ZAKAT|

za·
kat ACQUI
T|ac·
qui
t
ver
b:acquit;3rdper
sonpresent:ac
qui
ts;pas
ttense:acquitt
ed;

ZA
noun:zakat
pastpar
tic
iple:ac
quitt
ed;gerundorpr
esentpart
ici
ple:acquit
ting
obl
igat
orypaymentmadeannual
lyunderI
slamiclawoncert
ain
ki
ndsofproper
tyandusedf
orchari
tabl
eandr el
igi
ouspur
poses. 1.
free(s
omeone)f
rom acr
iminalchar
gebyaver
dictofnotgui
l
ty.
"
shewasac
quit
tedonallcount
s"
2.
conductonesel
forper
for
mi naspeci
fiedway.
"al
ltheyoungwomeninthecontes
tacqui
ttedt
hems
elv
eswel
l"
ZAMI
A|za·
mi·
a
noun:zamia;pl
uralnoun:
zami
as;noun:zami
apal
m; ADEQUATE|
ad·
e·quat
e
pl
uralnoun:zamiapalms adj
ect
ive:adequat
e
anAmer i
canorAus t
ral
iancycad,s
omeki ndsofwhi
chpr
oduc
eroot
sor Sat
isf
act
oryoraccept
abl
einquali
tyorquant
ity
.
seedst
hatareedi
bleaft
ercaref
ulprepar
ati
on. "
thi
sofficeisperf
ect
lyadequat
eformyneeds"

AGGRAVATI
ON|
ag·
gra·
va·
ti
on
ZANY|
za·
ny noun:aggr
avat
ion;pl
uralnoun:aggr
avat
ions

adject
ive:zany;compar at
iveadj
ect
ive:zani
er; 1.
ani
nt ens
ificati
onofanegati
vequalit
yoraspect.
superl
ativeadject
ive:zaniest "
Negot i
atorswereopti
mist
icdes
pitetheaggr
avat
ionoft
he
standoffc ausedbythepr
essrel
ease"
amus
ingl
yunconvent
ionalandi
dios
ync
rat
ic. 2.
thestat
eofbeingaggr
avat
ed.
"zanyhumor" "I
nternetus
ers'
aggr
avat
ionwi
tht
hedel
ugeofpop-
upads
"

ANGUI
SH|
an·
gui
sh
ZEAL|
zeal
noun:angui
sh;pl
uralnoun:angui
shes
noun:z
eal
s
ever
ementalorphysic
alpainorsuffer
ing.
gr
eatener
gyorent
husi
asminpur s
uitofac
aus
eoranobj
ect
ive. "s
hes
hutherey esinangui
sh"
"
hisz
ealf
orpr
ivat
izat
ion" ver
b:anguish;3r
dpersonpres
ent:anguis
hes;pas
ttense:anguis
hed;
pastpar
tic
ipl
e:angui
shed;gerundorpres
entpart
ici
ple:angui
shing
beextremel
ydist
res
sedaboutsomethi
ng.
"
heanguis
hedov erhowt
orepl
y"

ZYGOTE|
zy·
got
e
noun:zygot
e;pl
uralnoun:zygot
es AQUI
FER|
aq·
ui·
fer
adipl
oidcel
lres
ult
ingf
rom t
hef
usi
onoft
wohapl
oidgamet
es; noun:aqui
fer
;pl
uralnoun:aqui
fer
s
afert
il
iz
edovum.
abodyofper
meabl
eroc
kwhi
chc
anc
ont
ainort
rans
mitgr
oundwat
er.
BABOON|
ba·
boon YEASTY|
yeast
·y
noun:baboon;pl
uralnoun:baboons adject
ive:yeas
ty;comparati
veadj
ect
ive:yeas
tier
;

BY
alargeOldWorl
dground-
dwel
li
ngmonkeywithal
ongdogl
ikesnout
,lar
ge superl
ativeadj
ecti
ve:yeast
iest
teet
h,andnakedcall
osi
ti
esonthebut
tocks
.Baboonsar
es oc
ialani
mal s of
,res
embli
ng,orcontai
ningyeas
t.
andlivei
ntr
oops. "
they
east
ys mellofri
si
ngdough"
•anugl
yorunc
out
hper
son.

YOUNGBERRY|
young·
ber
·ry
BACKL
ASH|
back·
l
ash noun:youngber
ry;pl
uralnoun:
youngber
ries
noun:backl
ash;pl
uralnoun:backl
ashes
abrambleofavar
iet
yt hatbear
slar
ge,
edi
bler
eddi
sh-
blac
kfr
uit
,
1.
astrongandadver sereacti
onbyalargenumberofpeopl
e,es
pec
ial
lyt
o bel
ievedt
obeahybr i
dofadewber r
y.
asocialorpoli
ti
caldevelopment.
"apublicbackl
ashagainstrac
ism"
2.
rec
oilar
isi
ngbet
weenpar
tsofamechani
sm.
•degreeofpl
aybet
weenpar
tsofamechani
sm.
YTTRI
UM|
yt·
tri
·
um
noun:yt
tri
um;s
ymbol
:Y
BAF
FLE|
baf
·f
le thechemical
elementofatomicnumber39,
agrayi
sh-
whi
temet
algener
-
ver
b:baffle;3r dper
sonpresent
:baffles;pastt
ense:baffled; all
yincl
udedamongt herareear
thel
ements.
pastpar
tic
ipl
e:baffled;gerundorpr
esentpart
ici
ple:baffli
ng
1.
tot
all
ybewilderorper
plex.
"anunexplai
nedoccurr
encet
hatbaffledev
ery
one" YUPPI
FY|
yup·
pi·
fy
2.
res
trai
norregul
ate(aflui
d,s
ound,etc.
).
ver
b:yuppi f
y;3r dpers
onpresent
:yuppifies
;pasttense:yuppi
fied;
"tobafflethenois
efurt
her
,Ipadthegunwal
es"
pastpar
tic
iple:yuppi
fied;ger
undorpres
entpart
ici
ple:yuppi
fyi
ng
makemor eaffluentandupmar k
etinkeepi
ngwit
hthetast
eandli
fes
tyl
e
BAL
LISTI
C|bal
·
li
s·
ti
c ofyuppi
es.
"Kreuzbergissl
owl
ybeingyuppi
fiedwi
thsmartli
ttl
e
adj
ect
ive:bal
li
sti
c eat
ingplaces"
1.
rel
ati
ngt
opr
oject
il
esort
hei
rfli
ght
.
2.
movi
ngundert
hef
orc
eofgr
avi
tyonl
y.

YURT|
yur
t
BEAK|
beak noun:
yur
t;pl
uralnoun:
yur
ts
noun:beak;pl
uralnoun:beaks
aci
rcul
art
entoff
eltors
kinsonacoll
apsi
blef
ramewor
k,
abi
rd'
shornyproj
ect
ingjaws;abil
l us
edbynomadsinMongol i
a,Si
ber
ia,
andTurkey
.
"abi
rdwithacater
pil
lari
nitsbeak"
XANADU|
Xan·
a·du COMPEL
LING|
com·
pel
·
li
ng
noun:Xanadu;pl
uralnoun:
Xanadus adj
ect
ive:c
ompel
li
ng

XC
ani
deal
iz
edplac
eofgreatori
dyl
li
cmagni fic
enceandbeaut
y. evoki
ngint
eres
t,at
tenti
on,oradmi
rat
ioni
napower
ful
lyi
rr
esi
sti
bleway
.
"
thr
eearc
hit
ectsandaplannerc
ombinetocr
eateaXanadu" "
hisey
eswerestrangel
ycompel
li
ng"

CUMUL
ATI
VE|
cu·
mu·
l
a·t
ive
XANAX|
xan·
ax
adj
ect
ive:cumul
ati
ve
noun:Xanax
i
ncr
easi
ngori
nc r
easedi
nquantit
y,degree,
orf or
cebys
ucc
ess
iveaddi
ti
ons
.
anot
hert
ermf
oral
praz
olam. "t
hecumulati
veeffectoft
woy earsofdrought"

CONSORTI
UM |
con·
sor
·ti
·
um
XENOPHOBI
A|xen·
o·pho·
bi·
a
noun:c
ons
ort
ium;pl
uralnoun:c
ons
ort
ia;pl
uralnoun:c
ons
ort
iums
noun:xenophobi
a
1.
anas
soc
iat
ion,
typi
cal
lyofs
ever
albus
ines
scompani
es.
di
sl
ikeoforprejudi
ceagai
nstpeopl
ef r
om othercount
ries
.
2.
heri
ghtofas
soci
ati
onandcompani
ons
hipwithone'
shusbandorwif
e.
"theresur
genceofrac
ism andxenophobi
a"
"
theamountawardedf
orlos
sofc
onsor
tium mustbei
ncluded"

XI
|xi CONCEPTUAL|
con·
cep·
tu·
al
adj
ect
ive:c
onc
ept
ual
noun:xi
;pl
uralnoun:xi
s
r
elat
ingt
oorbasedonment
alc
oncepts.
• t
hefourt
eenthl
ett
eroft
heGr
eekal
phabet(Ξ,
ξ), "phi
los
ophydeal
swi
thc
oncept
ualdi
fficul
ti
es"
t
rans
li
ter
atedas‘
x.
’.

• t
hef
our
teent
hst
ari
nas
pec
ifiedc
ons
tel
lat
ion

CONTRARI
AN|
con·
trar
·i
·an
noun:c
ont
rar
ian;pl
uralnoun:c
ont
rar
ians

XYL
EM |
xy·
l
em aper
sonwhooppos esorr
eject
spopul
aropi
nion,
espec
ial
lyi
nst
ock
ex
changedeal
ing.
noun:xyl
em
adj
ect
ive:c
ont
rar
ian
thevascul
arti
ssueinplantsthatconduct
swateranddi
ssol
ved
nutri
entsupwardfrom therootandalsohel
pstofor
mt hewoody opposi
ngorr ej
ecti
ngpopul
aropini
on;goi
ngagai
nstcur
rentpract
ice.
elementinthestem. "
thec ommentc amemoref
rom acontr
ari
andi
sposi
ti
onthan
moralconvi
cti
on"
DANDY|
dan·
dy WANDER|
wan·
der
noun:dandy;pl
uralnoun:dandi
es ver
b:wander ;3r
dpersonpresent
:wanders;pasttens
e:wandered;

DW
• amanundulydevot
edt
ost
yle,
neat
nes
s,andf
ashi
oni
ndr
essand pastpar
tic
ipl
e:wander
ed;gerundorpr
esentpart
ici
ple:
wanderi
ng
appear
anc
e.
wal
kormoveinalei
sur
ely
,casual,
oraiml
essway
.
• anex
cell
entt
hingofi
tski
nd. "hewander
edai
mlessl
ythroughthenar
rowstr
eet
s"
"thi
sumbrel
lai
sadandy"

WI
TTY|
wit
·ty
DECL
ARE|
de·
clar
e
adject
ive:witt
y;comparati
veadj
ect
ive:wi
tti
er;
ver
b:declare;3rdpersonpresent
:declares
;pasttense:declared;
superl
ativeadject
ive:wi
tti
est
pastpar
tici
ple:decl
ared;gerundorpresentpar
tic
iple:declari
ng
s
howi
ngorchar
act
eri
zedbyqui
ckandi
nvent
ivever
balhumor
.
1.
saysomethi
nginas
olemnandemphati
cmanner.
"
awitt
yremark"
“Iwasundert
oomuchpr
ess
ure,
”hedecl
ared"
2.
acknowl
edgepos
ses
sionof(
taxabl
einc
omeordut
iabl
egoods
).

DEPTH|
dept
h WOOL|
wool
noun:wool
noun:dept
h;pl
uralnoun:dept
hs;pl
uralnoun:
thedept
hs
1.
thedi
stanc
efr
om thetopors
urf
acet
ot hebot
tom ofs
omet
hing. t
hefine,softcurl
yorwavyhai rf
ormi
ngthec
oatofas
heep,goat
,or
"s
hall
owwaterofnomoret
han12feeti
ndepth" s
imil
aranimal,especial
lywhenshor
nandprepar
edf
orusein
maki
ngc l
othoryar n.
2.
thequal
it
yofbei
ngi
ntens
eorextr
eme. "tuf
tsofs heep'swool
"
"t
hegover
nmentf
ail
edtounder
standt
hedept
hoft
hepr
obl
ems
"

DHOW |
dhow WRATH|
wrat
h
noun:dhow;pl
uralnoun:dhows noun:wr
ath;pl
uralnoun:wr
aths
al
ateen-
ri
ggeds
hipwi
thoneort
womas
ts,
usedi
ntheI
ndi
anOc
ean. i
ext
remeanger(c
hieflyus
edforhumorousorr
hetori
caleffect)
.
"hehidhispi
pef
orf
earofinc
urri
nghi
sfather
'swrath"

DUGOUT|
dug·
out
noun:dugout;pl
uralnoun:dugouts;noun:dug-out; WRI
NKL
E|wr
in·
kle
pl
uralnoun:dug-
out s;noun:dugoutcanoe;pl
uralnoun:dugoutcanoes
noun:wr
inkl
e;pl
uralnoun:wr
inkl
es
ashel
tert
hatisdugi
nthegr
oundandr oof
edover
,es
pec
ial
lyoneus
edby
as
li
ghtli
neorfol
dins
omething,
especi
all
yfabr
icort
hes
kinoft
hef
ace.
t
roopsinwar
fare.
ther
ewerefinewri
nkl
esabouthermouth"
"
theGer
mangunc r
ewskepti
nthei
rdugout
s"
VARI
ETY|
va·
ri
·e·
ty ESKER|
es·
ker
noun:var
iet
y noun:es
ker
;pl
uralnoun:es
ker
s

VE
t
hequal
it
yorst
ateofbei
ngdiffer
entordi
ver
se;
theabsenceofuni
for
mit
y, alongri
dgeofgravelandothersedi
ment,
typical
lyhavingawindi
ng
s
ameness
,ormonot
ony. cours
e,depos
itedbymeltwaterf
rom ar
etreat
ingglacierori
cesheet
.
"i
t'
sthevar
iet
ythatmakesmyj
obsoenjoyabl
e"

VARI
OUS|
var
·i
·ous EUPHORI
A|eu·
pho·
ri
·a
adj
ect
ive:
var
ious noun:euphor
ia
di
ffer
entf
rom oneanother;ofdifferentki
ndsors
ort
s. af
eel
ingorst
ateofi
ntenseex
cit
ementandhappines
s.
"dr
essesofv
ariouscolors" "
theeuphori
aofsucc
esswil
lfuely
ourdes
iret
oconti
nuet
rai
ning"

VEHI
CLE|
ve·
hi·
cle
EWER|
ew·
er
noun:vehi
cle;pl
uralnoun:
vehi
cles
noun:ewer
;pl
uralnoun:ewer
s
athingus
edfortr
ansport
ingpeopl
eorgoods
,es
pec
ial
lyonl
and,
suchasacar
,tr
uck,orcar
t. alar
gej
ugwithawidemout
h,f
ormer
lyus
edf
orc
arr
yingwat
erf
or
s
omeonetowas
hin.

VEST|
vest EXAMI
NE|
ex·
am·
i
ne
noun:ves
t;pl
uralnoun:ves
ts ver
b:exami ne;3rdpers
onpresent
:examines;pasttense:examined;
pastpar
tic
iple:exami
ned;ger
undorpresentpart
ici
ple:examini
ng
asleevel
ess,close-
fitt
ingwai s
t-l
engthgarmentwornoverashi
rt,
typi
cal
ly i
nspect(s
omeoneors omethi
ng)indetai
ltodeter
minetheirnat
ureor
havingnoc ol
larandbuttoningdownt hefr
ont. c
onditi
on;invest
igat
ethoroughl
y.
"busi
nes s
menweart hree-
piecepi
n-s
tri
pedsui
tswi
th "
adoc torex
aminedmeands aidImightneedacaes
arean"
vestsandneckti
es"

EXPEDI
TE|
ex·
pe·
dit
e
VI
SA|
vi·
sa ver
b:expedit
e;3rdpersonpresent
:expedit
es;pasttense:expedit
ed;
noun:vi
sa;pl
uralnoun:vi
sas pastpar
tic
ipl
e:expedi
ted;gerundorpres
entparti
cipl
e:expediti
ng
make(anacti
onorprocess
)happensoonerorbeac
compl
is
hedmor
e
anendors
ementonapas spor
tindi
cat
ingthatt
heholderisal
lowedt
oent
er, qui
ckl
y.
leave,
ors
tayforaspeci
fiedperi
odoftimeinac ount
ry. "
hepromis
edtoexpedi
teeconomi
crefor
ms
"atouri
stvi
sa"
F
ELON|
fel
·
on UMPI
RE|
um·
pir
e
noun:f
elon;pl
uralnoun:f
elons noun:umpi
re;pl
uralnoun:umpi
res

FU
• aper
sonwhohasbeenc
onvi
ctedofaf
elony
. (
insomesports
)anofficialwhowatchesagameormatchclosel
ytoen-
f
orc
et her
ulesandarbi
trat
eonmat t
ersari
si
ngf
rom theplay
.
adj
ect
ive:f
elon • aper sonc
hosent oar
bit
ratebet
weencont
endingparti
es.
• c
ruel
;wic
ked.
"t
hefel
onunder
mini
nghandofdar
kcor
rupt
ion"

UNDERGO |
un·
der
·go
F
ISCAL|
fis·
cal
ver
b:under
go;3rdpersonpresent
:undergoes;pasttense:underwent
;
adj
ect
ive:
fiscal ger
undorpres
entpar
tic
ipl
e:undergoi
ng;pastpart
ici
ple:undergone

• r
elat
ingt
ogovernmentrevenue,es
pec
ial
lyt
axes
. experi
enceorbesubj
ectedto
"monet
aryandfiscalpoli
cy" (somethi
ng,t
ypic
all
ysomethingunpleas
ant
,painf
ul,
orarduous
).
"
thebabyunderwentali
fe-
savi
ngbrai
noperat
ion"
noun:
fiscal
;pl
uralnoun:fis
cal
s
• al
egalort
reas
uryoffic
iali
nsomec
ount
ries
.

UNDO |
un·
do
F
LEXTI
ME|
flex·
ti
me
ver
b:undo;3r
dper sonpresent
:undoes;pastt
ense:undid;
noun:flexi
time;noun:flext
ime;noun:flexi
-ti
me;noun:flex-
iti
me; ger
undorpresentparti
ci
ple:undoi
ng;pastpart
ici
ple:undone
noun:flex-
time
c
anc
elorr
ever
set
heeffectsorr
esul
tsof(aprevi
ousact
ionormeas
ure)
.
asys
tem ofworkingas etnumberofhourswit
ht hest
art
ingandfini
shi
ng "
ther
ewasn'
tanywayEvel
ync oul
dundot hedamage"
t
imeschosenwithinagreedli
mitsbytheempl
oyee.
"noneedfordayc are—theparent
scanworkflext
ime"

F
LURRY|
flur
·ry URBAN|
ur·
ban
noun:flur
ry;pl
uralnoun:flur
ries adj
ect
ive:ur
ban;adj
ect
ive:ur
banc
ont
empor
ary
i
n,r
elat
ingto,
orchar
acter
ist
icofat
ownorc
ity
.
as mal
lswir
li
ngmas sofs
omet
hing,es
pec
ial
lys
now orl
eaves
,movedby
"t
heurbanpopul
ati
on"
suddengust
sofwind.
"aflurr
yofsnow"

F
RAUD|
fraud URGE|
urge
noun:f
raud;pl
uralnoun:f
rauds ver
b:urge;3rdpersonpresent
:urges;pas
ttense:urged;
pastpar
tic
ipl
e:urged;gerundorpres
entparti
ci
pl e:ur
ging
wrongfulorc
rimi
naldecept
ionint
endedt
ores
ulti
nfinanc
ialorper
sonal
gai
n.. t
ryearnes
tlyorper
sis
tent
lyt
opers
uade(s
omeone)t
odos
omet
hing.
"
hewasconvi
ctedoff
raud" "heurgedhertocomeands
taywit
hus"
 GEAR|
gear
T
ACTF
UL|
tact
·f
ul
noun:gear
;pl
uralnoun:gear
s

TG
adj
ect
ive:t
act
ful
oneofas etoftoothedwheelsthatworktogethert
oaltertherel
ati
on
betweenthes peedofadri
vingmec hanis
m( suchastheengineofa
havi
ngors
howingtact
.
vehi
cleorthec r
ankofabicycl
e)andt hespeedofthedrivenpart
s
"
theyneedat
act
fulwor
dofadvi
ce"
(t
hewheel s)
.

T
ACTL
ESS|
tact
·l
ess GENUI
NE|
gen·
u·i
ne
adj
ect
ive:genui
ne
adj
ect
ive:t
act
les
s
t
rul
ywhatsomet
hingi
ssai
dtobe;authent
ic.
havi
ngorshowingalackofadr
oit
nes
sands
ens
iti
vi
tyi
ndeal
ingwi
thot
her
s "eac
hbooki
sboundi
ngenui
neleather
"
orwit
hdifficultis
sues.
"atact
lessr
emark"

GRANT|
grant
TENANT|
ten·
ant ver
b:grant;3rdpers
onpr es
ent:grants
;pasttense:granted;
pastpar
tic
iple:gr
anted;gerundorpresentpart
ici
ple:granti
ng
noun:t
enant
;pl
uralnoun:t
enant
s
agr
eet
ogi
veorall
ow( s
omethi
ngr equest
ed)to.
aper
sonwhooccupieslandorproper
tyr
ent
edf
rom al
andl
ord. "
alet
tergrant
ingt
hem permiss
iontosmok
e"
“counc
il
-housetenant
s"

GREGARI
OUS|
gre·
gar
·i
·ous
adj
ect
ive:gr
egar
ious
THUS|
thus
(
ofaper
son)f
ondofcompany;s
oc i
abl
e.
adver
b:t
hus "hewasapopul
arandgregar
iousman"

asar
esul
torconsequenceofthi
s;t
herefor
e.
"Bur
k eknockedoutByr
ne,thusbecomi
ngc
hampi
on"

GUST|
gust
noun:gus
t;pl
uralnoun:gus
ts
abr
ief
,st
rongrushofwi
nd.
TI
LT|
til
t "asuddengus
tofwi
nd"

ver
b:til
t;3rdpersonpres
ent:ti
lts
;pastt
ense:ti
lted; ver
b:gust;3r
dpersonpres
ent:gust
s;pastt
ense:gusted;
pastpar
tici
ple:t
ilt
ed;gerundorpres
entpar
t i
ci
ple:ti
lti
ng pastpar
tic
ipl
e:gus
ted;gerundorpr
esentpart
ici
ple:gust
ing

moveorc
ausetomoveintoaslopingpos
iti
on. (
oft
hewi
nd)bl
owingus
ts.
"thefloort
il
teds
light
ly" “thewi
ndwasgus
tingt
hrought
hebr
anc
hesoft
het
ree"