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abandoned (adj):1.adj. rejected, given adaptable (adj) : able to be modified;


up; adjusting quickly
2. abandon: v. reject, forsake address (v) :speak to; to deal with;
abolish (v): cancel, revoke direct to
abrasive (adv): corrosive, harsh. adherent (n) :supporter, follower;
abreast (adv): up to date with; side by admonish (v) :warn, reprove;
side adverse (adj) :1.hostile; contrary,
abridged (adj): shortened opposed; 2. adversely (adv):
absolute (adj): complete; perfect; unfavorably
pure; unlimited; advocate (v) :urge, plead for;
abstract (adj) :1.adj. theoretical not advocate(n) : supporter
concrete aesthetic (adj) :of or pertaining to
abundant (adj) :plentiful appreciation of the beautiful; artistic;
academic (adj) : learned, theoretical affable (adj) :friendly; amiable;
accede (v) :agree affect (v) :influence, impact
accentuate (v) :stress, emphasize, affectation (n) : 1.insincere behavior,
accent artificial manner; 2.affected (adj):
accessible (adj) :1.adj.easy to pretense
approach; 2. access (v): reach affiliation (n) :joining, associating
accidental (adj) :that happens by with;
chance affluent (adj) :wealthy, abundant;
accommodate (v) :oblige or help aggressive (adj) :very forceful,
someone; give, adapt oneself; hostile; bold
accompany (v) :go along with agonizing (adj) :causing difficulty,
accomplish (v) :achieve or complete very painful;
successfully; agrarian (adj) :related to farming or
accord (v) :give or grant; agree; agriculture;
account (v) :to give a view; to furnish alarming (adj) :worrisome, a warning
an explanation; of danger
accumulate (v)gather alienate (v) :make hostile or
acerbic (adj) :bitter and short- unfriendly, separate;
tempered; allege (v) : state without proof
acknowledge (v) : recognize, accept allegory (n) :a story in which
acoustics (n) :science of sound characters are used a symbols; a fable;
acquisition (n) :something obtained alleviate (v) :make less severe;
acquisitive (adj) :desiring to gain, relieve;
grasping; allure (v) :tempt; charm, attract
acumen (n) :mental keenness; aloof (adj) :not friendly; cool and
shrewdness; distant

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alternative (n/adj) :1.n.option, antithetical (adj) :mutually
choice; 2.adj. optional incompatible, contrary;
amateur (adj) :not professional, anxious (adj) :experiencing worry;
novice; unskillful; very eager, yearning;
amaze (v) :surprise (someone) greatly; apathy (n) :lack of caring, indifference;
astonish. apolitical (adj) :having an aversion or
ambient (adj):environment, lack of concern for political affairs.
encompassing atmosphere apologist (n) :one who speaks or
ambiguity (n) :1.n.lack of clarity ; writes in defense of someone or
2. ambiguous (adj) :unclear or doubtful something;
in meaning apostle (n) :one who advances an
ambivalence (n) : state of having both important cause or idea;
positive and negative feelings towards a apparent (adj) :obvious; ostensible,
subject pretended
ameliorate (v) :improve appetizing (adj) : stimulating ;
amenable (adj) :readily managed, arousing the appetite;
willing to obey appraise (v) :estimate value, assess
ample (adj) :abundant appreciate (v) :be thankful for,
amplify (v) :broaden or clarify by increase in worth; be thoroughly
expanding, intensify, strengthen; conscious of;
anachronistic (adj) :erroneous in appreciated (adj) :giving pleasure or
date; out of date; satisfaction; fully understood;
analogous (adj) :comparable; similar; apprehension (n) : fear, concern;
analogy (n) :similarity, parallelism; anticipation;
anarchy (n) :absence of governing apprise (v) :inform, make aware;
body, state of disorder; appropriate (v) :1.take without
angle (v) :present with a bias or in a permission; 2.set aside, 3.allot;
particular way; approximate (v) : approach, come
annul (v) :make void ; cancel; near;
anoint (v) :administer an oil or arbiter (n) :a person who settles a
ointment to ; often in a religious dispute.
ceremony of blessing arbitrary (adj) :unreasonable or
anomaly(n) : 1.n. irregularity ; capricious, tyrannical;
2. anomalous (adj) : abnormal, arcane (adj) :secret, mysterious;
irregular; known only to the initiated;
anonymous(adj) : nameless, of an archeological (adj) :pertaining to the
unknown person study of ancient cultures through their
antedate (v) :predate; be earlier in artifacts
time; go back further architect (n) :one who designs
anticipate (v) : expect, predict; buildings and other structures
precede; arduous (adj) :difficult and tiring; hard
antinomian (adj): opposed to the and strenuous;
doctrine that the moral law is obligatory. aria (n) :a song for solo voice;
antiquity (n) :extreme oldness; an arousal (n) :stimulation; excitement;
artifact surviving from the past articulate (v) :fluent, effective,
distinct;

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artifact (n) :a man-made object taken attune (v) :adjust or accustom to a
as a whole; situation.
artless (adj) :without cunning, open austere (adj) :1.adj. strict; severely
and honest; simple or modest; 2.n. austerity (n):
ascendancy (n) :superiority, ascetic simplicity;
domination; authoritarian (adj) :despotic,
ascent (n) :an upward slope or rising dictatorial, disciplinarian
grade; acclivity authoritative (adj) :official; reliable;
ascribe (v) :attribute or credit to; assertive, commanding;
aside from :apart from; besides; authorization (n) :official permission;
aspect (n) :point of view; appearance, permit; empowerment;
facet; avarice (n) :greediness for wealth;
aspiration (n) :a strong desire to avian (adj) :related to birds;
achieve something high or great; avid (adj) :greedy, eager for;
assault (v) :attack, onslaught; avow (v) :declare openly;
assent (v) :agree, approve, consent; acknowledge; confess
assert (v) :state a fact or belief awaken (v) :wake up, arouse (i.e. from
confidently and forcefully; sleep)
assertion (n) :1.n.a confident balloon (v) :expand, grow larger;
statement of fact or belief; 2. assertive inflate;
(adj) : forceful, aggressive. banal (adj) :hackneyed, commonplace,
assessment (n) :estimation; appraisal trite, lacking originality;
(of worth); bane (n) :misfortune, curse;
assimilate (v) :absorb, cause to banish (v) :expel; send away, dismiss
become homogenous; barring (prep) :with the exception of,
assuage (v) : make (an unpleasant apart from
feeling) less intense; satisfy (an appetite baseness :lowness, meanness, without
or desire). moral principles;
assumption (n) :supposition, bay (v) :bark with prolonged noises
hypothesis; act of taking; bear on: be relevant to, pertain to,
astonishing (adj) :surprising, relate to,
shocking; befriend (v) :act as or become a friend
astounding (adj) :amazing; surprising, to.
shocking; breathtaking; beguile (v) :mislead, deceive; cheat,
astray (adv) :away from the correct entice;
path or direction. beholden (adj) :indebted, in debt,
at odds with: in a dispute with, obligated
involved in a conflict with ; belie (v) :to show something to be
at the expense of: at the sacrifice of, false; contradict
to the detriment of ; belligerent (adj) :aggressive;
attainment (n) :achievement, quarrelsome;
fulfillment; ability benign(adj) : 1.kindly, favorable; not
attenuate (v) :make thin, weaken; harmful; 2.benignity (n) :favor, kind-
attribute (n/v) :1.n.essential heartedness
quality.2.v. to regard as a characteristic besiege (v) :surround with armed
of a person or thing; forces ; harass (with requests);

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betray (v) :be disloyal; reveal caprice (n) :a sudden and
consciously or unintentionally; unaccountable change of mood or
biased (adj) :prejudiced, having behavior.
preconceptions; favoring one person or capricious (adj) :unpredictable, fickle;
side over another; carnivorous (adj) :meat-eating;
bibliography (n) :list of books by a casual (adj) : informal; superficial;
particular author or on a particular accidental;
subject; catalogue (n) :itemized list
blending (n) :mixing; act of mixing catastrophe (n) :1.disaster, calamity;
ingredients together thoroughly; 2.catastrophic (adj):disastrous,
blighted (adj) :affected by disease; calamitous
destroyed categorical (adj) :absolute,
bogus (adj) :not genuine, artificial, unqualified, definite, certain;
sham; cathedral (n) :the principal church of a
bolster (v) :support, strengthen, diocese.
reinforce cautious (adj) :careful, wary
boon (n) :a thing that is helpful or cede (v) : give up (power); surrender;
beneficial. celebrated (adj) :famous, widely
boost (v) :raise; increase; urge; recognized;
borrowing (n) :the appropriation (of censor (v) :to examine in order to
ideas or words etc) from another source; suppress or delete anything considered
brandish (v) :exhibit aggressively, objectionable
wave something about; cerebral (adj) :intellectual rather than
brazen (adj) :insolent, impudent; bold emotional or physical.
and shameless; chance (n) :accidental, random,
break (v) :stop, cancel unexpected
brevity (n) :concise and exact use of channelize (v) :direct the course
words; terse; charge (v) :accuse (i.e. of committing a
bridle (n) :bring under control; crime);
brine (n) :water containing dissolved charisma (n) :persuasive charm or
salt attractiveness;
brutal (adj) :cruel, harsh, savage check (v) :pause, stop; examine
bungling (n) :work done in an awkward cherish (v) :love; nurture, care for
or clumsy manner; making a mess of lovingly;
something chic (adj) :elegantly and stylishly
burnout (n) :fatigue, exhaustion fashionable
buttress (v) :support, reinforce; choir (n) :singing group, chorus
calamitous (adj) :disastrous, chronic (adj) :long established, as a
catastrophic, cataclysmic disease; constant;
calumnious (adj) :slanderous, chronological (adj) : arranged
defamatory; according to temporal (time) order;
campaign (n) :an organized course of cinematic (adj) :relating to or
action to achieve a goal. characteristic of the cinema.
candid (adj) : honest, straightforward, circumscribed (adj) :subjected to
open, frank limits; limited;

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circumspect (adj) :careful, prudent, comparable (adj) : similar; of
cautious equivalent quality;
circumstantial (adj) :fully detailed and compatible (adj) :capable of existing
specific about particulars; together in harmony; congruous;
cited (adj) :1.adj. quoted; 2. cite (v) : compel (v) :force, coerce, influence
mention as an example; commend; compelling (adj) :powerfully evoking
civil (adj) :courteous and polite. attention or admiration.
claim (v) :demand; sue; plea; assert compile (v) : gather together in one
classical (adj) :1.traditional, timeless; place; compose
2. excellent complacency (n) :state of being
clearheaded (adj) :not mentally pleased with oneself; smugness
confused; able to think clearly ; complementary(adj): serving to
clergy (n) :people who work in religious complete something;
ministry (like priests); clerical; compliance (n): readiness to yield;
clerical (adj) :relating to the clergy conformity in fulfilling requirements;
(who work for religious tasks) comport(v) :behave, conduct oneself in
cloak (v) :1.v. conceal; 2. cloaked a certain manner
(adj): having its true character compose(v) : 1.create, write; 2.calm;
concealed with the intent of misleading; composer (n) :person who composes
cluster (v) :gather closely together, musical compositions;author, writer etc.,
assemble compound (v) :combine, constitute,
coalesce (v) :combine, fuse; increase (esp. complexity); pay interest
coercion (n) :use of force to someone comprehensive (adj) :through,
to obey; inclusive ; including all or everything;
coeval (adj) :living at the same time as compressed (adj) :compacted,
contemporary; condensed
cognitive (adj) :aware, perceptive compromise (v) :1. to come to
coherence (n) :1.sticking together; agreement by mutual concession. 2.
consistency; 2.coherent (adj) : sticking endanger the interests or reputation of.
together; consistent compromised (adj) :1.settled by
coinage (n) :invention of a new word or making mutual concessions; 2.unable to
phrase operate in an optimal form
coincident (adj) :occurring together in conceal (v) :hide, cover; keep secret
space or time. concede (v) :admit; yield, give up
collaborator (n) :one who works concession (n) :yielding; something
together; which is given up; discount;
collude (v) :conspire together to concur (v) :agree, colloborate
deceive others; condense (v) :make denser, compress;
commentary (n) : the expression of make shorter;
opinions or offering of explanations condone (v) :forgive, overlook, give
about an event or situation. tacit approval;
commercial (adj) :pertaining to confess (v) :admit (guilt, etc.); tell
business one's sins to a priest;
commonplace (adj) :ordinary, confirm (v) :approve; verify, show to
everyday, uninteresting be true; strengthen

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confounding (adj) :1.that contradicts contention (n) :heated disagreement;
or confuses; 2. confound(v): surprise an assertion;
or confuse; contentious (adj) :quarrelsome;
confront (v) :stand or meet face to context (n) :paragraphs surrounding a
face with hostile intent; oppose; word or sentence; background
congestion (n) :excessive crowding; contrasting (adj) :opposing, contrary,
excessive accumulation in a differing manner
connotation (n) :1.suggested or contribute (v) :give in order to help
implied meaning; 2. connote (v) : achieve or provide something;
imply, suggest, hint; controlled (adj) :regulated, monitored;
conscience (n) :a person's moral sense managed
of right and wrong. controversial (adj) :regulated,
conscious (adj) :aware; awake monitored; managed
consensus (n) :general convention (n) :social or moral
agreement, majority custom; established practice;
consequence (n) :1.importance ; conventional (adj) :ordinary; typical;
outcome; 2. consequential (adj) : routine;
important, significant conventionality(n) :conformity with
consequently (adv) :as a result, conventional thought and behavior;
therefore orthodoxy, unoriginal;
considerable (adj) :important; converge (v) :approach, tend to meet;
substantial; significant; come together;
considerate (adj) :careful not to harm convey (v) :make known; pass on, of
or inconvenience others. information
consistently (adv) :systematically; conviction (n) :a firmly held belief or
regularly; opinion;
consolidate (v) : make stronger or convoluted (adj) :twisted; involved,
more solid; unify, merge; complicated
consolidation (n) :unification, process cooperatively (adv) :in a manner
of becoming firmer or stronger; marked by a willingness to work with
conspicuous (adj) :noticeable, others
obvious, easy to see copious (adj) :bountiful; abundant,
constraint (n) :1.a limitation or plentiful
restriction; repression of feelings; core (n) :the center of an object;
2.constrain (v): force, coerce correspondence (n) :1.agreement;
construe (v) :interpret in a particular similarity; 2. exchange of letters
way; explain; corroborate (v) :confirm or give
consume (v) :eat or drink; destroy; support to (a statement or theory);
use up cosmopolitan (adj) :having worldwide
contemporary (adj) :modern, current; rather than limited or provincial scope or
relating to the present time; bearing
contemptuous (adj) :expressing counter (adv) :against, in contrast to
extreme disdain; disrespectful; counterexample (n) :example that
contend (v) :assert something as a refutes a theory or claim;
position in an argument; compete; counterfeit (adj) :forged, copied, fake,
false

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counterintuitive(adj) :contrary to debunking (n) :the exposure of
what common sense would suggest falseness or pretensions;
counterpart (n) :things very much deceitful (adj)1.deceptive, dishonest;
alike; a thing that completes another; 2.deceptive (adj) : misleading,
counterpoint(v) :emphasize by deceitful
contrast. decimate (v) :destroy a large part of
counterweight(n) : an equivalent declarative (adj) :affirmative; of or
counterbalancing weight pertaining to a declaration
courteous (adj) :polite, well- decline (v) :sinking, decrease, ebb;
mannered, civil; descent
crafty (adj) :cunning or deceitful; décor (n) :stage setting (in a theater);
credence (n) :belief that something is decoration
true, faith, confidence deemed (adj) :consider something in a
credibility (n) :trustworthiness, particular way; believe;
dependability de-emphasize (v) :reduce the
credit (n/v) :1.n.approval; 2.v.give emphasis given to
someone credit for something; deepen (v) :make or become deep or
credulity (n) :belief on slight evidence; deeper.
gullibility; naiveté; defamatory (adj) :slanderous,
crestfallen (adj) :dejected; sad; abusive, libelous
disappointed deferential (adj) :respectful, showing
criteria (n) :a standard by which honor
something may be judged defiant (adj) :resisting, opposing,
critical (adj) :1.important, crucial; disobedient
2.expressing adverse comments; definitive (adj) :final, decisive; most
crucial (adj) :critical, decisive, very reliable or complete;
important deflect (v) :deviate or cause to deviate
crude (adj) :raw; unrefined; rude from a straight course.
cultivated (adj) :refined, sophisticated, deft (adj) :1.quick and neatly skilful;
educated 2.deftness (n) :skillfulness, proficiency
curiosity (n) :a strong desire to know defy (v) :oppose, resist; challenge
or learn something. degrade (v) :humiliate, dishonor;
curious (adj) :1.strange; unusual; 2. reduce (in size, amount, etc.);
eager to know or learn something. degree (n) :rank, extent;
curtail (v) :decrease, reduce, shorten, deliberate (adj) :carefully considered,
cut short intentional; slow, methodical
cyclical (adj) :periodical, repeating, delicacy (n) :something considered
recurrent; choice to eat; sensitivity;
cynical (adj)1.doubting the sincerity of delimit (v) :determine the limits or
others;2. cynicism (n) : a cynical boundaries of.
feeling of distrust delineate (v) :describe or indicate
debased (adj) :being lowered in quality precisely
or character demarcation (n) :the action of fixing
debris (n) :scattered rubbish or boundaries or limits; conceptual
remains; separation;
demur(v) :object, protest; hesitate

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denotation (n) :the most direct or diffidence (n) :hesitance due to lack of
specific meaning of a word or confidence, shyness, timidity
expression; diffuse (v) :wordy, rambling; spread
dense (adj) :1.compact, close; out (like a gas);
2.(slang) stupid, slow digression (n):deviation from the main
depart (v) :go in a different direction ; point (in writing or speaking)
leave, go away; dilate (v) :make or become wider &
depict (v) :portray, characterize, draw, larger, more open:
describe diminish (v) :make smaller, reduce;
deplete (v) :reduce the number or disaffection (n) :alienation,
quantity of; empty estrangement, absence of affection;
derivative (adj) :obtained from disloyalty
another source, derived, borrowed; discern :1.distinguish, perceive,
detached (adj) :not attached, recognize;2.discernible (adj):
separate; objective, impartial; aloof distinguishable, recognizable
detachment (n) :separation; disclose (v) :reveal, expose to view
disinterest, aloofness; lack of bias; discomfit(v) :make uneasy or
deteriorate (v) :spoil; decline; embarrassed
progressively worse; discontinuity (n) :lack of continuity,
determinant (adj) :1.serving to define, irregularity
serving to determine; 2. cause, reason; discredit (v) :doubt; challenge,
determinate (v) :precisely determined disbelieve; defame;
or limited or defined; discrepancy (n) :lack of consistency ;
deterministic (adj) :an inevitable difference;
consequence of antecedent sufficient disdain (v) :view with scorn or
causes contempt;
detrimental (adj) :damaging, disentangle (v) :release from
injurious, harmful entanglement of difficulty; unknot;
devastating :highly destructive disgruntled (adj) :bitter, disappointed,
damaging; saddening; displeased
deviation(n) :1.n.aberration, disingenuous (adj) :insincere; not
abnormality; 2.deviate (v) : turn aside; naïve; sophisticated;
depart from; disinterested (adj) :1. impartial;
deviously (adv) :indirectly; windingly; indifferent;2 disinterestedness(n):
deceptively indifference, impartiality;
devoted (adj) :faithful, dedicated, loyal dislocation (n) :an event that results in
dichotomy (n) :separation into two a displacement or discontinuity
parts; division or contrast; dismay (v) :cause to feel fear or
didactic (adj) :instructive, informative; anxiety.
tending to lecture others excessively dismiss (v) :reject, eliminate from
differ (v) :be different; disagree consideration;
differential (adj) :exhibiting a disorganized v:disarranged; disordered
difference; disparage (v) :belittle; represent as
differentiate (v) :distinguish, being of little worth;
discriminate; become different; disparate (v) :basically different,
unrelated;

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dispassionate (adj):calm, impartial; downright (adj) :straightforward,
dispel (v) :scatter, drive away, cause to direct; utter, complete, blunt;
vanish; drain (v) :deplete of resources; flow off
dispersal (n) :scattering, disbanding gradually;
disproportionate (adj) :unequal, out dramatic (adj) :intended to create an
of proportion, extreme effect; theatrical; sensational; exciting;
disputatious (adj) :argumentative, drift (v) :move about aimlessly or
fond of arguing; without any destination;
disquiet (v/n) :1.v.make uneasy, drought (n) :lack of rain, abnormally
disturb; 2.n.anxiety, uneasiness; dry weather; scarcity;
disregard(v ):neglect; treat in a duality (n) :dualism; duplicity;
disrespectful manner doubleness; dichotomy;
disruptive (adj) :upsetting; disturbing; dubious (adj) :uncertain, doubtful
divisive duplicity (n) :deception; being two-
disseminate :1.v.scatter, spread faced
widely, distribute; 2.dissemination (n) durable (adj) :sturdy, long lasting;
: spreading; dynamic (adj) :forceful, energetic,
dissent (v) :disagree on, differ, vigorous, spirited
dispute, oppose eager(adj) :strongly desiring, keen,
dissolution (n) :disintegration, fervently interested
decomposition, separation; death ; ebullient (adj) :cheerful and full of
distant (adj) :remote, far off, far apart; energy.
reserved, aloof, unfriendly eccentric (adj) :strange, unusual, odd
distill (v) :extract the essential eclectic (adj) :selecting from various
meaning of; purify ; refine; concentrate; sources; diverse ,heterogeneous
distinct (adj) :clear, plain; different; eclipse (v) :1.a falling into obscurity or
separate decline; 2.v. outdo, surpass;
distinction (n) :1.honor; 2. contrast; economical (adj) :thrifty, saving,
3. discrimination;distinctive (adj) frugal, careful not to waste money
:special, unique, different ecstatic (adj) :blissfully happy; joyful;
distinguish (v) :see as different; efficient (adj) :effective, done without
differentiate; discern, recognize; waste (of time, resources, etc.)
distorted (adj) :twisted out of its egalitarian (adj) :pertaining to equal
normal shape; misrepresented rights;
diverge (v) :vary, go in different elaborate (adj) :worked out in great
direction from same point; detail; carefully planned; complicated;
divergent (adj) :varying, deviating, elated (adj) :exultant, happy; filled
differing; with joy
diversity (n) :variety; difference, elegant (adj) :graceful and stylish.
unlikeness elicit (v) :draw out (a response or
doctrinaire (adj) :a stubborn person of answer); extract from;
arbitrary or arrogant opinions; elite (adj) :upper-class, aristocratic;
unyielding; elliptical (adj) :1. oval, egg-shaped; 2.
dogmatic (adj) :authoritative, Ambiguous;
opinionated, intolerant, rigid; eloquence (n) :fluent and appropriate
don (v) :put on manner of speaking

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elucidate (v) :make clear; explain. entomologist (n) :one who studies
elusive (adj) :difficult to grasp; entomology, expert on insects
evasive, tending to escape; entrap (v) :lure, snare, draw into
embellish (v) :adorn; decorate. difficulty or danger
embrace (v) :hug, accept; include; entrenched (adj) :established; fortified
surround; envision (v) :imagine; visualize.
emerge (v) :appear, come out, be ephemeral (adj) :short-lived; fleeting;
revealed epidemiologist (n) :expert in
emergency (n) :sudden need epidemiology, one who studies
demanding immediate action epidemics and their treatments
eminent (adj) :famous, renowned, epistolary (adj) :1.pertaining to a long
prominent; outstanding, conspicuous; formal letter; 2.epistle (n) : long formal
emphasize (v) :to stress, single out as letter;
important; make more clearly defined equitable (adj) :fair and impartial.
empirical (adj) :derived from equivocal (adj) :mislead; attempt to
experiment and observation rather than conceal the truth; ambiguous;
theory; equivocation (n) :use ambiguous or
employed (adj) :put to use ,having evasive language; prevarication;
work, occupied; eradicate (v) :remove or destroy
emulate (v) :imitate, try to equal or completely; annihilate;
excel, copy erode (v) :gradually wear or be worn
encampment (n) :camp, temporary away;
residence (often made of tents, etc.) erroneous (adj) :wrong; incorrect.
enchanted: spellbound, entranced; erstwhile (adv) :formerly, previously
charmed; erudite (adj) :learned, scholarly,
encompass (v) :include educated;
comprehensively; surround, enclose; essential (adj) :necessary, needed,
endangered (adj) :at risk; in danger of fundamental,
extinction; established (adj) :based, firmly
endorse (v) :approve, sanction; settled; accepted
support; esteem (v) :respect, admire;
enervate (v) :cause to feel drained of estrangement (n) :disaffection,
energy; weaken; alienation; separation
engage (v) :1.keep busy ; employ; ethics (n) :set of moral principles or
attract; commit; 2. engaged (adj): values
occupied, busy ethos (n) :underlying character of a
enhance (v) :increase, improve; culture, group etc.,
enigmatic (adj) :mysterious, puzzling, etiquette (n) :rules which govern social
obscure; behavior
enlightened (adj) :knowledgeable, euphoric (adj) :elated, blissful, joyful,
broad-minded exhilarated
enrich (v) :improve the quality or value evaluate (v) :appraise, judge the worth
of, make better; or quality
entail (v) :necessitate, require, involve; evanescent :fleeting, vanishing;
entangle (v) :involve in complicated evasive :not frank; evading;
circumstances; enmesh; eventually (adv) :finally, in the end

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everlasting (adj) :lasting forever or a exposition (n) :a comprehensive
very long time. description and explanation of a theory.
evidence (n) :proof, something which exposure (n) :disclosure, revealing;
proves or disproves vulnerability to the elements;
evocation (n) :calling to mind, extensive (adj) :comprehensive;
remembering; calling forth; spreading over a large area
evoke (v) :bring or recall to the extent (n) :scope, range; size, measure
conscious mind; call forth; extinction (n) :annihilation, total
exacerbate (v) :worsen, embitter; destruction
exacting (adj) :extremely demanding; extraneous (adj) :not essential,
exaggerate (v) :represent (something) superfluous;
as being larger, better, or worse than it extraordinary (adj) :out of the
really is; ordinary, unusual
excavation (n) :act of digging out; act extrapolate (v): guess, infer
of unearthing; extravagance :profligacy, lavishness,
exceed (v) :outstrip; go beyond, pass; immoderation;
surpass; extreme (n) :either of two things that
exceptional(adj) :out of the ordinary, are as different from each other as
unusual; excellent; possible;
exclusively (adv) :in a manner which fabricate (v) :invent in order to
shuts out all others; solely; deceive; fake; create;
excretion (n) :matter which has been facetious (adj) : humorous, amusing
discharged from the body; facilitate (v) :make easier; promote,
exculpate (v) :free from blame, declare expedite;
innocent factual (adj) :real, actual, based on
exhibit (v) :show, demonstrate; facts
present faint (adj) : (of a hope, chance, or
exigent (adj) :demanding; urgent, idea) slight; barely perceptible
pressing fallow (adj) :plowed but not seeded,
exotic (adj) :foreign; unusual, out of uncultivated; in active;
the ordinary falsify (v) :misrepresent, distort the
expatiate (v) :describe in full, go into truth;
great detail fanciful (adj) :imaginary; unreal;
expedient (adj) :advantageous, whimsical; strange;
beneficial; convenient and suitable; far from :not at all; the opposite of
expend (v) :spend; use up, consume what is or was expected
explicate (v) :explain, interpret, fascinating (adj) :charming;
clarify; captivating, attractive
explicit (adj) :stated clearly and fashion(v) :shape, create, make;
precisely. fastidious (adj) :paying immense
exploratory (adj) :serving in or attention to minute details; hard to
intended for exploration or discovery; please;
investigative; feasible (adj) :achievable; possible,
exponential(adj) : (of an increase) likely
becoming more and more rapid. festering (adj) :inflamed; irritated;

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fictitious (adj) :not real or true; foreground (v) :move into the
imaginary or invented. foreground to make more visible or
figurative (adj) :departing from a prominent;
literal use of words; metaphorical; foresee (v) :be aware of beforehand;
fine (adj) :1.minutely small (of predict.
texture);2. precise; 3.refined; 4. free forestall (v) : prevent or obstruct
from impurities; (something anticipated) by taking
finesse (n) :impressive skill and advance action
delicacy; subtle skill; foretell (v) :predict, tell in advance;
fitfully (adv) :irregularly; forethought (v) :thinking out in
intermittently; sporadically advance , foresight, advance planning;
flabby (adj) :weak ; drooping; loose; forfeit (v) :lose; give up, surrender
soft forgery (n) :a fraudulent copy or
flaccid (adj) :soft and limp; lacking imitation.
firmness; forgo (v) :go without (something
flaw (n) :defect, imperfection; desirable); abstain;
flawless (adj) :perfect, without a flaw, forsake (v) :renounce or give up;
impeccable abandon;
fleet (n) :group of ships; group of forthright (adj) :direct and outspoken;
warships straight forward ;
fleeting(adj) :1.transient, temporary. fortuitous (adj) :by chance; occurring
2. passing swiftly, accidentally;
flexibility (n) :elasticity, pliability; able fractious (adj) :easily irritated; difficult
to change readily to meet new to control;
circumstances. fragment (n) :fraction, piece, segment;
flooding (n) :overflow ; inundation, frantically (adv) :in an uncontrolled
deluge; manner; hysterically;
florid (adj) :reddish, rosy; flowery; frivolity (n) : light-heartedness,
ornate; showy flippancy, silliness
flout (v) :openly disregard (a rule, law, frivolous (adj) : (of a person) carefree
or convention); and superficial; not serious or sensible;
fluctuate (v) :rise and fall irregularly in frontispiece (n) :an illustration facing
number or amount. the title page of a book.
flung (v) :throw or move forcefully. frugality (n) :quality of being
focus (v) :concentrate; make clear; economical, thrift;
foolhardy (adj) :recklessly bold or frustrating (adj) :discouraging by
rash. hindering; causing frustration;
footage (n) :the amount of film that fundamental (adj) :basic, elemental;
has been shot; length measured in feet; essential
forage (v) :obtain (food) by searching; galvanize (v) :shock or excite into
search for action.
forbid (v) : 1.ban; prohibit; prevent; gargantuan (adj) :extremely large;
2. forbidding (adj): unfriendly or titanic;
threatening. garrulous (adj) :excessively talkative.
gawky (adj) :nervously awkward and
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generalize (v) :draw from specific hectic (adj) :marked by intense
cases for more general cases agitation or emotion;
genre (n) :a style or category of art or heed (v) :pay attention; take notice of;
literature. herbivorous (adj) :plant-eating;
giant (adj) :enormous, extremely large heterogeneous (adj) :diverse in
gloom (n) :darkness, dimness; character or content.
sadness, depression; heyday (n) :time of greatest success ,
glum (adj) :dejected; morose; gloomy; period of greatest power or influence
goosebumps (n) :bumpy condition of hibernation(n) :dormant condition;
the skin caused by a sensation (i.e. cold, state of inactivity
fear, surprise) hierarch (n) :one who holds a position
gracious (adj) : polite; friendly; of authority (chief priest r leader);
benevolent; pleasant; high art (n) :art which deals with
granted (conj) :acknowledged as true dignified subjects and is characterized
gratifying (adj) :satisfying, rewarding; by an elevated style avoiding all cheap
gray (adj) :dull and nondescript; display;
grazing (n) :field or plot of ground highlight (v) :stress, emphasize,
where livestock are grazed accent, spotlight
greenhouse (n) :a glass-enclosed hindrance (n) :delaying, obstruction;
structure for the cultivation and impedance;
protection of tender plants; homogeneity (n) :sameness,
guileless (adj) :innocent and without uniformity, similarity
deception. horrifying (adj) :provoking horror;
habitat (n) :the natural home or humble (adj) :modest, not prideful;
environment of an organism. submissive, deferential, simple;
hackneyed (n) :banal, commonplace; humdrum (adj) :boring, monotonous,
unoriginal, trite. dull, repetitious
halt (v) :stop, pause; cause to stop; hyperbolize (v) :exaggerate,
hand-wringing: an overwrought overstate, embellish the truth;
expression of concern or guilt hypothesize (v) :create a theory, form
haphazard (adj) :lacking order or a hypothesis
organization; random iconoclastic: characterized by attack on
happenstance (n) :chance occurrence; established beliefs or institutions;
coincidence; unorthodox;
harbinger (n) :an indication of the ideological(adj) :concerned with or
approach of something or someone; suggestive of ideas; theoretical;
prophetic; ideology (n) :study of the origin and
harmonious (adj) :existing together in nature of ideas; doctrine, philosophy;
harmony; compatible; melodious; idiosyncrasy (n) :unique characteristic,
harvest (n) :the season's yield or crop; peculiarity, eccentricity;
gather; illiberal (adj) :bigoted; narrow
haunted (adj) :visited as if by ghosts; minded; stingy; not liberal;
obsessed or terrified in a strange illuminate (v) :brighten; elucidate,
manner; explain; adorn;
hearken back :go back to something illusion (n) :delusion; misconception,
earlier; return; false idea

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illustrate (v) :provide (a book or imprudent (adj) :rash; reckless;
periodical) with pictures. lacking wisdom;
imaginativeness (n) :creativity, impudence (n) :rudeness, insolence,
inventiveness, ingeniousness lack of respect
immediacy (n) :quality of being impulsively (adv) :spontaneously;
immediate, instantaneousness; rashly, recklessly; instinctively
imminent (adj) :about to happen; impute (v) :attribute, credit; accuse,
impending; blame;
immunity (n) :the state of not being inaccessible (adj) :unreachable,
susceptible; unattainable;not understandable;
immure (v) :imprison; enclose within inaccuracy (n) :mistake, error; quality
walls; of being inaccurate
immutable (adj) :unchangeable, inadequate (adj) :insufficient;
unalterable; unsatisfactory; incompetent;
impair (v) :1.weaken or damage. inadvertent (adj) :without intention;
2.impairment (n) :act of making heedless; accidental;
worse; inalienable (adj) :non-transferable,
impartiality (n) :fairness, objectivity, may not be taken away or given to
neutrality another
impediment (n) :a hindrance or inarticulate (adj) :not clearly
obstruction. expressed or pronounced; unclear;
impenetrable (adj) :impossible to pass incentive (n) :stimulus, inducement,
through or enter; impossible to encouragement
understand; incessant (adj) :continuing without
imperceptibly (adv) :in a way that is pause or interruption; continuous;
not perceived by the senses; in a subtle incipient (adj) :beginning to happen or
manner develop; initial;
imperious(adj) :arrogant and inclusive (adj) :comprehensive, all-
domineering. embracing, extensive
imperturbable (adj) :unable to be incompatible (adj) :not able to exist or
upset or excited; calm; be used together; opposed,
impetuous (adj) :acting or done irreconcilable
quickly and rashly; hasty; reckless; inconclusive (adj) : unconvincing; not
implication (n) :something implied, decided;
hint; state of being involved in an action incongruous (adj) :inconsistent;
or event; inharmonious; unsuitable;
implicit (adj) :implied though not inconsequential (adj) :not important
directly expressed; or significant;
implicitly (adv) :in an implied manner; inconsiderable (adj) :unimportant or
absolutely insignificant;
impolitic (adj) :in an implied manner; inconsistent (adj) :incompatible,
unconditionally, absolutely contradictory, incongruous; changeable
improbable (adj) :unexpected; incorporate (v):take in or include as
unlikely; part of a whole.
improvisation (n) :something which is incur (v) :to bring (something usually
done without preparation unpleasant) upon oneself;

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indebted (adj) :owing money or initiate (v) :cause (a process or action)
gratitude; beholden; to begin.
indecorous (adj) : impolite, improper, injudicious (adj) :showing poor
not appropriate judgment; unwise.
indefatigable (adj) :persisting innate (adj) :inborn; natural.
tirelessly; unflagging; inexhaustible; innocuous (adj) :harmless, not causing
indemnify (v) :compensate (someone) injury or damage;
for harm or loss; innovative (adj) :new, inventive,
indication (n) :sign, signal, suggestion, pertaining to innovation
symptom; inopportune (adj) :occurring at an
indifferent (adj) :having no particular inconvenient time.
interest or sympathy; unconcerned; inscrutability (n) :1.impossible to
indigenous (adj) :native; belonging understand or interpret.2. inscrutable
naturally to a place; originating from a (adj)not easily understood
place; insensitivity (n) :inability to feel
indiscernible (adj) :impossible to see certain physical sensations; indifference;
or clearly distinguish. insightful (adj) :exhibiting insight or
indolence (n) :laziness, slothfulness, clear and deep perception;
inactivity insincere (adj) :disingenuous,
inept (adj) :1.laziness, inactivity; dishonest, hypocritical
2.ineptitude (n) : incompetence; insist (v) :firmly emphasize, assert;
inevitable (adj) :certain to happen; demand;
unavoidable; totally predictable; insolent (adj) :rude and disrespectful.
infallibility (n) :the quality of never inspire (v) :motivate, stimulate,
making an error; perfect; influence;
infectious (adj) :likely to spread to or instinctive (adj) :apparently natural or
influence others; automatic; impulsive;
infer (v) :deduce from evidence and insular(adj) :isolated; narrow-minded;
reasoning rather than from explicit integrate (v) :combine or be combined
statements. to form a whole.
inferior (adj) :subordinate; of lesser integrity(n) :honesty, morality;
importance; wholeness, unity;
inflation (n) : pomposity; explosion; intellect (n) :power of knowing, mind,
act of filling with air or gas; reason; highly intelligent person
inflexible (adj) :not able to be bent; intelligible (adj) :able to be
rigid; stubborn; understood;
influx (n) :inflow; coming in; intend (v) :have in mind as a purpose;
inhabitant (n) :one who lives in a design or destine;
particular place; resident; intense (adj) :in an extreme degree;
inherent (adj) :existing as a natural extremely serious;
and integral part, intrinsic, inborn intensify make or become more
inherit (v) :receive as a legacy; receive intense; strengthen;
by genetic transmission intent (n/adj) :1.n.intention or
inhibit (v) :hinder, or prevent (an purpose. 2.adj. determined to do
action or process); hold back, repress; interchangeable (adj) :exchangeable,
inimical (adj) :not friendly; hostile; can be traded;

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interference (n) :the act of hindering jettison (v) :abandon or discard; throw
or obstructing or impeding away;
intermediary (n) :mediatory, acting judicious (adj) :wise, sensible,
between persons or parties; showing good judgment;
interminable (adj) :endless; limitless justify (v) :prove to be right or
interplay (n) :reciprocal play or reasonable;
influence, interaction juxtaposition (n) :act of placing side
interpretation (n) :an explanation or by side (especially in order to compare)
way of explaining keen (adj) :eager; sharp;
interwoven (adj) :linked or locked key (n/adj) :1.n. list which provides
closely together as by interlinking; decoding information; 2.adj. important,
intolerable (adj) :unbearable, crucial;
unendurable laconic (adj) :using very few words;
intractable (adj) :hard to control or terse
deal with; stubborn; lasting (adj) :continuing or enduring;
intransigent (adj) :uncompromising, permanent;
unyielding, inflexible latitude (n) :freedom from restriction;
intrinsic (adj) :belonging naturally; laudable (adj) :1.worthy of praise,
essential; commendable; 2.laudatory (adj):
intuitive (adj) :obtained through praising;
intuition rather than from reasoning or lax (adj) :loose; relax; lenient;
observation lay (adj) :not clerical ; not professional
invasive (adj) :involving invasion or leach :permeate or penetrate gradually;
aggressive attack; intrusive; remove substances;
inveigle (v) :persuade by deception or leap(v) :jump across; move suddenly
flattery; entice; legislative (n) :lawmaking authority
inventory (n) :list of assets; act of lionize (v) :treat as a celebrity.
checking stock literary (adj) :relating to literature;
invigorate (v) :give strength or energy scholarly, educated;
to. litigation (n) :process of contesting in
involved (adj) :complicated; a court of law; lawsuit
entangled; loathe(v) :hate, despise, detest, abhor
invulnerable (adj) :impossible to harm logical (adj) :rational; reasonable;
or damage. long-lasting (adj) :enduring,
irascible (adj) :hot-tempered; irritable. permanent, abiding, long-lived
ironic (adj) :happening in the opposite long-standing: very old, ancient,
way to what is expected; sarcastic; antique
ironically: (adv) :contrary to plan or lucrative (adj) :profitable, yielding
expectation; monetary rewards
irrelevant (adj) :not relevant, lull(n/v) :1.n.a temporary period of
unconnected; calm; 2.v. appease, calm
irremediable (adj) :cannot be lure(v) :tempt, entice, provoke,
corrected; incurable; seduce;
irresolute (adj) :indecisive, uncertain, lurid (adj) :shocking, sensational;
hesitating terrible, unnaturally bright;
magnify (v) :increase or intensify.

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makeshift (adj) :temporary, minute (adj) :extremely small; trivial;
provisional, improvised tiny;
maladroit (adj) :inefficient or inept; misapprehension (n) :failed belief,
clumsy. improper understanding
malfeasance(n) : wrongdoing, trespass miscalculation(n): mistaken
(especially by a public official) calculation, faulty judgment
malign (v) :speak ill of; slander; misconception :mistaken belief,
malignant (adj) :harmful; evil; misunderstanding, misinterpretation
malevolent; miserliness (n) :cheapness, stinginess
malleable (adj) :flexible, adaptable; mislead (v) :misguide, misdirect,
malnourished (adj) :suffering from a misinform, deceive;
lack of proper nutrition, misnomer (n) :a wrong or inaccurate
manacle (v) :confine or restrain with name or term
handcuffs; misrepresent (v) :represent unfairly;
marginalize (v) :put in a position of describe in a distorted manner
secondary importance; mobility (n) :movability; ability to
marsh (n) :a tract of soft wet land; move; agility;
morass; modest: humble, simple;
mastery (n) :expertise; command; unremarkable; limited in size or scope;
control; modicum(n) :a small quantity
matched (adj) :suitable; identical; modish (adj) :stylish, fashionable
compatible; paralleled; momentary (adj) :lasting for a
matriarch (n) :female head of a family moment; brief; fleeting;
or tribe; reigning mother monarchy (n) :an autocracy governed
medieval (adj) :relating to the middle by a monarch;
ages; very old-fashioned or outdated. monopolize (v) :have and control fully
meld(v) :blend, merge and exclusively
menacing (adj) :dangerous; monotonous (adj) :1.adj.lacking in
threatening variety, repetitive; 2. monotony(n):
mendacity (n) :untruthfulness; falsity, tedious lack of variety.
dishonesty mores (n) :the customs and
merely (adv) :just; only; simply; conventions of a community.
metaphorical (adj) :figurative; non mortality (n) :state of having a limited
literal; expressing one thing in terms life span; rate of death
normally denoting another mounting (n) :growing; becoming
methodology (n) :a system of stronger, gradually strengthening
methods used in a particular field. multifaceted (adj) :having many
meticulous (adj) :very careful and aspects; varied; complex;
precise; scrupulous; mundane (adj) :of this world, earthly;
midst (prep) :in the middle of. normal, banal, ordinary;
migrant (adj) :migratory, of that which munificent (adj) :generous, lavish in
moves from one place to another giving
mimic (v) :imitate in order to entertain murky (adj) :dark and gloomy; (of
or ridicule water) dirty or cloudy
minimal (adj) :least possible, smallest;
simple;

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mysterious (adj) :difficult or 2. novelty (n) :innovation; something
impossible to understand, explain, or new;
identify. novice (n) :beginner, inexperienced
myth (n) :a widely held but false belief; person,
a traditional story accepted as history; nuance (n) :shades of meaning; slight
naïve (adj) :lacking experience, difference; subtle difference;
wisdom, or judgment; natural; innocent; numerical (adj) :of or consisting of
naiveté (n) :lack of sophistication or numbers
worldliness; gullibility; innocence; objective (adj) :1.impartial, unbiased;
narcissism (n) :an exceptional interest 2.not dependent on the mind for
in and admiration for yourself; self-love; existence; actual.
narrative (n) :plot; literary work that objurgation (n) :scolding severly,
tells a story; rebuking
nascent (adj) :in the beginning stages obligation(n) :duty; indebtedness;
of existence; newly developed; agreement;
originating; obliquely (adv) :indirectly; not
native (n) :a local inhabitant; existing directly;
at birth, inborn; obscure (adj) :1.vague; dark; 2.hard
need (n) :a state of extreme poverty; to understand; 3.not important or well-
shortage; necessity, requirement; known;
negligent (adj) :neglectful; inattentive, obsequious (adj) :overly attentive;
careless; fawning; servile
nesting (n) :process of making a place obsolete (adj) :no longer produced or
homey; used; out of date.
nettle (v) :annoy; irritate; obstacle(n) :obstruction, impediment,
neutral (adj) :1.impartial; 2.of no hindrance
particular kind or character; obviate (v) :1. remove (a need or
neutralize (v) :make ineffective by difficulty); 2. prevent; avoid;
applying an opposite force or effect. obvious(adj) :clear; apparent;
nomadic (adj) :wandering; occasional (adj) :infrequent; occurring
nonexistent (adj) :not having from time to time;
existence; lacking, missing; offset (v) :compensate; balance;
nontrivial (adj) :requiring real thought olfactory (adj) :related to sense of
or significant computing power smell
normative (adj) :standard, normal omniscience (n) :knowing everything.
notable (adj) :remarkable, noteworthy; omnivorous (adj) :eating meat and
famous; vegetation;
notation (n) :system of symbols used onetime (adj) :erstwhile; former; at
to mark something (e.g. musical some time in the past;
notation); opaque (adj) :not transparent; not
notoriety(n) :famous for some bad clear; dull; stupid
quality or deed; opportune (adj) :especially convenient
notwithstanding (conj) : although, or appropriate;
despite the fact that; organization (n) :systematic
novel (adj) :1.adj.new; strange; arrangement of elements;

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orient (v) :direct; place in a particular paradigm (n) :model, ideal; mold,
position; become familiar with; form; example, pattern
originate (v) :begin; be created; paradox (n) :statement that seems to
develop; be born; be self-contradictory;
orthodox (adj) :1. conforming with parallel (v) : be equal; correspond, be
traditional or generally accepted beliefs; similar, be analogous;
conventional, normal; partiality (n) :bias, prejudice;
orthographical (adj) :the conventional preference;
spelling system of a language; partially (adv) :1.n. in an incomplete
outmoded (adj) :out-of-date; old- manner, partly; 2.in a biased manner;
fashioned; partisan (adj) :devoted, zealously
outnumber (v) :exceed in number supportive, biased;
outspoken (adj) :frank in stating one's partisanship (n) :siding with a
opinions. particular faction; support or
outstrip (v) :exceed; surpass; excel; endorsement
overestimate (v) :overrate, overvalue; passive (adj) :submissive, unresisting ;
overlap (v) :1.v.have something in indifferent, disinterested; detached;
common; 2.n. something that is patent (adj) :1.clear; obvious, evident;
superimposed 2. ingenious, innovative
overlook (v) :1.fail to notice, ignore; patriarch (n) :male head of a church or
2.look over; a family;
overrate (v) :rate more highly than is patronage (n) :sponsorship; support;
deserved. clientele
overshadow (v) :1.obscure; cause to pattern (n) :shape; sample; model;
be shadowed; 2. make something less mold;
important paucity (n) :scarcity, scantiness;
oversimplify (v) :simplify excessively, fewness
simplify too much peculiarity (n) :oddness, strangeness;
overturn (v) :subdue; defeat; turn peddle (v) :sell; sell (an illegal drug or
over; overthrow; stolen item);
overwhelm(v) :1.defeat completely; pedestrian (adj) :unimaginative;
overpower; 2. give too much of boring; dull;
something to pellucid (adj) :clear in meaning,
painstaking (adj) :careful; meticulous; understandable;
conscientious; penitential (adj) :feeling or showing
paleontologist (n) : geologist who sorrow and regret for having done
researches geological periods through wrong.
the study of fossils perception (n) :1.n.sense, feeling,
panache (n) :flamboyant style or intuition; understanding; 2.perceptual
manner; self-confidence; (adj): insightful, intuitive;
pandemic (adj) :extensive, perennial (adj) :lasting for a long
comprehensive; universal, general; time; enduring;
widely epidemic; perforated (adj) :pierced; holed,
panned (v) :criticize; having holes
papyrus (n) :paper reed; perfunctory (adj) :superficial, cursory;
reckless; that lacks enthusiasm;

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peripheral (adj) :1.marginal; external; pithy (adj) :succinct, terse; brief and
exterior; 2.secondary; meaningful
pernicious (adj) :malignant; placid (adj) :calm and peaceful; not
damaging, harmful; easily upset;
perpetuate (v) :cause to continue plastic (adj) :1.flexible, pliant; easily
indefinitely. shaped ; 2. artificial;
perseverance (n) :persistent plausible (adj) :apparently reasonable
determination; and valid; believable;
persistent (adj) :tenacious; plight (n) :dangerous, difficult, or
persevering; constant; otherwise unfortunate situation.
personify (v) :give human qualities to ploddingly (adv) :working slowly and
an inhuman object; embody, typify; methodically; working diligently;
perspective (n) :viewpoint, outlook; plutocratic (adj) :wealthy; aristocratic;
vista, view; poised (adj) :composed and elegant ;
pertain (v) :belong to; relate, refer self-assured.
pertinacious (adj) :stubborn; polarize (v) :separate into opposing
persistent. groups, contrapose;
perturbation (n) :anxiety; uneasiness; polemical (adj) :controversial,
peruse (v) :read or examine thoroughly quarrelsome, disputatious
or carefully; politic (adj) :sensible, wise; clever
pervasive (adj) :spread throughout; political (adj) :1.pertaining to politics;
penetrating; 2.politicize (v) :give a political
pessimism (n) :lack of hope or character to;
confidence in the future. populous (adj) :having a large
phenomena (n) :event or circumstance population.
that can be observed; something portentous (adj) :1.prophesying bad
unusual; events; 2.amazing; exemplary;
phenomenal (adj) :extraordinary; 3.pompous
perceived by the senses; portrait (n) :a painting of a person's
phlegmatic (adj) :unemotional and face
stolidly calm; apathetic; portrayal (n) :description, depiction;
phonetic (adj) :of or relating to speech describe in a particular way.
sounds; possess (v) :control, hold; have as a
phony (adj) :fake, fraudulent, not quality; own;
authentic posthumous (adj) :after death;
physiological (adj) :pertaining to the posture (n) :an approach or attitude
function of body parts towards something; position;
picturesque (adj) :visually attractive; posturing (adj) :pretentious display of
pretty as a picture; vivid; manners; posing, positioning
piety (n) :devoutness, orthodoxy; potential (adj) :1.expected; in
religiousness; prospect;2. potentiality (n): strength
pioneering (adj) :initial, first, that is not visible;
innovative, initiating; pragmatism (n) :a practical approach
piously (adv) :self-righteously, to problems and affairs
hypocritically; in an orthodox manner, precarious (adj) :dangerous;
traditionally; uncertain; unstable;

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precede (v) :come or go before in time, prickly (adj) :ready to take offence;
order, or position very irritable;
precedence (n) :the condition of primacy (n) :pre-eminence;
preceding others in importance, order, supremacy;
or rank primed (adj) :1.ready; prepared; 2.
precise (v) :exact; meticulous; satisfied, satiated;
exacting; primeval (adj) :primordial, ancient,
preclude (v) :prevent ;make primitive;
impossible, especially beforehand pristine (adj) :1.pure; 2.unrefined,
precursor (n) :an indication of the unspoiled
approach of something or someone; probate (n) :official certification of the
predate (v) :occur prior to; establish validity of a last will ;
something as being earlier relative to probity (n) :honesty and decency;
something else problematic (adj) :troublesome,
predecessor (n) :one who came before presenting a problem, presenting a
(in a job, etc.); ancestor; difficulty
predicament (n) :difficult situation; prodigality (n) :wastefully
unpleasant situation; extravagant; lavish
predominant (adj) :superior, prodigious (adj) :remarkably or
supreme; prevalent, widespread; impressively large; amazing;
preeminence (n) :high status prodigy (n) :genius ;exceptional
importance owing to marked superiority; talented child;
prejudice (n) :preconceived opinion, productive (adj) :yielding positive
bias; results; generative;
premature (adj) :untimely, before the profligate (adj) :recklessly extravagant
proper time; hasty; or wasteful; licentious;
premise (n) :basic assumption, profound (adj) :deep, very great or
presupposition intense; showing great knowledge or
prescient (adj) :having knowledge of insight;
events before they take place. profundity (n) :great depth of insight
presume (v) :1.assume, take for or knowledge; reconditeness;
granted; 2.presumed (adj) : supposed, prolixity (n) : (of speech or writing)
expected tediously lengthy.
presumptuous (adj) :arrogant, prominence (n) :1.eminence; fame,
excessively forward; notoriety; protrusion; 2.prominent
presupposition (n) :early assumption, (adj): important, eminent;
previous presumption promulgate (v) :promote or make
preternatural (adj) :beyond what is widely known
normal or natural; supernatural; prone (v) :1.having a tendency (to);2.
prevailing (adj) :common, lying face down;
predominant, current pronounce (v) :speak, or utter in a
prevalence (n) :1.predominance; certain way;declare;hold;
2.prevalent (adj) : widespread, propaganda (n) :information spread in
predominant; order to promote a particular goal
prevarication (n) :speak or act propel (v) :push, drive; move forward
evasively; lie, mislead;

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prophetic (adj) :of prediction; rationalize (v) :attempt to justify (an
forecasting action or attitude) with logical
propped up :supported; leaning, held reasoning;
up realization (n) :1.accomplishment;
prosaic (adj) :commonplace; boring; achievement;2. awareness,
unromantic. understanding
prosecute (v) :bring a criminal action reasonable (adj) :logical; wise; likely,
against; credible;
protagonist (n) :the leading character reassess (v) :reevaluate, estimate
in a drama, film, or novel; champion; again,
protected (adj) :defended, sheltered recalcitrant (adj) :obstinately
province (n) :district, division; region, uncooperative; stubborn; rebellious;
area; recapitulate (v) :summarize, conclude,
provoke (v) :irritate, annoy; incite, sum up
instigate; stimulate, arouse; receptive (adj) :1.accepting; open to
prowess(n) :excellent skill; heroism; suggestions; 2. recipient (n) ; receiver,
courage; one who accepts;
proximity (n) :nearness, closeness; reconcile(v) : 1. to restore to
proxy (n) :power to act of behalf of friendship or harmony; 2. make
another person; substitute; compatible with; 3. adapt;
pseudonymous (adj) :written under a recondite (adj) : (of a subject or
false name knowledge) obscure.
publicize (v) :advertise, make public; recrudescent (adj) :breaking out
pugnacious (adj) :inclined to fight, again; recurring.
combative, quarrelsome; redundant (adj) :exceeding what is
put to rest :not think or worry about it necessary or normal; superfluous;
any more; unnecessary;
qualify (n) :1.limit, restrict; 2.certify; referenda (n) :poll of an entire
3.modify; 4.qualified (adj) : limited; population, referral of a vote to the
competent; entire electorate
qualitative (adj) :involving distinctions refined (adj) :purified, distilled;
based on qualities; opposite to cultivated, having fine manners or style
quantitative; reflect (v) :reflect deeply on a subject;
questionable(adj) : dubious, doubtful; manifest or bring back;
debatable, controversial reform (v/n) :1.v.amend;improve;
quirkiness (n) :a strange attitude or 2.n.a campaign aimed to correct abuses
habit refrain(v) : not do something; abstain;
quixotic (adj) :impractically idealistic refute (v) :rebut, disprove, prove false;
or fanciful. regret (v) :feel sorrow, feel remorseful,
radical (adj) :revolutionary; (used of rue
opinions and actions) far beyond the reigning (adj) :exercising power or
norm; fundamental; authority; ruling; prevailing;
rational (adj) :1.logical, reasonable; rein (v) :control, restrain;
intelligent; 2. rationality (n) : reinforce (v) :strengthen or support;
sensibleness relentless (adj) :constant; never-
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relevance (n) :relatedness, state of reverberant (adj) :resounding,
being connected to the current subject; echoing, resonant
relinquish (v) :surrender, give up; reverence (n) :veneration, sense of
forsake, abandon deep respect;
reluctance (n) :1.unwillingness or revive (v) :reactivate, bring back to
aversion to do something;2. reluctant life;
(adj) :hesitant, unwilling revolutionary (adj) :radically new or
remarkable (adj) :extraordinary or different, innovative
striking; rhetoric (n) :the art of effective or
remedial (adj) :serving to fix, persuasive speaking or writing
corrective; designed to improve one's rid (v) :free from; remove, take away;
skills rife (adj) :widespread; plentiful;
renaissance (n) :rebirth, renewal; the rigidity (n) :inflexibility; strictness,
revival of art and literature severity
renewed(adj) :refreshed, new; ritual (n) :any customary observance
reorientation (n) :change the focus or or practice
direction of. rival (n) :competitor, opponent;
replicate (v) :make an exact copy of; robust (adj) :strong; healthy;
reproduce vigorous;
repression (n) :suppression of row (n) :argument, quarrel; ruckus
undesirable feelings, urges or memories; ruinous (adj) :destroyed, dilapidated;
repudiate (v) :reject, disavow; disown; disastrous
deny, refuse; rumination (n) :think deeply about
requisite (adj) :required, essential, something.
necessary, needed salubrious (adj) :healthy; pleasant;
reside (v) :dwell; rest in, exist within sanguine (adj) :optimistic, hopeful;
residual (adj) :leftover, remaining; certain;
resolute (adj) :determined; sartorial(adj) :relating to tailoring,
unwavering; clothes, or style of dress.
restive (adj) :nervous, uneasy, scandalous (adj) :outrageous,
restless; uncontrollable shocking; shameful;
restrain (v) :curb, hinder; arrest; scant (adj) :lacking, having an
repress, subdue inadequate supply;
restrict (v) :.limit, regulate, curb; scarce (adj) :rare, not abundant, in
2.restricted (adj) : limited ; short supply;
3.restrictive (adj) ; imposing limits; scathing (adj) :causing damage;
resurgent (adj) :rising again; severe, harsh;
experiencing rebirth; scheme (v) :design; plot; form plots in
reticent (adj) :untalkative, reserved, an underhand manner;
self-effacing; schism(n) :split; division of a group
retrospection (n) :1.reference to into opposing factions;
things past;2. retrospective (adj) : of scholarship (n) :profound scholarly
contemplation of past events knowledge; learning;
reveal (v) :disclose; cause or allow to scrupulous (adj) :diligent, thorough,
be seen and attentive to details; religious;

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scrutinize (v) :examine or inspect slavery (n) :state of being a slave,
closely and thoroughly bondage; hard work;
secular (adj) :not religious, not slight (v) :1.v.insult, ignore; 2. slight
spiritual; worldly ; (adj) : small, insignificant;
seize (v) : get hold of; capture; take smelt(v) :extract metal from (ore) by
over; this process;
seized on (v) :hurry to take advantage snap (v) : to speak in a curt biting
of; jump on; tone; move abruptly;
self-righteous (adj) :certain that one snappy (adj) :cleverly concise; neat
is totally correct or morally superior; and stylish; irritable;
hypocritically pious; snare (v) :entrap, entangle, capture
semantic (adj) :of the study of the solicitous (adj) :showing interest or
meaning and use of words and phrases concern; eager or anxious to do
sensational (adj) :exciting, thrilling; something
dramatic; sophisticated (adj):ahead in
sensory (adj) :pertaining to the development; complex or intricate;
senses; sensitive; refined; worldly-wise;
serfdom (n) :slavery, indenture, spare (adj/v) :1.adj. simple; lacking
bondage; in quantity; thin ; 2. spare (v) : save,
settled (adj) :decided beyond dispute use frugally; handle gently:
or doubt; resolved; sparing (adj) :economical, frugal;
sham (adj) :1.adj.deceptive; feigned; meager, limited;
2.v. trick, deceive; specific (adj) :special, unique; precise;
shield (v) :protect, guard; cover; limited;
shirk (v) :avoid work; spectrum (n) :broad range of
shore up:support; prop up; connected colors, ideas or events
shortsighted (adj) :lacking foresight or speculate (v) :create a theory;
scope; myopic; improvident; hypothesize; reflect, ponder;
shrewdness (n) :cleverness, spiritual (adj) :unworldly; immaterial;
craftiness; intelligence; religious; sacred;
significant (adj) :important, sporadically (adv) :in an irregular
consequential; meaningful; of a manner, fitfully, randomly
considerable amount spotlight(n) :a focus of public
simplistic (adj) :oversimplified, attention; limelight;
unrealistically simple; spurious (adj) :false, artificial;
simulate (v) :imitate, copy; pretend, intended to deceive;
fake stabilize (v) :make or become stable
simultaneous (adj): occurring at the stained (adj) :tarnished (especially of
same time; concurrent; reputation);discolored;
skeptic (adj) :skeptical, doubtful, stance (n) :physical position or bearing
questioning the validity of claims; while standing; opinion
2.n.one who doubts standing (n) :status, reputation;
sketchy (adj) :not thorough or duration;
detailed; incomplete; startling (adj) :very surprising or
skittish (adj) :nervous; shy; lively; remarkable; alarming;
slander (v) :defame, vilify, malign static (adj) :motionless; unchanging;

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statistic (n) :a datum (fact) that can be subtly (adv) :in a subtle and delicate
represented numerically manner;
statuary (adj) :of or pertaining to a subvert (v) :1.overthrow, destroy;
statue 2.subversion (n) :undermine the power
steadfastly (adv) :loyally, faithfully; and authority of;
without change, steadily succeed (v) :take the place of; inherit;
stigmatize(v) :regard as worthy of follow, prosper;
disgrace; denounce; suffrage (n) :right to vote;
stimulation (n) :arousal, invigorating; suggest (v) :imply, hint; evoke, call to
motivation mind; propose;
stinginess (n) :quality of being summarize (v) :give a brief statement
miserly, parsimoniousness; of the main points of
straightforward (adj) :simple, sunny (adj) :cheerful; bright and
uncomplicated; frank; sincere; honest; pleasant;
strategic (adj) :based on strategy, superfluous (adj) :being more than is
designed to achieve a goal; needed, excessive; unnecessary
strategy (n) :plan designed to achieve supersede (v) :supplant, replace;
a particular long-term aim. make useless
strife (n) :plan designed to achieve a supine (adj) :1.lying on the back;
particular long-term aim. 2.passive, indifferent; indolence;
strikingly (adv) :in a remarkable supplant (v) :supersede and replace
manner, conspicuously suppressed (adj) :stopped by force;
stripped down: lacking any extra repressed, stifled; blocked;
features; simple; surmount (v) :overcome, conquer,
strive(v) :try hard; compete; struggle; triumph over;
subcutaneous(adj) :situated under the surpass (v) :be greater or better than;
skin excel;
subjective (adj) :based on or surrogate (adj) :acting as a substitute
influenced by personal bias or feelings; or replacement
existing in the mind; survival (n) :remaining alive;
submissive (adj) :meekly obedient or endurance;
passive; yielding; susceptible (adj) :1.vulnerable;
subordination (n) :state of being yielding readily; 2. easily impressed
under the authority of another; emotionally
subsequent (adj) :1.following, sustain (v) :1.support, strengthen; 2.
happening after; 2. subsequently (adv) withstand; 3. maintain; 4. uphold;
:following; sway (v) :1.influence, affect the opinion
subset (n) :set whose components are or actions of; 2.swing to and fro;
contained within another set sweeping (adj) :overwhelming;
substantial (adj) :considerable ; extensive, general, having a wide range;
important; essential; sympathetic (adj) :compassionate,
substantiate (v) :provide evidence to concerned, understanding
support or prove the truth of. synchronize (v) :cause to occur or
subtle (adj) :1. be difficult to detect or operate at the same time or rate.
grasp by the mind; 2. delicate; 2. synoptic (adj) :presenting a summary
shrewd; 3. cunning; or general view of a whole;

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syntax (n) :1.study of sentence thwart (v) :frustrate, foil, prevent,
structure (grammar); 2.syntactic (adj) impede;
:conforming to the rules of syntax timely (adj) :opportune, well-timed,
synthesize (v) :combine into a convenient;
coherent whole; unify; produce by timorous (adj) :lacking in courage or
synthesis; confidence; nervous;
taciturn (adj) :1.reserved or token (n/adj) :1.n.symbol, emblem;
uncommunicative in speech; 2. 2.adj.nominal, symbolic, perfunctory
taciturnity (n) : the trait of being tolerance (n) :endurance, broad-
uncommunicative; mindedness;
tactless (adj) :having or showing a tortuous (adj) :1. full of twists and
lack of tact (skill). turns; 2. Excessively lengthy and
tailor (v) :make or alter a garment; complex;
create or adapt for a particular need ; tracing (n) :following, tracking;
take issue with :challenge traditional (adj) :conventional;
tale (n) :1.story; rumor; 2.lie, orthodox;
falsehood trail (n) :track, footprints; path, way;
tar (v) :1.to defile , stain; 2. tarnish trait (n) :quality, characteristic
(v) : make less valuable or respected; tranquil (adj) :1.quiet, calm;
tawdry (adj) :tastelessly showy; cheap 2.tranquility(n) : quietness, calmness
and sordid; transcend (v) :excel, rise above, go
tedious (adj) :tiresome; boring, beyond;
dreary, routine; transform (v) :change, transmute,
temperance (n) :moderation; metamorphose
abstinence from alcoholic beverages transient (adj) :temporary,
tempo (n) :rhythm, beat impermanent
temporal (adj) :of or pertaining to transition(n) : the process or a period
time; temporary; mundane; worldly; of changing from one state or condition
secular; to another.
tendentious (adj) :marked by a transitory (adj) :not permanent;
tendency in favor of a particular point of short-lived;
view; biased transparent (adj) :clear, see-through,
tenuous (adj) :thin, very slender or easily understood
fine. treacherous (adj) :tending to betray;
terse(adj) :concise, succinct, curt, dangerously unstable and unpredictable
short trifling (adj) :insignificant, worthless,
theatrical (adj) :excessively dramatic; trivial
affected trigger (v) :precipitate, initiate;
thorny (adj) :causing difficulty; activate;
problematic. trite (adj) :hackneyed, unoriginal,
threshold (n) :lower limit; edge; verge, stereotyped;
beginning; door step; triumph (n) :victory, success,
thrift (adj) :saving, economizing achievement
thrilling (adj) :causing a surge of trivial (adj) :of little value;
emotion or excitement; unimportant;
thrive (v) :prosper; flourish;

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typical (adj) :characteristic, conforming unforeseeable (adj) :not anticipated
to the expected, standard; or predicted.
ubiquitous: present everywhere; unguided (adj) :not guided or directed
universal; widespread; unimpeded (adj) :not obstructed or
ultimately (adv) :in the end, hindered.
eventually; unintelligible (adj) :impossible to
unadorned (adj) :plain, simple, not understand.
adorned unique (adj) :singular, matchless,
unaffected (adj) :sincere and genuine; unequaled, rare; one of a kind
natural; not affected; universal (adj) :worldwide,
unaware (adj) :unknowing, uninformed comprehensive, all-inclusive, total,
uncritically (adv) :not critical; lacking general
in discrimination unjustified (adj) :lacking justification
uncultivated (adj) : 1. not prepared or authorization; unwarranted;
for raising crops; 2.not highly educated unlikely (adv) :improbably, doubtfully,
undemonstrative (adj) :not tending to implausibly
express feelings, especially of affection, unlimited (adj) :infinite, unrestricted;
openly. limitless;
undercut (v) :weaken, undermine; unprecedented (adj) :never done or
underline (v) :underscore; emphasize known before; novel;
underlying (adj) :lying beneath; unpremeditated(adj) : unplanned;
fundamental, basic; implicit; spontaneous;
undermine (v) :slowly weaken; unpretentious (adj) :not pretentious;
sabotage, subvert modest.
underrate (v) :underestimate, unpropitious (adj) :unfavorable;
undervalue, belittle unqualified (adj) :1. not limited or
underscore (v)emphasize; stress, restricted, absolute ;2. incompetent
underline unrealized (adj) :not achieved or
understated (adj) :presented or created; not fulfilled
expressed in a subtle and effective way; unreceptive (adj) :not ready to accept,
understatement (n) :a statement that not open to new ideas;
is restrained ; unremarkable (adj) :common,
undertake (v) :receive responsibility ordinary, not particularly interesting or
for a task; guarantee surprising;
undiminished (adj) :not made smaller, unresolved (adj) :not solved, not
not reduced; settled
undue (adj) :excessive, unrestrained(adj) :uncontrolled,
disproportionate; improper; not owed unchecked, unbridled, uninhibited
unenlightened (adj) :ignorant; unseemly (adj) :improper, indecorous,
uneducated; inappropriate
uneven (adj) :rough, bumpy; unsophisticated (adj) :not
unbalanced; varying; unfair; complicated or highly developed; basic;
unexceptional(adj) : not out of the unrefined;
ordinary; usual. unsound (adj) :not holding acceptable
unfamiliar (adj) :not well-known; views; not safe ; in poor condition;
different, unusual

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unsparing: 1.merciless, severe, cruel; vividly (adv) :brightly; graphically; in a
2.generous, not stingy lively manner
unsubstantiated (adj) :not supported vocal (adj) :spoken, oral; outspoken;
or proven by evidence. vociferous (adj) :loud, noisy,
unsustainable (adj) :not able to be clamorous; vehement;
upheld or defended. volubility (n) :speaking or spoken
untenable (adj) :undefendable; fluently;
incapable of being defended or justified vulnerable (adj) :unprotected;
untutored (adj) :untrained, exposed; susceptible
unprepared, uneducated warrant (n) :authorization; license;
unusual (adj) :uncommon, irregular justification; empowerment;
unwieldy (adj) :unmanageable; clumsy warring (adj) :fighting, battling
upheaval (n) :a violent or sudden wary (adj) :1.cautious, suspicious
change or disruption; ;2.wariness (n) :caution, heedfulness,
uproot(v) :pull (a plant, tree, etc.) out watchfulness
of the ground; eradicate; whet (v) :sharpen; awaken, stimulate
urchin(n) :poor and mischievous child; widespread (adj) :common, popular,
utterly (adv) :thoroughly, entirely, extensive, prevalent;
completely, totally wilderness (n) :forest; desert; a wild
vanquish (v) :1.defeat thoroughly.; 2. and uninhabited area
vanquished (adj) : defeated in combat willed (adj) :having a will of a
varied (adj) :different, diverse; of particular nature (i.e. strong-willed);
different kinds; changing deliberate;
veil (n/v) :cover; hide withdrawal (n) :revoking, retraction;
venal (adj) :1.characterized by bribery; resignation;
corrupt;2. venality (n) : corruption; withering (adj) :1.wilting, fading;
venture (v) :undertake a risky or 2.causing someone to be ashamed
daring journey woe (n) :pain, deep sorrow;
venue(n) :the scene of any event or misfortune, grief;
action; locale; worldly (adj) :materialistic ; not
vestigial (adj) :not fully developed ; of spiritual; sophisticated; earthly;
a remnant; mundane;
vexation (n) :anger produced by some wrought on: exert influence on
annoying irritation yearn (v) :desire, long, crave; miss
viable (adj) :capable of working someone or something
successfully; feasible; livable; zeal (n) :excitement; fervor, passion;
vice versa (adv) :the opposite, the jealousy
relation being reversed; conversely;
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