts often

- ones work or professional calling encountered in ones life

- a conscious choice or decision - vitality and energy, vim

- someone devoted to sensory pleasure and

- large, ample luxury, a sybaritye
 wane (v.) winsome (adj.)

wax (v.) Zeitgeist (n.)

weather (v.)

whet (v.)
- charming, attractive - to decrease gradually in size or degree

- the spirit of the time - to increase gradually in size or degree

- to withstand or survive a situation

- to make more keen, stimulate