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Vocab The Strange Case of DR Jekyll and MR Hyde
Vocab The Strange Case of DR Jekyll and MR Hyde
abhorrence 155
abject 75
abjection 159
abominable 37
abstinence 143
accosted 41
accoutrement 115
acquiescence 159
acuteness 113 147
affirmative 7
alleviation 159
allusion 65
amiss 77 91
amities 67
amorphous 157
amply 77
apocryphal 11
apothecary 9
appalled 87 95 155
apprehension 33 57 141
apropos 27
aptness 5
aspirations 123 125 133 143
assail 47
astute 153
audible 25
audibly 43 117
aught 87
austere 3
avail 155
avenger 147
aversion 133
avidity 137
baize 51 83 95
balderdash 21
base 153
bated 93
benefactor 17 55
beneficent 149
beseigers 95
besieged 21
bestial 137
blackguardly 47
blasphemies 99 157
blatant 37
blazoned 123
boisterous 19
brandishing 43
brooded 33
brutish 145
buttressed 147
calamity 79 159
callous 63
callousness 159
capacious 149
carbuncles 57
catholicity 3
cerebral 222
chastisement 137
cheval-glass 51 99
chirrupings 149
citadel 19
civilities 145
civilly 115
comely 139
commend 83
commingled 131
composite 141
conception 129
concourse 23
condemnation 155
condescension 149
condoned 33
conflagration 45
connived 137
constitution 113
constrained 113
contempt 151
contrived 35
conveyancing 21
coquetry 5
corded 139 151
cords 95
countenance 3 43 99 123
cupola 51
debility 113
deform 15 87
deformity 15 29 49 131
degradation 123
demeanour 3
denizens 125
depose 131 157
depravity 135
derided 119
despondency 157
detain 35
detestable 15 19
diabolical 133
diaphanous 79
disclosed 131
disconsolate 73
discourse 3
disinterred 49 93
disparity 115
disperse 57 145
disposed 101 133
disposition 41 123 133
disquieted 69
disquietude 29
disreputable 63
dissociated 127
distained 7
divinity 17
doggedly 77
draught 91 135 145 147
draw 25 31 41 47
drawing 25 41
duplicity 123
ebullition 117 129 159
eddy 57
effervesce 117
efficacy 131 159
effulgence 127
elicited 59
embattled 45
eminently 3
emphatically 69
emulously 5
endowed 123
enigmas 119
estranged 21
exorbitant 87
explicit 77
extraneous 127
exulting 129
faculties 141 151
faggots 127
farrago 109
feint 141
ferocity 41 81
florid 5
fortified 135
fortnight 35 69
gallows 151 155 157
gaunt 51
genial 135
geniality 19
gesticulated 157
graduated 117
haggard 45
hansom 109 151
harpies 9
heresies 35
holograph 17
humility 147
hypocrisy 47
hypocrite 125
idiosyncratic 113
immaterial 129
immateriality 127
immunities 135
impediment 111
imperial dye 57
imperious 123
impulses 147
incipient 113
inclination 25
incline 3 79 91 123
incoherency 37 133
incongruous 125 127 133
incredulous 121
incurable 67
indifference 143
indifferent 143
indifferently 51
indignation 17
induce 83
inducements 143
indulged 143 149
inexplicable 119 141
infallibly 125
infamy 137
iniquity 33 147
inopportunity 127
inscrutable 71
insensate 43 145
insidiously 137
insubstantial 19
insurgent 157
intercourse 105
inveterately 123
irrevocably 141
juggernaut 7 23
keen 117
ken 63
kindled 45
kindling 151
labyrinths 23
lamentation 81
languidly 155
lawny 79
legibly 65
loathed 157
loathing 9 29
ludicrous 115
lurid 45
lurk 91
luxury 49
maladies 87
malefactor 91 101
malign 135
mangled 43
mantle 135
melancholy 69
metamorphosis 117
mien 73
minims 117
mirth 153
misgives 31
misgiving 131
morbid 107 123
mortify 3 69
multifarious 125
napery 49
negligence 7
nocturnal 21 153
novelty 129
obligation 17 69 129 151
obliged 14
obliging 57
obscure 29
obsequiously 153
odious 47
oration 57
pacify 137
pall 45
pallor 87 139
parley 117
parry 135
patent 147
pathetically 67
pedant 35 37
pedantically 15
pede claudo 33
peevishly 81
penitence 121 127 149
pecuniary 135
peril 89
perplexed 29
perplexity 29
petrified 117
phial 95 107 111
pious 99 133
poignant 157
polity 125
preface 105
premonitory 155
prevail 151 157
prodigy 119
profound 123 125 129 155
prohibition 69
propensity 145
prostration 155
protege 21
provision 159
provocation 145
prudence 159
pungent 111
quailed 45
quailing 153
qualm 55 149
quarry 151
ravages 7
recluse 71
reconcile 123
reformation 133
reindue 161
relish 17
remark 7 141
remorse 125 147
renunciation 147
repose 19 31 61
reprove 3
repugnance 131
repulsion 73
reputable 3 35
resolute 143
resolution 83
resolve 57 149
restraint 125
resuscitating 149
retain 87
rigour 113
rigorous 129
robust 131
ruminated 53
scanty 3
scores 35
scruple 127
scrutiny 117
seclusion 63 37
sedulous 85
sedulously 59
self-indulgence 147
singular 41 59 129
singularly 5 23
skulking 153
slatternly 45
smite 153
sober 33 113
sobering 35
soberly 17
solemn 19 43
solemnly 55 93 101
solitude 23 35 65
somber 17 115
sordid 7
steadfastly 125
stealthily 23
stringent 69 155
subsequent 149
succumbed 151
sullenness 15
superscribed 69
surplus 5
suspense 91 117
swart 139
tabernacle 129
tempest 145 153
termination 81
thrall 151
timidity 29
tincture 111 117 129
transcendental 119 125
transience 127
transpires 29
traversed 75
treble 141
trifle 37 43 107 149
trifling 43
troglodytic 29
turpitude 121
undaunted 89
undemonstrative 3
unimpaired 137
unimpressionable 23
unmanning 67
unobtrusive 35
unscrupulous 135
usurp 127
vainglorious 149
vengeance 91
vestment 127
vicarious 135
view halloa 7
vigilance 131
vile 63
volatile 111
whetted 111
wrack 79
147
91
95 155
57 141
117
83 95
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157
159
99
151
87
29 49 131 157
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123 133
129 159
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155 157
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79 91 123
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69 129 151
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107 111
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ccessful, etc.
en unwillingly
w to take advantage of it
who has done something bad, especially to the person’s family and friends
dislike or of not wishing to do something
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n, society, or person
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athy or feeling for other people
difficult for someone who does not know people who work there
one or something
son, business, or account with that of another when the money should have been kept separate
d becomes spoiled
morally bad
hows you think they are stupid or of no value
on or a reaction
cular direction in order to deceive an opponent, especially in sports such as football or boxing
n the thrall of someone or something, he, she, or it has a lot of power to control you
the fact that you prefer or are more likely to do a particular thing
what is generally happening
usually showing this
not change or cannot be changed
ne or something
hing enjoyable, especially more than is good for you
convenient
ery difficult to understand or get to know
ning around you
that gradually and secretly causes harm
lar material
t be seen, especially because you are about to attack someone or do something wrong
not be done often
someone or something
m and satisfied
done because you feel it was wrong, or the act of showing this
stand or solve
situation or thing
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that shows this belief
ning its purpose, thanking people who helped the author, etc.
pleasant, is going to happen
a particular time
meone or something
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s, etc. which are very unpleasant
ke someone or something
have when you are waiting for something to happen and are uncertain about what it is going to be
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who lived in a cave in prehistoric times (= the period before there were written records)
s or no success
or reading about the activities of other people, rather than by doing the activities yourself
ce possible danger
abhorrence, 155
abject, 75
abjection, 159
abominable, 37
abstinence, 143
accosted, 41
accoutrement, 115
acquiescence, 159
acuteness, 113, 147
affirmative, 7
alleviation, 159
allusion, 65
amiss, 77, 91
amities, 67
amorphous, 157
amply, 77
apocryphal, 11
apothecary, 9
appalled, 87, 95, 155
apprehension, 33, 57, 141
apropos, 27
aptness, 5
aspirations, 123, 125, 133,
assail, 47
astute, 153
audible, 25
audibly, 43
aught, 87
austere, 3
avail, 155
avenger, 147
aversion, 133
avidity, 137
baize, 51, 83, 95
balderdash, 21
base, 153
bated, 93
benefactor, 17, 55
beneficent, 149
beseigers, 95
besieged, 21
bestial, 137
blackguardly, 47
blasphemies, 99, 157
blatant, 37
blazoned, 123
boisterous, 19
brandishing, 43
brooded, 33
brutish, 145
buttressed, 147
calamity, 79, 159
callous, 63
callousness, 159
capacious, 149
carbuncles, 57
catholicity, 3
cerebral, 222
chastisement, 137
cheval-glass, 51, 99
chirrupings, 149
citadel, 19
civilities, 145
civilly, 115
comely, 139
commend, 83
commingled, 131
composite, 141
conception, 129
concourse, 23
condemnation, 155
condescension, 149
condoned, 33
conflagration, 45
connived, 137
constitution, 113
constrained, 113
contempt, 151
contrived, 35
conveyancing, 21
coquetry, 5
corded, 139, 151
cords, 95
127 131 153 155 countenance, 3, 43, 99, 12
cupola, 51
debility, 113
deform, 15, 87
157 deformity, 15, 29, 49, 131
degradation, 123
demeanour, 3
denizens, 125
depose, 131, 157
depravity, 135
derided, 119
despondency, 157
detain, 35
detestable, 15, 19
diabolical, 133
diaphanous, 79
disclosed, 131
disconsolate, 73
discourse, 3,
disinterred, 49, 93
disparity, 115
disperse, 57, 145
disposed, 101, 133
disposition, 41, 123, 133
disquieted, 69
disquietude, 29
disreputable, 63
dissociated, 127
distained, 7
divinity, 17
doggedly, 77
159 draught, 91, 135, 145, 147
57 63 69 93 95 99 107 125 141 draw, 25, 31, 41, 47, 57, 6
drawing, 25, 41
duplicity, 123
ebullition, 117, 129, 159
eddy, 57
effervesce, 117
efficacy, 131, 159
effulgence, 127
elicited, 59
embattled, 45
eminently, 3
emphatically, 69
emulously, 5
endowed, 123
enigmas, 119
estranged, 21
exorbitant, 87
explicit, 77
extraneous, 127
exulting, 129
faculties, 141, 151
faggots, 127
farrago, 109
feint, 141
ferocity, 41, 81
florid, 5
fortified, 135
fortnight, 35, 69
gallows, 151, 155, 157
gaunt, 51
genial, 135
geniality, 19
gesticulated, 157
graduated, 117
haggard, 45
hansom, 109, 151
harpies, 9
heresies, 35
holograph, 17
humility, 147
hypocrisy, 47
hypocrite, 125
idiosyncratic, 113
immaterial, 129
immateriality, 127
immunities, 135
impediment, 111
imperial dye, 57
imperious, 123
impulses, 147
incipient, 113
inclination, 25
incline, 3, 79, 91, 123
incoherency, 37
incongruous, 125, 127, 13
incredulous, 121
incurable, 67
indifference, 143
indifferent, 143
indifferently, 51
indignation, 17
induce, 83
inducements, 143
indulged, 143
inexplicable, 119, 141
infallibly, 125,
infamy, 137
iniquity, 33, 147
inopportunity, 127
inscrutable, 71
insensate, 43, 145
insidiously, 137
insubstantial, 19
insurgent, 157
intercourse, 105
inveterately, 123
irrevocably, 141
juggernaut, 7, 23
keen, 117
ken, 63
kindled, 45
kindling, 151
labyrinths, 23
lamentation, 81
languidly, 155
lawny, 79
legibly, 65
loathed, 157
loathing, 9, 29
ludicrous, 115
lurid, 45
lurk, 91
luxury, 49
maladies, 87
malefactor, 91, 101
malign, 135
mangled, 43
mantle, 135
melancholy, 69
metamorphosis, 117
mien, 73
minims, 117
mirth, 153
misgives, 31
misgiving, 131
morbid, 107, 123
mortify, 3, 69
multifarious, 125
napery, 49
negligence, 7
nocturnal, 21, 153
novelty, 129
obligation, 17, 69, 129, 15
obliged, 14
obliging, 57
obscure, 29
obsequiously, 153
odious, 47
oration, 57
pacify, 137
pall, 45
pallor, 87, 139
parley, 117
parry, 135
patent, 147
pathetically, 67
pedant, 35, 37
pedantically, 15
pede claudo, 33
peevishly, 81
penitence, 121, 127, 149
pecuniary, 135
peril, 89
perplexed, 29
perplexity, 29
petrified, 117
phial, 95, 107, 111
pious, 99
poignant, 157
polity, 125
preface, 105
premonitory, 155
prevail, 151, 157
prodigy, 119
profound, 123, 125, 129, 1
prohibition, 69
propensity, 145
prostration, 155
protege, 21
provision, 159
provocation, 145
prudence, 159
pungent, 111
quailed, 45
quailing, 153
qualm, 55, 149
quarry, 151
ravages, 7
recluse, 71
reconcile, 123
reformation, 133
reindue, 161
relish, 17
remark, 7, 141
remorse, 125, 147
renunciation, 147
repose, 19, 31, 61
reprove, 3
repugnance, 131
repulsion, 73
reputable, 3, 35
resolute, 143
resolution, 83
resolve, 57, 149
restraint, 125
resuscitating, 149
retain, 87
rigour, 113
rigorous, 129
robust, 131
ruminated, 53
scanty, 3
scores, 35
scruple, 127
scrutiny, 117
seclusion, 63, 37
sedulous, 85
sedulously, 59
self-indulgence, 147
singular, 41, 59, 129
singularly, 5
skulking, 153
slatternly, 45
smite, 153
sober, 33, 113
sobering, 35
soberly, 17
solemn, 19, 43
solemnly, 55, 93, 101
solitude, 23, 35, 65
somber, 17, 115
sordid, 7
steadfastly, 125
stealthily, 23
stringent, 69, 155
subsequent, 149
succumbed, 151
sullenness, 15
superscribed, 69
surplus, 5
suspense, 91, 117
swart, 139
tabernacle, 129
tempest, 145, 153
termination, 81
thrall, 151
timidity, 29
tincture, 111, 117, 129
transcendental, 119
transience, 127
transpires, 29
traversed, 75
treble, 141
trifle, 37, 43, 107, 149
trifling, 43
troglodytic, 29
turpitude, 121
undaunted, 89
undemonstrative, 3
unimpaired, 137
unimpressionable, 23
unmanning, 67
unobtrusive, 35
unscrupulous, 135
usurp, 127
vainglorious, 149
vengeance, 91
vestment, 127
vicarious, 135
view halloa, 7
vigilance, 131
vile, 63
volatile, 111
whetted, 111
wrack, 79
Synonyms
hatred, condemnation, abomination, execration.
dismal, inconsolable, comfortless.
despair, dreariness, despondency.
abhorrent, terrible, beastly, deplorable.
temperance, self-restraint.
bother, address, confront.
consent, concurrence.
agreement, acceptance.
comfort, salvation, help, aid.
intimation, suggestion, hint.
astray, awry, wrong.
friendship, camaraderie.
shapeless, indistinct.
sufficiently, fully, generously.
erroneous, fictitious, fraudulent, false.
pharmacist, druggist.
horrify, astound, petrify.
horrifying, dreadful, astounding.
concern, worry; understanding; capture.
incidentally, by the way.
suitableness.
intention, purpose, expectation.
beset, storm, strike.
insightful, perspicacious, shrewd, perceptive.
detectable, perceptible.
detectably, perceptibly, loudly, plainly.
everything.
rigid, stern, strict.
help, serve, benefit.
punisher, vindicator.
antagonism, antipathy, abhorrence, repulsion.
craving, ardor.
castigation, penalty.
n a swivel frame.
chirping, cheeping, smugness.
stronghold, bastion.
compliment, pleasantry.
courteously.
attractive, becoming, pretty.
qualify; deserve.
blend, homogenize, integrate.
compound, blend.
entrance, origin.
confluence, assembly, meeting.
denunciation, rebuke.
patronization, smugness.
dismiss, defend.
blaze, holocaust, inferno.
collude, plot; contrive.
disposition, nature, stature.
restricted, controlled, calculated.
derision, disdain.
concoct, scheme, create, design.
charge, apprentice, ward.
seduction, teasing, dalliance.
of the body, such as a tendon, nerve, or muscle.
tense, taut.
face, features, visage.
used to admit light.
faintness, infirmity, exhaustion.
contort, twist, mar; misshape.
contorted, twisted, marred, misshapen.
malformation, disproportion.
abasement, disgrace, shame.
attitude, disposition, manner, presence.
resident, citizen, inhabitant.
dethrone, overthrow, displace.
decadence, debauchery, enormity, degradation.
taunt, jeer, insult, tease.
sadness, depression, desolation, forlornness.
delay, inhibit.
disgusting, despicable, loathsome.
fiendish, wicked, evil.
sheer, transparent, gauzy, translucent; tenuous, flimsy, fragile, diainty.
confess, reveal, impart.
dismal, inconsolable, comfortless.
conversation, dialogue, discussion.
disclose, reveal.
unearth, exhume.
discrepancy, contradiction, divergence, incongruity.
dissipate, disintegrate, dispel.
discard; throw, out.
behaviour, tendency, inclination, nature.
worry, distress, disturb.
edginess, uneasiness.
infamous, shameful.
disjoin, break up, split.
face, stained, soiled.
theology, deity, immortal.
tenaciously, obstinately, pertinaciously.
draft, current.
shot, quaff.
proceed, continue, progress.
haul, tow, lug; lure, entire.
provoke, elicit.
duality, two-facedness.
foaming, fermentation.
gaunt, wasted.
metaphysical, unearthly.
brevity, impermanence, evanescence.
excrete, evaporate.
cross, intersect; pass through.
triple, triplicate.
bit, speck, fraction, trace, dash.
Neanderthal, primitive.
baseness, immorality, wickedness.
brave, courageous, fearless, intrepid.
reserved, unemotional.
unharmed, unspoiled.
unswayable.
demoralized, emasculated, paralyzed.
modest, reserved, subdued.
unrestrained, deceitful.
preempt, displace.
pompous, egoistic.
trouble, hazard, risk.
shroud, veil.
proxy, delegated.
ed to catch someone’s attention.
alertness, awareness, care.
despicable, nasty, depraved.
vaporizable, unstable.
hone, edge, strop.
often broken, clouds.
page page word form cambridge no
abhorrence noun a feeling of hating something o abhorrence 1
abject adjective the state of being extremely unhabject 2
abjection noun a low or downcast state abjection 3
abominable adjective very bad or unpleasant abominable 4
abstinence noun the fact of not doing something,abstinence 5
accost verb to approach or stop and speak t accost 6
accoutrements noun the equipment needed for a partiaccoutreme 7
acquiescence noun the act of accepting or agreeing acquiescen 8
acuteness noun the fact of being very serious oracuteness 9
affirmative noun a word or statement that shows affirmative 10
alleviation noun the act of making somehing badalleviation 11
allusion noun a brief or indirect reference allusion 12
amiss adjective wrong, not suitable, or not as e amiss 13
amity noun a good relationship amity 14
amorphous adjective having no fixed form or shape; amorphous 15
amply adverb in a way that is more than enou amply 16
apocryphal adjective An apocryphal story is probablyapocryphal 17
apothecary noun a person who in the past made apothecary 18
appalled adjective having strong feelings of shock appalling 19
apprehension noun worry about the future, or a fea apprehensi 20
apropos adverb used to introduce something thatapropos 21
aptness noun the quality of being suitable or raptness 22
aspiration noun something that you hope to ach aspiration 23
assail verb to attack someone violently or cassail 24
astute adjective able to understand a situation q astute 25
audible adjective able to be heard audible 26
audibly adverb in a way that is able to be heardaudibly 27
aught pronoun anything aught 28
austere adjective very simple, with only the thingaustere 29
avail noun use, purpose, advantage, or profavail 30
avenger noun a person who does harm to or puavenger 31
aversion noun (a person or thing that causes) aversion 32
avidity noun the quality of being extremely eavidity 33
baize noun thick, usually green material m baize 34
balderdash noun something that is stupid or not tbalderdash 35
base adjective not showing any honour and ha base 36
bated adjective in an anxious (= worried and nebated 37
benefactor noun someone who gives money to hel benfactor 38
beseigers noun an enemy who lays siege to yourbesiege 39
besiege verb to surround a place, especially besieger 40
bestial adjective cruel or like an animal bestial 41
blackguard noun a person, usually a man, who is blackguard 42
blasphemy noun something that you say or do th blasphemy 43
blatant adjective very obvious and intentional, whblatant 44
emblazon verb to print or decorate something i blazon 45
boisterous adjective noisy, energetic, and rough boisterous 46
brandish verb to wave something in the air in brandish 47
brood verb to think for a long time about t brood 48
brutish adjective rough, unpleasant, and often viobrutish 49
buttress verb to make support for an idea or buttress 50
calamity noun a serious accident or bad event calamity 51
callous adjective unkind, cruel, and without sympcallous 52
callousness noun behaviour that is unkind, cruel, callousness 53
capacious adjective having a lot of space and able tocapacious 54
carbuncle noun a large painful swelling under t carbuncle 55
catholic adjective including many different types catholicity 56
cerebral adjective relating to the brain or the cer cerebral 57
chastisement noun a severe criticism or punishmenchastiseme 58
cheval-glass noun a full-length mirror in a frame icheval-glas 59
chirp verb (especially of a bird) to make a chirruping 60
citadel noun a powerful organization in whiccitadel 61
civility noun politeness or a polite remark civility 62
civilly adverb in a polite way civilly 63
comely adjective A comely woman is attractive i comely 64
commend verb to formally praise or mention commend 65
commingle verb to mix an amount of money belon commingle 66
composite noun something that is made of varioucomposite 67
conception noun an idea of what something or som conception 68
concourse noun a large space or room in a publiconcourse 69
condemn verb to criticize something or someoncondemnati 70
condescension noun behaviour that shows you think condescens 71
condone verb to accept or allow behaviour thacondone 72
conflagration noun a large fire that causes a lot of conflagrati 73
connive verb to plan secretly and dishonestly connive 74
constitution noun the general state of someone's hconstitutio 75
constrained adjective Constrained behaviour is forcedconstrained 76
contempt noun a strong feeling of disliking a contempt 77
contrived adjective artificial and difficult to believecontrive 78
conveyancing noun the process of moving the legal conveyanci 79
coquetry noun behaviour in which someone tries coquetry 80
cords noun an anatomical structure (such a cord 81
corded noun of a muscle corded 82
countenance noun the appearance or expression ofcountenanc 83
cupola noun a dome (= round roof) on top ofcupola 84
debility noun physical weakness debility 85
deform verb If something deforms, its usual deform 86
deformity noun the situation in which a part o deformity 87
degradation noun the situation in which people ar degradatio 88
demeanour noun a way of looking and behaving demeanour 89
denizen noun an animal, plant, or person that dl enizen 90
depose verb to remove someone important frdepose 91
depravity noun the state of being morally bad, odepravity 92
deride verb to laugh at someone or somethinderide 93
despondency noun the quality of being unhappy, wdespondenc 94
detain verb to delay someone for a short lendetain 95
detestable adjective used to refer to people or thing detestable 96
diabolical adjective evil, or caused by the Devil diabolical 97
diaphanous adjective A diaphanous substance, especial diaphanous 98
disclose verb to make something known public disclose 99
disconsolate adjective extremely sad and disappointed disconsolat 100
discourse noun communication in speech or wridiscourse 101
disinter verb to find and use something that hdisinter 102
disparity noun a lack of equality or similarity, disparity 103
disperse verb to spread across or move away odisperse 104
dispose verb to get rid of something, especia dispose 105
disposition noun a person’s usual way of feeling disposition 106
disquiet noun worry disquiet 107
quietude noun a state of being calm and peacefdisquietude 108
disreputable adjective not trusted or respected; thoughdisreputabl 109
dissociate verb to consider as separate and not dissociate 110
stain verb to leave a mark on something tha distained 111
divinity noun the state of being a god divinity 112
doggedly adverb in a very determined way, even doggedly
i 113
draught noun a current of unpleasantly cold draught 114
draw verb to pull or direct something in a draught 115
125 141 draw verb to move in a particular directiondraw 116
duplicity noun dishonest talk or behaviour, espduplicity 117
ebullition noun the state or act of boiling ebullition 118
eddy verb If water, wind, smoke, etc. eddieeddy 119
effervesce verb If a liquid effervesces, it produ effervesce 120
efficacy noun the ability, especially of a med efficacy 121
effulgence noun the ability to shine brightly effulgence 122
elicit verb to get or produce something, espelicit 123
embattled adjective having a lot of problems or diffiembattled 124
eminently adverb very and obviously eminently 125
emphatically adverb in a forceful way emphatical 126
emulate verb to copy something achieved by es mulously 127
endow verb to give a large amount of moneyendow 128
enigma noun something that is mysterious a enigma 129
estranged adjective If you are estranged from your estrange 130
exorbitant adjective Exorbitant prices, demands, etc exorbitant 131
explicit adjective clear and exact explicit 132
extraneous adjective not directly connected with or r extraneous 133
exult verb to express great pleasure or happexult 134
faculty noun a special ability to do a particul faculty 135
faggot 136
farrago noun a confused mixture farrago 137
feint verb to pretend to move, or to make afeint 138
ferocity noun the state of being frightening anferocity 139
florid adjective with too much decoration or detflorid 140
fortified adjective having healthful substances addfortify 141
fortnight noun a period of two weeks fortnight 142
gallows noun a wooden structure used, especiagallows 143
gaunt adjective empty and not attractive gaunt 144
genial adjective friendly and pleasant genial 145
geniality noun the quality of being friendly an geniality 146
gesticulate verb to make movements with your ha gesticulate 147
graduated adjective divided into levels or stages graduated 148
haggard adjective looking ill or tired, often with haggard 149
hansom noun a two-wheeled carriage pulled by hansom 150
harpy noun in Greek mythology, a creature harpies 151
heresy noun (the act of having) an opinion orheresies 152
holograph noun a manuscript handwritten by theholograph 153
humility noun the quality of not being proud bhumility 154
hypocrisy noun a situation in which someone pre hypocrisy 155
hypocrite noun someone who says they have part hypocrite 156
idiosyncratic adjective having strange or unusual habitsidiosyncrat 157
immaterial adjective not important, or not relating to immaterial 158
immateriality noun the quality or state of being immimmateriali 159
immunity noun a situation in which you are proimmunity 160
impediment noun something that makes progress, impediment 161
imperial dye noun royal purple imperial d 162
imperious adjective unpleasantly proud and expecti imperious 163
impulse noun a sudden strong wish to do som impulse 164
incipient adjective just beginning incipient 165
inclination noun a feeling that you want to do a pinclination 166
incline verb to (make someone) feel somethiincline 167
incoherence noun the fact of expressing yourself i incoherenc 168
incongruous adjective unusual or different from what incongruou 169
incredulous adjective not wanting or not able to beli incredulous 170
incurable adjective used to say that someone 's per incurable 171
indifference noun lack of interest in someone or indifferenc 172
indifferent adjective not thinking about or intereste indifferent 173
indifferently adverb in a way that shows you are not indifferentl 174
indignation noun anger about a situation that you indignation 175
induce verb to persuade someone to do som induce 176
indulge verb to allow yourself or another pe indulge 177
inexplicable adjective unable to be explained or under inexplicabl 178
infallibly adverb always infallibly 179
infamy noun the quality of being famous for infamy 180
iniquity noun a very wrong and unfair action oiniquity 181
inopportune adjective happening or done at a time thatinopportuni 182
inscrutable adjective not showing emotions or thought inscrutable 183
insensate adjective not aware of what you are doin insensate 184
insidiously adverb (of something unpleasant or daninsidiously 185
insubstantial adjective not enough or not strong enoug insubstanti 186
insurgent noun someone who is fighting againstinsurgent 187
intercourse noun conversation and social activit intercourse 188
inveterate adjective someone who does something ver inveteratel 189
irrevocably adverb in a way that is impossible to c irrevocably 190
juggernaut noun a large powerful force or organijuggernaut 191
keen adjective very interested, eager, or want keen 192
ken noun not in your area of knowledge ken 193
kindle verb to cause strong feelings or idea kindle 194
kindle verb to cause a fire to start burning kindling 195
labyrinth noun a confusing set of connecting pas labyrinth 196
lamentation noun sadness and feeling sorry, or so lamentatio 197
languidly adverb slowly and with little energy, oflanguidly 198
lawny adjective Made of lawn or fine linen lawny 199
legibly adverb in a way that can be read easily legibly 200
loathe verb to hate someone or something loathe 201
loathing noun a strong feeling of hating some loathing 202
ludicrous adjective stupid or unreasonable and deseludicrous 203
lurid adjective too brightly coloured lurid 204
lurk verb to wait or move in a secret way lurk 205
luxury noun something that gives you a lot oluxury 206
malady noun a disease malady 207
malefactor noun a person who does bad or illegalmalefactor 208
malign adjective causing or intending to cause hamalign 209
mangled adjective destroyed by being twisted withmangled 210
mantle noun the responsibilities of an impor mantle 211
melancholy adjective sad melancholy 212
metamorphosis noun a complete change metamorpho 213
mien noun a person's appearance, especiallmien 214
minim noun a musical note with a time valueminim 215
mirth noun laughter, humour, or happiness mirth 216
misgives verb (of a person's mind or heart) fi misgives 217
misgiving noun a feeling of doubt or worry aboumisgiving 218
morbid adjective too interested in unpleasant subjmorbid 219
mortify verb to make someone very embarra mortify 220
multifarious adjective of many different types multifariou 221
linen noun sheets, tablecloths, etc. made fr napery 222
negligence noun the fact of not giving enough c negligence 223
nocturnal adjective being active or happening at nignocturnal 224
obligation noun something that you must do obligation 225
obliged adjective to be forced to do something or oblige 226
obliging adjective willing or eager to help obliging 227
obscure adjective not known to many people obscure 228
obsequious adjective too eager to praise or obey som obsequious 229
odious adjective extremely unpleasant and causinodious 230
oration noun a formal public speech about a soration 231
pacify verb to cause someone who is angry poacify 232
pall noun a dark, thick covering or cloud tpall 233
pallor noun the state of being very pale pallor 234
parley noun a discussion between two groupsparley 235
parry verb to manage cleverly to avoid dealparry 236
patent noun the official legal right to make patent 237
pathetically adverb in a way that is not at all enou patheticall 238
pecuniary adjective relating to money pecuniary 239
pedant noun a person who is too interested i pedant 240
pedantically adverb in a way that gives too much attpedanticall 241
pede claud 242
peevishly adverb in an easily annoyed way peevishly 243
penitence noun the feeling of being sorry for s penitence 244
peril noun great danger, or something that peril 245
perplexed adjective confused, because something is perpleity
d 246
perplexity noun a state of confusion or a complicperplexed 247
petrified adjective extremely frightened petrified 248
phial noun a small glass bottle, especially phial 249
pious adjective strongly believing in religion, a pious 250
poignant adjective causing or having a very sharp fpoignant 251
polity noun a society or state considered as apolity 252
preface noun an introduction at the beginningpreface 253
premonition noun a feeling that something, especi premonitor 254
prevail verb to be common among a group ofprevailp 255
prodigy noun someone with a very great abilitprodigy 256
profound adjective felt or experienced very strong profound 257
prohibition noun the act of officially not allowin prohibition 258
propensity noun the fact that someone is likely propensity 259
prostration noun the act or position of lying wit prostration 260
protégé noun a young person who is helped a protégé 261
provision noun the act of providing something provision 262
provocation noun an action or statement that is provocatio 263
prudence noun behaviour that is careful and av prudence 264
pungent adjective smelling or tasting very strong pungent 265
quail verb to feel or show fear; to want t quail 266
qualm noun an uncomfortable feeling when qyualm 267
quarry noun a person or animal being huntedquarry 268
ravages noun the damage caused by disease, travages 269
recluse noun a person who lives alone and avo recluse 270
reconcile verb to find a way in which two situareconcile 271
reformation noun the act of making an improvemen reformatio 272
reindue 273
relish verb to like or enjoy something relish 274
remark verb to give a spoken statement of a remark 275
remorse noun a feeling of sadness and being remorse 276
renunciation noun the formal announcement that sorenunciatio 277
repose verb to rest or lie repose 278
reprove verb to tell someone that you disapprreprove 279
repulsion noun strong dislike or disapproval repulsion 280
repugnance noun a feeling of disgust caused by b repungnanc 281
reputable adjective having a good reputation and ablreputable 282
resolute adjective determined in character, action, resolute 283
resolution noun an official decision that is mad resolution 284
resolve verb to solve or end a problem or difresolve 285
restraint noun calm and controlled behaviour restraint 286
resuscitate verb to bring someone or something resuscitate 287
retain verb to keep or continue to have somretain 288
rigour noun the fact that people are made to rigor 289
rigorous adjective careful to look at or consider evrigorous 290
robust adjective (of a person or animal) strong anrobust 291
ruminate verb to think carefully and for a lon ruminate 292
scanty adjective smaller in size or amount than i scanty 293
score noun the number of points, goals, etc scores 294
scruple noun a feeling that prevents you fro scruple 295
seclusion noun the state of being alone, away f seclusion 296
sedulous adjective careful and using a lot of effort sedulous 297
sedulously adverb carefully and with a lot of effo sedulously 298
self-indulgence noun the act of allowing yourself to self-indulg 299
singular adjective of an unusual quality or standar singular 300
singularly adverb to an unusual degree singularly 301
skulk verb to hide or move around as if tryskulk 302
slatternly adjective dirty and untidy; used especial slatternly 303
smite verb to hit someone forcefully or to smite 304
sober adjective not drunk or affected by alcoholsober 305
soberly adverb seriously and reasonably soberly 306
solemn adjective serious and without any humoursolemn 307
solemnly adverb seriously and without any humosolemnly 308
solitude noun the situation of being alone wit solitude 309
somber adjective serious, sad, and without humorsomber 310
sordid adjective dirty and unpleasant sordid 311
steadfastly adverb strongly and without stopping steadfastly 312
stealthily adverb quietly and carefully in order nostealthily 313
stringent adjective having a very severe effect, or stringent 314
subsequent adjective happening after something else subsequent 315
succumb verb to lose the determination to oppsuccumb 316
sullenness noun behaviour in which you are angrsulleness 317
superscript noun a word, letter, number, or symbosuperscribe 318
surplus noun (an amount that is) more than i surplus 319
suspense noun the feeling of excitement or ne suspense 320
swarthy adjective (of a person or their skin) dark swart 321
tabernacle noun a place of worship for some grotabernacle 322
tempest noun a violent storm tempest 323
termination noun the act of ending something or terminatio 324
thrall noun If you are in thrall to someone othrall 325
timidity noun the quality of being shy and nertimidity 326
tincture noun a medicine that consists of a mi tincture 327
transcendental adjective A transcendental experience, evtranscenden 328
transience noun the quality of being transient ( transience 329
transpire verb If it transpires that something transpires 330
traverse verb to move or travel through an ar traverse 331
treble predeterminerthree times greater in amount, ntreble 332
trifle noun a matter or object of little valu trifle 333
troglodyte noun a person who lives in a cave, es troglodytic 334
turpitude noun evil turpitude 335
undaunted adjective still determined and enthusiasti undaunted 336
demonstrative adjective If you are demonstrative, you s undemonstr 337
impaired adjective damaged in a way that makes sounimpaired 338
impressionable adjective easily influenced by other peop unimpressi 339
manning noun the process of providing people unmanning 340
unobtrusive adjective not noticeable; seeming to fit i unobtrusiv 341
unscrupulous adjective behaving in a way that is dishonunscrupulo 342
usurp verb to take control of a position of usurp 343
vainglorious adjective showing too much pride in yourvainglorio 344
vengeance noun the punishing of someone for havengeance 345
vestments noun the special clothes worn by pri vestment 346
vicarious adjective experienced as a result of watchivicarious 347
view halloa noun the shout made by a hunter on sview halloa 348
vigilance noun more careful attention, especial vigilance 349
vile adjective unpleasant, immoral, and unaccvile 350
volatile adjective likely to change suddenly and uvolatile 351
whet verb to increase someone's interest i whet 352
wrack noun to cause physical or mental pai wrack 353
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2
3
4
ct for the official opinion
abhorrence, 155
abjection, 159
abominable, 37
abstinence, 143
accosted, 41
accoutrement, 115
acquiescence, 159
acuteness, 113, 147
affirmative, 7
alleviation, 159
allusion, 65
amiss, 77, 91
amities, 67
amorphous, 157
apocryphal, 11
apothecary, 9
appalled, 87, 95, 155
apprehension, 33, 57, 141
apropos, 27
astute, 153
audible, 25
audibly, 43
avenger, 147
aversion, 133
avidity, 137
baize, 51, 83, 95
balderdash, 21
benefactor, 17, 55
beneficent, 149
beseigers, 95
besieged, 21
bestial, 137
blackguardly, 47
blasphemies, 99, 157
blatant, 37
blazoned, 123
boisterous, 19
brandishing, 43
brooded, 33
brutish, 145
buttressed, 147
calamity, 79, 159
callous, 63
callousness, 159
capacious, 149
carbuncles, 57
catholicity, 3
cerebral, 222
chastisement, 137
cheval-glass, 51, 99
chirrupings, 149
citadel, 19
civilities, 145
civilly, 115
comely, 139
commend, 83
commingled, 131
composite, 141
conception, 129
concourse, 23
condemnation, 155
condescension, 149
condoned, 33
conflagration, 45
connived, 137
constitution, 113
constrained, 113
contempt, 151
contrived, 35
conveyancing, 21
coquetry, 5
corded, 139, 151
detestable, 15, 19
diabolical, 133
diaphanous, 79
disclosed, 131
disconsolate, 73
discourse, 3,
disinterred, 49, 93
disparity, 115
disperse, 57, 145
disposed, 101, 133
disposition, 41, 123, 133
disquieted, 69
disquietude, 29
disreputable, 63
dissociated, 127
distained, 7
divinity, 17
doggedly, 77
draught, 91, 135, 145, 147, 159
draw, 25, 31, 41, 47, 57, 63, 69, 93, 95, 99, 107, 125, 141
drawing, 25, 41
duplicity, 123
ebullition, 117, 129, 159
effervesce, 117
efficacy, 131, 159
effulgence, 127
elicited, 59
embattled, 45
eminently, 3
emphatically, 69
emulously, 5
endowed, 123
enigmas, 119
estranged, 21
exorbitant, 87
explicit, 77
extraneous, 127
exulting, 129
faculties, 141, 151
faggots, 127
farrago, 109
ferocity, 41, 81
fortified, 135
fortnight, 35, 69
gallows, 151, 155, 157
genial, 135
geniality, 19
gesticulated, 157
graduated, 117
haggard, 45
hansom, 109, 151
heresies, 35
holograph, 17
humility, 147
hypocrisy, 47
hypocrite, 125
idiosyncratic, 113
immaterial, 129
immateriality, 127
immunities, 135
impediment, 111
imperial dye, 57
imperious, 123
impulses, 147
incipient, 113
inclination, 25
incline, 3, 79, 91, 123
incoherency, 37
incongruous, 125, 127, 133
incredulous, 121
incurable, 67
indifference, 143
indifferent, 143
indifferently, 51
indignation, 17
induce, 83
inducements, 143
indulged, 143
inexplicable, 119, 141
infallibly, 125,
infamy, 137
iniquity, 33, 147
inopportunity, 127
inscrutable, 71
insensate, 43, 145
insidiously, 137
insubstantial, 19
insurgent, 157
intercourse, 105
inveterately, 123
irrevocably, 141
juggernaut, 7, 23
kindled, 45
kindling, 151
labyrinths, 23
lamentation, 81
languidly, 155
legibly, 65
loathed, 157
loathing, 9, 29
ludicrous, 115
maladies, 87
malefactor, 91, 101
malign, 135
mangled, 43
mantle, 135
melancholy, 69
metamorphosis, 117
minims, 117
mirth, 153
misgives, 31
misgiving, 131
morbid, 107, 123
mortify, 3, 69
multifarious, 125
napery, 49
negligence, 7
nocturnal, 21, 153
novelty, 129
obligation, 17, 69, 129, 151
obliged, 14
obliging, 57
obscure, 29
obsequiously, 153
odious, 47
oration, 57
pacify, 137
patent, 147
pathetically, 67
pedant, 35, 37
pedantically, 15
pede claudo, 33
peevishly, 81
penitence, 121, 127, 149
pecuniary, 135
perplexed, 29
perplexity, 29
petrified, 117
phial, 95, 107, 111
poignant, 157
polity, 125
preface, 105
premonitory, 155
prevail, 151, 157
prodigy, 119
profound, 123, 125, 129, 155
prohibition, 69
propensity, 145
prostration, 155
protege, 21
provision, 159
provocation, 145
prudence, 159
pungent, 111
quailed, 45
quailing, 153
qualm, 55, 149
quarry, 151
recluse, 71
reconcile, 123
reformation, 133
reindue, 161
remark, 7, 141
remorse, 125, 147
renunciation, 147
repose, 19, 31, 61
repugnance, 131
repulsion, 73
reputable, 3, 35
resolute, 143
resolution, 83
resolve, 57, 149
restraint, 125
resuscitating, 149
rigour, 113
rigorous, 129
robust, 131
ruminated, 53
scruple, 127
scrutiny, 117
seclusion, 63, 37
sedulous, 85
sedulously, 59
self-indulgence, 147
singular, 41, 59, 129
singularly, 5
skulking, 153
slatternly, 45
smite, 153
sober, 33, 113
sobering, 35
soberly, 17
solemn, 19, 43
solemnly, 55, 93, 101
solitude, 23, 35, 65
somber, 17, 115
steadfastly, 125
stealthily, 23
stringent, 69, 155
subsequent, 149
succumbed, 151
sullenness, 15
superscribed, 69
timidity, 29
tincture, 111, 117, 129
transcendental, 119
transience, 127
transpires, 29
traversed, 75
treble, 141
trifle, 37, 43, 107, 149
trifling, 43
troglodytic, 29
turpitude, 121
undaunted, 89
undemonstrative, 3
unimpaired, 137
unimpressionable, 23
unmanning, 67
unobtrusive, 35
unscrupulous, 135
usurp, 127
vainglorious, 149
vengeance, 91
vestment, 127
vicarious, 135
view halloa, 7
vigilance, 131
volatile, 111
whetted, 111
word IPA form kaplan
ABHORRENCE /əbˈhɒrənsnoun. A very strong dislike.
ABJECT /ˈæbʤɛkt/ adjective. Pitiful.
ABJECTION /æbˈʤɛkʃ(ənoun. Misery, unhappiness.
ABOMINABLE /əˈbɒmɪnəbadjective. Loathsome, detestable.
ABSTINENCE /ˈæbstɪnənsnoun. The act of refraining from some activity or action.
ACCOST /əˈkɒst/ verb. Accosting, accosted. To approach and speak to someone, often in an agg
ACCOUTREMENT /əˈkuːtəm(ənoun. Clothing or apparel.
ACQUIESCENCE /ˌækwɪˈɛsnsnoun. Acceptance.
ACUTENESS /əˈkjuːtnəs/noun. Sharpness, severity.
AFFIRMATIVE /əˈfɜːmətɪvnoun. A positive response such as “yes,” or a statement of agreement.
ALLEVIATION /əˌliːvɪˈeɪʃ noun. Relief, partial improvement.
ALLUSION /əˈluːʒən/ noun. Indirect reference, an indication.
AMISS /əˈmɪs/ adjective. Out of place.
AMITY /ˈæmɪti/ noun. State of being friends, peaceful relation.
AMORPHOUS /əˈmɔːfəs/ adjective. Having no definite form.
AMPLY /ˈæmpli/ adverb. To a large or great degree.
APOCRYPHAL /əˈpɒkrɪfəl/adjective. Not genuine, of doubtful authenticity.
APOTHECARY /əˈpɒθɪkərinoun. One who prepares and sells medicine.
APPALLING /əˈpɔːlɪŋ/ adjective. Shocking, dismaying.
APPREHENSION /ˌæprɪˈhɛnʃnoun. Suspicion or fear of future or unknown evil; the act of perceiving or com
APROPOS /ˈæprəpəʊ/adverb. With regard to the present topic.
APTNESS /ˈæptnəs/ noun. State of being especially suitable or fitting.
ASPIRATION /ˌæspəˈreɪʃnoun. A great hope or goal.
ASSAIL /əˈseɪl/ verb. Assailing, assailed. To attack, assault.
ASTUTE /əsˈtjuːt/ adjective. Smartly aware, cleverly intelligent.
AUDIBLE /ˈɔːdəbl/ adjective. Capable of being heard.
AUDIBLY /ˈɔːdəbli/ adverb. In a manner capable of being heard, aloud.
AUGHT /ɔːt/ pronoun. All.
AUSTERE /ɒsˈtɪə/ adjective. Given to exacting standards of self-restraint.
AVAIL /əˈveɪl/ verb. Availing, availed. To be of use or advantage to.
AVENGER /əˈvɛnʤə/ noun. One who retaliates or takes revenge for an injury or crime.
AVERSION /əˈvɜːʃ(ə)n/noun. Intense dislike.
AVIDITY /əˈvɪdɪti/ noun. Greedy desire.
BAIZE /beɪz/ noun. Durable fabric made of cotton or wool.
BALDERDASH /ˈbɔːldədæʃnoun. Nonsense.
BASE /beɪs/ adjective. Lacking qualities of higher mind or spirit.
BATED /əˈmɪs/ adjective. Lessened or restricted, often used to describe one’s breath during a time
BENFACTOR /ˈbɛnɪfæktənoun. Someone giving aid or money.
BESIEGE /bɪˈsiːʤ/ verb. To press with requests.
BESIEGER /bɪˈsidʒə/ noun. Person who attacks or surrounds with armed forces.
BESTIAL /ˈbɛstiəl/ adjective. Beastly, animal-like.
BLACKGUARDLY /ˈblægɑːdliadjective. Lowly and delinquent.
BLASPHEMY /ˈblæsfɪmi/noun. An act of profanity, an act of reviling something sacred.
BLATANT /ˈbleɪtənt/ adjective. Glaring, obvious, showy.
BLAZON /ˈbleɪzn/ verb. Blazoning, blazoned. To make known openly or publicly.
BOISTEROUS /ˈbɔɪstərəs/adjective. Rowdy, loud, unrestrained.
BRANDISH /ˈbrændɪʃ/ verb. Brandishing, brandished. To exhibit in an ostentatious or aggressive man
BROOD /ˈbruːd/ verb. Brooding, brooded. To think about in a gloomy or serious way.
BRUTISH /ˈbruːtɪʃ/ adjective. Showing little intelligence or sensibility.
BUTTRESS /ˈ bʌtrəs/ verb. Buttressing, buttressed. To reinforce or support.
CALAMITY /kəˈlæmɪti/noun. Misfortune; state of despair.
CALLOUS /ˈkæləs/ adjective. Insensitive, thick-skinned.
CALLOUSNESS /ˈkæləsnɪs/noun. Insensitivity, rudeness, hardening.
CAPACIOUS /kəˈpeɪʃəs/ adjective. Extensive, large, roomy.
CARBUNCLE /ˈkɑːbʌŋklznoun. Deep-red precious stone.
CATHOLICITY /ˌkæθəʊˈlɪsɪnoun. Universality, comprehensive broadness.
CEREBRAL /ɪnˈkjʊərəbladjective. Relating to the brain.
CHASTISEMENT /ˈʧæstɪzmən noun. Punishment, discipline, scolding.
CHEVAL-GLASS /ʃəˈval ˌɡlɑnoun. Full-length mirror mounted in a swivel frame.
CHIRRUPING /ˈʧɪrəpɪŋ/ noun. A clicking sound, as made by birds.
CITADEL /ˈsɪtədl/ noun. A place dominated by a particular group.
CIVILITY /sɪˈvɪlɪti/ noun. A courteous behavior or politeness.
CIVILLY /ˈsɪvɪli/ adverb. Politely.
COMELY /ˈkʌmli/ adjective. Physically graceful and beautiful.
COMMEND /ɪnˈklaɪn/ verb. Commending, commended. To represent as worthy.
COMMINGLE /kɒˈmɪŋgl/ verb. Commingling, commingled. To be mixed or combined together.
COMPOSITE /ˈkɒmpəzɪt/noun. Something composed of distinct parts or elements.
CONCEPTION /kənˈsɛpʃənnoun. A new start or beginning.
CONCOURSE /ˈkɒŋkɔːs/ noun. An act if coming together.
CONDEMNATION /ˌkɒndɛmˈnnoun. An expression of extreme disapproval.
CONDESCENSION /ˌkɒndɪˈsɛnnoun. An attitude of superiority.
CONDONE /kənˈdəʊndverb. Condoning, condoned. Overlook, justify, or excuse a fault.
CONFLAGRATION /ˌkɒnfləˈgrnoun. A big destructive fire.
CONNIVE /kəˈnaɪv/ verb. Conniving, connived. To conspire, scheme.
CONSTITUTION /ˌkɒnstɪˈtjunoun. The physical structure or health of something or someone.
CONSTRAINED /kənˈstreɪnadjective. Forced, impelled, not voluntary.
CONTEMPT /kənˈtɛmpt/noun. Disrespect, scorn.
CONTRIVE /kənˈtraɪv/ verb. Contriving, contrived. To devise, plan, or manage; to form in an artistic m
CONVEYANCING /kənˈveɪənsnoun. The legal transferring of property titles between people.
COQUETRY /ˈkɒkɪtri/ noun. Flirtation, enticement.
CORD /kɔːd/ noun. A flexible, lengthy structure of the body, such as a tendon, nerve, or mus
CORDED /ˈkɔːdɪd/ adjective. Having or showing tendons, nerves, or muscles.
COUNTENANCE /ˈkaʊnt(ə)nnoun. Appearance, facial expression.
CUPOLA /ˈkjuːpələ/ noun. Domelike structure on a roof used to admit light.
DEBILITY /dɪˈbɪlɪti/ noun. A state of weakness or feebleness.
DEFORM /dɪˈfɔːm/ verb. deforming, deformed. To disfigure, spoil.
DEFORMITY /dɪˈfɔːmɪti/noun. Disfigurement.
DEGRADATION /ˌdɛgrəˈdeɪnoun. The act of losing moral or intellectual character.
DEMEANOUR /dɪˈmiːnə/ noun. One’s behavior or conduct.
DENIZEN /ˈdɛnɪzn/ noun. A native, one who is very familiar with a certain place.
DEPOSE /dɪsˈkləʊz/verb. Disclosing, disclosed. To remove from a high position.
DEPRAVITY /dɪˈprævɪti/noun. Sinfulness, moral corruption.
DERIDE /dɪˈraɪd/ verb. Deriding, derided. To mock, ridicule, make fun of.
DESPONDENCY /dɪsˈpɒndənnoun. Discouragement and dejection.
DETAIN /dɪˈteɪn/ verb. Detaining, detained. To restrain from continuing on.
DETESTABLE /dɪˈtɛstəbl/adjective. Deserving of intense and violent hatred.
DIABOLICAL /ˌdaɪəˈbɒlɪkadjective. Characteristic of the devil.
DIAPHANOUS /daɪˈæfənəsadjective. Allowing light to show through; delicate.
DISCLOSE /dɪsˈkləʊz/verb. Disclosing, disclosed. To expose, divulge.
DISCONSOLATE /dɪsˈkɒnsəlɪadjective. Hopelessly sad, forlorn.
DISCOURSE /dɪsˈkɔːs/ noun. The verbal interchange of ideas.
DISINTER /ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜː/ verb. Disinterring, disinterred. To remove from place of burial.
DISPARITY /dɪsˈpærɪti/noun. Contrast, dissimilarity.
DISPERSE /dɪsˈpɜːs/ verb. Dispersing, dispersed. To break up, scatter.
DISPOSE /dɪsˈpəʊz/ verb. Disposing, disposed. To get rid of.
DISPOSITION /ˌdɪspəˈzɪʃənoun. Mood or temperament.
DISQUIET /dɪsˈkwaɪətverb. Disquieting, disquieted. To take away the peace or tranquility of, to unse
DISQUIETUDE /dɪsˈkwaɪɪtjnoun. Anxiety, lack of peace or tranquility.
DISREPUTABLE /dɪsˈrɛpjʊtəadjective. Disgraceful, dishonorable, lacking respectability.
DISSOCIATE /dɪˈsəʊʃɪeɪtverb. Dissociating, dissociated. To separate.
DISTAINED /dɪˈsteɪnɪd/adjective. Discoloured and tarnished.
DIVINITY /dɪˈvɪnɪti/ noun. The study of religion; a supreme being, a god.
DOGGEDLY /ˈdɒgɪdli/ adverb. Stubbornly or persistently.
DRAUGHT /drɑːft/ noun (British). A current of air in an enclosed space.
DRAUGHT /drɑːft/ noun. A drink.
DRAW /drɔː/ verb. Drawing, drew, drawn. To move steadily.
DUPLICITY /dju(ː)ˈplɪsɪnoun. The quality of being double.
EBULLITION /ˌɛbəˈlɪʃən/noun. The act of boiling or bubbling.
EDDY /ˈɛdi/ noun. A circular current of water, like a whirlpool.
EFFERVESCE /ˌɛfəˈvɛs/ verb. Effervescing, effervesced. To bubble.
EFFICACY /ˈɛfɪkəsi/ noun. The power to produce an effect.
EFFULGENCE /ɛˈfʌlʤəns/noun. Radiant splendor.
ELICIT /ɪˈlɪsɪt/ verb. Eliciting, elicited. To draw out, provoke.
EMBATTLED /ɪmˈbætld/ adjective. Prepared for battle.
EMINENTLY /ˈɛmɪnəntliadverb. To a high degree.
EMPHATICALLY /ɪmˈfætɪkəladverb. With extra force or energy, with extra emphasis.
EMULOUSLY /ˈɛmjʊləsli/adverb. With hopes of surpassing others.
ENDOW /ɪnˈdaʊ/ verb. Endowing, endowed. To provide with something naturally or freely.
ENIGMA /ɪˈnɪɡməs/ noun. A puzzle.
ESTRANGE /ɪsˈtreɪnʤ/ verb. Alienate, keep at a distance.
EXORBITANT /ɪgˈzɔːbɪtənadjective. Greater than reasonable, extravagant.
EXPLICIT /ɪksˈplɪsɪt/ adjective. Clearly defined, specific, forthright in expression.
EXTRANEOUS /ɪkˈstreɪniəadjective. Irrelevant, unrelated, unnecessary.
EXULT /dɪˈsəʊʃɪeɪtverb. Exulting, exulted. To be extremely joyful, to rejoice.
FACULTY /ˈfækəlti/ noun. The ability to act or do.
FAGGOT /fəˈrɑːgəʊ/noun. Bundle.
FARRAGO /fəˈrɑːgəʊ/noun. A confused mixture.
FEINT /feɪnt/ noun. A deceptive show, a distracting maneuver.
FEROCITY /fəˈrɒsɪti/ noun. Fierceness, violence.
FLORID /ˈflɒrɪd/ adjective. Gaudy, extremely ornate.
FORTIFY /ˈfɔːtɪfɪ/ verb. Fortifying, fortified. To make strong, to reinforce or secure.
FORTNIGHT /ˈfɔːtnaɪt/ noun. 14-day period of time.
GALLOWS /ˈgæləʊz/ noun. A structure with a suspend noose used for hanging.
GAUNT /gɔːnt/ adjective. Bleak and barren.
GENIAL /ˈʤiːniəl/ adjective. Pleasant and friendly.
GENIALITY /ˌʤiːnɪˈælɪtnoun. Friendliness, amiability.
GESTICULATE /ʤɛsˈtɪkjʊle verb. Gesticulating, gesticulated. To make expressive gestures.
GRADUATED /ˈgrædjʊeɪtadjective. Marked at various levels for measuring purposes.
HAGGARD /ˈhægəd/ adjective. Having a worn or emaciated appearance.
HANSOM /ˈhænsəm/ noun. A covered horse-drawn carriage.
HARPIES /ˈhɑːpiz/ noun. An evil monster with a woman’s head and vulture’s body; a fiercely mal
HERESIES /ˈhɛrəsiz/ noun. A breaking of a moral code.
HOLOGRAPH /ˈhɒləʊgrɑːadjective. Handwritten entirely by its author.
HUMILITY /hju(ː)ˈmɪlɪnoun. The state of being humble.
HYPOCRISY /hɪˈpɒkrəsinoun. The practice of claiming beliefs or virtues that one doesn’t really possess
HYPOCRITE /ˈhɪpəkrɪt/ noun. Person claiming beliefs or virtues he or she doesn’t really possess.
IDIOSYNCRATIC /ˌɪdɪəsɪŋˈkradjective. Peculiar in temperament, eccentric.
IMMATERIAL /ɪməˌtɪərɪˈæadjective. Without form or body.
IMMATERIALITY /ɪməˌtɪərɪˈænoun. State of lacking substance or body.
IMMUNITY /ɪˈmjuːnɪti/noun. Exemption.
IMPEDIMENT /ˈfaɪəl/ noun. Barrier, obstacle.
IMPERIAL DYE /ɪmˈpɪərɪəl/noun. The dye, often purple, used to colour and indicate royal clothing.
IMPERIOUS /ɪmˈpɪərɪəs/adjective. Arrogantly self-assured, domineering, overbearing.
IMPULSE /ˈɪmpʌls/ noun. Sudden tendency, inclination.
INCIPIENT /ɪnˈsɪpɪənt/adjective. Beginning to exist or appear, in an initial stage.
INCLINATION /ˌɪnklɪˈneɪʃnoun. Tendency towards.
INCLINE /ɪnˈklaɪn/ verb. Inclining, inclined. To be drawn towards an opinion or a course of action
INCOHERENCY /ˌɪnkə(ʊ)ˈhnoun. Lack of cohesion or connection.
INCONGRUOUS /ɪnˈkɒŋgrʊəadjective. Incompatible, disagreeing.
INCREDULOUS /ɪnˈkrɛdjʊləadjective. Skeptical, doubtful.
INCURABLE /ɪnˈkjʊərəbladjective. Not able to be cured or fixed.
INDIFFERENCE /ɪnˈdɪf(ə)r(noun. Lack of caring.
INDIFFERENT /ɪnˈdɪfrənt/adjective. Uncaring, unbiased.
INDIFFERENTLY /ɪnˈdɪfrəntliadverb. In an uncaring manner.
INDIGNATION /ˌɪndɪgˈneɪ noun. Anger caused by something mean or unjust.
INDUCE /ɪnˈklaɪn/ verb. Inducing, induced. To bring about.
INDULGE /ɪnˈdʌlʤ/ verb. Indulging, indulged. To give in to a craving or desire.
INEXPLICABLE /ɪnɛkˈsplɪkəadjective. Difficult to explain, baffling, mystifying.
INFALLIBLY /ɪnˈfæləbli/adverb. Without error.
INFAMY /ˈɪnfəmi/ noun. Reputation for bad deeds.
INIQUITY /ɪˈnɪkwɪti/ noun. Sin, evil act.
INOPPORTUNITY /ɪnˌɒp ərˈtunoun. An inappropriate or unfavourable act.
INSCRUTABLE /ɪnˈskruːtəbadjective. Impossible to understand fully.
INSENSATE /ɪnˈsɛnseɪt/adjective. Without sense or human feeling.
INSIDIOUSLY /ɪnˈsɪdɪəsli/adverb. Treacherously, deviously.
INSUBSTANTIAL /ˌɪnsəbˈstæadjective. Small in size or amount; weak, lacking substance.
INSURGENT /ɪnˈsɜːʤəntadjective. Rebellious, insubordinate.
INTERCOURSE /ˈɪntə(ː)kɔːnoun. Connection or dealings between persons or groups.
INVETERATELY /ɪnˈvɛtərɪtliadverb. Incessantly, persistently.
IRREVOCABLY /ɪˈrɛvəkəbliadverb. Conclusively, irreversibly.
JUGGERNAUT /ˈʤʌgənɔːt/noun. An overwhelming, powerful, crushing force.
KEEN /kiːn/ adjective. Intellectually, sharp, perceptive.
KEN /kɛn/ noun. Range of vision or understanding.
KINDLE /ˈkɪndl/ verb. Kindling, kindled. To set fire or ignite.
KINDLING /ˈkɪndlɪŋ/ adjective. Causing excitement or inspiration.
LABYRINTH /ˈlæbərɪnθ/noun. Maze.
LAMENTATION /ˌlæmɛnˈteɪnoun. An expression of grief or sorrow, a loud cry.
LANGUIDLY /ˈlæŋgwɪdliadverb. Without energy, indifferently, slowly.
LAWNY /ˈlɔːni/ adjective. Having a gauzy, linen like texture .
LEGIBLY /ˈlɛʤəbli/ adverb. In a readable way.
LOATHE /ləʊð/ verb. Loathing, loathed. To abhor, despise, hate.
LOATHING /ˈləʊðɪŋ/ noun. Feeling of hatred or contempt.
LUDICROUS /ˈluːdɪkrəs/adjective. Laughable, ridiculous.
LURID /ˈljʊərɪd/ adjective. Glowing with unnatural redness.
LURK /lɜːk/ verb. deforming, deformed. To hide, to lie hidden or unsuspected.
LUXURY /ˈlʌkʃəri/ noun. Something had or done purely for enjoyment.
MALADY /ˈmælədi/ noun. Illness.
MALEFACTOR /ˈmælɪfæktə noun. Evil-doer, culprit.
MALIGN /məˈlaɪn/ adjective. Evil in influence or effect.
MANGLED /ˈmæŋgld/ adjective. Injured with deep disfiguring wounds.
MANTLE /ˈmæntl/ noun. Something that covers or envelops.
MELANCHOLY /ˈmɛlənkəliadverb. Depressing.
METAMORPHOSIS /ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfnoun. A change or transformation in appearance.
MIEN /miːn/ noun. Characteristics expressive of attitude or personality.
MINIM /ˈmɪnɪm/ noun. A vey small unit of volume, similar to a drop.
MIRTH /mɜːθ/ noun. Laughter, frivolity, gaiety.
MISGIVES /mɪsˈgɪvz/ verb. Misgiving, misgave. To be suspicious or doubtful, to sense foreboding.
MISGIVING /mɪsˈgɪvɪŋ/noun. A feeling of apprehension, doubt, sense of foreboding.
MORBID /ˈmɔːbɪd/ adjective. Abnormally terrible and gloomy.
MORTIFY /ˈmɔːtɪfaɪ/ verb. Mortifying, mortified. To impair in vigor or sensation.
MULTIFARIOUS /ˌmʌltɪˈfeəradjective. Diverse.
NAPERY /ˈneɪp(ə)ri/noun. Linen (as tablecloths and napkin for the table).
NEGLIGENCE /ˈnɛɡlɪdʒ(ənoun. Carelessness, lack of attention.
NOCTURNAL /nɒkˈtɜːnl/ adjective. Pertaining to night, active at night.
OBLIGATION /ˌɒblɪˈgeɪʃənoun. A sense of duty or promise.
OBLIGE /əˈblaɪʤ/ verb. Obliging, obliged. To require or force someone to obey.
OBLIGING /əˈblaɪʤɪŋ/adjective. Able and ready to do favors, courteous.
OBSCURE /əbˈskjʊə/ adjective. Not well known.
OBSEQUIOUSLY /əbˈsiːkwɪəadverb. Overly submissively or attentively.
ODIOUS /ˈəʊdiəs/ adjective. Hateful, contemptible.
ORATION /ɔːˈreɪʃən/ noun. Lecture, formal speech.
PACIFY /ˈpæsɪfaɪ/ verb. Pacifying, pacified. To restore calm, bring peace.
PALL /pɔːl/ noun. Something that covers or conceals.
PALLOR /ˈpælə/ noun. Extreme paleness of the skin.
PARLEY /ˈpɑːli/ noun. A discussion among enemies.
PARRY /ˈpæri/ verb. Parrying, parried. To ward off or evade, especially by a quick-witted ans
PATENT /ˈpeɪtənt/ adjective. Obvious, unconcealed.
PATHETICALLY /pəˈθɛtɪk(ə)adverb. In a manner capable of arousing pity or compassion.
PECUNIARY /pɪˈkjuːnɪəradjective. Relating to money.
PEDANT /ˈpɛdənt/ noun. An uninspired, boring, academic.
PEDANTICALLY /pɪˈdæntɪk(ə adverb. Academically, precisely.
PEDE CLAUDO /pede claudLatin. Literally “on limping foot,” meaning slowly but surely.
PEEVISHLY /ˈpiːvɪʃli/ adverb. In a discontented and cranky manner.
PENITENCE /ˈpɛnɪtəns/ noun. Sorrow expressed for sins or offenses, repentance.
PERIL /ˈpɛrɪl/ noun. Danger.
PERPLEITY /pəˈplɛkst/ noun. The state of being puzzled or confused.
PERPLEXED /pəˈplɛkst/ adjective. Puzzled or confused.
PETRIFIED /ˈpɛtrɪfaɪd/adjective. Paralyzed or stunned with fear.
PHIAL /ˈfaɪəl/ noun. A small glass bottle.
PIOUS /ˈpaɪəs/ adjective. Dedicated, devout, extremely religious.
POIGNANT /ˈpɔɪnənt/ adjective. Emotionally moving.
POLITY /ˈpɒlɪti/ noun. A political organization.
PREFACE /ˈprɛfɪs/ noun. Introductory remarks of a speaker or an author.
PREMONITORY /prɪˈmɒnɪtənoun. Foreboding, ominous.
PREVAIL /prɪˈveɪl/ verb. Prevailing, prevailed. To persuade successfully.
PRODIGY /ˈprɒdɪʤi/ noun. An extraordinary event that inspires wonder.
PROFOUND /prəˈfaʊnd/adjective. Deep, infinite; intelligent; difficult to understand.
PROHIBITION /ˌprəʊɪˈbɪʃənoun. An order to restrain or stop.
PROPENSITY /prəˈpɛnsɪtinoun. Inclination, tendency.
PROSTRATION /prɒsˈtreɪʃənoun. Exhaustion, wariness.
PROTÉGÉ /ˈprəʊtɛʒeɪ/noun. A person who is supported, trained, or protected by an influential person
PROVISION /prəˈvɪʒən/noun. A stock of needed materials or supplies.
PROVOCATION /ˌprɒvəˈkeɪnoun. Something that provokes a response, such as anger or disagreement.
PRUDENCE /ˈpruːdəns/noun. Carefulness, caution.
PUNGENT /ˈpʌnʤənt/adjective. Strong or sharp in smell or taste.
QUAIL /kweɪl/ verb. Quailing, quailed. To back away in fear, to flinch, to cower.
QUALM /kwɑːm/ noun. A sudden feeling of sickness.
QUARRY /ˈkwɒri/ noun. One that is hunted or killed.
RAVAGES /ˈrævɪʤɪz/ noun. An act of destruction or devastation.
RECLUSE /rɪˈkluːs/ noun. A person who is shut off from the world.
RECONCILE /ˈrɛkənsaɪl/verb. Reconciling, reconciled. To accept.
REFORMATION /ˌrɛfəˈmeɪʃnoun. The act of changing for the better.
REINDUE /ˌriːɪnˈdjuː/verb. Reinduing, reindued. To put on again.
RELISH /ˈrɛlɪʃ/ noun. An appetite; deep appreciation or enjoyment.
REMARK /ˈrɪˈmɑːk/ verb. Remarking, remarked. To observe or make note.
REMORSE /rɪˈmɔːs/ noun. A gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt.
RENUNCIATION /rɪˌnʌnsɪˈeɪnoun. The act of declaring that something is disowned or no longer recognized
REPOSE /rɪˈpəʊz/ verb. Reposing, reposed. To be supported by, to place (trust) or to count on.
REPROVE /rɪˈpruːv/ verb. Reproving, reproved. To criticize or correct.
REPULSION /rɪˈpʌlʃən/ noun. Hatred, disgust.
REPUNGNANCE /rɪˈpʌɡnənsnoun. Strong dislike, distaste, or antagonism.
REPUTABLE /ˈrɛpjʊtəbl/adjective. Held in favorable light.
RESOLUTE /ˈrɛzəluːt/ adjective. Determined.
RESOLUTION /ˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃnoun. A firm decision.
RESOLVE /rɪˈzɒlv/ noun. Determination, a firm decision.
RESTRAINT /rɪsˈtreɪnt/ noun. The power to control one’s actions or emotions.
RESUSCITATE /rɪˈsʌsɪteɪt/verb. Resuscitating, resuscitated. To revive, bring back to life.
RETAIN /rɪˈteɪn/ verb. deforming, deformed. To hold, keep possession of.
RIGOR /ˈrɪgə/ noun. Rigidity of muscles in the body.
RIGOROUS /ˈrɪɡ(ə)rəs/adjective. Intense, strict.
ROBUST /rəʊˈbʌst/ adjective. Strong and healthy, hardy.
RUMINATE /ˈruːmɪneɪtverb. Ruminating, ruminated. To contemplate, reflect upon.
SCANTY /ˈskænti/ adjective. Limited or less than sufficient.
SCORES /skɔːz/ noun. A very large number.
SCRUPLE /ˈskruːpl/ noun. A very tiny amount.
SECLUSION /sɪˈkluːʒən/noun. Isolation, detachment.
SEDULOUS /ˈsɛdjʊləs/ adjective. Constant and persevering.
SEDULOUSLY /ˈsɛdjʊləsliadverb. With constant perseverance.
SELF-INDULGENCE /sɛlf/-/ɪnˈ noun. Lenience, the act of giving into one’s desires.
SINGULAR /ˈsɪŋgjʊlə/ adjective. Uncommon, peculiar.
SINGULARLY /ˈsɪŋgjʊləliadverb. Uncommonly, peculiarly.
SKULK /ˈskʌlk/ verb. Skulking, skulked. To move in a stealthy or cautious manner, to sneak.
SLATTERNLY /ˈslætə(ː)nladjective. Slovenly and unkempt.
SMITE /smaɪt/ verb. Smiting, smited. To strike with a heavy blow of the hand.
SOBER /ˈsəʊbə/ verb. Sobering, sobered. To become self-controlled or serious.
SOBERLY /ˈsəʊbəli/ adverb. In a self-controlled manner, seriously.
SOLEMN /ˈsɒləm/ adjective. Quiet, deeply serious.
SOLEMNLY /ˈsɒləmli/ adverb. Seriously or somberly.
SOLITUDE /ˈsɒlɪtjuːd/ noun. Social isolation, time spent alone.
SOMBER /ˈsɒmbə/ adjective. Melancholy, dismal, dark and gloomy.
SORDID /ˈsɔːdɪd/ adjective. Filthy, contemptible and corrupt.
STEADFASTLY /ˈstɛdfəstli/adverb. Without wavering.
STEALTHILY /ˈstɛlθɪli/ adverb. Quietly and cautiously.
STRINGENT /ˈstrɪnʤəntadjective. Imposing severe, rigorous standards.
SUBSEQUENT /ˈsʌbsɪkwənadjective. Following in time or order.
SUCCUMB /səˈkʌm/ verb. Succumbing, succumbed. To give in to a force or desire.
SULLENESS /ˈsʌlənəs/ noun. Gloom, dreariness.
SUPERSCRIBE /ˌsjuːpəˈskrverb. Superscribing, superscribed. To write on the outside of a letter or docum
SURPLUS /ˈsɜːpləs/ noun. Excess.
SUSPENSE /səsˈpɛns/ noun. A feeling of anxiety caused by a mysterious situation.
SWART /swɔːt/ adjective. Of a dark color.
TABERNACLE /ˈtæbə(ː)nænoun. The human body, where the soul resides.
TEMPEST /ˈtɛmpɪst/ noun. Rage or fury.
TERMINATION /ˌtɜːmɪˈneɪnoun. The act of ending or setting bounds.
THRALL /θrɔːl/ noun. A servant or slave.
TIMIDITY /tɪˈmɪdɪti/ noun. Shyness, fearfulness of the unfamiliar.
TINCTURE /ˈtɪŋkʧə/ noun. A solution of a medicinal substance.
TRANSCENDENTAL /ˌtrænsɛnˈdadjective. Otherworldly.
TRANSIENCE /ˈtrænzɪənsnoun. The state of being temporary or short-lived.
TRANSPIRES /tranˈspʌɪəsverb. Transpiring, transpired. To give off, like a vapour.
TRAVERSE /ˈtrævə(ː)s/verb. Traversing, traversed. To travel or move across.
TREBLE /ˈtrɛbl/ verb. Trebling, trebled. To increase threefold.
TRIFLE /ˈtraɪfl/ adjective. A slight degree or small amount.
TROGLODYTIC /ˈtrɒg ləˌdaadjective. Resembling a caveman.
TURPITUDE /ˈtɜːpɪtjuːd/noun. Inherent vileness, foulness, depravity.
UNDAUNTED /ʌnˈdɔːntɪdadjective. Bold, valiant, not discouraged or intimidated.
UNDEMONSTRATIVE /ˌʌndɪˈmɒns adjective. Restrained in expression of feeling.
UNIMPAIRED /ˌʌnɪmˈpeəadjective. Undamaged, not injured.
UNIMPRESSIONABLE /ˌʌnɪmˈprɛʃadjective. Not easily influenced or impressed.
UNMANNING /ʌnˈmænɪŋ/adjective. Stripped of one’s courage and virility.
UNOBTRUSIVE /ˌʌnəbˈtruːsadjective. Low-key and humble.
UNSCRUPULOUS /ʌnˈskruːpjadjective. Immoral, dishonest.
USURP /juːˈzɜːp/ verb. Usurping, usurped. To occupy instead, to assume a position.
VAINGLORIOUS /veɪnˈglɔːradjective. Boastful, self-important.
VENGEANCE /ˈvɛnʤəns/noun. Punishment inflicted in retaliation.
VESTMENT /ˈvɛstmənt/noun. A covering resembling a garment.
VICARIOUS /vaɪˈkeərɪəsadjective. Substitute, surrogate.
VIEW HALLOA /vjuː/ /həˈl interjectionA phrase from fox hunting used to catch someone’s attention.
VIGILANCE /ˈvɪʤɪləns/noun. Attention, watchfulness.
VILE /vaɪl/ adjective. Wretched, offensive, disgusting.
VOLATILE /ˈvɒlətaɪl/ adjective. Able to evaporate easily at normal temperatures.
WHET /ˈwɛt/ verb. Whetting, whetted. To sharpen, stimulate.
WRACK /ræk/ noun. A wind-driven mass of high, often broken, clouds.
eak to someone, often in an aggressive way.
tatement of agreement.
an injury or crime.
mething sacred.
penly or publicly.
d or combined together.
, or excuse a fault.
thing or someone.
a certain place.
high position.
ntinuing on.
m place of burial.
l, to rejoice.
reinforce or secure.
ressive gestures.
ing or desire.
den or unsuspected.
r or sensation.
meone to obey.
compassion.
wly but surely.
h as anger or disagreement.
to flinch, to cower.
force or desire.
ous situation.
o assume a position.
someone’s attention.
COUNTENANCE /ˈkaʊnt(ə)nəns/ noun. Appearance, facial expression.
Synonyms: face, features, visage.
INCLINE /ɪnˈklaɪn/ verb. Inclining, inclined. To be drawn towards an opinion or a course of action.
Synonyms: lean to, gravitate, tend.
VIEW HALLOA /vjuː/ /həˈləʊ/ interjection. A phrase from fox hunting used to catch someone’s attention.
HARPIES /ˈhɑːpiz/ noun. An evil monster with a woman’s head and vulture’s body; a fiercely malicious woman.
REPOSE /rɪˈpəʊz/ verb. Reposing, reposed. To be supported by, to place (trust) or to count on.
Synonyms: depend, entrust, invest.
CONVEYANCING /kənˈveɪənsɪŋ/ noun. The legal transferring of property titles between people.
Synonyms: transfer, imparting.
PROTÉGÉ /ˈprəʊtɛʒeɪ/ noun. A person who is supported, trained, or protected by an influential person.
Synonyms: charge, apprentice, ward.
REPOSE /rɪˈpəʊz/ verb. Reposing, reposed. To be supported by, to place (trust) or to count on.
Synonyms: depend, entrust, invest.
PEDE CLAUDO /pede claudo/ Latin. Literally “on limping foot,” meaning slowly but surely.
BROOD /ˈbruːd/ verb. Brooding, brooded. To think about in a gloomy or serious way.
Synonyms: ponder, worry, obsess.
CONTRIVE /kənˈtraɪv/ verb. Contriving, contrived. To devise, plan, or manage; to form in an artistic manner.
Synonyms: concoct, scheme, create, design.
INCOHERENCY /ˌɪnkə(ʊ)ˈhɪərəns/ noun. The inability to think or express one’s thoughts in a clear or orderly manner.
Synonyms: unintelligibility, confusion, disarray.
ACCOST /əˈkɒst/ verb. Accosting, accosted. To approach and speak to someone, often in an aggressive way.
Synonyms: bother, address, confront.
QUAIL /kweɪl/ verb. Quailing, quailed. To back away in fear, to flinch, to cower.
Synonyms: recoil, shrink.
HYPOCRISY /hɪˈpɒkrəsi/ noun. The practice of claiming beliefs or virtues that one doesn’t really possess.
Synonyms: fraud, falseness.
NAPERY / /ˈneɪp(ə)ri/ noun. Linen (as tablecloths and napkin for the table).
Synonyms: table linen.
DISINTER /ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜː/ verb. Disinterring, disinterred. To bring out into the open.
Synonyms: disclose, reveal.
IMPERIAL DYE /ɪmˈpɪərɪəl/ /daɪ/ noun. The dye, often purple, used to colour and indicate royal clothing.
DRAW /drɔː/ verb. Drew, drawn. To lead to a certain assumption, to bring about on purpose.
Synonyms: provoke, elicit.
EMPHATICALLY /ɪmˈfætɪkəli/ adverb. With extra force or energy, with extra emphasis.
Synonyms: insistently, definitely, strikingly.
SUPERSCRIBE /ˌsjuːpəˈskraɪb/ verb. Superscribing, superscribed. To write on the outside of a letter or document.
Synonyms: address, direct.
DISQUIET /dɪsˈkwaɪət/ verb. Disquieting, disquieted. To take away the peace or tranquility of, to unsettle.
Synonyms: worry, distress, disturb.
RECLUSE /rɪˈkluːs/ noun. A person who is shut off from the world.
Synonyms: solitaire, hermit.
INCLINE /ɪnˈklaɪn/ verb. Inclining, inclined. To be drawn toward an opinion or a course of action.
Synonyms: lean, gravitate; tend.
INCLINE /ɪnˈklaɪn/ verb. Inclining, inclined. To be drawn towards an opinion or a course of action.
Synonyms: lean to, gravitate, tend.
BATED /əˈmɪs/ adjective. Lessened or restricted, often used to describe one’s breath during a time of great anticipation.
Synonyms: lowered, reduced, diminished.
BESIEGER /bɪˈsidʒə/ noun. Person who attacks or surrounds with armed forces.
Synonyms: enemy, invader, assailant.
APPALL /əˈpɔːl/ verb. Appalling, appalled. To overcome or be overcome with shock or dismay.
Synonyms: horrify, astound, petrify.
CORD /kɔːd/ noun. A flexible, lengthy structure of the body, such as a tendon, nerve, or muscle.
DERIDE /dɪˈraɪd/ verb. Deriding, derided. To mock, ridicule, make fun of.
Synonyms: taunt, jeer, insult, tease.
ENDOW /ɪnˈdaʊ/ verb. Endowing, endowed. To provide with something naturally or freely.
Synonyms: bless, endue, gift.
INCLINE /ɪnˈklaɪn/ verb. Inclining, inclined. To be drawn towards an opinion or a course of action.
Synonyms: lean to, gravitate, tend.
HYPOCRITE /ˈhɪpəkrɪt/ noun. Person claiming beliefs or virtues he or she doesn’t really possess.
Synonyms: fraud, liar, sham, fake, phony.
DENIZEN /ˈdɛnɪzn/ noun. A native, one who is very familiar with a certain place.
Synonyms: resident, citizen, inhabitant.
INFALLIBLY /ɪnˈfæləbli/ adverb. Without error.
Synonyms: certainly, guaranteed.
TABERNACLE /ˈtæbə(ː)nækl/ noun. The human body, where the soul resides.
APPREHENSION /ˌæprɪˈhɛnʃ(ə)n/ noun. Suspicion or fear of future or unknown evil; the act of perceiving or comprehending;
Synonyms: concern, worry; understanding; capture.
ABSTINENCE /ˈæbstɪnəns/ noun. The act of refraining from some activity or action.
Synonyms: temperance, self-restraint.
PROVOCATION /ˌprɒvəˈkeɪʃən/ noun. Something that provokes a response, such as anger or disagreement.
Synonyms: controversy, stimulation, contention.
DISPERSE /dɪsˈpɜːs/ verb. Dispersing, dispersed. To break up, scatter.
Synonyms: dissipate, disintegrate, dispel.
AVENGER /əˈvɛnʤə/ noun. One who retaliates or takes revenge for an injury or crime.
Synonyms: punisher, vindicator.
SELF-INDULGENCE /sɛlf/-/ɪnˈdʌlʤəns/ noun. Lenience, the act of giving into one’s desires.
Synonyms: self-gratification, tolerance, pampering.
RENUNCIATION /rɪˌnʌnsɪˈeɪʃən/ noun. The act of declaring that something is disowned or no longer recognized or accepted.
Synonyms: rejection, abandonment.
RESOLVE /rɪˈzɒlv/ verb. Resolving, resolved. To determine or to make a firm decision about.
Synonyms: solve, decide.
GALLOWS /ˈgæləʊz/ noun. A structure with a suspend noose used for hanging.
QUAIL /kweɪl/ verb. Quailing, quailed. To back away in fear, to flinch, to cower.
Synonyms: recoil, shrink.
SKULK /ˈskʌlk/ verb. Skulking, skulked. To move in a stealthy or cautious manner, to sneak.
Synonyms: lurk, shirk, hide, evade, prowl.
SMITE /smaɪt/ verb. Smiting, smited. To strike with a heavy blow of the hand.
Synonyms: bash, slap, punch.
GALLOWS /ˈgæləʊz/ noun. A structure with a suspend noose used for hanging.
CONDEMNATION /ˌkɒndɛmˈneɪʃən/ noun. An expression of extreme disapproval.
Synonyms: denunciation, rebuke.
GALLOWS /ˈgæləʊz/ noun. A structure with a suspend noose used for hanging.
Synonyms: suitableness.
Synonyms: written.
Synonyms: unswayable.
Synonyms: seclusion, withdrawal, retirement.
Synonyms: whirlpool.
Synonyms: responsibility.
Synonyms: everything.
Synonyms: communion.
Synonyms: intensity.
Synonyms: outfit.
Synonyms: discrepancy, contradiction, divergence, incongruity.
Synonyms: courteously.
Synonyms: divided.
Synonyms: prey.
Synonyms: potency.
Synonyms: circumspection, deliberation, thoughtfulness.
ing, smugness.
plot; contrive.
n artistic manner. Synonyms: concoct, scheme, create, design.
ty, exhaustion.
ms: resident, citizen, inhabitant.
ms: dethrone, overthrow, displace.
aunt, jeer, insult, tease.
desolation, forlornness.
gue, discussion.
disclose, reveal.
famous, shameful.
continue, progress.
moderate, inordinate.
xpress, categorical, definite, unequivocal.
rtinent, extrinsic, foreign, alien.
: celebrate, delight, jubilate.
loud, garish.
nonyms: invigorate, strengthen; energize, support.
authoritarian, despotic.
ning, nascent, inchoate.
ess, inconvenience.
rable, cryptic, enigmatic.
ous, inhuman.
communion.
er, behemoth.
ly, preposterous.
menially, compliantly.
sive, repellent, loathsome.
mon, address, homily.
dent, manifest.
ation, desolation.
impermanence, evanescence.
xcrete, evaporate.
ss, intersect; pass through.
, trace, dash.
morality, wickedness.
, courageous, fearless, intrepid.
emasculated, paralyzed.
poral, corporeal.
iness, obscurity.
guiltless, inculpable, not guilty, clean. ANTONYMS: culpable, blameworthy, responsible, wrong, bad, sinful, shameful, flawed.
h. ANTONYMS: spicy, strong, exciting, jaunty, explicit, caustic, colorful, conspicuous, delicious, bitter, dull.
e, enliven. ANTONYMS: upset, sadden, overcast, fade, dim, depress, blacken, spoil.
rched, adust.
e torn out your cheque after writing it out.
earted, indifferent, insensitive. ANTONYMS: caring, merciful, compassionate, sensitive, sympathetic, tender, nice, thoughtful, affectio
cork; gossamer.
querulously, petulantly, grumpily, grouchily, peevishly, crabbily, crossly, tetchily, cantankerously, crankily, complaining. ANTONYM
acclamation, regards, approbation.
perturbedly, staidly, relaxedly. ANTONYM: nervously.
n, perverted, malformed.
; demonic, wicked, diabolical, terrific; Stygian; devilishly. ANTONYMS: cherubic, godlike, good, saintly, virtuous.
nty, hyaloid. ANTONYMS: thick, opaque, heavy, robust.
ikely, contrarily, individually, unusually, oppositely. ANTONYMS: alike, correspondingly.
isjointed, disconnected, ill. ANTONYMS: neat, ordered, organized, arranged, quiet, regulated, systematic, systematized, straightforwar
dishonourable, dishonest, despicable, notorious. ANTONYMS: honorable, respected, ethical, noble, decent, respectable, sporting, pleas
nable, disgustful, foul, nasty; unpalatable. ANTONYMS: pleasant, tasteful, attractive, appealing, savory, pleasing, desirable, appetizing
ONYM: wander.
n, elation; transport. ANTONYMS: desolation, gloom, downheartedness, melancholy, depression, dejection, anguish, sadness, despair, a
nted, militant; in battle array, battled; fancier. having a lot of problems or difficulties.
ames. cinder, ash, scoriae; fire, ashes.
d, hedge, addition.
, locked up, charmed, incarcerated, in bondage, in prison, bound, subject, beguiled, cringing; subjected.
roachment, entree; incoming; go in.
exact. ANTONYMS: lenient, relaxed, tolerant, unexacting, unfastidious, basic, careless, relaxing.
magnify, aggrandize, enhance. ANTONYMS: minimize, alleviate, weaken.
, outrageous, enormous, extortionate, extreme, high. ANTONYMS: reasonable, inexpensive, moderate, modest, sensible, fair.
pendage -, limit, limb, ending, fringe, conclusion. ANTONYMS: trunk, average, minimum, head, leniency.
dullness, ambiguity, lassitude, infirmity. ANTONYMS: acuteness, strength, harshness, clearness, loudness, clarity.
e, boy, knave; lackey. a male servant whose job includes opening doors and serving food, and who often wears a uniform
foresaw, predict, see.
d, deserted, introverted, unwanted. ANTONYM: sociable.
erter, emigrant, criminal; fugacious. a person who is running away or hiding from the police or a dangerous situation
y, despondently, unhappily, glumly. ANTONYMS: brightly, favorably, happily, optimistically, contentedly; auspiciously.
easured, evocative, etched in your mind, deep. ANTONYMS: forgettable, unremarkable. beautiful, but in a sad way and often in a way
TONYM: inadequate.
, rampant, effervescent; ungovernable, volcanic, stanchless, simmering. ANTONYM: orderly. full of energy and enthusiasm; impossibl
ieve, illumine. ANTONYMS: darken, intensify, increase, dye, depress, aggravate, exacerbate.
vy, tormented.
g, guarding.
e. ANTONYM: amplify.
em to write, paint, or make music. Meditation. Synonyms: broody, cogitative, contemplative, meditative, melancholy, pensive, reflectiv
ative, thoughtful, pensive; meditation, consideration, reflection, rumination, reverie, thought, cogitation.
inatively, broodingly, deep in thought. ANTONYM: unthinkingly. to think about something carefully and for a long time
best, outclass.
processing overhead, operating cost; upper. ANTONYM: surface.
ng, onerous, devastating, uncontrollable, depressing. ANTONYMS: light, subtle, imperceptible, insignificant, shallow, weak, faint, blan
ak, cerement, mantle; disgust.
le, skin color, whiteness, sallowness. ANTONYMS: rosiness, coloration, bloom.
fondle. ANTONYMS: deprive, deny.
nners, niceness, refinement, gallantry, decency. ANTONYMS: vulgarity, rudeness, incivility, neglect.
tment, notification, statement, depiction, true bill, description. something set forth, presented, or exhibited.
on, vision, prediction, forethought, forecasting; foresee.
andrail; invective. a vertical post, usually metal or wooden, that is used together with other such posts to form a fence
cific goal, purpose, or direction
ner in a violent and careless way
and possible results of your actions:
ded, cloistered, withdrawn. ANTONYM: native. a person who lives alone and avoids going outside or talking to other people.
, ruby, colorful.
cut off or by being hanged with a rope around the neck until they die
just, barely. ANTONYMS: plentiful, common, adequate, strong, usual, extensive.
ence, individualism, self, selfness, selfish. ANTONYMS: altruism, selflessness, sensitivity, thoughtfulness, conformity, generosity.
, hard, sensitively.
will, animosity; pique. ANTONYMS: please; benevolence, goodwill, love, affection, harmony. a feeling of anger towards another pers
zled, cracked, plastered.
ing; scramble.
y, strainedly, agitatedly.
ion, scourge.
ss, show, vouch.
attract attention. a theatrical gesture
iet, awkward, fretful, restive. ANTONYMS: calm, untroubled, composed, relaxed, easy, unconcerned, still, comfortable, carefree, confi
parately, partially, unsymmetrically, unbalancedly, disproportionally. ANTONYMS: evenly, fairly.
athed, unsung, untalked of; untold. 1. not expressed or said. 2. understood without being expressed
n, unguaranteed.
surely, of course, assuredly, no doubt; doubtless. ANTONYMS: doubtfully, possibly, arguably.
rpowering, servile, subdued, suffering. ANTONYM: rebellious.
oximate, arbitrary, unreasonable. ANTONYMS: technical, logical, systematic.
ng; indecorous; uncomely; indecently, unbecomingly. ANTONYMS: proper, appropriate, dignified, due, fitting, polite, suitable, correct
hful, unswerving, unwavering, undrooping, never tired.
, precarious, uneven; uncertain. ANTONYMS: steady, stable, alert, firm, secure, constant.
onsistent, unvaried, unchanged, equal. ANTONYMS: irregular, multiform, varied, dynamic, erratic, unequal.
d, evil, vicious.
ght, lightheaded, tripping; wistful. ANTONYMS: unaware, asleep, inattentive, relaxed.
arnedly, astutely, sharply, perspicaciously. ANTONYMS: stupidly, recklessly, imprudently, immaturely, illogically.
; lame. ANTONYM: plump.
n, juiciness.
ars a uniform
auspiciously.
or a long time
l, appealing, lovely.
gently, affectionately, admiringly. ANTONYMS: unromantically, disapprovingly.
conformity, generosity.