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Sp DEFINITION , GRE SYNONYMS

1 abate V to lessen, to subside
2 abdication CN giving up control authority
3 abet - V help/encourage somebody (in doing wrong)
4 abeyance CN suspended action
5 abidance + CN the state of abiding; abode; continuance; compliance (with)
6 abject - A hopeless, most unfortunate or miserable
7 abjure + V promise or swear to give up
8 abraded - A rubbed off worn away by friction
9 abrogate V repeal or annul by authority
10 absonous - A inharmonious, incongruous, discordant
11 abstruse - A difficult to comprehend, obscure, esoteric, recondite
12 abut V border on
13 acarpous - A worn out, effete, no longer fertile
14 accolade + PN praise, approval, encomium
15 accretion CN the growing of separate things into one ; increase by natural growth
16 admonish /-nitory - A warn strongly, take to task / containing warning
17 adulation + CN excessive praise, flattery, sycophancy
18 affable + A polite and friendly
19 affiance V give to (in marriage) ; assure by promise
20 afterwise - A Wise after the event, wise or knowing when it is too late
21 agglutination CN clumping of bacteria/red cells when held together by antibodies; glueing
22 agog + A eager/excited
23 ail - V trouble, be ill
24 alacrity + CN eager and cheerful readiness
25 allegiance + CN duty, support, loyalty
26 altruism + N quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others, selflessness
27 amalgamate V to combine several elements into a whole
28 ambidextrous + A able to use the left hand or the right equally well
29 ambiguous - A having two contrary meanings, equivocal
30 ambivalent - A characterized by opposite feelings or emotions
31 ambulatory A (pertaining to legs) able to walk about, ambulant
32 ambuscade - V act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise, ambush, waylay
33 ameliorate + V improve make better
34 amenable + A ageeable; responsive to suggestion; changeable
35 amortize V end (a debt) by setting aside money
36 anachronism CN something out of place i.t.o. its historical or chronological context
37 annals PN chronological record of events in successive years, chronicles
38 antithetical - A direct opposing
39 aplomb + CN self-confidence
40 apochryphal - A false, spurious, fallacious
41 apostate PN one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
42 apotheosis CN deification, glorification to godliness
43 appellation CN identifying words by which something is classified, designation
44 apprise + V make aware of, give information or notice to ; Gain in value (of currency)
45 apprise V give notice to inform
46 approbation + CN approval, commendation
47 appropriate - V confiscate, invade
48 apropos + A appropriate to the situation, apt, felicitous
49 apt + A well-suited, quick-witted, pertinent
50 arabesque - A a complex ornate design
51 arboreal A of connected with trees
52 ardor + CN enthusiasm, fervour, zeal
53 argot - PN jargon slang
54 arrant + A in the highest degree
55 arrogate - V demand as being one's property, seize and take control without authority
56 ascetic - A practicing religious self-denial, austere, stark
57 ascribe N consider to be the origin of or belonging to
58 aseptic + A surgically clean
59 asperity - / + CN hardship, something hard to endure; harshness, irritability,
60 aspersion - CN slander, calumny [A false accusation of an offence]
61 asseverate + V state categorically, make a positive statement or solemn declaration
62 assiduous + A diligent, hard-working, sedulous
63 assuage + V make something (pain desire) less
64 astringent - A substance that shrinks
65 atonement N repayment, propitiation
 66 attenuate - V make thin. Weaken, enervate
67 attune + V bring into harmony
68 augury - PN omen sign, prediction
69 august + A majestic venerable, lordly, revered
70 austere A severely moral and strict, simple and plain, ascetic, stark
71 avarice - CN greed, esp for wealth
72 avatar N incarnation ; new personification of a familiar idea
73 aver + V affirm, assert, prove, justify
74 aversion - N strong dislike
75 avid - A eager, greedy, zealous for something
76 avow + V admit, declare openly
77 awry - A twisted toward one side, off course ; not functioning properly
78 axiom / axiomatic PN/A a universally accepted principle; self evident truth, taken as given
79 bacchanalian - PN drunken merrymaking
80 baleful - A harmful, causing evil, ominous, pernicious, baneful, pestilent
81 baneful - A causing harm or ruin, sinister, ominous, pernicious, baleful
82 barrage PN artificial obstacle built across a river
83 barren - A not good enough, unable to have young ones without value
84 bedizen - V to adorn, especially in a cheap and showy manner
85 belabor - V beat hard [i.e. "belabor the obvious"]
86 belie - V be in contradiction with, represent falsely, negate, contradict
87 bellicose - A warlike, belligerent, pugnacious, contentious
88 belligerent - A (person nation) waging war
89 benediction + CN act of praying for divine protection, blessing
90 benevolence + CN wish or activity in doing good
91 bequest PN arrangement to give something at death, legacy, inheritance
92 berate - V scold sharply, reproach, vituperate, upbraid
93 bereft - V rob or dispossess of something (material)
94 beset V surrounded to be attacked by all sides, besieged ; plagued
95 bilge PN bulge; sides of the vessel that curve in to form the bottom (ship)
96 binge - V Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
97 blandishment - CN flattery, coaxing, enticement
98 blithe + A cheerful, casual, carefree, insouciant, nonchalant
99 boorish - A crude, offensive, rude
100 brazen A made of brass
101 broach V bring up, announce, begin to talk about, initiate
102 brook + V to tolerate, endure
103 bucolic - A charachteristic of rural areas/people (like a village/r !! ), rustic, pastoral
104 burgeon + V to expand, grow and flourish
105 burnish + V to polish rub to a shine
106 cabal - PN a scheme or plot a group of plotters
107 cacophony / -nous - N/A a loud harsh or strident noise
108 cadence + CN recurrent rhythmical series, rhythm, a 'beat'
109 cadge - V to beg to get by begging
110 cajole - V use flattery or deceit to persuade
111 calcify V to change into a hard, stony condition, petrify
112 calipers PN metal supports attached to the legs measuring instrument
113 callow - A immature, inexperienced, unsophisticated, fledgling, naïve
114 calumny - N slander, aspersion
115 cannon + PN code of laws or set of principles (usually religious in nature)
116 cant - N insincere talk/jargon
117 capitulate - V to surrender, give up
118 capricious - A unpredictable, erratic, changing one's mind impulsively, whimsical
119 captious - A faultfinding
120 caret PN mark used by an author to indicate where something is to be inserted
121 carousal - N drunken revel, a merry drinking party
122 castigate / -ion - V/N to chastise correct by punishing / severe punishment
123 cathartic A strongly laxative, stimulates evacuation of the bowels (shitting), purgative
124 caucus PN a closed political meeting
125 caustic - A biting, sarcastic (in speech), satire
126 censure - N expression of blame or disapproval, a rebuke
127 centurion PN leader of a unit of 100 soldiers
128 chagrin - N/V strong feelings of embarrassment, vexation, shame / to hurt the pride of
129 chary + A cautious, wary
130 chastened A corrected punished
131 chastisement - N punishment
132 chicanery - N legal trickery, deception, shenanigan, guile, foxiness / false argument
133 choleric - A quickly aroused to anger, irascible
134 chronicles PN chronological record of events in successive years, annals
135 churl - PN bad-tempered person
136 clamor - V shout, complain with a lot of noise
137 cloture PN closing device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting
138 cloy - V To fill to satiety, to stuff full, to clog ; to overload, to burden
139 coagulation CN change to a thick and solid state
140 coalescing + CN coming together and uniting into one substance
141 coda PN passage that concludes a piece of music, finale (analogous to epilogue )
142 coddle + V treat with care and tenderness
143 codicil PN an addition to a will, appendix, supplement
144 coeval A of the same period, contemporary, coetaneous
145 cogent + A strong convincing
146 cogitate + V think deeply, mediate
147 cognizant + A being fully aware of
148 colander PN bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water
149 collusion - N secret agreement for a deceitful purpose
150 commensurate A equivalent, corresponding in size or degree ; fitting, appropriate to
151 commingle V mix together different elements
152 commodious + A having plenty of space for what is needed
153 compendium PN a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work, collection
154 complacent / ncy - A / CN self-satisfied, contented to a fault / feeling of self-satisfaction, smug
155 complaisance + CN tending to comply, willingness to please, obliging, deference
156 compunction - CN feeling of regret for one's action, contrite
157 conceit - CN over-high opinion of, too much pride
158 concord + CN agreement or harmony
159 confluence CN flowing together, place where two things come together
160 confound - V be confusing or perplexing to, cause to be unable to think clearly
161 congeal V make or become gelatinous, stiff and solid
162 congenial + A suitable to your needs or similar to your nature, agreeble, friendly
163 congenital A present from birth but not necessarily hereditary, inherent
164 conjoin V to join together
165 consternation - CN surprise and fear dismay
166 consummate + A perfect, make perfect, complete ; of marriages
167 contemn - V to scorn or despise
168 contentious - A argumentative, combative, quarrelsome, pugnacious, bellicose
169 contiguous A touching, neighboring, near, adjoining
170 continence + CN self-restraint; sexual chastity
171 contrite - A filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing, compunction
172 contumacious - A insubordinate, rebellious
173 conundrum - PN a riddle, dilemma, enigma
174 convivial + A friendly, occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
175 convoke V call together, summon
176 convoluted - A complicated, coiled, twisted, labyrinthine
177 cornucopia + CN abundant supply
178 corporeal A pertaining to the body, somatic
179 corroborate / -tion V / N Support with evidence, confirm / additional strengthening, evidence
180 coruscate + V glitter; scintillate; be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity
181 countenance + V, PN to favor or approve of
182 countervail + V counterbalance
183 covetous - A eagerly desirous
184 cower V crouch shrink back (ketakutan)
185 coy A shy, modest (esp of a girl)
186 crass - A so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility (stupidity)
187 cravat PN piece of linen worn as a necktie
188 craven - PN cowardly person, pusillanimous
189 culpable - A deserving blame (of a crime)
190 curmudgeon - PN bad-tempered person
191 cursory A quick, hurried, perfunctory
192 dainty - A pretty, delicate (food) ; difficult to please
193 dawdler - PN person who is slow, waste of time
194 dearth - N shortage, sacarcity, paucity
195 debacle - PN A sudden and violent collapse, sudden disaster
196 debilitate - V make weak (w.r.t. health)
197 decimate - V kill in large numbers (one in every ten), annihilate
198 decorum / -rous + CN propriety, properness / proper
199 decrepitude - N state of deterioration due to old age or long use, dilapidation
200 decry - V disapprove of
201 defer -/+ V postpone, delay ; submit to another's wish or opinion
202 deference / tial + CN / A showing respect, regardful of another's wishes
203 delineate V to portray, depict, sketch out, define, describe
204 deluge PN / V great flood, heavy rush of water / to flood, inundate
205 demagogue - PN person appealing not to reasons but to emotions, rabble-rouser
206 demur - V to hesitate, raise objections
207 denigrate - V defame, belittle, sully, disparage, detract
208 denouement CN an outcome or solution the unraveling of a plot
209 deposition - CN dethronement, depositing
210 deprave - V make morally bad corrupt
211 deprecate - V protest against, express disapproval of, inveigh, deplore
212 dereliction - CN deserting and leaving to fall into ruins
213 derision - CN ridicule, scorn, treat with contempt
214 descry V catch sight of, see something in the distance
215 desiccate / nt PN dehydrate / substance used to absorb moisture
216 desuetude CN cessation of use disuse
217 desultory - A aimless haphazard digressing at random
218 detraction - N criticism, slandering, verbal attack, aspersion, calumny
219 detumescence CN diminishing or lessening of swelling
220 diaphanous A transparent gauzy
221 diatribe - CN violent verbal attack, tirade, malediction, obloquy, jeremiad, fulmination
222 dichotomy N Being twofold, a classification into two opposed subclasses, duality
223 didactic + A intended to teach or instruct
224 diffidence CN shyness
225 digression - N a message that departs from the main subject, wandering off
226 dilapidate - V Bring into a condition of decay by neglect or misuse
227 dilate + V speak comprehensively, become wider, large
228 dilatory - A tending to cause delay, procrastinating
229 dilettante - PN one with amateur or superficial interest in a subject, dabbler
230 dirge PN hymn of mourning performed as a memorial to a dead person, lament
231 disabuse + V to set right, undeceive
232 discern / -ing V / A see with an effort but clearly, perceive, recognize / shrewd; discriminating
233 discomfit - V confuse embarrass
234 disconcert - V upset the self-possession of
235 disconsolate - A sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled
236 discordant - A conflicting in sound, disharmonious, dissonant
237 discountenance - V refuse to approve of
238 discourse PN speech, lecture
239 discreet + A careful/prudent
240 discrepancy - N A difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
241 disdain - V look on with contempt
242 disencumber + V free from encumbrance
243 disheveled - A untidy
244 disingenuous - A sophisticated, artful, trying to deceive, cunning
245 disinter V dig up from the earth (inter = bury)
246 disparage / -ging - V / A to belittle, denigrate / derogative
247 disparate A essentially different, unlike
248 disproof N proof to the contrary
249 disquisition PN an elaborate analytical or explanatory essay or discussion
250 dissemble - V speak or behave so as to hide something (in mind)
251 disseminate V distribute (esp. ideas)
252 dissent - V, CN have a different opinion refuse to assent
253 dissimulate - V pretend; conceal by feigning, as of feelings
254 dissolute - A lewd, debauched, degenerate, dissipated, libertine, profligate
255 distend V to swell, expand
256 divest - V take away possessions from someone, deprive of status
257 divestiture N An order to an offending party to rid itself of property
258 divulge V make known something secret, disclose
259 doggerel - PN trivial, poorly constructed verse
260 dolt - PN stupid fellow
261 dote + V show much fondness, excessive attention, Be senile due to old age
262 dour - A stubbornly unyielding, pertinacious ; dull, sullen, gloomy, saturnine
263 drawl - V slow way of speaking by drawing out the vowels
264 droll + A jesting
265 drone PN male bee, person who isn't self-employed
266 dulcet + A melodious, harmonious
267 duress - N threats to compel somebody
268 ebullient / ce + A / CN overflowing with enthusiasm / exuberance, outburst of feeling
269 eclectic + A composed of elements drawn from various sources, compiled
270 ecumenical A representing the whole Christian world, of worldwide scope
271 edacious - A devouring, voracious, ravenous, rapacious
272 effete - A marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay
273 efficacy / cious + CN / A production of a desired result, productive, efficient, effective
274 effluvia PN outflow in a stream of particles a noxious odor or vapor
275 effrontery - CN boldness, impudence, arrogance
276 egress CN reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse, the act of coming out
277 elegy + PN a lament, a melancholy composition, dirge
278 emaciate - V make thin and weak
279 emancipate + V free from slavery or servitude,give equal rights to minorities, manumit
280 embellish + V make beautiful
281 emolient + A soothing (esp to the skin), mollify
282 emote + V stir up, excite
283 emulate V to simulate, imitate ; strive to equality
284 encapsulate V enclose in capsule
285 encomium + PN warm or glowing praise, eulogy, panegyric, accolade
286 encumbrance - CN burden things that get on the way of
287 endearing + A making dear or liked
288 endemic - PN epidemic ; prevailing to people living in a particular location
289 enervate - V weaken, deprive of strength, attenuate
290 engender + V cause, produce, give rise to
291 ennui - N dissatisfaction and restlesness as a result of boredom
292 ensign PN flag/badge, commisioned rank below lieutenent junior
293 entangle - V put into difficulties
294 enthral + V please greatly, astound, enslave (fig)
295 entreat + V ask earnestly, beseech
296 enunciate V pronounce (words) ; express a theory
297 ephemeral - A brief, fleeting, evanescent
298 epicurean PN one who is devoted to pleasure (sensuous enjoyment), hedonist
299 epigram + PN a witty statement
300 epilogue PN short passage/speech after the end of a book/play, antonym of prologue
301 epistle PN letter
302 epithet PN adjective
303 epitome + PN summary, abstract, synopsis, prologue / standard example, paradigm
304 equable + A steady, regular
305 equanimity + CN calmness of temperament
306 equipoise + CN equal distribution of weight, equilibrium
307 equivocal / ate - A / V having a double meaning, suspicious / try to deceive, prevaricate
308 erudite + A learned, scholarly
309 escapade - PN prank, any carefree episode, wild and exciting undertaking
310 eschew - V avoid
311 esoteric - A abstruse, obscure, intended only for a small circle of people
312 espouse V marry give one's support to
313 evanescent - A tending to disappear like vapour, vanishing, ephemeral, fleeting
314 evince + V to show clearly, to indicate
315 exacerbate - V to make worse
316 exacting + A demanding, rigorous, fastidious
317 excoriate - V severely criticize
318 exhort + V to strongly urge, force
319 exigent / -ncy - N urgent / emergency, an urgent situation
320 expatiate V to roam wander freely
321 expedient + A likely to be useful for a purpose, practical
322 expiation N ending, expiring
323 expostulate V argue earnestly, to dissuade, correct or protest
324 expurgate + V to remove obscenity, purify, censor, bowdlerize
325 exscind V to cut out, cut away
326 extant A still in existence
327 extempore / risation A without previous thought or preparation / improvisation, impromptu
328 extenuate - V reduce the strength of, lessen seriousness, partially excuse
329 extirpate - V to destroy, exterminate, cut out, exscind
330 extol + V praise highly, laud, exalt
331 extralegal - A outside the law
332 extricable + A that can be freed
333 extrovert + PN cheerful person
334 exuberance + CN state of growing vigorously being full of life
335 facetious + A humorous, funny, jocular
336 fallacious - A based on error, apocryphal
337 farcical - A absurd, ludicrous
338 fatuous - A without sense, foolish, self-satisfaction
339 fawn V young deer, try to win somebody's favour, pander, toady, grovel
340 fealty + N loyalty that citizens owe to their country, allegiance
341 feckless - A lacking purpose or vitality, ineffective, careless
342 fecund + A fertile
343 feign - V make believe, a pretence of, simulate, sham, dissemble
344 feint - V pretend
345 felicitous + A apt, suitably expressed well chosen, apropos
346 felon - N person guilty of murder
347 ferment - V become agitated ; organic molecule splitting into simpler substances
348 ferocity - CN savage, cruelty
349 ferret V discover by searching search
350 fervid / vent + A showing earnest feeling, zealous, vehement
351 fervor + N warmth of feelings, earnestness
352 fetid - A stinking, malodorous, putrid, foetid
353 fetter - V to shackle, put in chains, to restrain
354 fidelity + N loyalty; accuracy of sound reproduction
355 figurehead N carved image on the prow of a ship
356 filibuster - N intentional obstruction (esp to delay legislatve action)
357 flag - V droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
358 flak - N criticism, aspersion, calumny, excoriation ; anti-aircraft guns
359 fledge / -ed + A grow feathers, of birds, ant. of molt / able to fly, trained, experienced
360 fledgling - A / N young and inexperienced, young bird that has become capable of flying
361 fleeting - A lasting for a markedly brief time, moving past swiftly, antonym of perennial
362 flinch - V draw, move back, wince
363 flout - V reject, mock, to go against (tradition), sneer
364 foible - A defect of character (a person is wrongly proud)
365 foment V put something warm (to lessen pain) ; to stir up public opinion, instigate
366 foppish - A like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes
367 forage PN food for horses and cattle
368 forbear / ance + V / CN refrain from, be patient , ancestor / patience, willingness to wait
369 ford PN shallow place in a river (to cross)
370 forestall V prevent by taking action in advance, preempt
371 forswear - V renounce, disallow, repudiate
372 fortuitous + A happening by fortunate accident or chance, serendipitous
373 fractious - A stubbornly resistant to authority, refractory ; Easily irritated or annoyed
374 fritter - V spend frivolously and unwisely, profligate, spendthrift
375 froward - A not willing to yield or comply, stubborn, intransigence, intractable
376 fulgent + A shining intensely, dazzling
377 fulmination - N bitter protest, tirade, malediction, obloquy, jeremiad, diatribe
378 fulsome - A disgusting, offensive due to excessiveness
379 furtive - A marked by stealth, covert, clandestine, surreptitious
380 gaffe - A socially awkward or tactless act, rustic, gaucherie
381 gainsay - V to deny, to oppose
382 gamut N complete extent or range, plethora
383 garble - V make unfair selection from facts
384 garish - A gaudy, tastelessly showy, tawdry, raffish
385 garner V to gather and save to store up
386 garrulous / lity - A / CN too talkative, loquacious, effusive / talkativeness
387 gaucherie - N socially awkward, tactless behavior
388 germane + A relevant, pertinent to, apt
389 gesticulate + V to wave one's arms
390 gird V encircle or bind ; put a girdle on or around ; bind with something round
391 glean V gather facts in small quantities
392 glib A ready and smooth but not sincere
393 gloat V over look at with selfish delight
394 glut - N supply to much fill to excess
395 gnaw V waste away, bite steadily
396 goad + V to urge on
397 gossamer N soft light delicate material, antonym of ponderous
398 gouge PN tool for cutting grooves in wood
399 grandiloquent - A Lofty in style, magniloquent, pompous, pontifical, portentous, overblown
400 gratuitous + A voluntary, free
401 gregarious + A living in societies, liking the company, social
402 gristle PN tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
403 grouse - V to complain, grumble
404 grovel V crawl humble oneself , fawn, pander, to be toady
405 hack V / PNcut roughly / hired horse
406 hackneyed - A commonplace by overuse, trite, banal, platitude, clichèd
407 halcyon + A calm and peaceful
408 hallow + V to make holy consecrate
409 hapless - A unlucky
410 harangue + PN a long passionate, forceful speech
411 harbinger PN something or somebody that foretells the coming of, warning signs
412 harrow - V to distress, create stress or torment
413 hedonism / t / tic N/A devotion to pleasure of the senses / pleasure seeker / epicurean
414 hegemony N dominance of one state or ideology over another
415 hermetic A sealed by fusion
416 hew V make by hard work cut (by striking)
417 highbrow + PN (person) with superior tastes
418 hirsute A hairy, shaggy
419 histrionic A overly dull, characteristic of acting or a stage performance, melodramatic
420 hoi polloi PN the masses, the rabble
421 holster PN leather case for a pistol, sheath
422 homiletics + PN act of preaching
423 hone PN stone used for sharpening tools
424 hoodwink - V trick, mislead, Influence by slyness
425 hubris - N arrogant, pride
426 husk - PN worthless outside part of anything
427 hyperbole N an exaggerated statement used as figure of speech
428 iconoclast PN person who attacks popular beliefs
429 idiosyncrasy personal mannerism
430 idiosyncrasy / -atic N / A behavioral attribute that is distinctive to an individual / private
431 idyll a serene episode of pastoral or romantic charm ; bucolic
432 ignoble - dishonorable common undignified
433 ignominious - shameful dishonorable undignified disgraceful
434 imbroglio - complicated and embarrassing situation
435 immutable - that cannot be changed
436 impecunious - having little or no money
437 impede - hinder, get in the way of
438 impediment - something that hinders (e.g. stammer)
439 imperious - commanding, haughty, arrogant
440 impetuous +/- A having sudden energy, impulsive, forceful ; haste, precipitous
441 impiety - lack of reverence or dutifulness
442 implicate show that somebody has a share
443 importune - beg urgently or insistently, plead
444 imprecate - V to invoke or conjure a curse (as an insult), malediction
445 impromptu without preparation, extempore
446 impudent - rash, indiscreet
447 impugn - V attack as false or wrong, challenge
448 impunity N immunity from punishment or penalty
449 impute to attribute to a cause or source ascribe
450 inadvertent - accidental, unintentional
451 inane - silly, senseless
452 inasmuch since because
453 incarcerate - V to imprison
454 inchoate not yet fully formed, elementary, rudimentary, amorphous ; incipient
455 incipient beginning, emerging, partly in existence, inchoate
456 incise engrave make a cut in
457 incumbent/s / -ncy official who holds an office/official duties / term of office, tenure
458 incursion - a raid, a sudden attack
459 indefatiga bility + CN not easily exhaustible tirelessness
460 indelible that cannot be rubbed out
461 indigent / -nce - CN poor / poverty
462 indolent / -nce - CN lazy / laziness, sloth, acedia
463 indomitable + not easily discouraged or subdued
464 inebriety - N habitual intoxication
465 ineffable + too great to be described in words
466 ineluctable certain inevitable
467 inept / ineptitude - A / N unskillful said or done at the wrong time / quality of being unskillful
468 inexorable - A not placated or appeased, unsusceptible to persuasion, intransigent
469 infelicitous - A unfortunate, inappropriate
470 infuse put, pour, fill
471 inimical - harmful or unfriendly, antagonistic, dissident
472 inimitable + defying imitation, unmatchable
473 innocuous + causing no harm
474 insalubrious / ity - A / CN unhealthy, debilitating / unwholesomeness, debilitation
475 insignia PN badge worn by soldier to show official position
476 insipid - A without taste or flavor, bland, vapid
477 insolvent - A unable to pay dept, bankrupt
478 insouciant +/- A blithely unconcerned, carefree, indifferent, nonchalant
479 instantiate V represent by an instance or a concrete example
480 insularity - CN narrow-mindedness, state of being isolated or detached
481 intemperence - CN lack of restraint or moderation; addiction to alcohol
482 interdict - prohibit forbid
483 intermittent A marked by regular intervals
484 intersperse place here and there
485 intractable - A obstinate, unmanageable, froward, refractory, recalcitrant, intransigent
486 intransigent / ce - A / CN uncompromising, , adamant, inexorable / stubbornness, intractability
487 intrepid + fearless, brave, undaunted
488 inundate flood cover by overflowing, submerge, engulf, deluge
489 inured + accustomed to adapted
490 invective - N abusive language curses, vituperation
491 inveigh - to attack verbally denounce deprecate
492 inveigle - V to obtain by deception or flattery
493 inveterate deep-rooted, habitual, chronic, long-established, wonted
494 involute - complex
495 irascible - irritable, easily angered, choleric
496 ire - anger
497 irksome - tiresome, bothersome, irritating
498 irresolute - hesitating, undecided
499 irrevocable final and unalterable
500 itinerate to travel from place to place to peregrinate
501 jaded - A tired, fatigued
502 jeremiad - PN long and mournful complaint / an expression of grievance
503 jingoism - PN an appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions, fanatical patriotism
504 jocular + A meant as a joke
505 juxtapose V to place side by side
506 labyrinth / -ine N / A Complex system of pathways where it is easy to get lost / highly intricate
507 lachrymose - causing tears, tearful
508 laconic - A rudely abrupt, blunt, brusk, brusque, curt
509 laconic + A using few words, concise, terse, pithy, compendious, sententious
510 lament - feel great sorrow ; mournful speech or hymn, elegy, dirge
511 languish - V lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief ; become feeble
512 lassitude - weariness, tiredness
513 latent + A potentially existing but not presently evident or realized, not active
514 lechery - N unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity, gross lewdness, lustfulness
515 lethargic - A drowsy, lazy; indifferent
516 levee formal reception / embankment , dam
517 levity - CN lack of seriousness
518 libel - statement that damages reputation
519 libertine - immoral person
520 lien legal claim until a debt on it is repaid
521 limn paint, portray
522 lint PN cotton or linen fabric used to dress wounds
523 lionize + treat as a famous person
524 lithe - bending twisting
525 loll rest to sit or stand in a lazy way hang (dog's tongue)
526 lope move along with long strides
527 loquacious - talkative, garrulous, effusive
528 lucubrate + write in scholarly fashion
529 luculent + easily understood lucid clear
530 lugubrious - mournful, excessively sad
531 lumber - move in a clumsy/noisy way
532 macabre - gruesome, suggesting death
533 macerate make or become soft by soaking in water
534 machination - PN plot, scheme (esp. evil)
535 magnanimity + CN quality of being noble in mind and heart, forgiving, munificence, largess
536 magnate PN a very wealthy or powerful businessman, tycoon
537 maladroit - tactless, clumsy
538 malaise - unease, physical discomfort
539 malapropism - misuse of a word (for one that resembles it)
540 malevolence - CN wishing to do evil, antonym of benevolence
541 malinger - to fake illness or injury in order to shirk a duty
542 manacle chains for the hands or feet
543 mandate + N order; charge, assign authority to
544 manumit + V free from slavery or servitude, liberate, emancipate
545 martinet PN someone who demands exact conformity to rules, disciplinarian
546 matriculation be admitted, enter a university as a student (after 12th year)
547 maudlin - sentimental in a silly or tearful way
548 maul - hurt by rough handling
549 maverick - rebel, nonconformist
550 mawkish - A effusively or insincerely emotional, sickeningly sentimental (soap opera's)
551 mellifluous + sweetly flowing
552 mendacity - CN dishonesty, antonym of veracity
553 mendicant - a beggar
554 mercurial quick changeable in character; lasting for a brief time, fleeting
555 meretricious - attractive on the surface but of little value (skin-deep beauty)
556 mesmerize + hypnotize
557 mettle / -some + quality of endurance or courage / courageous, high-spirited
558 middling + fairly good but not very good
559 militate V have force or influence; bring about an effect or change
560 minatory - menacing, threatening
561 mince pronounce or speak affectedly, euphemize
562 misanthrope - person who hates mankind
563 misdemeanor - PN a crime less serious than a felony, offense, violation, infringement
564 misogynist - one who hates women/females
565 mitigate + V to make less severe or intense, moderate, relieve, palliate, assuage
566 mollify + make calmer or quieter, assuage, alleviate
567 molt moult lose hair feathers before new growing
568 monolithic + A characterized by massiveness and rigidity and uniformity, monumental
569 morbid - diseased, unhealthy (e.g.. about ideas)
570 mordant - A harshly ironic or sinister
571 motility + CN the power of having the inherent power of motion (eg. Animals, etc)
572 muffler cloth worn round the neck / silencer
573 multifarious + varied, motley, greatly diversified
574 munificence + CN quality of being extremely generous, magnanimity, largess
575 nadir - lowest point on celestial sphere, extreme state of adversity, ant. of zenith
576 natty + A marked by smartness in dress and manners
577 nebulous - cloud-like, hazy, vague, indistinct
578 nefarious - A wicked, vile
579 neologism PN a new word, expression, or usage
580 neophyte person who has been converted to a belief
581 nepotism - PN favoritism
582 nexus a connection tie or link, alliance
583 nibble + show some inclination to accept (an offer)
584 nihilism PN no right or wrong ; the delusion that everything is unreal
585 noisome - offensive disgusting (smell)
586 non sequitur - PN a conclusion that does not follow from the facts stated, irrelevant reply
587 nonchalant - not having interest
588 nondescript - A / N lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting
589 nonplused greatly surprised
590 nostrum - a quack remedy an untested cure
591 noxious - A harmful, injurious
592 nuance CN a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude, subtlety
593 nugatory - trifling/worthless
594 obdurate - hardened and unrepenting stubborn inflexible
595 obeisance + CN act of obeying, dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
596 obfuscate - to darken make obscure muddle
597 obloquy - abusively detractive language, slander, vituperation, calumny,aspersion
598 obsequious + too eager to obey or serve
599 obstreperous - noisy loud
600 obtain to be established accepted or customary , axiom
601 obtrusive - projecting, prominent, undesirably noticeable
602 obtuse - blunt/stupid
603 obviate - to make unnecessary get rid of
604 occluded - blocked up
605 odium / odius - N / V contempt, dislike, aversion / repulsive, hateful
606 officious + too eager or ready to help or offer advice
607 ominous - threatening, fore-shadowing ill fortune
608 omnipotent / -nce + A / CN having unlimited power, all-powerful
609 omniscient / -nce +/- A / CN having unlimited knowledge, infinitely wise, all-knowing
610 onerous - needing effort burdensome
611 opprobrious / -ium - showing scorn or reproach, contempt ; dishonour, shame, scurrilous
612 ossify to turn, to bone, to settle rigidly into an idea
613 ostensible + seeming appearing as such professed
614 ostentatious + CN vulgar display intended to attract notice and impress others, pretentious
615 ostracism - shut out from society refuse to meet talk
616 overweening - presumptuously arrogant, overbearing, immoderate, being a jerk
617 paean + song of praise or triumph
618 palate roof of the mouth sense of taste
619 palliate + lessen the severity of, assuage, alleviate, mitigate
620 palpability + CN can be felt touched, understood, tangibility
621 palpitate - tremble, beat rapidly and irregularly
622 paltry - A insignificant, petty, trifling
623 panegyric + PN formal praise, eulogy, encomium, accolade, laurels
624 panorama + N comprehensive view, 360 degrees
625 paradigm + PN a model example or pattern , prototype, epitome
626 paragon + PN a model example of excellence , quintessence, apotheosis
627 pariah - an outcast a rejected and despised person
628 parochial - A narrow, restricted, insular
629 parsimonious - too economical, miserly, penurious
630 partisan - one-sided committed to a party biased or prejudiced
631 paucity - CN scarcity, a lacking of
632 peccadillo - small sin, small weakness in one's character
633 pecuniary A relating to or involving money, monetary
634 pedagogy + PN the art or profession of training, teaching, instructing; education
635 pedantic - bookish, showing off, learning
636 pediment PN triangular part above columns in Greek buildings
637 pellucid + transparent, easy to understand
638 penchant + strong inclination, a liking
639 penitent - feeling or showing regret
640 penury / -urious - extreme poverty / poor, pinched, impecunious; stingy, parsimonious
641 peregrination traveling about wandering
642 peremptory urgent, imperative, unchallengeable ending debate
643 perfidy / -fidious - treachery, breaking of faith / treacherous, faithless
644 perfunctory - done as a duty without care, hastily, cursory
645 peripatetic wandering
646 perjury - willful, FALSE statement, unlawful act
647 pernicious - harmful, injurious
648 persiflage - N light teasing, banter
649 personable + pleasing in appearance attractive
650 perspicacious/ -ity + A / CN acutely insightful and wise / quick judging and astute, sagacity
651 perspicuous / -uity + A / N transparently clear, easily understandable / clarity, antonym of ambiguity
652 pertinent + A appropriate, having precise or logical relevance, germane, apt
653 peruse + V to examine with great care
654 pervade / -vasive V / A permeate or diffuse through / tendency to spread throughout
655 petrified - frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror
656 petrify to make hard rocklike ; make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
657 petrous like a rock hard stony
658 petulant - unreasonably impatient
659 philanthropy + CN charity, desire to do good for mankind, altruism, antonym of misanthropy
660 philistine - a smug ignorant person one who lacks knowledge
661 phlegmatic + calm sluggish temperament unemotional
662 picaresque - involving clever rogues or adventurers
663 pied + of mixed colors
664 pillory - V to punish, hold up to public scorn
665 pine - waste away through sorrow or illness
666 pious + dutiful to parents devoted to religion
667 piquant + agreeably pungent, stimulating
668 pique - hurt the pride or self-respect stir (curiosity)
669 pith essential part force soft liquid substance
670 pivotal + of great importance (others depend on or "revolve around" it)
671 plaintive - mournful, melancholy, sorrowful
672 plaque flat metal as a memorial usually of brass / abnormal patch on teeth
673 platitude - a trite or banal statement, unoriginality
674 plebeian - PN one of the common people, vulgar, commoner
675 plethora - glut, Extreme excess
676 pliant pliable easily bent shaped or twisted
677 plod continue doing something without resting
678 plumb get to the root of
679 poignant deeply moving, keen
680 polemical - A controversial, argumentative
681 poncho large piece of cloth
682 ponderous - heavy, bulky, dull
683 portent - omen marvelous threatening
684 prattle - V to babble meaninglessly in an empty and idle manner
685 preamble PN preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution
686 precarious - uncertain risky dangerous
687 precepts rules establishing standards of conduct
688 precipitate N solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering
689 precipitate / -tous - V / A hurl or throw violently, fall vertically, sharply, or headlong, occur abruptly
690 preclude - prevent from happening, make impossible
691 precocious + A premature or advanced development of a child
692 precursory preliminary, anticipating
693 predilection + N special liking, mental preference
694 preen + tidy / show self-satisfaction
695 preponderance + CN greatness in number strength weight
696 presage - warning sign
697 prescient / -nce A / CN perceiving the significance of future events / foreknowledge of events
698 presumption - CN arrogance
699 preternatural not normal or usual
700 prevaricate - to stray from the truth, to equivocate
701 prim + neat formal
702 pristine + primitive, unspoiled, pure, as in earlier times, unadulterated
703 probity + CN uprightness, incorruptibility, principle
704 proclivity + inclination
705 procrastination - CN keeping on putting off, delaying, stalling, dilly-dallying, shilly-shallying
706 prodigious + enormous, wonderful
707 profane - worldly; having contempt for God, blasphemous, sacrilegious
708 profligate / gacy - A / N wasteful, extravagant, prodigal, licentious / dissolution, dissipation
709 proliferate grow, reproduce by rapid multiplication
710 prolific + A bearing in abundance especially offspring; intellectually productive
711 prolix - tiring because too long
712 propensity + CN natural inclination, proclivity, aptness
713 propinquity CN property of being near in time or place; affinity of nature
714 propitiate / -tory + appease / conciliatory, appeasing, mitigating
715 propitious + auspicious presenting favorable circumstances
716 proscribe - denounce as dangerous
717 proselytize - V convert to another faith or religion, evangelize
718 protracted prolonged
719 protuberance CN part of a thing that protrudes, a bulge
720 provident + frugal, looking to the future
721 provisional - of the present time only
722 prudence + CN careful forethought, astuteness, circumspection
723 prudish +/- easily shocked, excessively modest ; exaggeratedly proper, prim, prissy
724 prune - dried plum, silly person
725 prurient - A characterized by lust, lubricious, salacious, lascivious
726 pucker wrinkle
727 pugnacious - fond of in the habit of fighting, bellicose, contentious
728 puissance + CN strength
729 punctilious precise paying attention to trivialities
730 pundit pedant authority on a subject
731 pungency - sharpness stinging quality
732 purvey provide supply
733 pusillanimous - cowardly, craven
734 putrefy / -faction - V / N rot, decay, give off a foul odour / becoming rotten
735 quaff drink deeply
736 quail - lose courage turn frightened
737 qualm - feeling of doubt temporary feeling of sickness
738 quandary - state of doubt or perplexity
739 quell - suppress subdue
740 querulous - A habitually complaining, whiny, fretful
741 quibble - try to avoid by sophistication
742 quiescent / -ence - A / CN at rest, dormant, torpid / state of being passive, motionless
743 quintessence + N purest and most concentrated essence of something; typical model, paragon
744 quintessence PN the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water
745 quirk habit or action peculiar to somebody or something
746 quixotic -/+ not sensible about practical matters, unrealistic / extravagently chivalrous
747 quotidian recurring daily, banal
748 rabble mob crowd the lower classes of populace
749 raconteur person who tells anecdotes
750 raffish - low, vulgar, tawdry, garish
751 ramify - to be divided or subdivided to branch out
752 rampant - A flourishing, spreading unchecked, violent and uncontrollable action
753 rancorous - feeling bitterness spitefulness
754 rant use extravagant language
755 rapacious - greedy (esp for money)
756 rarefy + to make thin to make less dense to purify or refine
757 raucus - A harch, hoarse, rough sounding, strident, clamorous, vociferous
758 rave + act with excessive enthusiasm
759 reactionary - opposing progress
760 rebuff - snub, reject
761 recalcitrant - disobedient, refractory, fractious, intractable, froward
762 recant - take back as being FALSE give up
763 recast cast or fashion anew
764 recidivism - relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior
765 recitals a number of performance of music
766 recluse - person who lives alone and avoids people
767 recompense + make payment, to reward, punish
768 recondite - little known, abstruse, obscure, esoteric
769 recreancy - cowardice, a cowardly giving up
770 recumbent A lying down, in a position of comfort or rest, reclining, acc/dec-umbent
771 redoubtable - formidable causing fear
772 refractory - stubborn, unmanageable, recalcitrant, fractious, intractable, froward
773 refulgent + shining brilliant
774 regale + to delight or entertain to feast
775 regicide - crime of killing a king
776 rejuvenation + N becoming young in nature or appearance
777 relapse - fall back again
778 relegate - V to forcibly assign to task esp. to demote
779 relinquish - V part with a possession or right, turn away from; give up (power)
780 remonstrate - to protest object
781 render deliver provide represent
782 renegade - PN / V someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw / break established customs
783 renege - V fail to fulfill a promise or obligation
784 repast meal
785 repine - to be discontented with
786 reproach - scold upbraid, berate, vituperate
787 reprobate - person hardened in sin one devoid of decency
788 reprove - to mildly criticize, admonish
789 repudiate - disown refuse to accept or pay
790 requite + repay give in return
791 rescind / -cission - annul, repeal / The act of rescinding, (law) the cancellation of a contract
792 resigned unresisting submissive
793 respite + a pause for relaxation, abatement, hiatus
794 restive - refusing to move reluctant to be controlled
795 resuscitation + coming back to consciousness
796 retard - check, hinder, impede, stymie
797 reticent - reserved, untalkative, silent, taciturn, introvert
798 revere / reverent + have deep respect for / feeling or showing deep respect
799 rhetoric + N art of using language effectively to please or persuade; grandiloquence
800 ribald - A humorously vulgar and offensive
801 rift - split, crack, dissension
802 risible + A arousing or provoking laughter
803 rotund rich and deep plump and round
804 rubric N heading, title or category
805 rumple - make rough
806 rustic characteristic of a village, ordinary, bucolic, pastoral, bumpkin
807 saccharine - A excessively sweet
808 sacrilege - blasphemy, desecration, profanation
809 sagacious / -city + A / CN having sound judgment, perceptive, wise like a sage/ wisdom, insight
810 salacious - obscene
811 salubrious + healthful
812 salutary + remedial, wholesome, causing improvement
813 sanctimonious - A self-righteous, hypocritical with FALSE piety
814 sanguine + cheerful, confident, optimistic; inclined to a healthy reddish color (blood)
815 satiate + satisfy fully
816 satire - N witty language used to convey insults or scorn, caustic remark, sarcasm
817 saturnine - gloomy, dark, sullen, morose
818 saucy - A rude, sassy, impudent, impertinent
819 savant + person of great learning
820 scabbard PN sheath for the blade
821 scorch become discolored, dry up ; go at high speed
822 scurrilous - A expressing offensive reproach, vulgar, coarse, opprobrious
823 scurvy - mean, contemptible
824 sedulous + persevering, assiduous
825 seminal like a seed, constituting a source, originative
826 sententious short and pithy full of maxims/proverbs
827 sequester - V keep away from others, requisition forcibly, confiscate, approbate
828 sere make hard and without feeling
829 serendipity + CN luck in discovering things you were not looking for, pleasant accident
830 sermon reproving a person for his faults
831 serrated having a toothed edge
832 servile - like a slave lacking independence
833 shard PN piece of broken earthenware
834 sheath PN cover for the blade of a weapon or a tool
835 shunt send from one track to another lay aside evade discussion
836 sidestep - V avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
837 simper (give a) silly/self-conscious smile
838 sinuous - winding, undulating, serpentine (snake-like)
839 skiff small boat
840 skit short piece of humorous writing/play
841 slack - sluggish dull not tight
842 slake + to satisfy, satiate ; allay , assuage
843 sluggard - lazy slow-moving person
844 slur join sounds/words (indistinct)
845 smolder burn slowly without flame
846 snare - trap
847 snub - treat with contempt
848 sodden soaked saturated
849 solicitous + A concerned and attentive, eager
850 solvent + A able to meet financial obligations ; to dissolve another substance
851 somatic of the body, corporal / -eal
852 sophistry - fallacious reasoning faulty logic
853 sophomore / -ric - 2nd-year undergrad / self-assured although immature, affected, bombastic
854 soporific A / N producing sleep, somnific, somnolent, slumberous
855 sordid - A wretched, comfortless, contemptible, squalid
856 specious - illogical of questionable truth or merit, deceptively attractive
857 spendthrift - PN one who spends money wastefully, prodigal, squanderer, profligate
858 splenetic - bad-tempered, irritable
859 splice join (two ends)
860 spoliation - N act of stripping and taking by force ; intentional destruction of evidence
861 sponge - V to live at anothers expense, like a parasite
862 spurn - have nothing to do reject or refuse
863 squalor / lid - N / A filth, sordidness / foul, filthy
864 squander - V / N spend wastefully, profligate, fritter / prodigal, spendthrift
865 squat crouch ; settle without permission
866 stanch to stop the flow of a fluid
867 statute PN An act passed or enacted by a legislative body
868 stentorian + extremely loud and powerful
869 stickler person who insists on importance of something
870 stigmatize - describe somebody scornfully
871 stint + to be thrifty, frugal, to set limits
872 stipple paint with dots
873 stodgy - A old fashioned, conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
874 stoic + A unaffected by pleasure or pain, unemotional ; steadfast
875 stolid - A showing no emotion, impassive, phlegmatic, stolic, apathetic
876 striated striped, grooved or banded
877 strut a supporting bar
878 stupefy + V to stun, baffle, amaze
879 stygian - hence dark gloomy
880 stymie - to hinder, obstruct or block
881 subdue + overcome bring under control
882 sublime + extreme, astounding, grand, regal, respledent, exalted
883 suborn - induce by bribery or something to commit perjury
884 subpoena (sa-pi-na ) written order requiring a person to appear in a low court
885 subsume include under a rule
886 subtle - not obvious, hidden and devious, insidious, pernicious ; difficult to discern
887 succinct + A brief, concise, pithy, terse, compendious, sententious
888 succor + assistance, relief in time of distress
889 sullied - to be stained or discredited
890 sumptuous + magnificent
891 sundry various, miscellaneous, separate
892 supercilious - disdainful, characterized by haughty scorn
893 superfluous + more then is needed or wanted, surplus, redundant, supererogatory
894 supine - lying on the back, slow to act, passive
895 supplant V to take the place of, supersede
896 suppl i ant V asking humbly, beseeching, suplicant
897 supplicate make a humble petition to
898 surcharge - N / V An additional charge / Rip off; ask an unreasonable price
899 surfeit + feed to fulness or to excess, satiate
900 surreptitious - A secretive, covert, clandestine, furtive
901 suture PN (su-cher) join with a seam, as of a wound in surgery
902 sycophant - N one who seeks favour through flattery, toady, obsequious, fawn, groveler
903 tacit / taciturn A implied without direct expression / untalkative, silent, reticent
904 talon claw of a bird of prey
905 tamp tap or drive down by repeated light blows
906 tangential suddenly changeable
907 tarnished lost brightness
908 taunt - contemptuous reproach hurtful remark
909 taut tightly stretched
910 tautology a repetition, a redundancy
911 tawdry - cheap, gaudy, showy, tacky, garish, raffish
912 teetotal + oppose to alcohol
913 temerity - CN boldness, brashness, intrepidness
914 temperance + CN abstinence from alcohol, self-control, moderation
915 tenacity + CN firmness, persistence, adhesiveness, tending to hang on
916 tenuous - insubstantial, flimsy, weak
917 tepid lukewarm
918 terse + brief and to the point, pithy
919 testiness - CN feeling easily irritated
920 thrift + care, economy, thriving, prosperous
921 thwart - obstruct/frustrate
922 timorous - fearful timid afraid
923 tirade - PN harsh spech, verbal attack, diatribe, philippic, revilement, vilification
924 tithe PN a levy or tax of one tenth of something
925 toady - flatterer, sycophant, obsequious
926 toil + V work hard
927 torpid / torpor - A/N sleeping, dormant; sluggish, lethargic / mental and physical sluggishness
928 tortuous - devious/not straightforward
929 tout - advertize in strongly positive terms, show off
930 tractable + easily controlled or guided
931 transient - for a brief time, fleeting, ephemeral
932 transitory + for a brief time, temporary
933 travesty parody/imitation
934 trenchant + forceful effective vigorous extremely perceptive incisive
935 trifling - unimportant
936 trite - A repeated too often, banal, platitude, clichèd, hackneyed
937 truculence - CN aggressiveness, ferocity
938 trudge walk heavily
939 turbid - A muddy, clouded with sediment ,stirred up, murky ; confused
940 turgid - A excessively ornate swollen or bloated
941 turpitude - wickedness, shamefulness
942 tutelary + A providing protective supervision, safeguarding, custodial, custodial
943 tyro - beginner, amateur, tiro, novice, rookie
944 ubiquitous / -ty - A / N being present everywhere at once, omnipresent ; constantly encountered
945 umbrage - offense resentment
946 unbridled - A not restrained or controlled, violent
947 uncouth - rough, awkward
948 undulate to move in wavelike fashion fluctuate, sinuate
949 unencumbered easy-going trifle
950 unfeigned + not pretended, sincerely felt or expressed, genuine
951 untenable - A incapable of being defended or justified, not viable, indefensible
952 untoward - unfortunate inconvenient
953 upbraid - scold, reproach, berate, vituperate
954 urbane + elegant refined in manners
955 uxorious - A foolishly fond of, devoted or submissive to your wife
956 vacillate - V to be uncertain, hesitate
957 vagary strange act or idea
958 vanquish conquer
959 vapid - A flavourless, bland, insipid
960 variagated + A multicoloured
961 veer change direction
962 vehement marked by extreme intensity of emotions, inclined to react violently; fervid
963 venal - ready to do something dishonest, corrupt minded
964 veneer surface appearance covering the TRUE nature
965 veracity + CN truthfulness, honesty
966 verdant + fresh and green
967 verisimilitude + appearing TRUE or real
968 veritable + real rightly named
969 vernacular A / N characteristic of everyday language, argot, colloquial / lingo of a group
970 vernal + A suggestive of youth, vigorous and fresh ; occurring in spring
971 verve + spirit vigor enthusiasm
972 vestige trace or sign
973 vicarious A experienced at secondhand, done by one as a substitute for another
974 victuals PN stock or supply of foods
975 vilify - V say evil things, slander, revile, vituperate
976 vindictive - spiteful, showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt
977 virago - a loud domineering woman,a nag
978 virulent - A extremely harmful or poisionous ; hostile, antagonistic ; bitter, vitriolic
979 visceral of the internal organs of the body
980 vitiate - lower the quality, weaken, corrupt morally, pollute, pervert, debase
981 vitriolic - A caustic, erosive, acerbic, virulent
982 vituperate - curse, abuse in words, berate, upbraid, reproach
983 voluble / -bility + A / CN fluent / fluency verbosity easy use of spoken language
984 voracious - A having an insatiable apetite, greedy, edacious, ravenous, rapacious
985 waffle - talk vaguely and without much result
986 waft scent waving movement carry lightly through
987 wag + merry person
988 warmonger - person who stirs up war
989 wean to turn away (from a habit)
 990 welter - turmoil a bewildering jumble
991 wend to go proceed
992 wince - V show bodily or mental pain, flinch
993 wizened - A lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
994 wonted A customary, habitual, inveterate
995 writ written order
996 yarn tale, story, fibers for knitting
997 yoke V to join or link together (with a yoke)
998 yokel - PN country bumpkin
999 zealous / zealot + A fervent, ardent, im passioned / one passionately devoted to a cause
1000 zenith + PN highest point on the imaginary celstial sphere, antonym of nadir
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Parts of Speech
Adjective A Describing a noun. Never preceded by "The" unless followed by "nature" or "manner". (How it is)
Noun (Common) N A thing - material or immaterial. (What it is)
- Characteristic Noun CN Naming a characteristic, property, derived from an adjective. Never preceded by "a" or "an".
Usually ending in '-tion', '-ness', '-ence', '-ing', '-ty'. (Immaterial)
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Wordlists
PR300 Princeton Review's "Top 300 Hit Parade"
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KAP Kaplan's 2500 word Minidictionary

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Words mastered When you are sure that you have mastered a particular word and it's synonyms, put it as "1"