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- abase v. To lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade. ← Many vocabulary words, such as degrade, are repeated in definitions for double learning.
- abbess n. The lady superior of a nunnery.
- abbey n. The group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns. Free SAT prep math notes below vocabulary ↓
- abbot n. The superior of a community of monks.
- abdicate v. To give up (royal power or the like).
- abdomen n. In mammals, the visceral cavity between the diaphragm and the pelvic floor; the belly.
- abdominal n. Of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
- abduction n. A carrying away of a person against his will, or illegally.
- abed adv. In bed; on a bed.
- aberration n. Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
- abet v. To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense).
- abeyance n. A state of suspension or temporary inaction.
- abhorrence n. The act of detesting extremely.
- abhorrent adj. Very repugnant; hateful.
- abidance n. An abiding.
- abject adj. Sunk to a low condition.
- abjure v. To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath.
- able-bodied adj. Competent for physical service.
- ablution n. A washing or cleansing, especially of the body.
- abnegate v. To renounce (a right or privilege).
- abnormal adj. Not conformed to the ordinary rule or standard.
- abominable adj. Very hateful.
- abominate v. To hate violently.
- abomination n. A very detestable act or practice.
- aboriginal adj. Primitive; unsophisticated.
- aborigines n. The original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
- aboveboard adv. & adj. Without concealment, fraud, or trickery.
- abrade v. To wear away the surface or some part of by friction.
- abrasion n. That which is rubbed off.
- abridge v. To make shorter in words, keeping the essential features, leaning out minor particles.
- abridgment n. A condensed form as of a book or play.
- abrogate v. To abolish, repeal.
- abrupt adj. Beginning, ending, or changing suddenly or with a break.
- abscess n. A Collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
- abscission n. The act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
- abscond v. To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest.
- absence n. The fact of not being present or available.
- absent-minded adj. Lacking in attention to immediate surroundings or business.
- absolution n. Forgiveness, or passing over of offenses.
- absolve v. To free from sin or its penalties.
- absorb v. To drink in or suck up, as a sponge absorbs water.
- absorption n. The act or process of absorbing.
- abstain v. To keep oneself back (from doing or using something).
- abstemious adj. Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food.
- abstinence n. Self denial.
- abstruse adj. Dealing with matters difficult to be understood.
- absurd adj. Inconsistent with reason or common sense.
- abundant adj. Plentiful.
- abusive adj. Employing harsh words or ill treatment.
- abut v. To touch at the end or boundary line.
- abyss n. Bottomless gulf.
- academic adj. Of or pertaining to an academy, college, or university.
- academician n. A member of an academy of literature, art, or science.
- academy n. Any institution where the higher branches of learning are taught.
- accede v. To agree.
- accelerate v. To move faster.
- accept v. To take when offered.
- access n. A way of approach or entrance; passage.
- accessible adj. Approachable.
- accession n. Induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
- accessory n. A person or thing that aids the principal agent.
- acclaim v. To utter with a shout.
- accommodate v. To furnish something as a kindness or favor.
- accompaniment n. A subordinate part or parts, enriching or supporting the leading part.
- accompanist n. One who or that which accompanies.
- accompany v. To go with, or be associated with, as a companion.
- accomplice n. An associate in wrong-doing.
- accomplish v. To bring to pass.
- accordion n. A portable free-reed musical instrument.
- accost v. To speak to.
- account n. A record or statement of receipts and expenditures, or of business transactions.
- accouter v. To dress.
- accredit v. To give credit or authority to.
- accumulate v. To become greater in quantity or number.
- accuracy n. Exactness.
- accurate adj. Conforming exactly to truth or to a standard.
- accursed adj. Doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
- accusation n. A charge of crime, misdemeanor, or error.
- accusatory adj. Of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
- accuse v. To charge with wrong doing, misconduct, or error.
- accustom v. To make familiar by use.
- acerbity n. Sourness, with bitterness and astringency.
- acetate n. A salt of acetic acid.
- acetic adj. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of vinegar.
- ache v. To be in pain or distress.
- Achillean adj. Invulnerable.
- achromatic adj. Colorless,
- acid n. A sour substance.
- acidify v. To change into acid.
- acknowledge v. To recognize; to admit the genuineness or validity of.
- acknowledgment n. Recognition.
- acme n. The highest point, or summit.
- acoustic adj. Pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
- acquaint v. To make familiar or conversant.
- acquiesce v. To comply; submit.
- acquiescence n. Passive consent.
- acquire v. To get as one's own.
- acquisition n. Anything gained, or made one's own, usually by effort or labor.
- acquit v. To free or clear, as from accusation.
- acquittal n. A discharge from accusation by judicial action.
- acquittance n. Release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
- acreage n. Quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
- acrid adj. Harshly pungent or bitter.
- acrimonious adj. Full of bitterness.
- acrimony n. Sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
- actionable adj. Affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
- actuality n. Any reality.
- actuary n. An officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
- actuate v. To move or incite to action.
- acumen n. Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination.
- acute adj. Having fine and penetrating discernment.
- adamant n. Any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability.
- addendum n. Something added, or to be added.
- addle v. To make inefficient or worthless; muddle.
- adduce v. To bring forward or name for consideration.
- adhere v. To stick fast or together.
- adherence n. Attachment.
- adherent adj. Clinging or sticking fast.
- adhesion n. The state of being attached or joined.
- adieu inter. Good-by; farewell.
- adjacency n. The state of being adjacent.
- adjacent n. That which is near or bordering upon.
- adjudge v. To award or bestow by formal decision.
- adjunct n. Something joined to or connected with another thing, but holding a subordinate place.
- adjuration n. A vehement appeal.
- adjutant adj. Auxiliary.
- administrator n. One who manages affairs of any kind.
- admissible adj. Having the right or privilege of entry.
- admittance n. Entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
- admonish v. To warn of a fault.
- admonition n. Gentle reproof.
- ado n. unnecessary activity or ceremony.
- adoration n. Profound devotion.
- adroit adj. Having skill in the use of the bodily or mental powers.
- adulterant n. An adulterating substance.
- adulterate v. To make impure by the admixture of other or baser ingredients.
- adumbrate v. To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem.
- advent n. The coming or arrival, as of any important change, event, state, or personage.
- adverse adj. Opposing or opposed.
- adversity n. Misfortune.
- advert v. To refer incidentally.
- advertiser n. One who advertises, especially in newspapers.
- advisory adj. Not mandatory.
- advocacy n. The act of pleading a cause.
- advocate n. One who pleads the cause of another, as in a legal or ecclesiastical court.
- aerial adj. Of, pertaining to, or like the air.
- aeronaut n. One who navigates the air, a balloonist.
- aeronautics n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
- aerostat n. A balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
- aerostatics n. The branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
- affable adj. Easy to approach.
- affect v. To act upon
- affectation n. A studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
- affiliate n. Some auxiliary person or thing.
- affirmative adj. Answering yes; to a question at issue.
- affix v. To fasten.
- affluence n. A profuse or abundant supply of riches.
- affront n. An open insult or indignity.
- afire adv. & adj. On fire, literally or figuratively.
- afoot adv. In progress.
- aforesaid adj. Said in a preceding part or before.
- afresh adv. Once more, after rest or interval.
- afterthought n. A thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
- agglomerate v. To pile or heap together.
- aggrandize v. To cause to appear greatly.
- aggravate v. To make heavier, worse, or more burdensome.
- aggravation n. The fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
- aggregate n. The entire number, sum, mass, or quantity of something.
- aggress v. To make the first attack.
- aggression n. An unprovoked attack.
- aggrieve v. To give grief or sorrow to.
- aghast adj. Struck with terror and amazement.
- agile adj. Able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally.
- agitate v. To move or excite (the feelings or thoughts).
- agrarian adj. Pertaining to land, especially agricultural land.
- aide-de-camp n. An officer who receives and transmits the orders of the general.
- ailment n. Slight sickness.
- airy adj. Delicate, ethereal.
- akin adj. Of similar nature or qualities.
- alabaster n. A white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
- alacrity n. Cheerful willingness.
- albeit conj. Even though.
- albino n. A person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
- album n. A book whose leaves are so made to form paper frames for holding photographs or the like.
- alchemy n. Chemistry of the middle ages, characterized by the pursuit of changing base metals to gold.
- alcohol n. A volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
- alcoholism n. A condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
- alcove n. A covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room.
- alder n. Any shrub or small tree of the genus Alumnus, of the oak family.
- alderman n. A member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
- aldermanship n. The dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
- alias n. An assumed name.
- alien n. One who owes allegiance to a foreign government.
- alienable adj. Capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
- alienate v. To cause to turn away.
- alienation n. Estrangement.
- aliment n. That which nourishes.
- alkali n. Anything that will neutralize an acid, as lime, magnesia, etc.
- allay v. To calm the violence or reduce the intensity of; mitigate.
- allege v. To assert to be true, especially in a formal manner, as in court.
- allegory n. The setting forth of a subject under the guise of another subject of aptly suggestive likeness.
- alleviate v. To make less burdensome or less hard to bear.
- alley n. A narrow street, garden path, walk, or the like.
- alliance n. Any combination or union for some common purpose.
- allot v. To assign a definite thing or part to a certain person.
- allotment n. Portion.
- allude v. To refer incidentally, or by suggestion.
- allusion n. An indirect and incidental reference to something without definite mention of it.
- alluvion n. Flood.
- ally n. A person or thing connected with another, usually in some relation of helpfulness.
- almanac n. A series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
- aloof adv. Not in sympathy with or desiring to associate with others.
- altar n. Any raised place or structure on which sacrifices may be offered or incense burned.
- alter v. To make change in.
- alteration n. Change or modification.
- altercate v. To contend angrily or zealously in words.
- alternate n. One chosen to act in place of another, in case of the absence or incapacity of that other.
- alternative n. Something that may or must exist, be taken or chosen, or done instead of something else.
- altitude n. Vertical distance or elevation above any point or base-level, as the sea.
- alto n. The lowest or deepest female voice or part.
- altruism n. Benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
- altruist n. One who advocates or practices altruism.
- amalgam n. An alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
- amalgamate v. To mix or blend together in a homogeneous body.
- amateur adj. Practicing an art or occupation for the love of it, but not as a profession.
- amatory adj. Designed to excite love.
- ambidextrous adj. Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease.
- ambiguous adj. Having a double meaning.
- ambitious adj. Eagerly desirous and aspiring.
- ambrosial adj. Divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
- ambulance n. A vehicle fitted for conveying the sick and wounded.
- ambulate v. To walk about
- ambush n. The act or state of lying concealed for the purpose of surprising or attacking the enemy.
- ameliorate v. To relieve, as from pain or hardship
- amenable adj. Willing and ready to submit.
- Americanism n. A peculiar sense in which an English word or phrase is used in the United States.
- amicable adj. Done in a friendly spirit.
- amity n. Friendship.
- amorous adj. Having a propensity for falling in love.
- amorphous adj. Without determinate shape.
- amour n. A love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
- ampere n. The practical unit of electric-current strength.
- ampersand n. The character &; and.
- amphibious adj. Living both on land and in water.
- amphitheater n. An edifice of elliptical shape, constructed about a central open space or arena.
- amplitude n. Largeness.
- amply adv. Sufficiently.
- amputate v. To remove by cutting, as a limb or some portion of the body.
- amusement n. Diversion.
- anachronism n. Anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
- anagram n. The letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
- analogous adj. Corresponding (to some other) in certain respects, as in form, proportion, relations.
- analogy n. Reasoning in which from certain and known relations or resemblance others are formed.
- analyst n. One who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
- analyze v. To examine minutely or critically.
- anarchy n. Absence or utter disregard of government.
- anathema n. Anything forbidden, as by social usage.
- anatomy n. That branch of morphology which treats of the structure of organisms.
- ancestry n. One's ancestors collectively.
- anecdote n. A brief account of some interesting event or incident.
- anemia n. Deficiency of blood or red corpuscles.
- anemic adj. Affected with anemia.
- anemometer n. An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
- anesthetic adj. Pertaining to or producing loss of sensation.
- anew adv. Once more.
- angelic adj. Saintly.
- Anglophobia n. Hatred or dread of England or of what is English.
- Anglo-Saxon n. The entire English race wherever found, as in Europe, the United States, or India.
- angular adj. Sharp-cornered.
- anhydrous adj. Withered.
- animadversion n. The utterance of criticism or censure.
- animadvert v. To pass criticism or censure.
- animalcule n. An animal of microscopic smallness.
- animate v. To make alive.
- animosity n. Hatred.
- annalist n. Historian.
- annals n. A record of events in their chronological order, year by year.
- annex v. To add or affix at the end.
- annihilate v. To destroy absolutely.
- annotate v. To make explanatory or critical notes on or upon.
- annual adj. Occurring every year.
- annuity n. An annual allowance, payment, or income.
- annunciation n. Proclamation.
- anode n. The point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
- anonymous adj. Of unknown authorship.
- antagonism n. Mutual opposition or resistance of counteracting forces, principles, or persons.
- Antarctic adj. Pertaining to the south pole or the regions near it.
- ante v. In the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
- antecede v. To precede.
- antecedent n. One who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
- antechamber n. A waiting room for those who seek audience.
- antedate v. To assign or affix a date to earlier than the actual one.
- antediluvian adj. Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah.
- antemeridian adj. Before noon.
- antemundane adj. Pertaining to time before the world's creation.
- antenatal adj. Occurring or existing before birth.
- anterior adj. Prior.
- anteroom n. A room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
- anthology n. A collection of extracts from the writings of various authors.
- anthracite n. Hard coal.
- anthropology n. The science of man in general.
- anthropomorphous adj. Having or resembling human form.
- antic n. A grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
- Antichrist n. Any opponent or enemy of Christ, whether a person or a power.
- anticlimax n. A gradual or sudden decrease in the importance or impressiveness of what is said.
- anticyclone n. An atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
- antidote n. Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, disease, or the like.
- antilogy n. Inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
- antipathize v. To show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
- antiphon n. A response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
- antiphony n. An anthem or other composition sung responsively.
- antipodes n. A place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
- antiquary n. One who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
- antiquate v. To make old or out of date.
- antique adj. Pertaining to ancient times.
- antiseptic n. Anything that destroys or restrains the growth of putrefactive micro-organisms.
- antislavery adj. Opposed to human slavery.
- antispasmodic adj. Tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
- antistrophe n. The inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
- antitoxin n. A substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
- antonym n. A word directly opposed to another in meaning.
- anxious adj. Distressed in mind respecting some uncertain matter.
- apathy n. Insensibility to emotion or passionate feeling.
- aperture n. Hole.
- apex n. The highest point, as of a mountain.
- aphorism n. Proverb.
- apiary n. A place where bees are kept.
- apogee n. The climax.
- apology n. A disclaimer of intentional error or offense.
- apostasy n. A total departure from one's faith or religion.
- apostate adj. False.
- apostle n. Any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
- apothecary n. One who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
- apotheosis n. Deification.
- appall v. To fill with dismay or horror.
- apparent adj. Easily understood.
- apparition n. Ghost.
- appease v. To soothe by quieting anger or indignation.
- appellate adj. Capable of being appealed to.
- appellation n. The name or title by which a particular person, class, or thing is called.
- append v. To add or attach, as something accessory, subordinate, or supplementary.
- appertain v. To belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
- apposite adj. Appropriate.
- apposition n. The act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
- appraise v. To estimate the money value of.
- appreciable adj. Capable of being discerned by the senses or intellect.
- apprehend v. To make a prisoner of (a person) in the name of the law.
- apprehensible adj. Capable of being conceived.
- approbation n. Sanction.
- appropriate adj. Suitable for the purpose and circumstances.
- aqueduct n. A water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
- aqueous adj. Of, pertaining to, or containing water.
- arbiter n. One chosen or appointed, by mutual consent of parties in dispute, to decide matters.
- arbitrary adj. Fixed or done capriciously.
- arbitrate v. To act or give judgment as umpire.
- arbor n. A tree.
- arboreal adj. Of or pertaining to a tree or trees.
- arborescent adj. Having the nature of a tree.
- arboretum n. A botanical garden or place devoted to the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
- arboriculture n. The cultivation of trees or shrubs.
- arcade n. A vaulted passageway or street; a roofed passageway having shops, etc., opening from it.
- archaic adj. Antiquated
- archaism n. Obsolescence.
- archangel n. An angel of high rank.
- archbishop n. The chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the Greek, Roman, and Anglican church.
- archdeacon n. A high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
- archaeology n. The branch of anthropology concerned with the systematic investigation of the relics of man.
- archetype n. A prototype.
- archipelago n. Any large body of water studded with islands, or the islands collectively themselves.
- ardent adj. Burning with passion.
- ardor n. Intensity of passion or affection.
- arid adj. Very dry.
- aristocracy n. A hereditary nobility
- aristocrat n. A hereditary noble or one nearly connected with nobility.
- armada n. A fleet of war-vessels.
- armful n. As much as can be held in the arm or arms.
- armory n. An arsenal.
- aroma n. An agreeable odor.
- arraign v. To call into court, as a person indicted for crime, and demand whether he pleads guilty or not.
- arrange v. To put in definite or proper order.
- arrangement n. The act of putting in proper order, or the state of being put in order.
- arrant adj. Notoriously bad.
- arrear n. Something overdue and unpaid.
- arrival n. A coming to stopping-place or destination.
- arrogant adj. Unduly or excessively proud, as of wealth, station, learning, etc.
- arrogate v. To take, demand, or claim, especially presumptuously or without reasons or grounds.
- Artesian well n. A very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
- artful adj. Characterized by craft or cunning.
- Arthurian adj. Pertaining to King Arthur, the real or legendary hero of British poetic story.
- artifice n. Trickery.
- artless adj. Ingenuous.
- ascendant adj. Dominant.
- ascension n. The act of rising.
- ascent n. A rising, soaring, or climbing.
- ascetic adj. Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion.
- ascribe v. To assign as a quality or attribute.
- asexual adj. Having no distinct sexual organs.
- ashen adj. Pale.
- askance adv. With a side or indirect glance or meaning.
- asperity n. Harshness or roughness of temper.
- aspirant n. One who seeks earnestly, as for advancement, honors, place.
- aspiration n. An earnest wish for that which is above one's present reach.
- aspire v. To have an earnest desire, wish, or longing, as for something high and good, not yet attained.
- assailant n. One who attacks.
- assassin n. One who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
- assassinate v. To kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
- assassination n. Murderer, as by secret assault or treachery.
- assay n. The chemical analysis or testing of an alloy ore.
- assent v. To express agreement with a statement or matter of opinion.
- assess v. To determine the amount of (a tax or other sum to be paid).
- assessor n. An officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
- assets n. pl. Property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
- assiduous adj. Diligent.
- assignee n. One who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
- assimilate v. To adapt.
- assonance n. Resemblance or correspondence in sound.
- assonant adj. Having resemblance of sound.
- assonate v. To accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
- assuage v. To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or disease.
- astringent adj. Harsh in disposition or character.
- astute adj. Keen in discernment.
- atheism n. The denial of the existence of God.
- athirst adj. Wanting water.
- athwart adv. From side to side.
- atomizer n. An apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
- atone v. To make amends for.
- atonement n. Amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
- atrocious adj. Outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
- atrocity n. Great cruelty or reckless wickedness.
- attache n. A subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
- attest v. To certify as accurate, genuine, or true.
- attorney-general n. The chief law-officer of a government.
- auburn adj. Reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
- audacious adj. Fearless.
- audible adj. Loud enough to be heard.
- audition n. The act or sensation of hearing.
- auditory adj. Of or pertaining to hearing or the organs or sense of hearing.
- augment v. To make bigger.
- augur v. To predict.
- Augustinian adj. Pertaining to St. Augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
- aura n. Pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
- aural adj. Of or pertaining to the ear.
- auricle n. One of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
- auricular adj. Of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
- auriferous adj. Containing gold.
- aurora n. A luminous phenomenon in the upper regions of the atmosphere.
- auspice n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
- austere adj. Severely simple; unadorned.
- autarchy n. Unrestricted power.
- authentic adj. Of undisputed origin.
- authenticity n. The state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
- autobiography n. The story of one's life written by himself.
- autocracy n. Absolute government.
- autocrat n. Any one who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence.
- automaton n. Any living being whose actions are or appear to be involuntary or mechanical.
- autonomous adj. Self-governing.
- autonomy n. Self-government.
- autopsy n. The examination of a dead body by dissection to ascertain the cause of death.
- autumnal adj. Of or pertaining to autumn.
- auxiliary n. One who or that which aids or helps, especially when regarded as subsidiary or accessory.
- avalanche n. The fall or sliding of a mass of snow or ice down a mountain-slope, often bearing with it rock.
- avarice n. Passion for getting and keeping riches.
- aver v. To assert as a fact.
- averse adj. Reluctant.
- aversion n. A mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing.
- avert v. To turn away or aside.
- aviary n. A spacious cage or enclosure in which live birds are kept.
- avidity n. Greediness.
- avocation n. Diversion.
- avow v. To declare openly.
- awaken v. To arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
- awry adv. & adj. Out of the proper form, direction, or position.
- aye adv. An expression of assent.
- azalea n. A flowering shrub.
- azure n. The color of the sky.
- Baconian adj. Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon or his system of philosophy.
- bacterium n. A microbe.
- badger v. To pester.
- baffle v. To foil or frustrate.
- bailiff n. An officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
- baize n. A single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
- bale n. A large package prepared for transportation or storage.
- baleful adj. Malignant.
- ballad n. Any popular narrative poem, often with epic subject and usually in lyric form.
- balsam n. A medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
- banal adj. Commonplace.
- barcarole n. A boat-song of Venetian gondoliers.
- barograph n. An instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
- barometer n. An instrument for indicating the atmospheric pressure per unit of surface.
- barring prep. Apart from.
- baritone adj. Having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
- bask v. To make warm by genial heat.
- bass adj. Low in tone or compass.
- baste v. To cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
- baton n. An official staff borne either as a weapon or as an emblem of authority or privilege.
- battalion n. A body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
- batten n. A narrow strip of wood.
- batter n. A thick liquid mixture of two or more materials beaten together, to be used in cookery.
- bauble n. A trinket.
- bawl v. To proclaim by outcry.
- beatify v. To make supremely happy.
- beatitude n. Any state of great happiness.
- beau n. An escort or lover.
- becalm v. To make quiet.
- beck v. To give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
- bedaub v. To smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
- bedeck v. To cover with ornament.
- bedlam n. Madhouse.
- befog v. To confuse.
- befriend v. To be a friend to, especially when in need.
- beget v. To produce by sexual generation.
- begrudge v. To envy one of the possession of.
- belate v. To delay past the proper hour.
- belay v. To make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
- belie v. To misrepresent.
- believe v. To accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
- belittle v. To disparage.
- belle n. A woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
- bellicose adj. Warlike.
- belligerent adj. Manifesting a warlike spirit.
- bemoan v. To lament
- benediction n. a solemn invocation of the divine blessing.
- benefactor n. A doer of kindly and charitable acts.
- benefice n. A church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
- beneficent adj. Characterized by charity and kindness.
- beneficial adj. Helpful.
- beneficiary n. One who is lawfully entitled to the profits and proceeds of an estate or property.
- benefit n. Helpful result.
- benevolence n. Any act of kindness or well-doing.
- benevolent adj. Loving others and actively desirous of their well-being.
- benign adj. Good and kind of heart.
- benignant adj. Benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
- benignity n. Kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
- benison n. Blessing.
- bequeath v. To give by will.
- bereave v. To make desolate with loneliness and grief.
- berth n. A bunk or bed in a vessel, sleeping-car, etc.
- beseech v. To implore.
- beset v. To attack on all sides.
- besmear v. To smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
- bestial adj. Animal.
- bestrew v. To sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
- bestride v. To get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
- bethink v. To remind oneself.
- betide v. To happen to or befall.
- betimes adv. In good season or time.
- betroth v. To engage to marry.
- betrothal n. Engagement to marry.
- bevel n. Any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
- bewilder v. To confuse the perceptions or judgment of.
- bibliomania n. The passion for collecting books.
- bibliography n. A list of the words of an author, or the literature bearing on a particular subject.
- bibliophile n. One who loves books.
- bibulous adj. Fond of drinking.
- bide v. To await.
- biennial n. A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and flowers and fruit the second.
- bier n. A horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
- bigamist n. One who has two spouses at the same time.
- bigamy n. The crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
- bight n. A slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
- bilateral adj. Two-sided.
- bilingual adj. Speaking two languages.
- biograph n. A bibliographical sketch or notice.
- biography n. A written account of one's life, actions, and character.
- biology n. The science of life or living organisms.
- biped n. An animal having two feet.
- birthright n. A privilege or possession into which one is born.
- bitterness n. Acridity, as to the taste.
- blase adj. Sated with pleasure.
- blaspheme v. To indulge in profane oaths.
- blatant adj. Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous.
- blaze n. A vivid glowing flame.
- blazon v. To make widely or generally known.
- bleak adj. Desolate.
- blemish n. A mark that mars beauty.
- blithe adj. Joyous.
- blithesome adj. Cheerful.
- blockade n. The shutting up of a town, a frontier, or a line of coast by hostile forces.
- boatswain n. A subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
- bodice n. A women's ornamental corset-shaped laced waist.
- bodily adj. Corporeal.
- boisterous adj. Unchecked merriment or animal spirits.
- bole n. The trunk or body of a tree.
- bolero n. A Spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
- boll n. A round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
- bolster v. To support, as something wrong.
- bomb n. A hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
- bombard v. To assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
- bombardier n. A person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
- bombast n. Inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
- boorish adj. Rude.
- bore v. To weary by tediousness or dullness.
- borough n. An incorporated village or town.
- bosom n. The breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
- botanical adj. Connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
- botanize v. To study plant-life.
- botany n. The science that treats of plants.
- bountiful adj. Showing abundance.
- Bowdlerize v. To expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by omitting words or passages.
- bowler n. In cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
- boycott v. To place the products or merchandise of under a ban.
- brae n. Hillside.
- braggart n. A vain boaster.
- brandish v. To wave, shake, or flourish triumphantly or defiantly, as a sword or spear.
- bravado n. An aggressive display of boldness.
- bravo interj. Well done.
- bray n. A loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
- braze v. To make of or ornament with brass.
- brazier n. An open pan or basin for holding live coals.
- breach n. The violation of official duty, lawful right, or a legal obligation.
- breaker n. One who trains horses, dogs, etc.
- breech n. The buttocks.
- brethren n. pl. Members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
- brevity n. Shortness of duration.
- bric-a-brac n. Objects of curiosity or for decoration.
- bridle n. The head-harness of a horse consisting of a head-stall, a bit, and the reins.
- brigade n. A body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
- brigadier n. General officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
- brigand n. One who lives by robbery and plunder.
- brimstone n. Sulfur.
- brine n. Water saturated with salt.
- bristle n. One of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
- Britannia n. The United Kingdom of Great Britain.
- Briticism n. A word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of Great Britain or the British.
- brittle adj. Fragile.
- broach v. To mention, for the first time.
- broadcast adj. Disseminated far and wide.
- brogan n. A coarse, heavy shoe.
- brogue n. Any dialectic pronunciation of English, especially that of the Irish people.
- brokerage n. The business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
- bromine n. A dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
- bronchitis n. Inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
- bronchus n. Either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
- brooch n. An article of jewelry fastened by a hinged pin and hook on the underside.
- brotherhood n. Spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
- browbeat v. To overwhelm, or attempt to do so, by stern, haughty, or rude address or manner.
- brusque adj. Somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech.
- buffoon n. A clown.
- buffoonery n. Low drollery, coarse jokes, etc.
- bulbous adj. Of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
- bullock n. An ox.
- bulrush n. Any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
- bulwark n. Anything that gives security or defense.
- bumper n. A cup or glass filled to the brim, especially one to be drunk as a toast or health.
- bumptious adj. Full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit.
- bungle v. To execute clumsily.
- buoyancy n. Power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
- buoyant adj. Having the power or tendency to float or keep afloat.
- bureau n. A chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
- bureaucracy n. Government by departments of men transacting particular branches of public business.
- burgess n. In colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of Maryland or Virginia.
- burgher n. An inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
- burnish v. To make brilliant or shining.
- bursar n. A treasurer.
- bustle v. To hurry.
- butt v. To strike with or as with the head, or horns.
- butte n. A conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
- buttress n. Any support or prop.
- by-law n. A rule or law adopted by an association, a corporation, or the like.
- cabal n. A number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private purpose.
- cabalism n. Superstitious devotion to one's religion.
- cabinet n. The body of men constituting the official advisors of the executive head of a nation.
- cacophony n. A disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
- cadaverous adj. Resembling a corpse.
- cadence n. Rhythmical or measured flow or movement, as in poetry or the time and pace of marching troops.
- cadenza n. An embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
- caitiff adj. Cowardly.
- cajole v. To impose on or dupe by flattering speech.
- cajolery n. Delusive speech.
- calculable adj. That may be estimated by reckoning.
- calculus n. A concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
- callosity n. The state of being hard and insensible.
- callow adj. Without experience of the world.
- calorie n. Amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water 1 degree centigrade.
- calumny n. Slander.
- Calvary n. The place where Christ was crucified.
- Calvinism n. The system of doctrine taught by John Calvin.
- Calvinize v. To teach or imbue with the doctrines of Calvinism.
- came n. A leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
- cameo n. Any small engraved or carved work in relief.
- campaign n. A complete series of connected military operations.
- Canaanite n. A member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of Canaan, or western Palestine.
- canary adj. Of a bright but delicate yellow.
- candid adj. Straightforward.
- candor n. The quality of frankness or outspokenness.
- canine adj. Characteristic of a dog.
- canon n. Any rule or law.
- cant v. To talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity.
- cantata n. A choral composition.
- canto n. One of the divisions of an extended poem.
- cantonment n. The part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
- capacious adj. Roomy.
- capillary n. A minute vessel having walls composed of a single layer of cells.
- capitulate v. To surrender or stipulate terms.
- caprice n. A whim.
- caption n. A heading, as of a chapter, section, document, etc.
- captious adj. Hypercritical.
- captivate v. To fascinate, as by excellence. eloquence, or beauty.
- carcass n. The dead body of an animal.
- cardiac adj. Pertaining to the heart.
- cardinal adj. Of prime or special importance.
- caret n. A sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
- caricature n. a picture or description in which natural characteristics are exaggerated or distorted.
- carnage n. Massacre.
- carnal adj. Sensual.
- carnivorous adj. Eating or living on flesh.
- carouse v. To drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
- carrion n. Dead and putrefying flesh.
- cartilage n. An elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
- cartridge n. A charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
- caste n. The division of society on artificial grounds.
- castigate v. To punish.
- casual adj. Accidental, by chance.
- casualty n. A fatal or serious accident or disaster.
- cataclysm n. Any overwhelming flood of water.
- cataract n. Opacity of the lens of the eye resulting in complete or partial blindness.
- catastrophe n. Any great and sudden misfortune or calamity.
- cathode n. The negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
- Catholicism n. The system, doctrine, and practice of the Roman Catholic Church.
- catholicity n. Universal prevalence or acceptance.
- cat-o-nine-tails n. An instrument consisting of nine pieces of cord, formerly used for flogging in the army and navy.
- caucus n. A private meeting of members of a political party to select candidates.
- causal adj. Indicating or expressing a cause.
- caustic adj. Sarcastic and severe.
- cauterize v. To burn or sear as with a heated iron.
- cede v. To pass title to.
- censor n. An official examiner of manuscripts empowered to prohibit their publication.
- censorious adj. Judging severely or harshly.
- census n. An official numbering of the people of a country or district.
- centenary adj. Pertaining to a hundred years or a period of a hundred years.
- centiliter n. A hundredth of a liter.
- centimeter n. A length of one hundredth of a meter.
- centurion n. A captain of a company of one hundred infantry in the ancient Roman army.
- cereal adj. Pertaining to edible grain or farinaceous seeds.
- ceremonial adj. Characterized by outward form or ceremony.
- ceremonious adj. Observant of ritual.
- cessation n. Discontinuance, as of action or motion.
- cession n. Surrender, as of possessions or rights.
- chagrin n. Keen vexation, annoyance, or mortification, as at one's failures or errors.
- chameleon adj. Changeable in appearance.
- chancery n. A court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
- chaos n. Any condition of which the elements or parts are in utter disorder and confusion.
- characteristic n. A distinctive feature.
- characterize v. To describe by distinctive marks or peculiarities.
- charlatan n. A quack.
- chasm n. A yawning hollow, as in the earth's surface.
- chasten v. To purify by affliction.
- chastise v. To subject to punitive measures.
- chastity n. Sexual or moral purity.
- chateau n. A castle or manor-house.
- chattel n. Any article of personal property.
- check v. To hold back.
- chiffon n. A very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
- chivalry n. The knightly system of feudal times with its code, usages and practices.
- cholera n. An acute epidemic disease.
- choleric adj. Easily provoked to anger.
- choral adj. Pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
- Christ n. A title of Jesus
- christen v. To name in baptism.
- Christendom n. That part of the world where Christianity is generally professed.
- chromatic adj. Belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
- chronology n. The science that treats of computation of time or of investigation and arrangement of events.
- chronometer n. A portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
- cipher v. To calculate arithmetically. (also a noun meaning zero or nothing)
- circulate v. To disseminate.
- circumference n. The boundary-line of a circle.
- circumlocution n. Indirect or roundabout expression.
- circumnavigate v. To sail quite around.
- circumscribe v. To confine within bounds.
- circumspect adj. Showing watchfulness, caution, or careful consideration.
- citadel n. Any strong fortress.
- cite v. To refer to specifically.
- claimant n. One who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
- clairvoyance n. Intuitive sagacity or perception.
- clamorous adj. Urgent in complaint or demand.
- clan n. A tribe.
- clandestine adj. Surreptitious.
- clangor n. Clanking or a ringing, as of arms, chains, or bells; clamor.
- clarify v. To render intelligible.
- clarion n. A small shrill trumpet or bugle.
- classify v. To arrange in a class or classes on the basis of observed resemblance’s and differences.
- clearance n. A certificate from the proper authorities that a vessel has complied with the law and may sail.
- clemency n. Mercy.
- clement adj. Compassionate.
- close-hauled adj. Having the sails set for sailing as close to the wind as possible.
- clothier n. One who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
- clumsy adj. Awkward of movement.
- coagulate v. To change into a clot or a jelly, as by heat, by chemical action, or by a ferment.
- coagulant adj. Producing coagulation.
- coalescence n. The act or process of coming together so as to form one body, combination, or product.
- coalition n. Combination in a body or mass.
- coddle v. To treat as a baby or an invalid.
- codicil n. A supplement adding to, revoking, or explaining in the body of a will.
- coerce v. To force.
- coercion n. Forcible constraint or restraint, moral or physical.
- coercive adj. Serving or tending to force.
- cogent adj. Appealing strongly to the reason or conscience.
- cognate adj. Akin.
- cognizant adj. Taking notice.
- cohere v. To stick together.
- cohesion n. Consistency.
- cohesive adj. Having the property of consistency.
- coincide v. To correspond.
- coincidence n. A circumstance so agreeing with another: often implying accident.
- coincident adj. Taking place at the same time.
- collaborate v. To labor or cooperate with another or others, especially in literary or scientific pursuits.
- collapse v. To cause to shrink, fall in, or fail.
- collapsible adj. That may or can collapse.
- colleague n. An associate in professional employment.
- collective adj. Consisting of a number of persons or objects considered as gathered into a mass, or sum.
- collector n. One who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
- collegian n. A college student.
- collide v. To meet and strike violently.
- collier n. One who works in a coal-mine.
- collision n. Violent contact.
- colloquial adj. Pertaining or peculiar to common speech as distinguished from literary.
- colloquialism n. Form of speech used only or chiefly in conversation.
- colloquy n. Conversation.
- collusion n. A secret agreement for a wrongful purpose.
- colossus n. Any strikingly great person or object.
- comely adj. Handsome.
- comestible adj. Fit to be eaten.
- comical adj. Funny.
- commemorate v. To serve as a remembrance of.
- commentary n. A series of illustrative or explanatory notes on any important work.
- commingle v. To blend.
- commissariat n. The department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
- commission v. To empower.
- commitment n. The act or process of entrusting or consigning for safe-keeping.
- committal n. The act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
- commodity n. Something that is bought and sold.
- commotion n. A disturbance or violent agitation.
- commute v. To put something, especially something less severe, in place of.
- comparable adj. Fit to be compared.
- comparative adj. Relative.
- comparison n. Examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
- compensate v. To remunerate.
- competence n. Adequate qualification or capacity.
- competent adj. Qualified.
- competitive adj. characterized by rivalry.
- competitor n. A rival.
- complacence n. Satisfaction with one's acts or surroundings.
- complacent adj. Pleased or satisfied with oneself.
- complaisance n. Politeness.
- complaisant adj. Agreeable.
- complement v. To make complete.
- complex adj. Complicated.
- compliant adj. Yielding.
- complicate v. To make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
- complication n. An intermingling or combination of things or parts, especially in a perplexing manner.
- complicity n. Participation or partnership, as in wrong-doing or with a wrong-doer.
- compliment v. To address or gratify with expressions of delicate praise.
- component n. A constituent element or part.
- comport v. To conduct or behave (oneself).
- composure n. Calmness.
- comprehensible adj. Intelligible.
- comprehension n. Ability to know.
- comprehensive adj. Large in scope or content.
- compress v. To press together or into smaller space.
- compressible adj. Capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
- compression n. Constraint, as by force or authority.
- comprise v. To consist of.
- compulsion n. Coercion.
- compulsory adj. Forced.
- compunction n. Remorseful feeling.
- compute v. To ascertain by mathematical calculation.
- concede v. To surrender.
- conceit n. Self-flattering opinion.
- conceive v. To form an idea, mental image or thought of.
- concerto n. A musical composition.
- concession n. Anything granted or yielded, or admitted in response to a demand, petition, or claim.
- conciliate v. To obtain the friendship of.
- conciliatory adj. Tending to reconcile.
- conclusive adj. Sufficient to convince or decide.
- concord n. Harmony.
- concordance n. Harmony.
- concur v. To agree.
- concurrence n. Agreement.
- concurrent adj. Occurring or acting together.
- concussion n. A violent shock to some organ by a fall or a sudden blow.
- condensation n. The act or process of making dense or denser.
- condense v. To abridge.
- condescend v. To come down voluntarily to equal terms with inferiors.
- condolence n. Expression of sympathy with a person in pain, sorrow, or misfortune.
- conduce v. To bring about.
- conducive adj. Contributing to an end.
- conductible adj. Capable of being conducted or transmitted.
- conduit n. A means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
- confectionery n. The candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
- confederacy n. A number of states or persons in compact or league with each other, as for mutual aid.
- confederate n. One who is united with others in a league, compact, or agreement.
- confer v. To bestow.
- conferee n. A person with whom another confers.
- confessor n. A spiritual advisor.
- confidant n. One to whom secrets are entrusted.
- confide v. To reveal in trust or confidence.
- confidence n. The state or feeling of trust in or reliance upon another.
- confident adj. Assured.
- confinement n. Restriction within limits or boundaries.
- confiscate v. To appropriate (private property) as forfeited to the public use or treasury.
- conflagration n. A great fire, as of many buildings, a forest, or the like.
- confluence n. The place where streams meet.
- confluent n. A stream that unites with another.
- conformance n. The act or state or conforming.
- conformable adj. Harmonious.
- conformation n. General structure, form, or outline.
- conformity n. Correspondence in form, manner, or use.
- confront v. To encounter, as difficulties or obstacles.
- congeal v. To coagulate.
- congenial adj. Having kindred character or tastes.
- congest v. To collect into a mass.
- congregate v. To bring together into a crowd.
- coniferous adj. Cone-bearing trees.
- conjecture n. A guess.
- conjoin v. To unite.
- conjugal adj. Pertaining to marriage, marital rights, or married persons.
- conjugate adj. Joined together in pairs.
- conjugation n. The state or condition of being joined together.
- conjunction n. The state of being joined together, or the things so joined.
- connive v. To be in collusion.
- connoisseur n. A critical judge of art, especially one with thorough knowledge and sound judgment of art.
- connote v. To mean; signify.
- connubial adj. Pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
- conquer v. To overcome by force.
- consanguineous adj. Descended from the same parent or ancestor.
- conscience n. The faculty in man by which he distinguishes between right and wrong in character and conduct.
- conscientious adj. Governed by moral standard.
- conscious adj. Aware that one lives, feels, and thinks.
- conscript v. To force into military service.
- consecrate v. To set apart as sacred.
- consecutive adj. Following in uninterrupted succession.
- consensus n. A collective unanimous opinion of a number of persons.
- conservatism n. Tendency to adhere to the existing order of things.
- conservative adj. Adhering to the existing order of things.
- conservatory n. An institution for instruction and training in music and declamation.
- consign v. To entrust.
- consignee n. A person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
- consignor n. One who entrusts.
- consistency n. A state of permanence.
- console v. To comfort.
- consolidate v. To combine into one body or system.
- consonance n. The state or quality of being in accord with.
- consonant adj. Being in agreement or harmony with.
- consort n. A companion or associate.
- conspicuous adj. Clearly visible.
- conspirator n. One who agrees with others to cooperate in accomplishing some unlawful purpose.
- conspire v. To plot.
- constable n. An officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
- constellation n. An arbitrary assemblage or group of stars.
- consternation n. Panic.
- constituency n. The inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
- constituent n. One who has the right to vote at an election.
- constrict v. To bind.
- consul n. An officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
- consulate n. The place in which a consul transacts official business.
- consummate v. To bring to completion.
- consumption n. Gradual destruction, as by burning, eating, etc., or by using up, wearing out, etc.
- consumptive adj. Designed for gradual destruction.
- contagion n. The communication of disease from person to person.
- contagious adj. Transmitting disease.
- contaminate v. To pollute.
- contemplate v. To consider thoughtfully.
- contemporaneous adj. Living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
- contemporary adj. Living or existing at the same time.
- contemptible adj. Worthy of scorn or disdain.
- contemptuous adj. Disdainful.
- contender n. One who exerts oneself in opposition or rivalry.
- contiguity n. Proximity.
- contiguous adj. Touching or joining at the edge or boundary.
- continence n. Self-restraint with respect to desires, appetites, and passion.
- contingency n. Possibility of happening.
- contingent adj. Not predictable.
- continuance n. Permanence.
- continuation n. Prolongation.
- continuity n. Uninterrupted connection in space, time, operation, or development.
- continuous adj. Connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
- contort v. To twist into a misshapen form.
- contraband n. Trade forbidden by law or treaty.
- contradiction n. The assertion of the opposite of that which has been said.
- contradictory adj. Inconsistent with itself.
- contraposition n. A placing opposite.
- contravene v. To prevent or obstruct the operation of.
- contribution n. The act of giving for a common purpose.
- contributor n. One who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
- contrite adj. Broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
- contrivance n. The act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
- contrive v. To manage or carry through by some device or scheme.
- control v. To exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
- controller n. One who or that which regulates or directs.
- contumacious adj. Rebellious.
- contumacy n. Contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
- contuse v. To bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
- contusion n. A bruise.
- convalesce v. To recover after a sickness.
- convalescence n. The state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
- convalescent adj. Recovering health after sickness.
- convene v. To summon or cause to assemble.
- convenience n. Fitness, as of time or place.
- converge v. To cause to incline and approach nearer together.
- convergent adj. Tending to one point.
- conversant adj. Thoroughly informed.
- conversion n. Change from one state or position to another, or from one form to another.
- convertible adj. Interchangeable.
- convex adj. Curving like the segment of the globe or of the surface of a circle.
- conveyance n. That by which anything is transported.
- convivial adj. Devoted to feasting, or to good-fellowship in eating or drinking.
- convolution n. A winding motion.
- convolve v. To move with a circling or winding motion.
- convoy n. A protecting force accompanying property in course of transportation.
- convulse v. To cause spasms in.
- convulsion n. A violent and abnormal muscular contraction of the body.
- copious adj. Plenteous.
- coquette n. A flirt.
- cornice n. An ornamental molding running round the walls of a room close to the ceiling.
- cornucopia n. The horn of plenty, symbolizing peace and prosperity.
- corollary n. A proposition following so obviously from another that it requires little demonstration.
- coronation n. The act or ceremony of crowning a monarch.
- coronet n. Inferior crown denoting, according to its form, various degrees of noble rank less than sovereign.
- corporal adj. Belonging or relating to the body as opposed to the mind.
- corporate adj. Belonging to a corporation.
- corporeal adj. Of a material nature; physical.
- corps n. A number or body of persons in some way associated or acting together.
- corpse n. A dead body.
- corpulent adj. Obese.
- corpuscle n. A minute particle of matter.
- correlate v. To put in some relation of connection or correspondence.
- correlative adj. Mutually involving or implying one another.
- corrigible adj. Capable of reformation.
- corroborate v. To strengthen, as proof or conviction.
- corroboration n. Confirmation.
- corrode v. To ruin or destroy little by little.
- corrosion n. Gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration.
- corrosive n. That which causes gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration.
- corruptible adj. Open to bribery.
- corruption n. Loss of purity or integrity.
- cosmetic adj. Pertaining to the art of beautifying, especially the complexion.
- cosmic adj. Pertaining to the universe.
- cosmogony n. A doctrine of creation or of the origin of the universe.
- cosmography n. The science that describes the universe, including astronomy, geography, and geology.
- cosmology n. The general science of the universe.
- cosmopolitan adj. Common to all the world.
- cosmopolitanism n. A cosmopolitan character.
- cosmos n. The world or universe considered as a system, perfect in order and arrangement.
- counter-claim n. A cross-demand alleged by a defendant in his favor against the plaintiff.
- counteract v. To act in opposition to.
- counterbalance v. To oppose with an equal force.
- countercharge v. To accuse in return.
- counterfeit adj. Made to resemble something else.
- counterpart n. Something taken with another for the completion of either.
- countervail v. To offset.
- counting-house n. A house or office used for transacting business, bookkeeping, correspondence, etc.
- countryman n. A rustic.
- courageous adj. Brave.
- course n. Line of motion or direction.
- courser n. A fleet and spirited horse.
- courtesy n. Politeness originating in kindness and exercised habitually.
- covenant n. An agreement entered into by two or more persons or parties.
- covert adj. Concealed, especially for an evil purpose.
- covey n. A flock of quails or partridges.
- cower v. To crouch down tremblingly, as through fear or shame.
- coxswain n. One who steers a rowboat, or one who has charge of a ship's boat and its crew under an officer.
- crag n. A rugged, rocky projection on a cliff or ledge.
- cranium n. The skull of an animal, especially that part enclosing the brain.
- crass adj. Coarse or thick in nature or structure, as opposed to thin or fine.
- craving n. A vehement desire.
- creak n. A sharp, harsh, squeaking sound.
- creamery n. A butter-making establishment.
- creamy adj. Resembling or containing cream.
- credence n. Belief.
- credible adj. Believable.
- credulous adj. Easily deceived.
- creed n. A formal summary of fundamental points of religious belief.
- crematory adj. A place for cremating dead bodies.
- crevasse n. A deep crack or fissure in the ice of a glacier.
- crevice n. A small fissure, as between two contiguous surfaces.
- criterion n. A standard by which to determine the correctness of a judgment or conclusion.
- critique n. A criticism or critical review.
- crockery n. Earthenware made from baked clay.
- crucible n. A trying and purifying test or agency.
- crusade n. Any concerted movement, vigorously prosecuted, in behalf of an idea or principle.
- crustacean adj. Pertaining to a division of arthropods, containing lobsters, crabs, crawfish, etc.
- crustaceous adj. Having a crust-like shell.
- cryptogram n. Anything written in characters that are secret or so arranged as to have hidden meaning.
- crystallize v. To bring together or give fixed shape to.
- cudgel n. A short thick stick used as a club.
- culinary adj. Of or pertaining to cooking or the kitchen.
- cull v. To pick or sort out from the rest.
- culpable adj. Guilty.
- culprit n. A guilty person.
- culvert n. Any artificial covered channel for the passage of water through a bank or under a road, canal.
- cupidity n. Avarice.
- curable adj. Capable of being remedied or corrected.
- curator n. A person having charge as of a library or museum.
- curio n. A piece of bric-a-brac.
- cursive adj. Writing in which the letters are joined together.
- cursory adj. Rapid and superficial.
- curt adj. Concise, compressed, and abrupt in act or expression.
- curtail v. To cut off or cut short.
- curtsy n. A downward movement of the body by bending the knees.
- cycloid adj. Like a circle.
- cygnet n. A young swan.
- cynical adj. Exhibiting moral skepticism.
- cynicism n. Contempt for the opinions of others and of what others value.
- cynosure n. That to which general interest or attention is directed.
- daring adj. Brave.
- darkling adv. Blindly.
- Darwinism n. The doctrine that natural selection has been the prime cause of evolution of higher forms.
- dastard n. A base coward.
- datum n. A premise, starting-point, or given fact.
- dauntless adj. Fearless.
- day-man n. A day-laborer.
- dead-heat n. A race in which two or more competitors come out even, and there is no winner.
- dearth n. Scarcity, as of something customary, essential ,or desirable.
- death's-head n. A human skull as a symbol of death.
- debase v. To lower in character or virtue.
- debatable adj. Subject to contention or dispute.
- debonair adj. Having gentle or courteous bearing or manner.
- debut n. A first appearance in society or on the stage.
- decagon n. A figure with ten sides and ten angles.
- decagram n. A weight of 10 grams.
- decaliter n. A liquid and dry measure of 10 liters.
- decalogue n. The ten commandments.
- Decameron n. A volume consisting of ten parts or books.
- decameter n. A length of ten meters.
- decamp v. To leave suddenly or unexpectedly.
- decapitate v. To behead.
- decapod adj. Ten-footed or ten-armed.
- decasyllable n. A line of ten syllables.
- deceit n. Falsehood.
- deceitful adj. Fraudulent.
- deceive v. To mislead by or as by falsehood.
- decency n. Moral fitness.
- decent adj. Characterized by propriety of conduct, speech, manners, or dress.
- deciduous adj. Falling off at maturity as petals after flowering, fruit when ripe, etc.
- decimal adj. Founded on the number 10.
- decimate v. To destroy a measurable or large proportion of.
- decipher v. To find out the true words or meaning of, as something hardly legible.
- decisive ad. Conclusive.
- declamation n. A speech recited or intended for recitation from memory in public.
- declamatory adj. A full and formal style of utterance.
- declarative adj. Containing a formal, positive, or explicit statement or affirmation.
- declension n. The change of endings in nouns and adj. to express their different relations of gender.
- decorate v. To embellish.
- decorous adj. Suitable for the occasion or circumstances.
- decoy n. Anything that allures, or is intended to allures into danger or temptation.
- decrepit adj. Enfeebled, as by old age or some chronic infirmity.
- dedication n. The voluntary consecration or relinquishment of something to an end or cause.
- deduce v. To derive or draw as a conclusion by reasoning from given premises or principles.
- deface v. To mar or disfigure the face or external surface of.
- defalcate v. To cut off or take away, as a part of something.
- defamation n. Malicious and groundless injury done to the reputation or good name of another.
- defame v. To slander.
- default n. The neglect or omission of a legal requirement.
- defendant n. A person against whom a suit is brought.
- defensible adj. Capable of being maintained or justified.
- defensive adj. Carried on in resistance to aggression.
- defer v. To delay or put off to some other time.
- deference n. Respectful submission or yielding, as to another's opinion, wishes, or judgment.
- defiant adj. Characterized by bold or insolent opposition.
- deficiency n. Lack or insufficiency.
- deficient adj. Not having an adequate or proper supply or amount.
- definite adj. Having an exact signification or positive meaning.
- deflect v. To cause to turn aside or downward.
- deforest v. To clear of forests.
- deform v. To disfigure.
- deformity n. A disfigurement.
- defraud v. To deprive of something dishonestly.
- defray v. To make payment for.
- degeneracy n. A becoming worse.
- degenerate v. To become worse or inferior.
- degradation n. Diminution, as of strength or magnitude.
- degrade v. To take away honors or position from.
- dehydrate v. To deprive of water.
- deify v. To regard or worship as a god.
- deign v. To deem worthy of notice or account.
- deist n. One who believes in God, but denies supernatural revelation.
- deity n. A god, goddess, or divine person.
- deject v. To dishearten.
- dejection n. Melancholy.
- delectable adj. Delightful to the taste or to the senses.
- delectation n. Delight.
- deleterious adj. Hurtful, morally or physically.
- delicacy n. That which is agreeable to a fine taste.
- delineate v. To represent by sketch or diagram.
- deliquesce v. To dissolve gradually and become liquid by absorption of moisture from the air.
- delirious adj. Raving.
- delude v. To mislead the mind or judgment of.
- deluge v. To overwhelm with a flood of water.
- delusion n. Mistaken conviction, especially when more or less enduring.
- demagnetize v. To deprive (a magnet) of magnetism.
- demagogue n. An unprincipled politician.
- demeanor n. Deportment.
- demented adj. Insane.
- demerit n. A mark for failure or bad conduct.
- demise n. Death.
- demobilize v. To disband, as troops.
- demolish v. To annihilate.
- demonstrable adj. Capable of positive proof.
- demonstrate v. To prove indubitably.
- demonstrative adj. Inclined to strong exhibition or expression of feeling or thoughts.
- demonstrator n. One who proves in a convincing and conclusive manner.
- demulcent n. Any application soothing to an irritable surface
- demurrage n. the detention of a vessel beyond the specified time of sailing.
- dendroid adj. Like a tree.
- dendrology n. The natural history of trees.
- denizen n. Inhabitant.
- denominate v. To give a name or epithet to.
- denomination n. A body of Christians united by a common faith and form of worship and discipline.
- denominator n. Part of a fraction which expresses the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided.
- denote v. To designate by word or mark.
- denouement n. That part of a play or story in which the mystery is cleared up.
- denounce v. To point out or publicly accuse as deserving of punishment, censure, or odium.
- dentifrice n. Any preparation used for cleaning the teeth.
- denude v. To strip the covering from.
- denunciation n. The act of declaring an action or person worthy of reprobation or punishment.
- deplete v. To reduce or lessen, as by use, exhaustion, or waste.
- deplorable adj. Contemptible.
- deplore v. To regard with grief or sorrow.
- deponent adj. Laying down.
- depopulate v. To remove the inhabitants from.
- deport v. To take or send away forcibly, as to a penal colony.
- deportment n. Demeanor.
- deposition n. Testimony legally taken on interrogatories and reduced to writing, for use as evidence in court.
- depositor n. One who makes a deposit, or has an amount deposited.
- depository n. A place where anything is kept in safety.
- deprave v. To render bad, especially morally bad.
- deprecate v. To express disapproval or regret for, with hope for the opposite.
- depreciate v. To lessen the worth of.
- depreciation n. A lowering in value or an underrating in worth.
- depress v. To press down.
- depression n. A falling of the spirits.
- depth n. Deepness.
- derelict adj. Neglectful of obligation.
- deride v. To ridicule.
- derisible adj. Open to ridicule.
- derision n. Ridicule.
- derivation n. That process by which a word is traced from its original root or primitive form and meaning.
- derivative adj. Coming or acquired from some origin.
- derive v. To deduce, as from a premise.
- dermatology n. The branch of medical science which relates to the skin and its diseases.
- derrick n. An apparatus for hoisting and swinging great weights.
- descendant n. One who is descended lineally from another, as a child, grandchild, etc.
- descendent adj. Proceeding downward.
- descent n. The act of moving or going downward.
- descry v. To discern.
- desert v. To abandon without regard to the welfare of the abandoned
- desiccant n. Any remedy which, when applied externally, dries up or absorbs moisture, as that of wounds.
- designate v. To select or appoint, as by authority.
- desist v. To cease from action.
- desistance n. Cessation.
- despair n. Utter hopelessness and despondency.
- desperado n. One without regard for law or life.
- desperate adj. Resorted to in a last extremity, or as if prompted by utter despair.
- despicable adj. Contemptible.
- despite prep. In spite of.
- despond v. To lose spirit, courage, or hope.
- despondent adj. Disheartened.
- despot n. An absolute and irresponsible monarch.
- despotism n. Any severe and strict rule in which the judgment of the governed has little or no part.
- destitute adj. Poverty-stricken.
- desultory adj. Not connected with what precedes.
- deter v. To frighten away.
- deteriorate v. To grow worse.
- determinate adj. Definitely limited or fixed.
- determination n. The act of deciding.
- deterrent adj. Hindering from action through fear.
- detest v. To dislike or hate with intensity.
- detract v. To take away in such manner as to lessen value or estimation.
- detriment n. Something that causes damage, depreciation, or loss.
- detrude v. To push down forcibly.
- deviate v. To take a different course.
- devilry n. Malicious mischief.
- deviltry n. Wanton and malicious mischief.
- devious adj. Out of the common or regular track.
- devise v. To invent.
- devout adj. Religious.
- dexterity n. Readiness, precision, efficiency, and ease in any physical activity or in any mechanical work.
- diabolic adj. Characteristic of the devil.
- diacritical adj. Marking a difference.
- diagnose v. To distinguish, as a disease, by its characteristic phenomena.
- diagnosis n. Determination of the distinctive nature of a disease.
- dialect n. Forms of speech collectively that are peculiar to the people of a particular district.
- dialectician n. A logician.
- dialogue n. A formal conversation in which two or more take part.
- diaphanous adj. Transparent.
- diatomic adj. Containing only two atoms.
- diatribe n. A bitter or malicious criticism.
- dictum n. A positive utterance.
- didactic adj. Pertaining to teaching.
- difference n. Dissimilarity in any respect.
- differentia n. Any essential characteristic of a species by reason of which it differs from other species.
- differential adj. Distinctive.
- differentiate v. To acquire a distinct and separate character.
- diffidence n. Self-distrust.
- diffident adj. Affected or possessed with self-distrust.
- diffusible adj. Spreading rapidly through the system and acting quickly.
- diffusion n. Dispersion.
- dignitary n. One who holds high rank.
- digraph n. A union of two characters representing a single sound.
- digress v. To turn aside from the main subject and for a time dwell on some incidental matter.
- dilapidated pa. Fallen into decay or partial ruin.
- dilate v. To enlarge in all directions.
- dilatory adj. Tending to cause delay.
- dilemma n. A situation in which a choice between opposing modes of conduct is necessary.
- dilettante n. A superficial amateur.
- diligence n. Careful and persevering effort to accomplish what is undertaken.
- dilute v. To make more fluid or less concentrated by admixture with something.
- diminution n. Reduction.
- dimly adv. Obscurely.
- diphthong n. The sound produced by combining two vowels in to a single syllable or running together the sounds.
- diplomacy n. Tact, shrewdness, or skill in conducting any kind of negotiations or in social matters.
- diplomat n. A representative of one sovereign state at the capital or court of another.
- diplomatic adj. Characterized by special tact in negotiations.
- diplomatist n. One remarkable for tact and shrewd management.
- disagree v. To be opposite in opinion.
- disallow v. To withhold permission or sanction.
- disappear v. To cease to exist, either actually or for the time being.
- disappoint v. To fail to fulfill the expectation, hope, wish, or desire of.
- disapprove v. To regard with blame.
- disarm v. To deprive of weapons.
- disarrange v. To throw out of order.
- disavow v. To disclaim responsibility for.
- disavowal n. Denial.
- disbeliever n. One who refuses to believe.
- disburden v. To disencumber.
- disburse v. To pay out or expend, as money from a fund.
- discard v. To reject.
- discernible adj. Perceivable.
- disciple n. One who believes the teaching of another, or who adopts and follows some doctrine.
- disciplinary adj. Having the nature of systematic training or subjection to authority.
- discipline v. To train to obedience.
- disclaim v. To disavow any claim to, connection with, or responsibility to.
- discolor v. To stain.
- discomfit v. To put to confusion.
- discomfort n. The state of being positively uncomfortable.
- disconnect v. To undo or dissolve the connection or association of.
- disconsolate adj. Grief-stricken.
- discontinuance n. Interruption or intermission.
- discord n. Absence of harmoniousness.
- discountenance v. To look upon with disfavor.
- discover v. To get first sight or knowledge of, as something previously unknown or unperceived.
- discredit v. To injure the reputation of.
- discreet adj. Judicious.
- discrepant adj. Opposite.
- discriminate v. To draw a distinction.
- discursive adj. Passing from one subject to another.
- discussion n. Debate.
- disenfranchise v. To deprive of any right privilege or power
- disengage v. To become detached.
- disfavor n. Disregard.
- disfigure v. To impair or injure the beauty, symmetry, or appearance of.
- dishabille n. Undress or negligent attire.
- dishonest adj. Untrustworthy.
- disillusion v. To disenchant.
- disinfect v. To remove or destroy the poison of infectious or contagious diseases.
- disinfectant n. A substance used to destroy the germs of infectious diseases.
- disinherit v. To deprive of an inheritance.
- disinterested adj. Impartial.
- disjunctive adj. Helping or serving to disconnect or separate.
- dislocate v. To put out of proper place or order.
- dismissal n. Displacement by authority from an office or an employment.
- dismount v. To throw down, push off, or otherwise remove from a horse or the like.
- disobedience n. Neglect or refusal to comply with an authoritative injunction.
- disobedient adj. Neglecting or refusing to obey.
- disown v. To refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as connected with oneself.
- disparage v. To regard or speak of slightingly.
- disparity n. Inequality.
- dispel v. To drive away by or as by scattering in different directions.
- dispensation n. That which is bestowed on or appointed to one from a higher power.
- displace v. To put out of the proper or accustomed place.
- dispossess v. To deprive of actual occupancy, especially of real estate.
- disputation n. Verbal controversy.
- disqualify v. To debar.
- disquiet v. To deprive of peace or tranquillity.
- disregard v. To take no notice of.
- disreputable adj. Dishonorable or disgraceful.
- disrepute n. A bad name or character.
- disrobe v. To unclothe.
- disrupt v. To burst or break asunder.
- dissatisfy v. To displease.
- dissect v. To cut apart or to pieces.
- dissection n. The act or operation of cutting in pieces, specifically of a plant or an animal.
- dissemble v. To hide by pretending something different.
- disseminate v. To sow or scatter abroad, as seed is sown.
- dissension n. Angry or violent difference of opinion.
- dissent n. Disagreement.
- dissentient n. One who disagrees.
- dissentious adj. Contentious.
- dissertation n. Thesis.
- disservice n. An ill turn.
- dissever v. To divide.
- dissimilar adj. Different.
- dissipate v. To disperse or disappear.
- dissipation n. The state of being dispersed or scattered.
- dissolute adj. Lewd.
- dissolution n. A breaking up of a union of persons.
- dissolve v. To liquefy or soften, as by heat or moisture.
- dissonance n. Discord.
- dissonant adj. Harsh or disagreeable in sound.
- dissuade v. To change the purpose or alter the plans of by persuasion, counsel, or pleading.
- dissuasion n. The act of changing the purpose of or altering the plans of through persuasion, or pleading.
- disyllable n. A word of two syllables.
- distemper n. A disease or malady.
- distend v. To stretch out or expand in every direction.
- distensible adj. Capable of being stretched out or expanded in every direction.
- distention n. Expansion.
- distill v. To extract or produce by vaporization and condensation.
- distillation n. Separation of the more volatile parts of a substance from those less volatile.
- distiller n. One occupied in the business of distilling alcoholic liquors.
- distinction n. A note or designation of honor, officially recognizing superiority or success in studies.
- distort v. To twist into an unnatural or irregular form.
- distrain v. To subject a person to distress.
- distrainor n. One who subjects a person to distress.
- distraught adj. Bewildered.
- distrust n. Lack of confidence in the power, wisdom, or good intent of any person.
- disunion n. Separation of relations or interests.
- diurnal adj. Daily.
- divagation n. Digression.
- divergent adj. Tending in different directions.
- diverse adj. Capable of various forms.
- diversion n. Pastime.
- diversity n. Dissimilitude.
- divert v. To turn from the accustomed course or a line of action already established.
- divertible adj. Able to be turned from the accustomed course or a line of action already established.
- divest v. To strip, specifically of clothes, ornaments, or accouterments or disinvestment.
- divination n. The pretended forecast of future events or discovery of what is lost or hidden.
- divinity n. The quality or character of being godlike.
- divisible adj. Capable of being separated into parts.
- divisor n. That by which a number or quantity is divided.
- divulge v. To tell or make known, as something previously private or secret.
- divulgence n. A divulging.
- docile adj. Easy to manage.
- docket n. The registry of judgments of a court.
- doe n. The female of the deer.
- dogma n. A statement of religious faith or duty formulated by a body claiming authority.
- dogmatic adj. Making statements without argument or evidence.
- dogmatize v. To make positive assertions without supporting them by argument or evidence.
- doleful adj. Melancholy.
- dolesome adj. Melancholy.
- dolor n. Lamentation.
- dolorous adj. Expressing or causing sorrow or pain.
- domain n. A sphere or field of action or interest.
- domesticity n. Life in or fondness for one's home and family.
- domicile n. The place where one lives.
- dominance n. Ascendancy.
- dominant adj. Conspicuously prominent.
- dominate v. To influence controllingly.
- domination n. Control by the exercise of power or constituted authority.
- domineer v. To rule with insolence or unnecessary annoyance.
- donate v. To bestow as a gift, especially for a worthy cause.
- donator n. One who makes a donation or present.
- donee n. A person to whom a donation is made.
- donor n. One who makes a donation or present.
- dormant adj. Being in a state of or resembling sleep.
- doublet n. One of a pair of like things.
- doubly adv. In twofold degree or extent.
- dowry n. The property which a wife brings to her husband in marriage.
- drachma n. A modern and an ancient Greek coin.
- dragnet n. A net to be drawn along the bottom of the water.
- dragoon n. In the British army, a cavalryman.
- drainage n. The means of draining collectively, as a system of conduits, trenches, pipes, etc.
- dramatist n. One who writes plays.
- dramatize v. To relate or represent in a dramatic or theatrical manner.
- drastic adj. Acting vigorously.
- drought n. Dry weather, especially when so long continued as to cause vegetation to wither.
- drowsy adj. Heavy with sleepiness.
- drudgery n. Hard and constant work in any menial or dull occupation.
- dubious adj. Doubtful.
- duckling n. A young duck.
- ductile adj. Capable of being drawn out, as into wire or a thread.
- duet n. A composition for two voices or instruments.
- dun v. To make a demand or repeated demands on for payment.
- duplex adj. Having two parts.
- duplicity n. Double-dealing.
- durance n. Confinement.
- duration n. The period of time during which anything lasts.
- duteous adj. Showing submission to natural superiors.
- dutiable adj. Subject to a duty, especially a customs duty.
- dutiful adj. Obedient.
- dwindle v. To diminish or become less.
- dyne n. The force which, applied to a mass of one gram for 1 second, would give it a velocity of 1 cm/s.
- earnest adj. Ardent in spirit and speech.
- earthenware n. Anything made of clay and baked in a kiln or dried in the sun.
- eatable adj. Edible.
- ebullient adj. Showing enthusiasm or exhilaration of feeling.
- eccentric adj. Peculiar.
- eccentricity n. Idiosyncrasy.
- eclipse n. The obstruction of a heavenly body by its entering into the shadow of another body.
- economize v. To spend sparingly.
- ecstasy n. Rapturous excitement or exaltation.
- ecstatic adj. Enraptured.
- edible adj. Suitable to be eaten.
- edict n. That which is uttered or proclaimed by authority as a rule of action.
- edify v. To build up, or strengthen, especially in morals or religion.
- editorial n. An article in a periodical written by the editor and published as an official argument.
- educe v. To draw out.
- efface v. To obliterate.
- effect n. A consequence.
- effective adj. Fit for a destined purpose.
- effectual adj. Efficient.
- effeminacy n. Womanishness.
- effeminate adj. Having womanish traits or qualities.
- effervesce v. To bubble up.
- effervescent adj. Giving off bubbles of gas.
- effete adj. Exhausted, as having performed its functions.
- efficacious adj. Effective.
- efficacy n. The power to produce an intended effect as shown in the production of it.
- efficiency n. The state of possessing adequate skill or knowledge for the performance of a duty.
- efficient adj. Having and exercising the power to produce effects or results.
- efflorescence n. The state of being flowery, or a flowery appearance.
- efflorescent adj. Opening in flower.
- effluvium n. A noxious or ill-smelling exhalation from decaying or putrefying matter.
- effrontery n. Unblushing impudence.
- effulgence n. Splendor.
- effuse v. To pour forth.
- effusion n. an outpouring.
- egoism n. The theory that places man's chief good in the completeness of self.
- egoist n. One who advocates or practices egoism.
- egotism n. Self-conceit.
- egotist n. One given to self-mention or who is constantly telling of his own views and experiences.
- egregious adj. Extreme.
- egress n. Any place of exit.
- eject v. To expel.
- elapse v. To quietly terminate: said of time.
- elasticity n. That property of matter by which a body tends to return to a former shape after being changed.
- electrolysis n. The process of decomposing a chemical compound by the passage of an electric current.
- electrotype n. A metallic copy of any surface, as a coin.
- elegy n. A lyric poem lamenting the dead.
- element n. A component or essential part.
- elicit v. To educe or extract gradually or without violence.
- eligible adj. Qualified for selection.
- eliminate v. To separate and cast aside.
- Elizabethan adj. Relating to Elizabeth, queen of England, or to her era.
- elocution n. The art of correct intonation, inflection, and gesture in public speaking or reading.
- eloquent adj. Having the ability to express emotion or feeling in lofty and impassioned speech.
- elucidate v. To bring out more clearly the facts concerning.
- elude v. To evade the search or pursuit of by dexterity or artifice.
- elusion n. Evasion.
- emaciate v. To waste away in flesh.
- emanate v. To flow forth or proceed, as from some source.
- emancipate v. To release from bondage.
- embargo n. Authoritative stoppage of foreign commerce or of any special trade.
- embark v. To make a beginning in some occupation or scheme.
- embarrass v. To render flustered or agitated.
- embellish v. To make beautiful or elegant by adding attractive or ornamental features.
- embezzle v. To misappropriate secretly.
- emblazon v. To set forth publicly or in glowing terms.
- emblem n. A symbol.
- embody v. To express, formulate, or exemplify in a concrete, compact or visible form.
- embolden v. To give courage to.
- embolism n. An obstruction or plugging up of an artery or other blood-vessel.
- embroil v. To involve in dissension or strife.
- emerge v. To come into view or into existence.
- emergence n. A coming into view.
- emergent adj. Coming into view.
- emeritus adj. Retired from active service but retained to an honorary position.
- emigrant n. One who moves from one place to settle in another.
- emigrate v. To go from one country, state, or region for the purpose of settling or residing in another.
- eminence n. An elevated position with respect to rank, place, character, condition, etc.
- eminent adj. High in station, merit, or esteem.
- emit v. To send or give out.
- emphasis n. Any special impressiveness added to an utterance or act, or stress laid upon some word.
- emphasize v. To articulate or enunciate with special impressiveness upon a word, or a group of words.
- emphatic adj. Spoken with any special impressiveness laid upon an act, word, or set of words.
- employee n. One who works for wages or a salary.
- employer n. One who uses or engages the services of other persons for pay.
- emporium n. A bazaar or shop.
- empower v. To delegate authority to.
- emulate v. To imitate with intent to equal or surpass.
- enact v. To make into law, as by legislative act.
- enamor v. To inspire with ardent love.
- encamp v. To pitch tents for a resting-place.
- encomium n. A formal or discriminating expression of praise.
- encompass v. To encircle.
- encore n. The call for a repetition, as of some part of a play or performance.
- encourage v. To inspire with courage, hope, or strength of mind.
- encroach v. To invade partially or insidiously and appropriate the possessions of another.
- encumber v. To impede with obstacles.
- encyclical adj. Intended for general circulation.
- encyclopedia n. A work containing information on subjects, or exhaustive of one subject.
- endanger v. To expose to peril.
- endear v. To cause to be loved.
- endemic adj. Peculiar to some specified country or people.
- endue v. To endow with some quality, gift, or grace, usually spiritual.
- endurable adj. Tolerable.
- endurance n. The ability to suffer pain, distress, hardship, or stress of any kind without succumbing.
- energetic adj. Working vigorously.
- enervate v. To render ineffective or inoperative.
- enfeeble v. To debilitate.
- enfranchise v. To endow with a privilege, especially with the right to vote.
- engender v. To produce.
- engrave v. To cut or carve in or upon some surface.
- engross v. To occupy completely.
- enhance v. To intensify.
- enigma n. A riddle.
- enjoin v. To command.
- enkindle v. To set on fire.
- enlighten v. To cause to see clearly.
- enlist v. To enter voluntarily the military service by formal enrollment.
- enmity n. Hatred.
- ennoble v. To dignify.
- enormity n. Immensity.
- enormous adj. Gigantic.
- enrage v. To infuriate.
- enrapture v. To delight extravagantly or intensely.
- enshrine v. To keep sacred.
- ensnare v. To entrap.
- entail v. To involve; necessitate.
- entangle v. To involve in difficulties, confusion, or complications.
- enthrall v. To bring or hold under any overmastering influence.
- enthrone v. To invest with sovereign power.
- enthuse v. To yield to or display intense and rapturous feeling.
- enthusiastic adj. Full of zeal and fervor.
- entirety n. A complete thing.
- entomology n. The branch of zoology that treats of insects.
- entrails n. pl. The internal parts of an animal.
- entreaty n. An earnest request.
- entree n. The act of entering.
- entrench v. To fortify or protect, as with a trench or ditch and wall.
- entwine v. To interweave.
- enumerate v. To name one by one.
- epic n. A poem celebrating in formal verse the mythical achievements of great personages, heroes, etc.
- epicure n. One who cultivates a delicate taste for eating and drinking.
- Epicurean adj. Indulging, ministering, or pertaining to daintiness of appetite.
- epicycle n. A circle that rolls upon the external or internal circumference of another circle.
- epicycloid n. A curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle which rolls upon another circle.
- epidemic n. Wide-spread occurrence of a disease in a certain region.
- epidermis n. The outer skin.
- epigram n. A pithy phrasing of a shrewd observation.
- epilogue n. The close of a narrative or dramatic poem.
- epiphany n. Any appearance or bodily manifestation of a deity.
- episode n. An incident or story in a literary work, separable from yet growing out of it.
- epitaph n. An inscription on a tomb or monument in honor or in memory of the dead.
- epithet n. Word used adjectivally to describe some quality or attribute of is objects, as in "Father Aeneas".
- epitome n. A simplified representation.
- epizootic adj. Prevailing among animals.
- epoch n. A interval of time, memorable for extraordinary events.
- epode n. A species of lyric poems.
- equalize v. To render uniform.
- equanimity n. Evenness of mind or temper.
- equestrian adj. Pertaining to horses or horsemanship.
- equilibrium n. A state of balance.
- equitable adj. Characterized by fairness.
- equity n. Fairness or impartiality.
- equivalent adj. Equal in value, force, meaning, or the like.
- equivocal adj. Ambiguous.
- equivocate v. To use words of double meaning.
- eradicate v. To destroy thoroughly.
- errant adj. Roving or wandering, as in search of adventure or opportunity for gallant deeds.
- erratic adj. Irregular.
- erroneous adj. Incorrect.
- erudite adj. Very-learned.
- erudition n. Extensive knowledge of literature, history, language, etc.
- eschew v. To keep clear of.
- espy v. To keep close watch.
- esquire n. A title of dignity, office, or courtesy.
- essence n. That which makes a thing to be what it is.
- esthetic adj. Pertaining to beauty, taste, or the fine arts.
- estimable adj. Worthy of respect.
- estrange v. To alienate.
- estuary n. A wide lower part of a tidal river.
- et cetera Latin. And so forth.
- eugenic adj. Relating to the development and improvement of race.
- eulogize v. To speak or write a laudation of a person's life or character.
- eulogy n. A spoken or written laudation of a person's life or character.
- euphemism n. A figure of speech by which a phrase less offensive is substituted.
- euphonious adj. Characterized by agreeableness of sound.
- euphony n. Agreeableness of sound.
- eureka Greek. I have found it.
- evade v. To avoid by artifice.
- evanesce v. To vanish gradually.
- evanescent adj. Fleeting.
- evangelical adj. Seeking the conversion of sinners.
- evangelist n. A preacher who goes from place to place holding services.
- evasion n. Escape.
- eventual adj. Ultimate.
- evert v. To turn inside out.
- evict v. To dispossess pursuant to judicial decree.
- evidential adj. Indicative.
- evince v. To make manifest or evident.
- evoke v. To call or summon forth.
- evolution n. Development or growth.
- evolve v. To unfold or expand.
- exacerbate v. To make more sharp, severe, or virulent.
- exaggerate v. To overstate.
- exasperate v. To excite great anger in.
- excavate v. To remove by digging or scooping out.
- exceed v. To go beyond, as in measure, quality, value, action, power, skill, etc.
- excel v. To be superior or distinguished.
- excellence n. Possession of eminently or unusually good qualities.
- excellency n. A title of honor bestowed upon various high officials.
- excellent adj. Possessing distinguished merit.
- excerpt n. An extract or selection from written or printed matter.
- excess n. That which passes the ordinary, proper, or required limit, measure, or experience.
- excitable adj. Nervously high-strung.
- excitation n. Intensified emotion or action.
- exclamation n. An abrupt or emphatic expression of thought or of feeling.
- exclude v. To shut out purposely or forcibly.
- exclusion n. Non-admission.
- excrescence n. Any unnatural addition, outgrowth, or development.
- excretion n. The getting rid of waste matter.
- excruciate v. To inflict severe pain or agony upon.
- excursion n. A journey.
- excusable adj. Justifiable.
- execrable adj. Abominable.
- execration n. An accursed thing.
- executor n. A person nominated by the will of another to execute the will.
- exegesis n. Biblical exposition or interpretation.
- exemplar n. A model, pattern, or original to be copied or imitated.
- exemplary adj. Fitted to serve as a model or example worthy of imitation.
- exemplify v. To show by example.
- exempt adj. Free, clear, or released, as from some liability, or restriction affecting others.
- exert v. To make an effort.
- exhale v. To breathe forth.
- exhaust v. To empty by draining off the contents.
- exhaustible adj. Causing or tending to cause exhaustion.
- exhaustion n. Deprivation of strength or energy.
- exhaustive adj. Thorough and complete in execution.
- exhilarate v. To fill with high or cheerful spirits.
- exhume v. To dig out of the earth (what has been buried).
- exigency n. A critical period or condition.
- exigent adj. Urgent.
- existence n. Possession or continuance of being.
- exit n. A way or passage out.
- exodus n. A going forth or departure from a place or country, especially of many people.
- exonerate v. To relieve or vindicate from accusation, imputation, or blame.
- exorbitance n. Extravagance or enormity.
- exorbitant adj. Going beyond usual and proper limits.
- exorcise v. To cast or drive out by religious or magical means.
- exotic adj. Foreign.
- expand v. To increase in range or scope.
- expanse n. A continuous area or stretch.
- expansion n. Increase of amount, size, scope, or the like.
- expatriate v. To drive from one's own country.
- expect v. To look forward to as certain or probable.
- expectancy n. The act or state of looking forward to as certain or probable.
- expectorate v. To cough up and spit forth.
- expediency n. Fitness to meet the requirements of a particular case.
- expedient adj. Contributing to personal advantage.
- expedite v. To hasten the movement or progress of.
- expeditious adj. Speedy.
- expend v. To spend.
- expense n. The laying out or expending or money or other resources, as time or strength.
- expiate v. To make satisfaction or amends for.
- explicate v. To clear from involvement.
- explicit adj. Definite.
- explode v. To cause to burst in pieces by force from within.
- explosion n. A sudden and violent outbreak.
- explosive adj. Pertaining to a sudden and violent outbreak.
- exposition n. Formal presentation.
- expository adj. Pertaining to a formal presentation.
- expostulate v. To discuss.
- exposure n. An open situation or position in relation to the sun, elements, or points of the compass.
- expressive adj. Full of meaning.
- expulsion n. Forcible ejection.
- extant adj. Still existing and known.
- extemporaneous adj. Done or made without much or any preparation.
- extempore adv. Without studied or special preparation.
- extensible adj. Capable of being thrust out.
- extension n. A reaching or stretching out, as in space, time or scope.
- extensive adj. Extended widely in space, time, or scope.
- extensor n. A muscle that causes extension.
- extenuate v. To diminish the gravity or importance of.
- exterior n. That which is outside.
- external n. Anything relating or belonging to the outside.
- extinct adj. Being no longer in existence.
- extinguish v. To render extinct.
- extol v. To praise in the highest terms.
- extort v. To obtain by violence, threats, compulsion, or the subjection of another to some necessity.
- extortion n. The practice of obtaining by violence or compulsion.
- extradite v. To surrender the custody of.
- extradition n. The surrender by a government of a person accused of crime to the justice of another government.
- extrajudicial adj. Happening out of court.
- extraneous adj. Having no essential relation to a subject.
- extraordinary adj. Unusual.
- extravagance n. Undue expenditure of money.
- extravagant adj. Needlessly free or lavish in expenditure.
- extremist n. One who supports extreme measures or holds extreme views.
- extremity n. The utmost point, side, or border, or that farthest removed from a mean position.
- extricate v. Disentangle.
- extrude v. To drive out or away.
- exuberance n. Rich supply.
- exuberant adj. Marked by great plentifulness.
- fabricate v. To invent fancifully or falsely.
- fabulous adj. Incredible.
- facet n. One of the small triangular plane surfaces of a diamond or other gem.
- facetious adj. Amusing.
- facial adj. Pertaining to the face.
- facile adj. Not difficult to do.
- facilitate v. To make more easy.
- facility n. Ease.
- facsimile n. An exact copy or reproduction.
- faction n. A number of persons combined for a common purpose.
- factious adj. Turbulent.
- fallacious adj. Illogical.
- fallacy n. Any unsound or delusive mode of reasoning, or anything based on such reasoning.
- fallible adj. Capable of erring.
- fallow n. Land broken up and left to become mellow or to rest.
- famish v. To suffer extremity of hunger or thirst.
- fanatic n. A religious zealot.
- fancier n. One having a taste for or interest in special objects.
- fanciless adj. Unimaginative.
- fastidious adj. Hard to please.
- fathom n. A measure of length, 6 feet.
- fatuous adj. Idiotic
- faulty adj. Imperfect.
- faun n. One of a class of deities of the woods and herds represented as half human, with goats feet.
- fawn n. A young deer.
- fealty n. Loyalty.
- feasible adj. That may be done, performed, or effected; practicable.
- federate v. To league together.
- feint n. Any sham, pretense, or deceptive movement.
- felicitate v. To wish joy or happiness to, especially in view of a coming event.
- felicity n. A state of well-founded happiness.
- felon n. A criminal or depraved person.
- felonious adj. Showing criminal or evil purpose.
- felony n. One of the highest class of offenses, and punishable with death or imprisonment.
- feminine adj. Characteristic of woman or womankind.
- fernery n. A place in which ferns are grown.
- ferocious adj. Of a wild, fierce, and savage nature.
- ferocity n. Savageness.
- fervent adj. Ardent in feeling.
- fervid adj. Intense.
- fervor n. Ardor or intensity of feeling.
- festal adj. Joyous.
- festive adj. Merry.
- fete n. A festival or feast.
- fetus n. The young in the womb or in the egg.
- feudal adj. Pertaining to the relation of lord and vassal.
- feudalism n. The feudal system.
- fez n. A brimless felt cap in the shape of a truncated cone, usually red with a black tassel.
- fiasco n. A complete or humiliating failure.
- fickle adj. Unduly changeable in feeling, judgment, or purpose.
- fictitious adj. Created or formed by the imagination.
- fidelity n. Loyalty.
- fiducial adj. Indicative of faith or trust.
- fief n. A landed estate held under feudal tenure.
- filibuster n. One who attempts to obstruct legislation.
- finale n. Concluding performance.
- finality n. The state or quality of being final or complete.
- finally adv. At last.
- financial adj. Monetary.
- financier n. One skilled in or occupied with financial affairs or operations.
- finery n. That which is used to decorate the person or dress.
- finesse n. Subtle contrivance used to gain a point.
- finite adj. Limited.
- fiscal adj. Pertaining to the treasury or public finances of a government.
- fishmonger n. One who sells fish.
- fissure n. A crack or crack-like depression.
- fitful adj. Spasmodic.
- fixture n. One who or that which is expected to remain permanently in its position.
- flag-officer n. The captain of a flag-ship.
- flagrant adj. Openly scandalous.
- flamboyant adj. Characterized by extravagance and in general by want of good taste.
- flatulence n. Accumulation of gas in the stomach and bowels.
- flection n. The act of bending.
- fledgling n. A young bird.
- flexible adj. Pliable.
- flimsy adj. Thin and weak.
- flippant adj. Having a light, pert, trifling disposition.
- floe n. A collection of tabular masses of floating polar ice.
- flora n. The aggregate of plants growing without cultivation in a district.
- floral adj. Pertaining to flowers.
- florid adj. Flushed with red.
- florist n. A dealer in flowers.
- fluctuate v. To pass backward and forward irregularly from one state or degree to another.
- fluctuation n. Frequent irregular change back and forth from one state or degree to another.
- flue n. A smoke-duct in a chimney.
- fluent adj. Having a ready or easy flow of words or ideas.
- fluential adj. Pertaining to streams.
- flux n. A state of constant movement, change, or renewal.
- foggy adj. Obscure.
- foible n. A personal weakness or failing.
- foist v. To palm off.
- foliage n. Any growth of leaves.
- folio n. A sheet of paper folded once, or of a size adapted to folding once.
- folk-lore n. The traditions, beliefs, and customs of the common people.
- fondle v. To handle tenderly and lovingly.
- foolery n. Folly.
- foot-note n. A note of explanation or comment at the foot of a page or column.
- foppery n. Dandyism.
- foppish adj. Characteristic of one who is unduly devoted to dress and the niceties of manners.
- forbearance n. Patient endurance or toleration of offenses.
- forby adv. Besides.
- forcible adj. Violent.
- forecourt n. A court opening directly from the street.
- forejudge v. To judge of before hearing evidence.
- forepeak n. The extreme forward part of a ship's hold, under the lowest deck.
- foreshore n. That part of a shore uncovered at low tide.
- forebode v. To be an omen or warning sign of, especially of evil.
- forecast v. To predict.
- forecastle n. That part of the upper deck of a ship forward of the after fore-shrouds.
- foreclose v. To bar by judicial proceedings the equitable right of a mortgagor to redeem property.
- forefather n. An ancestor.
- forego v. To deny oneself the pleasure or profit of.
- foreground n. That part of a landscape or picture situated or represented as nearest the spectator.
- forehead n. The upper part of the face, between the eyes and the hair.
- foreign adj. Belonging to, situated in, or derived from another country.
- foreigner n. A citizen of a foreign country.
- foreknowledge n. Prescience.
- foreman n. The head man.
- foreordain v. To predetermine.
- foreordination n. Predestination.
- forerun v. To go before as introducing or ushering in.
- foresail n. A square sail.
- foresee v. To discern beforehand.
- foresight n. Provision against harm or need.
- foretell v. To predict.
- forethought n. Premeditation.
- forfeit v. To lose possession of through failure to fulfill some obligation.
- forfend v. To ward off.
- forgery n. Counterfeiting.
- forgo v. To deny oneself.
- formation n. Relative disposition of parts.
- formidable adj. Difficult to accomplish.
- formula n. Fixed rule or set form.
- forswear v. To renounce upon oath.
- forte n. A strong point.
- forth adv. Into notice or view.
- forthright adv. With directness.
- fortify v. To provide with defensive works.
- fortitude n. Patient courage.
- foursome adj. Consisting of four.
- fracture n. A break.
- fragile adj. Easily broken.
- frailty n. Liability to be broken or destroyed.
- fragile adj. Capable of being broken.
- frankincense n. A gum or resin which on burning yields aromatic fumes.
- frantic adj. Frenzied.
- fraternal adj. Brotherly.
- fraudulence n. Deceitfulness.
- fraudulent adj. Counterfeit.
- fray v. To fret at the edge so as to loosen or break the threads.
- freemason n. A member of an ancient secret fraternity originally confined to skilled artisans.
- freethinker n. One who rejects authority or inspiration in religion.
- free trade n. Commerce unrestricted by tariff or customs.
- frequency n. The comparative number of any kind of occurrences within a given time or space.
- fresco n. The art of painting on a surface of plaster, particularly on walls and ceilings.
- freshness n. The state, quality, or degree of being fresh.
- fretful adj. Disposed to peevishness.
- frightful adj. Apt to induce terror or alarm.
- frigid adj. Lacking warmth.
- frigidarium n. A room kept at a low temperature for preserving fruits, meat, etc.
- frivolity n. A trifling act, thought, saying, or practice.
- frivolous adj. Trivial.
- frizz v. To give a crinkled, fluffy appearance to.
- frizzle v. To cause to crinkle or curl, as the hair.
- frolicsome adj. Prankish.
- frontier n. The part of a nation's territory that abuts upon another country.
- frowzy adj. Slovenly in appearance.
- frugal adj. Economical.
- fruition n. Fulfillment.
- fugacious adj. Fleeting.
- fulcrum n. The support on or against which a lever rests, or the point about which it turns.
- fulminate v. To cause to explode.
- fulsome adj. Offensive from excess of praise or commendation.
- fumigate v. To subject to the action of smoke or fumes, especially for disinfection.
- functionary n. An official.
- fundamental adj. Basal.
- fungible adj. That may be measured, counted, or weighed.
- fungous adj. Spongy.
- fungus n. A plant destitute of chlorophyll, as a mushroom.
- furbish v. To restore brightness or beauty to.
- furlong n. A measure, one-eighth of a mile.
- furlough n. A temporary absence of a soldier or sailor by permission of the commanding officer.
- furrier n. A dealer in or maker of fur goods.
- further adj. More distant or advanced.
- furtherance n. Advancement.
- furtive adj. Stealthy or sly, like the actions of a thief.
- fuse v. To unite or blend as by melting together.
- fusible adj. Capable of being melted by heat.
- futile adj. Of no avail or effect.
- futurist n. A person of expectant temperament.
- gauge n. An instrument for measuring.
- gaiety n. Festivity.
- gaily adv. Merrily.
- gait n. Carriage of the body in going.
- gallant adj. Possessing a brave or chivalrous spirit.
- galore adj. Abundant.
- galvanic adj. Pertaining or relating to electricity produced by chemical action.
- galvanism n. Current electricity, especially that arising from chemical action.
- galvanize v. To imbue with life or animation.
- gamble v. To risk money or other possession on an event, chance, or contingency.
- gambol n. Playful leaping or frisking.
- gamester n. A gambler.
- gamut n. The whole range or sequence.
- garnish v. In cookery, to surround with additions for embellishment.
- garrison n. The military force stationed in a fort, town, or other place for its defense.
- garrote v. To execute by strangling.
- garrulous adj. Given to constant trivial talking.
- gaseous adj. Light and unsubstantial.
- gastric adj. Of, pertaining to, or near the stomach.
- gastritis n. Inflammation of the stomach.
- gastronomy n. The art of preparing and serving appetizing food.
- gendarme n. In continental Europe, particularly in France, a uniformed and armed police officer.
- genealogy n. A list, in the order of succession, of ancestors and their descendants.
- genealogist n. A tracer of pedigrees.
- generality n. The principal portion.
- generalize v. To draw general inferences.
- generally adv. Ordinarily.
- generate v. To produce or cause to be.
- generic adj. Noting a genus or kind; opposed to specific.
- generosity n. A disposition to give liberally or to bestow favors heartily.
- genesis n. Creation.
- geniality n. Warmth and kindliness of disposition.
- genital adj. Of or pertaining to the animal reproductive organs.
- genitive adj. Indicating source, origin, possession, or the like.
- genteel adj. Well-bred or refined.
- gentile adj. Belonging to a people not Jewish.
- geology n. The department of natural science that treats of the constitution and structure of the earth.
- germane adj. Relevant.
- germinate v. To begin to develop into an embryo or higher form.
- gestation n. Pregnancy.
- gesticulate v. To make gestures or motions, as in speaking, or in place of speech.
- gesture n. A movement or action of the hands or face, expressive of some idea or emotion.
- ghastly adj. Hideous.
- gibe v. To utter taunts or reproaches.
- giddy adj. Affected with a whirling or swimming sensation in the head.
- gigantic adj. Tremendous.
- giver n. One who gives, in any sense.
- glacial adj. Icy, or icily cold.
- glacier n. A field or stream of ice.
- gladden v. To make joyous.
- glazier n. One who cuts and fits panes of glass, as for windows.
- glimmer n. A faint, wavering, unsteady light.
- glimpse n. A momentary look.
- globose adj. Spherical.
- globular adj. Spherical.
- glorious adj. Of excellence and splendor.
- glutinous adj. Sticky.
- gluttonous adj. Given to excess in eating.
- gnash v. To grind or strike the teeth together, as from rage.
- Gordian knot n. Any difficulty the only issue out of which is by bold or unusual manners.
- gourmand n. A connoisseur in the delicacies of the table.
- gosling n. A young goose.
- gossamer adj. Flimsy.
- gourd n. A melon, pumpkin, squash, or some similar fruit having a hard rind.
- graceless adj. Ungracious.
- gradation n. A step, degree, rank, or relative position in an order or series.
- gradient adj. Moving or advancing by steps.
- granary n. A storehouse for grain after it is thrashed or husked.
- grandeur n. The quality of being grand or admirably great.
- grandiloquent adj. Speaking in or characterized by a pompous or bombastic style.
- grandiose adj. Having an imposing style or effect.
- grantee n. The person to whom property is transferred by deed.
- grantor n. The maker of a deed.
- granular adj. Composed of small grains or particles.
- granulate v. To form into grains or small particles.
- granule n. A small grain or particle.
- grapple v. To take hold of.
- gratification n. Satisfaction.
- gratify v. To please, as by satisfying a physical or mental desire or need.
- gratuitous adj. Voluntarily.
- gratuity n. That which is given without demand or claim. Tip.
- gravity n. Seriousness.
- gregarious adj. Not habitually solitary or living alone.
- grenadier n. A member of a regiment composed of men of great stature.
- grief n. Sorrow.
- grievance n. That which oppresses, injures, or causes grief and at the same time a sense of wrong.
- grievous adj. Creating affliction.
- grimace n. A distortion of the features, occasioned by some feeling of pain, disgust, etc.
- grindstone n. A flat circular stone, used for sharpening tools.
- grisly adj. Fear-inspiring.
- grotesque adj. Incongruously composed or ill-proportioned.
- grotto n. A small cavern.
- ground n. A pavement or floor or any supporting surface on which one may walk.
- guess n. Surmise.
- guile n. Duplicity.
- guileless adj. Frank.
- guinea n. An English monetary unit.
- guise n. The external appearance as produced by garb or costume.
- gullible adj. Credulous.
- gumption n. Common sense.
- gusto n. Keen enjoyment.
- guy n. Stay-rope.
- guzzle v. To swallow greedily or hastily; gulp.
- gynecocracy n. Female supremacy.
- gynecology n. The science that treats of the functions and diseases peculiar to women.
- gyrate v. To revolve.
- gyroscope n. An instrument for illustrating the laws of rotation.
- habitable adj. Fit to be dwelt in.
- habitant n. Dweller.
- habitual adj. According to usual practice.
- habitude n. Customary relation or association.
- hackney v. To make stale or trite by repetition.
- haggard adj. Worn and gaunt in appearance.
- halcyon adj. Calm.
- hale adj. Of sound and vigorous health.
- handwriting n. Penmanship.
- hanger-on n. A parasite.
- happy-go-lucky adj. Improvident.
- harangue n. A tirade.
- harass v. To trouble with importunities, cares, or annoyances.
- harbinger n. One who or that which foreruns and announces the coming of any person or thing.
- hard-hearted adj. Lacking pity or sympathy.
- hardihood n. Foolish daring.
- harmonious adj. Concordant in sound.
- havoc n. Devastation.
- hawthorn n. A thorny shrub much used in England for hedges.
- hazard n. Risk.
- head first adv. Precipitately, as in diving.
- head foremost adv. Precipitately, as in diving.
- heartrending adj. Very depressing.
- heathenish adj. Irreligious.
- heedless adj. Thoughtless.
- heifer n. A young cow.
- heinous adj. Odiously sinful.
- hemorrhage n. Discharge of blood from a ruptured or wounded blood-vessel.
- hemorrhoids n. pl. Tumors composed of enlarged and thickened blood-vessels, at the lower end of the rectum.
- henchman n. A servile assistant and subordinate.
- henpeck v. To worry or harass by ill temper and petty annoyances.
- heptagon n. A figure having seven sides and seven angles.
- heptarchy n. A group of seven governments.
- herbaceous adj. Having the character of a herb.
- herbarium n. A collection of dried plants scientifically arranged for study.
- herbivorous adj. Feeding on herbs or other vegetable matter, as animals.
- hereditary adj. Passing naturally from parent to child.
- heredity n. Transmission of physical or mental qualities, diseases, etc., from parent to offspring.
- heresy n. An opinion or doctrine subversive of settled beliefs or accepted principles.
- heretic n. One who holds opinions contrary to the recognized standards or tenets of any philosophy.
- heritage n. Birthright.
- hernia n. Protrusion of any internal organ in whole or in part from its normal position.
- hesitancy n. A pausing to consider.
- hesitant adj. Vacillating.
- hesitation n. Vacillation.
- heterodox adj. At variance with any commonly accepted doctrine or opinion.
- heterogeneity n. Unlikeness of constituent parts.
- heterogeneous adj. Consisting of dissimilar elements or ingredients of different kinds.
- heteromorphic adj. Deviating from the normal form or standard type.
- hexangular adj. Having six angles.
- hexapod adj. Having six feet.
- hexagon n. A figure with six angles.
- hiatus n. A break or vacancy where something necessary to supply the connection is wanting.
- hibernal adj. Pertaining to winter.
- Hibernian adj. Pertaining to Ireland, or its people.
- hideous adj. Appalling.
- hilarious adj. Boisterously merry.
- hillock n. A small hill or mound.
- hinder v. To obstruct.
- hindmost adj. Farthest from the front.
- hindrance n. An obstacle.
- hirsute adj. Having a hairy covering.
- hoard v. To gather and store away for the sake of accumulation.
- hoarse adj. Having the voice harsh or rough, as from a cold or fatigue.
- homage n. Reverential regard or worship.
- homogeneity n. Congruity of the members or elements or parts.
- homogeneous adj. Made up of similar parts or elements.
- homologous adj. Identical in nature, make-up, or relation.
- homonym n. A word agreeing in sound with but different in meaning from another.
- homophone n. A word agreeing in sound with but different in meaning from another.
- honorarium n. A token fee or payment to a professional man for services.
- hoodwink v. To deceive.
- horde n. A gathered multitude of human beings.
- hosiery n. A stocking.
- hospitable adj. Disposed to treat strangers or guests with generous kindness.
- hospitality n. The practice of receiving and entertaining strangers and guests with kindness.
- hostility n. Enmity.
- huckster n. One who retails small wares.
- humane adj. Compassionate.
- humanitarian n. A philanthropist.
- humanize v. To make gentle or refined.
- humbug n. Anything intended or calculated to deceive or mislead.
- humiliate v. To put to shame.
- hussar n. A light-horse trooper armed with saber and carbine.
- hustle v. To move with haste and promptness.
- hybrid adj. Cross-bred.
- hydra n. The seven- or nine-headed water-serpent slain by Hercules.
- hydraulic adj. Involving the moving of water, of the force exerted by water in motion.
- hydrodynamics n. The branch of mechanics that treats of the dynamics of fluids.
- hydroelectric adj. Pertaining to electricity developed water or steam.
- hydromechanics n. The mechanics of fluids.
- hydrometer n. An instrument for determining the density of solids and liquids by flotation.
- hydrostatics n. The branch of science that treats of the pressure and equilibrium of fluids.
- hydrous adj. Watery.
- hygiene n. The branch of medical science that relates to improving health.
- hypercritical adj. Faultfinding.
- hypnosis n. An artificial trance-sleep.
- hypnotic adj. Tending to produce sleep.
- hypnotism n. An artificially induced somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestion.
- hypnotize v. To produce a somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestions.
- hypocrisy n. Extreme insincerity.
- hypocrite n. One who makes false professions of his views or beliefs.
- hypodermic adj. Pertaining to the area under the skin.
- hypotenuse n. The side of a right-angled triangle opposite the right angle.
- hypothesis n. A proposition taken for granted as a premise from which to reach a conclusion.
- hysteria n. A nervous affection occurring typically in paroxysms of laughing and crying.
- ichthyic adj. Fish-like.
- ichthyology n. The branch of zoology that treats of fishes.
- ichthyosaurs n. A fossil reptile.
- icily adv. Frigidly.
- iciness n. The state of being icy.
- icon n. An image or likeness.
- iconoclast n. An image-breaker.
- idealize v. To make to conform to some mental or imaginary standard.
- idiom n. A use of words peculiar to a particular language.
- idiosyncrasy n. A mental quality or habit peculiar to an individual.
- idolize v. To regard with inordinate love or admiration.
- ignoble adj. Low in character or purpose.
- ignominious adj. Shameful.
- Iliad n. A Greek epic poem describing scenes from the siege of Troy.
- illegal adj. Not according to law.
- illegible adj. Undecipherable.
- illegitimate adj. Unlawfully begotten.
- illiberal adj. Stingy.
- illicit adj. Unlawful.
- illimitable adj. Boundless.
- illiterate adj. Having little or no book-learning.
- ill-natured adj. Surly.
- illogical adj. Contrary to the rules of sound thought.
- illuminant n. That which may be used to produce light.
- illuminate v. To supply with light.
- illumine v. To make bright or clear.
- illusion n. An unreal image presented to the senses.
- illusive adj. Deceptive.
- illusory adj. Deceiving or tending to deceive, as by false appearance.
- imaginable adj. That can be imagined or conceived in the mind.
- imaginary adj. Fancied.
- imbibe v. To drink or take in.
- imbroglio n. A misunderstanding attended by ill feeling, perplexity, or strife.
- imbrue v. To wet or moisten.
- imitation n. That which is made as a likeness or copy.
- imitator n. One who makes in imitation.
- immaculate adj. Without spot or blemish.
- immaterial adj. Of no essential consequence.
- immature adj. Not full-grown.
- immeasurable adj. Indefinitely extensive.
- immense adj. Very great in degree, extent, size, or quantity.
- immerse v. To plunge or dip entirely under water or other fluid.
- immersion n. The act of plunging or dipping entirely under water or another fluid.
- immigrant n. A foreigner who enters a country to settle there.
- immigrate v. To come into a country or region from a former habitat.
- imminence n. Impending evil or danger.
- imminent adj. Dangerous and close at hand.
- immiscible adj. Separating, as oil and water.
- immoral adj. Habitually engaged in licentious or lewd practices.
- immortalize v. To cause to last or to be known or remembered throughout a great or indefinite length of time.
- immovable adj. Steadfast.
- immune adj. Exempt, as from disease.
- immutable adj. Unchangeable.
- impair v. To cause to become less or worse.
- impalpable adj. Imperceptible to the touch.
- impartial adj. Unbiased.
- impassable adj. That can not be passed through or over.
- impassible adj. Not moved or affected by feeling.
- impassive adj. Unmoved by or not exhibiting feeling.
- impatience n. Unwillingness to brook delays or wait the natural course of things.
- impeccable adj. Blameless.
- impecunious adj. Having no money.
- impede v. To be an obstacle or to place obstacles in the way of.
- impel v. To drive or urge forward.
- impend v. To be imminent.
- imperative adj. Obligatory.
- imperceptible adj. Indiscernible.
- imperfectible adj. That can not be perfected.
- imperil v. To endanger.
- imperious adj. Insisting on obedience.
- impermissible adj. Not permissible.
- impersonal adj. Not relating to a particular person or thing.
- impersonate v. To appear or act in the character of.
- impersuadable adj. Unyielding.
- impertinence n. Rudeness.
- imperturbable adj. Calm.
- impervious adj. Impenetrable.
- impetuosity n. Rashness.
- impetuous adj. Impulsive.
- impetus n. Any impulse or incentive.
- impiety n. Irreverence toward God.
- impious adj. Characterized by irreverence or irreligion.
- implausible adj. Not plausible.
- impliable adj. Capable of being inferred.
- implicate v. To show or prove to be involved in or concerned
- implicit adj. Implied.
- imply v. To signify.
- impolitic adj. Inexpedient.
- importation n. The act or practice of bringing from one country into another.
- importunate adj. Urgent in character, request, or demand.
- importune v. To harass with persistent demands or entreaties.
- impotent adj. Destitute of or lacking in power, physical, moral, or intellectual.
- impoverish v. To make indigent or poor.
- impracticable adj. Not feasible.
- impregnable adj. That can not be taken by assault.
- impregnate v. To make pregnant.
- impromptu n. Anything done or said on the impulse of the moment.
- improper adj. Not appropriate, suitable, or becoming.
- impropriety n. The state or quality of being unfit, unseemly, or inappropriate.
- improvident adj. Lacking foresight or thrift.
- improvise v. To do anything extemporaneously or offhand.
- imprudent adj. Heedless.
- impudence n. Insolent disrespect.
- impugn v. To assail with arguments, insinuations, or accusations.
- impulsion n. Impetus.
- impulsive adj. Unpremeditated.
- impunity n. Freedom from punishment.
- impure adj. Tainted.
- impute v. To attribute.
- inaccessible adj. Difficult of approach.
- inaccurate adj. Not exactly according to the facts.
- inactive adj. Inert.
- inadequate adj. Insufficient.
- inadmissible adj. Not to be approved, considered, or allowed, as testimony.
- inadvertent adj. Accidental.
- inadvisable adj. Unadvisable.
- inane adj. Silly.
- inanimate adj. Destitute of animal life.
- inapprehensible adj. Not to be understood.
- inapt adj. Awkward or slow.
- inarticulate adj. Speechless.
- inaudible adj. That can not be heard.
- inborn adj. Implanted by nature.
- inbred adj. Innate.
- incandescence n. The state of being white or glowing with heat.
- incandescent adj. White or glowing with heat.
- incapacitate v. To deprive of power, capacity, competency, or qualification.
- incapacity n. Want of power to apprehend, understand, and manage.
- incarcerate v. To imprison.
- incendiary n. Chemical or person who starts a fire-literally or figuratively.
- incentive n. That which moves the mind or inflames the passions.
- inception n. The beginning.
- inceptive adj. Beginning.
- incessant adj. Unceasing.
- inchmeal adv. Piecemeal.
- inchoate adj. Incipient.
- inchoative n. That which begins, or expresses beginning.
- incidence n. Casual occurrence.
- incident n. A happening in general, especially one of little importance.
- incidentally adv. Without intention.
- incinerate v. To reduce to ashes.
- incipience n. Beginning.
- incipient adj. Initial.
- incisor n. A front or cutting tooth.
- incite v. To rouse to a particular action.
- incitement n. That which moves to action, or serves as an incentive or stimulus.
- incoercible adj. Incapable of being forced, constrained, or compelled.
- incoherence n. Want of connection, or agreement, as of parts or ideas in thought, speech, etc.
- incoherent adj. Not logically coordinated, as to parts, elements, or details.
- incombustible adj. That can not be burned.
- incomparable adj. Matchless.
- incompatible adj. Discordant.
- incompetence n. General lack of capacity or fitness.
- incompetent adj. Not having the abilities desired or necessary for any purpose.
- incomplete adj. Lacking some element, part, or adjunct necessary or required.
- incomprehensible adj. Not understandable.
- incompressible adj. Resisting all attempts to reduce volume by pressure.
- inconceivable adj. Incomprehensible.
- incongruous adj. Unsuitable for the time, place, or occasion.
- inconsequential adj. Valueless.
- inconsiderable adj. Small in quantity or importance.
- inconsistent adj. Contradictory.
- inconstant adj. Changeable.
- incontrovertible adj. Indisputable.
- inconvenient adj. Interfering with comfort or progress.
- indefensible adj. Untenable.
- indefinitely adv. In a vague or uncertain way.
- indelible adj. That can not be blotted out, effaced, destroyed, or removed.
- indescribable adj. That can not be described.
- indestructible adj. That can not be destroyed.
- indicant adj. That which points out.
- indicator n. One who or that which points out.
- indict v. To find and declare chargeable with crime.
- indigence n. Poverty.
- indigenous adj. Native.
- indigent adj. Poor.
- indigestible adj. Not digestible, or difficult to digest.
- indigestion n. Difficulty or failure in the alimentary canal in changing food into absorptive nutriment.
- indignant adj. Having such anger and scorn as is aroused by meanness or wickedness.
- indignity n. Unmerited contemptuous conduct or treatment.
- indiscernible adj. Not perceptible.
- indiscreet adj. Lacking wise judgment.
- indiscriminate adj. Promiscuous.
- indispensable adj. Necessary or requisite for the purpose.
- indistinct adj. Vague.
- indivertible adj. That can not be turned aside.
- indivisible adj. Not separable into parts.
- indolence n. Laziness.
- indolent adj. Habitually inactive or idle.
- indomitable adj. Unconquerable.
- induct v. To bring in.
- indulgence n. The yielding to inclination, passion, desire, or propensity in oneself or another.
- indulgent adj. Yielding to the desires or humor of oneself or those under one's care.
- inebriate v. To intoxicate.
- inedible adj. Not good for food.
- ineffable adj. Unutterable.
- inefficient adj. Not accomplishing an intended purpose.
- inefficiency n. That which does not accomplish an intended purpose.
- ineligible adj. Not suitable to be selected or chosen.
- inept adj. Not fit or suitable.
- inert adj. Inanimate.
- inestimable adj. Above price.
- inevitable adj. Unavoidable.
- inexcusable adj. Not to be justified.
- inexhaustible adj. So large or furnishing so great a supply as not to be emptied, wasted, or spent.
- inexorable adj. Unrelenting.
- inexpedient adj. Unadvisable.
- inexpensive adj. Low-priced.
- inexperience n. Lack of or deficiency in experience.
- inexplicable adj. Such as can not be made plain.
- inexpressible adj. Unutterable.
- inextensible adj. Of unchangeable length or area.
- infallible adj. Exempt from error of judgment, as in opinion or statement.
- infamous adj. Publicly branded or notorious, as for vice, or crime.
- infamy n. Total loss or destitution of honor or reputation.
- inference n. The derivation of a judgment from any given material of knowledge on the ground of law.
- infernal adj. Akin to or befitting hell or its occupants.
- infest v. To be present in such numbers as to be a source of annoyance, trouble, or danger.
- infidel n. One who denies the existence of God.
- infidelity n. Disloyalty.
- infinite adj. Measureless.
- infinity n. Boundless or immeasurable extension or duration.
- infirm adj. Lacking in bodily or mental strength.
- infirmary n. A place for the reception or treatment of the sick.
- infirmity n. A physical, mental, or moral weakness or flaw.
- inflammable adj. Easily set on fire or excited.
- inflammation n. A morbid process in some part of the body characterized by heat, swelling, and pain.
- inflexible adj. That can not be altered or varied.
- influence n. Ability to sway the will of another.
- influential adj. Having the power to sway the will of another.
- influx n. Infusion.
- infrequence n. Rareness.
- infrequent adj. Uncommon.
- infringe v. To trespass upon.
- infuse v. To instill, introduce, or inculcate, as principles or qualities.
- infusion n. The act of imbuing, or pouring in.
- ingenious adj. Evincing skill, originality, or cleverness, as in contrivance or arrangement.
- ingenuity n. Cleverness in contriving, combining, or originating.
- ingenuous adj. Candid, frank, or open in character or quality.
- inglorious adj. Shameful.
- ingraft v. To set or implant deeply and firmly.
- ingratiate v. To win confidence or good graces for oneself.
- ingratitude n. Insensibility to kindness.
- ingredient n. Component.
- inherence n. The state of being permanently existing in something.
- inherent adj. Intrinsic.
- inhibit v. To hold back or in.
- inhospitable adj. Not disposed to entertain strangers gratuitously.
- inhuman adj. Savage.
- inhume v. To place in the earth, as a dead body.
- inimical adj. Adverse.
- iniquity n. Gross wrong or injustice.
- initiate v. To perform the first act or rite.
- inject v. To introduce, as a fluid, by injection.
- injunction n. Mandate.
- inkling n. A hint.
- inland adj. Remote from the sea.
- inlet n. A small body of water leading into a larger.
- inmost adj. Deepest within.
- innocuous adj. Harmless.
- innovate v. To introduce or strive to introduce new things.
- innuendo n. Insinuation.
- innumerable adj. Countless.
- inoffensive adj. Causing nothing displeasing or disturbing.
- inopportune adj. Unsuitable or inconvenient, especially as to time.
- inquire v. To ask information about.
- inquisition n. A court or tribunal for examination and punishment of heretics.
- inquisitive adj. Given to questioning, especially out of curiosity.
- inquisitor n. One who makes an investigation.
- inroad n. Forcible encroachment or trespass.
- insatiable adj. That desires or craves immoderately or unappeasably.
- inscribe v. To enter in a book, or on a list, roll, or document, by writing.
- inscrutable adj. Impenetrably mysterious or profound.
- insecure adj. Not assured of safety.
- insensible adj. Imperceptible.
- insentient adj. Lacking the power of feeling or perceiving.
- inseparable adj. That can not be separated.
- insidious adj. Working ill by slow and stealthy means.
- insight n. Intellectual discernment.
- insignificance n. Lack of import or of importance.
- insignificant adj. Without importance, force, or influence.
- insinuate v. To imply.
- insipid adj. Tasteless.
- insistence n. Urgency.
- insistent adj. Urgent.
- insolence n. Pride or haughtiness exhibited in contemptuous and overbearing treatment of others.
- insolent adj. Impudent.
- insomnia n. Sleeplessness.
- inspector n. An official appointed to examine or oversee any matter of public interest or importance.
- instance n. A single occurrence or happening of a given kind.
- instant n. A very brief portion of time.
- instantaneous adj. Done without perceptible lapse of time.
- instigate v. To provoke.
- instigator n. One who incites to evil.
- instill v. To infuse.
- instructive adj. Conveying knowledge.
- insufficiency n. Inadequacy.
- insufficient adj. Inadequate for some need, purpose, or use.
- insular adj. Pertaining to an island.
- insulate v. To place in a detached state or situation.
- insuperable adj. Invincible.
- insuppressible adj. Incapable of being concealed.
- insurgence n. Uprising.
- insurgent n. One who takes part in forcible opposition to the constituted authorities of a place.
- insurrection n. The state of being in active resistance to authority.
- intangible adj. Not perceptible to the touch.
- integrity n. Uprightness of character and soundness of moral principle.
- intellect n. The faculty of perception or thought.
- intellectual adj. Characterized by intelligence.
- intelligence n. Capacity to know or understand.
- intelligible adj. Comprehensible.
- intemperance n. Immoderate action or indulgence, as of the appetites.
- intension n. The act of stringing or stretching, or state of being strained.
- intensive adj. Adding emphasis or force.
- intention n. That upon which the mind is set.
- interact v. To act reciprocally.
- intercede v. To mediate between persons.
- intercept v. To interrupt the course of.
- intercession n. Entreaty in behalf of others.
- intercessor n. A mediator.
- interdict n. Authoritative act of prohibition.
- interim n. Time between acts or periods.
- interlocutor n. One who takes part in a conversation or oral discussion.
- interlude n. An action or event considered as coming between others of greater length.
- intermediate adj. Being in a middle place or degree or between extremes.
- interminable adj. Having no limit or end.
- intermission n. A recess.
- intermit v. To cause to cease temporarily.
- intermittent adj. A temporary discontinuance.
- interpolation n. Verbal interference.
- interpose v. To come between other things or persons.
- interposition n. A coming between.
- interpreter n. A person who makes intelligible the speech of a foreigner by oral translation.
- interrogate v. To examine formally by questioning.
- interrogative adj. Having the nature or form of a question.
- interrogatory n. A question or inquiry.
- interrupt v. To stop while in progress.
- intersect v. To cut through or into so as to divide.
- intervale n. A low tract of land between hills, especially along a river.
- intervene v. To interfere for some end.
- intestacy n. The condition resulting from one's dying not having made a valid will.
- intestate adj. Not having made a valid will.
- intestine n. That part of the digestive tube below or behind the stomach, extending to the anus.
- intimacy n. Close or confidential friendship.
- intimidate v. To cause to become frightened.
- intolerable adj. Insufferable.
- intolerance n. Inability or unwillingness to bear or endure.
- intolerant adj. Bigoted.
- intoxicant n. Anything that unduly exhilarates or excites.
- intoxicate v. To make drunk.
- intracellular adj. Occurring or situated within a cell.
- intramural adj. Situated within the walls of a city.
- intrepid adj. Fearless and bold.
- intricacy n. Perplexity.
- intricate adj. Difficult to follow or understand.
- intrigue n. A plot or scheme, usually complicated and intended to accomplish something by secret ways.
- intrinsic adj. Inherent.
- introductory adj. Preliminary.
- introgression n. Entrance.
- intromit v. To insert.
- introspect v. To look into.
- introspection n. The act of observing and analyzing one's own thoughts and feelings.
- introversion n. The act of turning or directing inward, physically or mentally.
- introvert v. To turn within.
- intrude v. To come in without leave or license.
- intrusion n. The act of entering without warrant or invitation; encroachment.
- intuition n. Instinctive knowledge or feeling.
- inundate v. To fill with an overflowing abundance.
- inundation n. Flood.
- inure v. To harden or toughen by use, exercise, or exposure.
- invalid adj. Having no force, weight, or cogency.
- invalid n. One who is disabled by illness or injury.
- invalidate v. To render of no force or effect.
- invaluable adj. Exceedingly precious.
- invariable adj. Unchangeable.
- invasion n. Encroachment, as by an act of intrusion or trespass.
- invective n. An utterance intended to cast censure, or reproach.
- inveigh v. To utter vehement censure or invective.
- inventive adj. Quick at contrivance.
- inverse adj. Contrary in tendency or direction.
- inversion n. Change of order so that the first shall become last and the last first.
- invert v. To turn inside out, upside down, or in opposite direction.
- investigator n. One who investigates.
- investor n. One who invests money.
- inveterate adj. Habitual.
- invidious adj. Showing or feeling envy.
- invigorate v. To animate.
- invincible adj. Not to be conquered, subdued, or overcome.
- inviolable adj. Incapable of being injured or disturbed.
- invoke v. To call on for assistance or protection.
- involuntary adj. Unwilling.
- involution n. Complication.
- involve v. To draw into entanglement, literally or figuratively.
- invulnerable adj. That can not be wounded or hurt.
- inwardly adv. With no outward manifestation.
- iota n. A small or insignificant mark or part.
- irascible adj. Prone to anger.
- irate adj. Moved to anger.
- ire n. Wrath.
- iridescence n. A many-colored appearance.
- iridescent adj. Exhibiting changing rainbow-colors due to the interference of the light.
- irk v. To afflict with pain, vexation, or fatigue.
- irksome adj. Wearisome.
- irony n. Censure or ridicule under cover of praise or compliment.
- irradiance n. Luster.
- irradiate v. To render clear and intelligible.
- irrational adj. Not possessed of reasoning powers or understanding.
- irreducible adj. That can not be lessened.
- irrefragable adj. That can not be refuted or disproved.
- irrefrangible adj. That can not be broken or violated.
- irrelevant adj. Inapplicable.
- irreligious adj. Indifferent or opposed to religion.
- irreparable adj. That can not be rectified or made amends for.
- irrepressible adj. That can not be restrained or kept down.
- irresistible adj. That can not be successfully withstood or opposed.
- irresponsible adj. Careless of or unable to meet responsibilities.
- irreverence n. The quality showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, especially for sacred things.
- irreverent adj. Showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, especially for sacred things.
- irreverential adj. Showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, especially for sacred things.
- irreversible adj. Irrevocable.
- irrigant adj. Serving to water lands by artificial means.
- irrigate v. To water, as land, by ditches or other artificial means.
- irritable adj. Showing impatience or ill temper on little provocation.
- irritancy n. The quality of producing vexation.
- irritant n. A mechanical, chemical, or pathological agent of inflammation, pain, or tension.
- irritate v. To excite ill temper or impatience in.
- irruption n. Sudden invasion.
- isle n. An island.
- islet n. A little island.
- isobar n. A line joining points at which the barometric pressure is the same at a specified moment.
- isochronous adj. Relating to or denoting equal intervals of time.
- isolate v. To separate from others of its kind.
- isothermal adj. Having or marking equality of temperature.
- itinerant adj. Wandering.
- itinerary n. A detailed account or diary of a journey.
- itinerate v. To wander from place to place.
- jargon n. Confused, unintelligible speech or highly technical speech.
- jaundice n. A morbid condition, due to obstructed excretion of bile or characterized by yellowing of the skin.
- jeopardize v. To imperil.
- Jingo n. One of a party in Great Britain in favor of spirited and demonstrative foreign policy.
- jocose adj. Done or made in jest.
- jocular adj. Inclined to joke.
- joggle n. A sudden irregular shake or a push causing such a shake.
- journalize v. To keep a diary.
- jovial adj. Merry.
- jubilation n. Exultation.
- judgment n. The faculty by the exercise of which a deliberate conclusion is reached.
- judicature n. Distribution and administration of justice by trial and judgment.
- judicial adj. Pertaining to the administration of justice.
- judiciary n. That department of government which administers the law relating to civil and criminal justice.
- judicious adj. Prudent.
- juggle v. To play tricks of sleight of hand.
- jugglery n. The art or practice of sleight of hand.
- jugular adj. Pertaining to the throat.
- juicy adj. Succulent.
- junction n. The condition of being joined.
- juncture n. An articulation, joint, or seam.
- junta n. A council or assembly that deliberates in secret upon the affairs of government.
- juridical adj. Assumed by law to exist.
- jurisdiction n. Lawful power or right to exercise official authority.
- jurisprudence n. The science of rights in accordance with positive law.
- juror n. One who serves on a jury or is sworn in for jury duty in a court of justice.
- joust v. To engage in a tilt with lances on horseback.
- justification n. Vindication.
- juvenile adj. Characteristic of youth.
- juxtapose v. To place close together.
- keepsake n. Anything kept or given to be kept for the sake of the giver.
- kerchief n. A square of linen, silk, or other material, used as a covering for the head or neck.
- kernel n. A grain or seed.
- kiln n. An oven or furnace for baking, burning, or drying industrial products.
- kiloliter n. One thousand liters.
- kilometer n. A length of 1,000 meters.
- kilowatt n. One thousand watts.
- kimono n. A loose robe, fastening with a sash, the principal outer garment in Japan.
- kind-hearted adj. Having a kind and sympathetic nature.
- kingling n. A petty king.
- kingship n. Royal state.
- kinsfolk n. pl. Relatives.
- knavery n. Deceitfulness in dealing.
- knead v. To mix and work into a homogeneous mass, especially with the hands.
- knickknack n. A small article, more for ornament that use.
- knight errant n. One of the wandering knights who in the middle ages went forth in search of adventure.
- knighthood n. Chivalry.
- laborious adj. Toilsome.
- labyrinth n. A maze.
- lacerate v. To tear rudely or raggedly.
- lackadaisical adj. Listless.
- lactation n. The secretion of milk.
- lacteal adj. Milky.
- lactic adj. Pertaining to milk.
- laddie n. A lad.
- ladle n. A cup-shaped vessel with a long handle, intended for dipping up and pouring liquids.
- laggard adj. Falling behind.
- landholder n. Landowner.
- landlord n. A man who owns and lets a tenement or tenements.
- landmark n. A familiar object in the landscape serving as a guide to an area otherwise easily lost track of.
- landscape n. A rural view, especially one of picturesque effect, as seen from a distance or an elevation.
- languid adj. Relaxed.
- languor n. Lassitude of body or depression.
- lapse n. A slight deviation from what is right, proper, or just.
- lascivious adj. Lustful.
- lassie n. A little lass.
- latent adj. Dormant.
- latency n. The state of being dormant.
- later adv. At a subsequent time.
- lateral adj. Directed toward the side.
- latish adj. Rather late.
- lattice n. Openwork of metal or wood, formed by crossing or interlacing strips or bars.
- laud v. To praise in words or song.
- laudable adj. Praiseworthy.
- laudation n. High praise.
- laudatory adj. Pertaining to, expressing, or containing praise.
- laundress n. Washerwoman.
- laureate adj. Crowned with laurel, as a mark of distinction.
- lave v. To wash or bathe.
- lawgiver n. A legislator.
- lawmaker n. A legislator.
- lax adj. Not stringent or energetic.
- laxative adj. Having power to open or loosen the bowels.
- lea n. A field.
- leaflet n. A little leaf or a booklet.
- leaven v. To make light by fermentation, as dough.
- leeward n. That side or direction toward which the wind blows.
- left-handed adj. Using the left hand or arm more dexterously than the right.
- legacy n. A bequest.
- legalize v. To give the authority of law to.
- legging n. A covering for the leg.
- legible adj. That may be read with ease.
- legionary n. A member of an ancient Roman legion or of the modern French Legion of Honor.
- legislate v. To make or enact a law or laws.
- legislative adj. That makes or enacts laws.
- legislator n. A lawgiver.
- legitimacy n. Accordance with law.
- legitimate adj. Having the sanction of law or established custom.
- leisure n. Spare time.
- leniency n. Forbearance.
- lenient adj. Not harsh.
- leonine adj. Like a lion.
- lethargy n. Prolonged sluggishness of body or mind.
- levee n. An embankment beside a river or stream or an arm of the sea, to prevent overflow.
- lever n. That which exerts, or through which one may exert great power.
- leviathan n. Any large animal, as a whale.
- levity n. Frivolity.
- levy v. To impose and collect by force or threat of force.
- lewd adj. Characterized by lust or lasciviousness.
- lexicographer n. One who makes dictionaries.
- lexicography n. The making of dictionaries.
- lexicon n. A dictionary.
- liable adj. Justly or legally responsible.
- libel n. Defamation.
- liberalism n. Opposition to conservatism.
- liberate v. To set free or release from bondage.
- licentious adj. Wanton.
- licit adj. Lawful.
- liege adj. Sovereign.
- lien n. A legal claim or hold on property, as security for a debt or charge.
- lieu n. Stead.
- lifelike adj. Realistic.
- lifelong adj. Lasting or continuous through life.
- lifetime n. The time that life continues.
- ligament n. That which binds objects together.
- ligature n. Anything that constricts, or serves for binding or tying.
- light-hearted adj. Free from care.
- ligneous adj. Having the texture of appearance of wood.
- likelihood n. A probability.
- likely adj. Plausible.
- liking n. Fondness.
- limitation n. A restriction.
- linear adj. Of the nature of a line.
- liner n. A vessel belonging to a steamship-line.
- lingo n. Language.
- lingua n. The tongue.
- lingual adj. Pertaining to the use of the tongue in utterance.
- linguist n. One who is acquainted with several languages.
- linguistics n. The science of languages, or of the origin, history, and significance of words.
- liniment n. A liquid preparation for rubbing on the skin in cases of bruises, inflammation, etc.
- liquefacient adj. Possessing a liquefying nature or power.
- liquefy v. To convert into a liquid or into liquid form.
- liqueur n. An alcoholic cordial sweetened and flavored with aromatic substances.
- liquidate v. To deliver the amount or value of.
- liquor n. Any alcoholic or intoxicating liquid.
- listless adj. Inattentive.
- literacy n. The state or condition of knowing how to read and write.
- literal adj. Following the exact words.
- literature n. The written or printed productions of the human mind collectively.
- lithe adj. Supple.
- lithesome adj. Nimble.
- lithograph n. A print made by printing from stone.
- lithotype n. In engraving, an etched stone surface for printing.
- litigant n. A party to a lawsuit.
- litigate v. To cause to become the subject-matter of a suit at law.
- litigious adj. Quarrelsome.
- littoral adj. Of, pertaining to, or living on a shore.
- liturgy n. A ritual.
- livelihood n. Means of subsistence.
- livid adj. Black-and-blue, as contused flesh.
- loam n. A non-coherent mixture of sand and clay.
- loath adj. Averse.
- loathe v. To abominate.
- locative adj. Indicating place, or the place where or wherein an action occurs.
- loch n. A lake.
- locomotion n. The act or power of moving from one place to another.
- lode n. A somewhat continuous unstratified metal- bearing vein.
- lodgment n. The act of furnishing with temporary quarters.
- logic n. The science of correct thinking.
- logical adj. Capable of or characterized by clear reasoning.
- logician n. An expert reasoner.
- loiterer n. One who consumes time idly.
- loneliness n. Solitude.
- longevity n. Unusually prolonged life.
- loot v. To plunder.
- loquacious adj. Talkative.
- lordling n. A little lord.
- lough n. A lake or loch.
- louse n. A small insect parasitic on and sucking the blood of mammals.
- lovable adj. Amiable.
- low-spirited adj. Despondent.
- lowly adv. Rudely.
- lucid adj. Mentally sound.
- lucrative adj. Highly profitable.
- ludicrous adj. Laughable.
- luminary n. One of the heavenly bodies as a source of light.
- luminescent adj. Showing increase of light.
- luminescence n. Showing increase.
- luminosity n. The quality of giving or radiating light.
- luminous adj. Giving or radiating light.
- lunacy n. Mental unsoundness.
- lunar adj. Pertaining to the moon.
- lunatic n. An insane person.
- lune n. The moon.
- lurid adj. Ghastly and sensational.
- luscious adj. Rich, sweet, and delicious.
- lustrous adj. Shining.
- luxuriance n. Excessive or superfluous growth or quantity.
- luxuriant adj. Abundant or superabundant in growth.
- luxuriate v. To live sumptuously.
- lying n. Untruthfulness.
- lyre n. One of the most ancient of stringed instruments of the harp class.
- lyric adj. Fitted for expression in song.
- macadamize v. To cover or pave, as a path or roadway, with small broken stone.
- machinery n. The parts of a machine or engine, taken collectively.
- machinist n. One who makes or repairs machines, or uses metal-working tools.
- macrocosm n. The whole of any sphere or department of nature or knowledge to which man is related.
- madden v. To inflame with passion.
- Madonna n. A painted or sculptured representation of the Virgin, usually with the infant Jesus.
- magician n. A sorcerer.
- magisterial adj. Having an air of authority.
- magistracy n. The office or dignity of a magistrate.
- magnanimous adj. Generous in treating or judging others.
- magnate n. A person of rank or importance.
- magnet n. A body possessing that peculiar form of polarity found in nature in the lodestone.
- magnetize v. To make a magnet of, permanently, or temporarily.
- magnificence n. The exhibition of greatness of action, character, intellect, wealth, or power.
- magnificent adj. Grand or majestic in appearance, quality, or action.
- magnitude n. Importance.
- maharaja n. A great Hindu prince.
- maidenhood n. Virginity.
- maintain v. To hold or preserve in any particular state or condition.
- maintenance n. That which supports or sustains.
- maize n. Indian corn: usually in the United States called simply corn.
- makeup n. The arrangements or combination of the parts of which anything is composed.
- malady n. Any physical disease or disorder, especially a chronic or deep-seated one.
- malaria n. A fever characterized by alternating chills, fever, and sweating.
- malcontent n. One who is dissatisfied with the existing state of affairs.
- malediction n. The calling down of a curse or curses.
- malefactor n. One who injures another.
- maleficent adj. Mischievous.
- malevolence n. Ill will.
- malevolent adj. Wishing evil to others.
- malign v. To speak evil of, especially to do so falsely and severely.
- malignant adj. Evil in nature or tending to do great harm or mischief.
- malleable adj. Pliant.
- mallet n. A wooden hammer.
- maltreat v. To treat ill, unkindly, roughly, or abusively.
- man-trap n. A place or structure dangerous to human life.
- mandate n. A command.
- mandatory adj. Expressive of positive command, as distinguished from merely directory.
- mane n. The long hair growing upon and about the neck of certain animals, as the horse and the lion.
- man-eater n. An animal that devours human beings.
- maneuver v. To make adroit or artful moves: manage affairs by strategy.
- mania n. Insanity.
- maniac n. a person raving with madness.
- manifesto n. A public declaration, making announcement, explanation or defense of intentions, or motives.
- manlike adj. Like a man.
- manliness n. The qualities characteristic of a true man, as bravery, resolution, etc.
- mannerism n. Constant or excessive adherence to one manner, style, or peculiarity, as of action or conduct.
- manor n. The landed estate of a lord or nobleman.
- mantel n. The facing, sometimes richly ornamented, about a fireplace, including the usual shelf above it.
- mantle n. A cloak.
- manufacturer n. A person engaged in manufacturing as a business.
- manumission n. Emancipation.
- manumit v. To set free from bondage.
- marine adj. Of or pertaining to the sea or matters connected with the sea.
- maritime adj. Situated on or near the sea.
- maroon v. To put ashore and abandon (a person) on a desolate coast or island.
- martial adj. Pertaining to war or military operations.
- Martian adj. Pertaining to Mars, either the Roman god of war or the planet.
- martyrdom n. Submission to death or persecution for the sake of faith or principle.
- marvel v. To be astonished and perplexed because of (something).
- masonry n. The art or work of constructing, as buildings, walls, etc., with regularly arranged stones.
- masquerade n. A social party composed of persons masked and costumed so as to be disguised.
- massacre n. The unnecessary and indiscriminate killing of human beings.
- massive adj. Of considerable bulk and weight.
- masterpiece n. A superior production.
- mastery n. The attainment of superior skill.
- material n. That of which anything is composed or may be constructed.
- materialize v. To take perceptible or substantial form.
- maternal adj. Pertaining or peculiar to a mother or to motherhood.
- matinee n. An entertainment (especially theatrical) held in the daytime.
- matricide n. The killing, especially the murdering, of one's mother.
- matrimony n. The union of a man and a woman in marriage.
- matrix n. That which contains and gives shape or form to anything.
- matter of fact n. Something that has actual and undeniable existence or reality.
- maudlin adj. Foolishly and tearfully affectionate.
- mausoleum n. A tomb of more than ordinary size or architectural pretensions.
- mawkish adj. Sickening or insipid.
- maxim n. A principle accepted as true and acted on as a rule or guide.
- maze n. A labyrinth.
- mead n. A meadow.
- meager adj. scanty.
- mealy-mouthed adj. Afraid to express facts or opinions plainly.
- meander v. To wind and turn while proceeding in a course.
- mechanics n. The branch of physics that treats the phenomena caused by the action of forces.
- medallion n. A large medal.
- meddlesome adj. Interfering.
- medial adj. Of or pertaining to the middle.
- mediate v. To effect by negotiating as an agent between parties.
- medicine n. A substance possessing or reputed to possess curative or remedial properties.
- medieval adj. Belonging or relating to or descriptive of the middle ages.
- mediocre adj. Ordinary.
- meditation n. The turning or revolving of a subject in the mind.
- medley n. A composition of different songs or parts of songs arranged to run as a continuous whole.
- meliorate v. To make better or improve, as in quality or social or physical condition.
- mellifluous adj. Sweetly or smoothly flowing.
- melodious adj. Characterized by a sweet succession of sounds.
- melodrama n. A drama with a romantic story or plot and sensational situation and incidents.
- memento n. A souvenir.
- memorable adj. Noteworthy.
- menace n. A threat.
- menagerie n. A collection of wild animals, especially when kept for exhibition.
- mendacious adj. Untrue.
- mendicant n. A beggar.
- mentality n. Intellectuality.
- mentor n. A wise and faithful teacher, guide, and friend.
- mercantile adj. Conducted or acting on business principles; commercial.
- mercenary adj. Greedy
- merciful adj. Disposed to pity and forgive.
- merciless adj. Cruel.
- meretricious adj. Alluring by false or gaudy show.
- mesmerize v. To hypnotize.
- messieurs n. pl. Gentlemen.
- metal n. An element that forms a base by combining with oxygen, is usually hard, heavy, and lustrous.
- metallurgy n. The art or science of extracting a metal from ores, as by smelting.
- metamorphosis n. A passing from one form or shape into another.
- metaphor n. A figure of speech in which one object is likened to another, by speaking as if the other.
- metaphysical adj. Philosophical.
- metaphysician n. One skilled in metaphysics.
- metaphysics n. The principles of philosophy as applied to explain the methods of any particular science.
- mete v. To apportion.
- metempsychosis n. Transition of the soul of a human being at death into another body, whether human or beast.
- meticulous adj. Over-cautious.
- metonymy n. A figure of speech that consists in the naming of a thing by one of its attributes.
- metric adj. Relating to measurement.
- metronome n. An instrument for indicating and marking exact time in music.
- metropolis n. A chief city, either the capital or the largest or most important city of a state.
- metropolitan adj. Pertaining to a chief city.
- mettle n. Courage.
- mettlesome adj. Having courage or spirit.
- microcosm n. The world or universe on a small scale.
- micrometer n. An instrument for measuring very small angles or dimensions.
- microphone n. An apparatus for magnifying faint sounds.
- microscope n. An instrument for assisting the eye in the vision of minute objects or features of objects.
- microscopic adj. Adapted to or characterized by minute observation.
- microscopy n. The art of examing objects with the microscope.
- midsummer n. The middle of the summer.
- midwife n. A woman who makes a business of assisting at childbirth.
- mien n. The external appearance or manner of a person.
- migrant adj. Wandering.
- migrate v. To remove or pass from one country, region, or habitat to another.
- migratory adj. Wandering.
- mileage n. A distance in miles.
- militant adj. Of a warlike or combative disposition or tendency.
- militarism n. A policy of maintaining great standing armies.
- militate v. To have weight or influence (in determining a question).
- militia n. Those citizens, collectively, who are enrolled and drilled in temporary military organizations.
- Milky Way n. The galaxy.
- millet n. A grass cultivated for forage and cereal.
- mimic v. To imitate the speech or actions of.
- miniature adj. Much smaller than reality or that the normal size.
- minimize v. To reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.
- minion n. A servile favorite.
- ministration n. Any religious ceremonial.
- ministry n. A service.
- minority n. The smaller in number of two portions into which a number or a group is divided.
- minute adj. Exceedingly small in extent or quantity.
- minutia n. A small or unimportant particular or detail.
- mirage n. An optical effect looking like a sheet of water in the desert.
- misadventure n. An unlucky accident.
- misanthropic adj. Hating mankind.
- misanthropy n. Hatred of mankind.
- misapprehend v. To misunderstand.
- misbehave v. To behave ill.
- misbehavior n. Ill or improper behavior.
- mischievous adj. Fond of tricks.
- miscount v. To make a mistake in counting.
- miscreant n. A villain.
- misdeed n. A wrong or improper act.
- misdemeanor n. Evil conduct, small crime.
- miser n. A person given to saving and hoarding unduly.
- mishap n. Misfortune.
- misinterpret v. To misunderstand.
- mislay v. To misplace.
- mismanage v. To manage badly, improperly, or unskillfully.
- misnomer n. A name wrongly or mistakenly applied.
- misogamy n. Hatred of marriage.
- misogyny n. Hatred of women.
- misplace v. To put into a wrong place.
- misrepresent v. To give a wrong impression.
- misrule v. To misgovern.
- missal n. The book containing the service for the celebration of mass.
- missile n. Any object, especially a weapon, thrown or intended to be thrown.
- missive n. A message in writing.
- mistrust v. To regard with suspicion or jealousy.
- misty adj. Lacking clearness
- misunderstand v. To Take in a wrong sense.
- misuse v. To maltreat.
- mite n. A very small amount, portion, or particle.
- miter n. The junction of two bodies at an equally divided angle.
- mitigate v. To make milder or more endurable.
- mnemonics n. A system of principles and formulas designed to assist the recollection in certain instances.
- moat n. A ditch on the outside of a fortress wall.
- mobocracy n. Lawless control of public affairs by the mob or populace.
- moccasin n. A foot-covering made of soft leather or buckskin.
- mockery n. Ridicule.
- moderation n. Temperance.
- moderator n. The presiding officer of a meeting.
- modernity n. The state or character of being modern.
- modernize v. To make characteristic of the present or of recent times.
- modification n. A change.
- modify v. To make somewhat different.
- modish adj. Fashionable.
- modulate v. To vary in tone, inflection, pitch or other quality of sound.
- mollify v. To soothe.
- molt v. To cast off, as hair, feathers, etc.
- momentary adj. Lasting but a short time.
- momentous adj. Very significant.
- momentum n. An impetus.
- monarchy n. Government by a single, sovereign ruler.
- monastery n. A dwelling-place occupied in common by persons under religious vows of seclusion.
- monetary adj. Financial.
- mongrel n. The progeny resulting from the crossing of different breeds or varieties.
- monition n. Friendly counsel given by way of warning and implying caution or reproof.
- monitory n. Admonition or warning.
- monocracy n. Government by a single person.
- monogamy n. The habit of pairing, or having but one mate.
- monogram n. A character consisting of two or more letters interwoven into one, usually initials of a name.
- monograph n. A treatise discussing a single subject or branch of a subject.
- monolith n. Any structure or sculpture in stone formed of a single piece.
- monologue n. A story or drama told or performed by one person.
- monomania n. The unreasonable pursuit of one idea.
- monopoly n. The control of a thing, as a commodity, to enable a person to raise its price.
- monosyllable n. A word of one syllable.
- monotone n. The sameness or monotony of utterance.
- monotonous adj. Unchanging and tedious.
- monotony n. A lack of variety.
- monsieur n. A French title of respect, equivalent to Mr. and sir.
- monstrosity n. Anything unnaturally huge or distorted.
- moonbeam n. A ray of moonlight.
- morale n. A state of mind with reference to confidence, courage, zeal, and the like.
- moralist n. A writer on ethics.
- morality n. Virtue.
- moralize v. To render virtuous.
- moratorium n. An emergency legislation authorizing a government suspend some action temporarily.
- morbid adj. Caused by or denoting a diseased or unsound condition of body or mind.
- mordacious adj. Biting or giving to biting.
- mordant adj. Biting.
- moribund adj. On the point of dying.
- morose adj. Gloomy.
- morphology n. the science of organic forms.
- motley adj. Composed of heterogeneous or inharmonious elements.
- motto n. An expressive word or pithy sentence enunciating some guiding rule of life, or faith.
- mountaineer n. One who travels among or climbs mountains for pleasure or exercise.
- mountainous adj. Full of or abounding in mountains.
- mouthful n. As much as can be or is usually put into the or exercise.
- muddle v. To confuse or becloud, especially with or as with drink.
- muffle v. To deaden the sound of, as by wraps.
- mulatto n. The offspring of a white person and a black person.
- muleteer n. A mule-driver.
- multiform adj. Having many shapes, or appearances.
- multiplicity n. the condition of being manifold or very various.
- mundane adj. Worldly, as opposed to spiritual or celestial.
- municipal adj. Of or pertaining to a town or city, or to its corporate or local government.
- municipality n. A district enjoying municipal government.
- munificence n. A giving characterized by generous motives and extraordinary liberality.
- munificent adj. Extraordinarily generous.
- muster n. An assemblage or review of troops for parade or inspection, or for numbering off.
- mutation n. The act or process of change.
- mutilate v. To disfigure.
- mutiny n. Rebellion against lawful or constituted authority.
- myriad n. A vast indefinite number.
- mystic n. One who professes direct divine illumination, or relies upon meditation to acquire truth.
- mystification n. The act of artfully perplexing.
- myth n. A fictitious narrative presented as historical, but without any basis of fact.
- mythology n. The whole body of legends cherished by a race concerning gods and heroes.
- nameless adj. Having no fame or reputation.
- naphtha n. A light, colorless, volatile, inflammable oil used as a solvent, as in manufacture of paints.
- Narcissus n. The son of the Athenian river-god Cephisus, fabled to have fallen in love with his reflection.
- narrate v. To tell a story.
- narration n. The act of recounting the particulars of an event in the order of time or occurrence.
- narrative n. An orderly continuous account of the successive particulars of an event.
- narrator n. One who narrates anything.
- narrow-minded adj. Characterized by illiberal views or sentiments.
- nasal adj. Pertaining to the nose.
- natal adj. Pertaining to one's birth.
- nationality n. A connection with a particular nation.
- naturally adv. According to the usual order of things.
- nausea n. An affection of the stomach producing dizziness and usually an impulse to vomit
- nauseate v. To cause to loathe.
- nauseous adj. Loathsome.
- nautical adj. Pertaining to ships, seamen, or navigation.
- naval adj. Pertaining to ships.
- navel n. The depression on the abdomen where the umbilical cord of the fetus was attached.
- navigable adj. Capable of commercial navigation.
- navigate v. To traverse by ship.
- nebula n. A gaseous body of unorganized stellar substance.
- necessary adj. Indispensably requisite or absolutely needed to accomplish a desired result.
- necessitate v. To render indispensable.
- necessity n. That which is indispensably requisite to an end desired.
- necrology n. A list of persons who have died in a certain place or time.
- necromancer n. One who practices the art of foretelling the future by means of communication with the dead.
- necropolis n. A city of the dead.
- necrosis n. the death of part of the body.
- nectar n. Any especially sweet and delicious drink.
- nectarine n. A variety of the peach.
- needlework n. Embroidery.
- needy adj. Being in need, want, or poverty.
- nefarious adj. Wicked in the extreme.
- negate v. To deny.
- negation n. The act of denying or of asserting the falsity of a proposition.
- neglectful adj. Exhibiting or indicating omission.
- negligee n. A loose gown worn by women.
- negligence n. Omission of that which ought to be done.
- negligent adj. Apt to omit what ought to be done.
- negligible adj. Transferable by assignment, endorsement, or delivery.
- negotiable v. To bargain with others for an agreement, as for a treaty or transfer of property.
- Nemesis n. A goddess; divinity of chastisement and vengeance.
- neocracy n. Government administered by new or untried persons.
- neo-Darwinsim n. Darwinism as modified and extended by more recent students.
- neo-Latin n. Modernized Latin.
- neopaganism n. A new or revived paganism.
- Neolithic adj. Pertaining to the later stone age.
- neology n. The coining or using of new words or new meanings of words.
- neophyte adj. Having the character of a beginner.
- nestle v. To adjust cozily in snug quarters.
- nestling adj. Recently hatched.
- nettle v. To excite sensations of uneasiness or displeasure in.
- network n. Anything that presents a system of cross- lines.
- neural adj. Pertaining to the nerves or nervous system.
- neurology n. The science of the nervous system.
- neuter adj. Neither masculine nor feminine.
- neutral adj. Belonging to or under control of neither of two contestants.
- nevertheless conj. Notwithstanding.
- Newtonian adj. Of or pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, the English philosopher.
- niggardly adj. Stingy. (no longer acceptable to use)
- nihilist n. An advocate of the doctrine that nothing either exists or can be known.
- nil n. Nothing
- nimble adj. Light and quick in motion or action.
- nit n. The egg of a louse or some other insect.
- nocturnal adj. Of or pertaining to the night.
- noiseless adj. Silent.
- noisome adj. Very offensive, particularly to the sense of smell.
- noisy adj. Clamorous.
- nomad adj. Having no fixed abode.
- nomic adj. Usual or customary.
- nominal adj. Trivial.
- nominate v. To designate as a candidate for any office.
- nomination n. The act or ceremony of naming a man or woman for office.
- nominee n. One who receives a nomination.
- non-existent n. That which does not exist.
- non-resident adj. Not residing within a given jurisdiction.
- nonchalance n. A state of mind indicating lack of interest.
- non-combatant n. One attached to the army or navy, but having duties other than that of fighting.
- nondescript adj. Indescribable.
- nonentity n. A person or thing of little or no account.
- nonpareil n. One who or that which is of unequaled excellence.
- norm n. A model.
- normalcy n. The state of being normal.
- Norman adj. Of or peculiar to Normandy, in northern France.
- nostrum n. Any scheme or recipe of a charlatan character.
- noticeable adj. Perceptible.
- notorious adj. Unfavorably known to the general public.
- novellette n. A short novel.
- novice n. A beginner in any business or occupation.
- nowadays adv. In the present time or age.
- nowhere adv. In no place or state.
- noxious adj. Hurtful.
- nuance n. A slight degree of difference in anything perceptible to the sense of the mind.
- nucleus n. A central point or part about which matter is aggregated.
- nude adj. Naked.
- nugatory adj. Having no power or force.
- nuisance n. That which annoys, vexes, or irritates.
- numeration n. The act or art of reading or naming numbers.
- numerical adj. Of or pertaining to number.
- nunnery n. A convent for nuns.
- nuptial adj. Of or pertaining to marriage, especially to the marriage ceremony.
- nurture n. The process of fostering or promoting growth.
- nutriment n. That which nourishes.
- nutritive adj. Having nutritious properties.
- oaken adj. Made of or from oak.
- oakum n. Hemp-fiber obtained by untwisting and picking out loosely the yarns of old hemp rope.
- obdurate adj. Impassive to feelings of humanity or pity.
- obelisk n. A square shaft with pyramidal top, usually monumental or commemorative.
- obese adj. Exceedingly fat.
- obesity n. Excessive fatness.
- obituary adj. A published notice of a death.
- objective adj. Grasping and representing facts as they are.
- objector n. One who objects, as to a proposition, measure, or ruling.
- obligate v. To hold to the fulfillment of duty.
- obligatory adj. Binding in law or conscience.
- oblique adj. Slanting; said of lines.
- obliterate v. To cause to disappear.
- oblivion n. The state of having passed out of the memory or of being utterly forgotten.
- oblong adj. Longer than broad: applied most commonly to rectangular objects considerably elongated
- obnoxious adj. Detestable.
- obsequies n. Funeral rites.
- obsequious adj. Showing a servile readiness to fall in with the wishes or will of another.
- observance n. A traditional form or customary act.
- observant adj. Quick to notice.
- observatory n. A building designed for systematic astronomical observations.
- obsolescence n. The condition or process of gradually falling into disuse.
- obsolescent adj. Passing out of use, as a word.
- obsolete adj. No longer practiced or accepted.
- obstetrician n. A practitioner of midwifery.
- obstetrics n. The branch of medical science concerned with the treatment and care of women during pregnancy.
- obstinacy n. Stubborn adherence to opinion, arising from conceit or the desire to have one's own way.
- obstreperous adj. Boisterous.
- obstruct v. To fill with impediments so as to prevent passage, either wholly or in part.
- obstruction n. Hindrance.
- obtrude v. To be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence.
- obtrusive adj. Tending to be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence.
- obvert v. To turn the front or principal side of (a thing) toward any person or object.
- obviate v. To clear away or provide for, as an objection or difficulty.
- occasion n. An important event or celebration.
- Occident n. The countries lying west of Asia and the Turkish dominions.
- occlude v. To absorb, as a gas by a metal.
- occult adj. Existing but not immediately perceptible.
- occupant n. A tenant in possession of property, as distinguished from the actual owner.
- occurrence n. A happening.
- octagon n. A figure with eight sides and eight angles.
- octave n. A note at this interval above or below any other, considered in relation to that other.
- octavo n. A book, or collection of paper in which the sheets are so folded as to make eight leaves.
- octogenarian adj. A person of between eighty and ninety years.
- ocular adj. Of or pertaining to the eye.
- oculist n. One versed or skilled in treating diseases of the eye.
- oddity n. An eccentricity.
- ode n. The form of lyric poetry anciently intended to be sung.
- odious adj. Hateful.
- odium n. A feeling of extreme repugnance, or of dislike and disgust.
- odoriferous adj. Having or diffusing an odor or scent, especially an agreeable one.
- odorous adj. Having an odor, especially a fragrant one.
- off adj. Farther or more distant.
- offhand adv. Without preparation.
- officiate v. To act as an officer or leader.
- officious adj. Intermeddling with what is not one's concern.
- offshoot n. Something that branches off from the parent stock.
- ogre n. A demon or monster that was supposed to devour human beings.
- ointment n. A fatty preparation with a butter-like consistency in which a medicinal substance exists.
- olfactory adj. of or pertaining to the sense of smell.
- olive-branch n. A branch of the olive-tree, as an emblem of peace.
- ominous adj. Portentous.
- omission n. Exclusion.
- omnipotence n. Unlimited and universal power.
- Omnipotent adj. Possessed of unlimited and universal power.
- omniscience n. Unlimited or infinite knowledge.
- omniscient adj. Characterized by unlimited or infinite knowledge.
- omnivorous adj. Eating or living upon food of all kinds indiscriminately.
- onerous adj. Burdensome or oppressive.
- onrush n. Onset.
- onset n. An assault, especially of troops, upon an enemy or fortification.
- onslaught n. A violent onset.
- onus n. A burden or responsibility.
- opalescence n. The property of combined refraction and reflection of light, resulting in smoky tints.
- opaque adj. Impervious to light.
- operate v. To put in action and supervise the working of.
- operative adj. Active.
- operator n. One who works with or controls some machine or scientific apparatus.
- operetta n. A humorous play in dialogue and music, of more than one act.
- opinion n. A conclusion or judgment held with confidence, but falling short of positive knowledge.
- opponent n. One who supports the opposite side in a debate, discussion, struggle, or sport.
- opportune adj. Especially fit as occurring, said, or done at the right moment.
- opportunist n. One who takes advantage of circumstances to gain his ends.
- opportunity n. Favorable or advantageous chance or opening.
- opposite adj. Radically different or contrary in action or movement.
- opprobrium n. The state of being scornfully reproached or accused of evil.
- optic n. Pertaining to the eye or vision.
- optician n. One who makes or deals in optical instruments or eye-glasses.
- optics n. The science that treats of light and vision, and all that is connected with sight.
- optimism n. The view that everything in nature and the history of mankind is ordered for the best.
- option n. The right, power, or liberty of choosing.
- optometry n. Measurement of the powers of vision.
- opulence n. Affluence.
- opulent adj. Wealthy.
- oral adj. Uttered through the mouth.
- orate v. To deliver an elaborate or formal public speech.
- oration n. An elaborate or formal public speech.
- orator n. One who delivers an elaborate or formal speech.
- oratorio n. A composition for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra, generally taken from the Scriptures.
- oratory n. The art of public speaking.
- ordeal n. Anything that severely tests courage, strength, patience, conscience, etc.
- ordinal n. That form of the numeral that shows the order of anything in a series, as first, second, third.
- ordination n. A consecration to the ministry.
- ordnance n. A general name for all kinds of weapons and their appliances used in war.
- orgies n. Wild or wanton revelry.
- origin n. The beginning of that which becomes or is made to be.
- original adj. Not copied nor produced by imitation.
- originate v. To cause or constitute the beginning or first stage of the existence of.
- ornate adj. Ornamented to a marked degree.
- orthodox adj. Holding the commonly accepted faith.
- orthodoxy n. Acceptance of the common faith.
- orthogonal adj. Having or determined by right angles.
- orthopedic adj. Relating to the correcting or preventing of deformity
- orthopedist n. One who practices the correcting or preventing of deformity
- oscillate v. To swing back and forth.
- osculate v. To kiss.
- ossify v. to convert into bone.
- ostentation n. A display dictated by vanity and intended to invite applause or flattery.
- ostracism n. Exclusion from intercourse or favor, as in society or politics.
- ostracize v. To exclude from public or private favor.
- ought v. To be under moral obligation to be or do.
- oust v. To eject.
- out-and-out adv. Genuinely.
- outbreak n. A sudden and violent breaking forth, as of something that has been pent up or restrained.
- outburst n. A violent issue, especially of passion in an individual.
- outcast n. One rejected and despised, especially socially.
- outcry n. A vehement or loud cry or clamor.
- outdo v. To surpass.
- outlandish adj. Of barbarous, uncouth, and unfamiliar aspect or action.
- outlast v. To last longer than.
- outlaw n. A habitual lawbreaker.
- outlive v. To continue to exist after.
- out-of-the-way adj. Remotely situated.
- outpost n. A detachment of troops stationed at a distance from the main body to guard against surprise.
- outrage n. A gross infringement of morality or decency.
- outrageous adj. Shocking in conduct.
- outreach v. To reach or go beyond.
- outride v. To ride faster than.
- outrigger n. A part built or arranged to project beyond a natural outline for support.
- outright adv. Entirely.
- outskirt n. A border region.
- outstretch v. To extend.
- outstrip v. To go beyond.
- outweigh v. To surpass in importance or excellence.
- overdo v. To overtax the strength of.
- overdose n. An excessive dose, usually so large a dose of a medicine that its effect is toxic.
- overeat v. To eat to excess.
- overhang n. A portion of a structure which projects or hangs over.
- overleap v. To leap beyond.
- overlord n. One who holds supremacy over another.
- overpass v. To pass across or over, as a river.
- overpay v. To pay or reward in excess.
- overpower v. To gain supremacy or victory over by superior power.
- overproduction n. Excessive production.
- overreach v. To stretch out too far.
- overrun v. To infest or ravage.
- oversee v. To superintend.
- overseer n. A supervisor.
- overshadow v. To cast into the shade or render insignificant by comparison.
- overstride v. To step beyond.
- overthrow v. To vanquish an established ruler or government.
- overtone n. A harmonic.
- overture n. An instrumental prelude to an opera, oratorio, or ballet.
- overweight n. Preponderance.
- pacify v. To bring into a peaceful state.
- packet n. A bundle, as of letters.
- pact n. A covenant.
- pagan n. A worshiper of false gods.
- pageant n. A dramatic representation, especially a spectacular one.
- palate n. The roof of the mouth.
- palatial adj. Magnificent.
- paleontology n. The branch of biology that treats of ancient life and fossil organisms.
- palette n. A thin tablet, with a hole for the thumb, upon which artists lay their colors for painting.
- palinode n. A retraction.
- pall v. To make dull by satiety.
- palliate v. To cause to appear less guilty.
- pallid adj. Of a pale or wan appearance.
- palpable n. perceptible by feeling or touch.
- palsy n. Paralysis.
- paly adj. Lacking color or brilliancy.
- pamphlet n. A brief treatise or essay, usually on a subject of current interest.
- pamphleteer v. To compose or issue pamphlets, especially controversial ones.
- panacea n. A remedy or medicine proposed for or professing to cure all diseases.
- Pan-American adj. Including or pertaining to the whole of America, both North and South.
- pandemic adj. Affecting a whole people or all classes, as a disease.
- pandemonium n. A fiendish or riotous uproar.
- panegyric n. A formal and elaborate eulogy, written or spoken, of a person or of an act.
- panel n. A rectangular piece set in or as in a frame.
- panic n. A sudden, unreasonable, overpowering fear.
- panoply n. A full set of armor.
- panorama n. A series of large pictures representing a continuous scene.
- pantheism n. The worship of nature for itself or its beauty.
- Pantheon n. A circular temple at Rome with a fine Corinthian portico and a great domed roof.
- pantomime n. Sign-language.
- pantoscope n. A very wide-angled photographic lens.
- papacy n. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
- papyrus n. The writing-paper of the ancient Egyptians, and later of the Romans.
- parable n. A brief narrative founded on real scenes or events usually with a moral.
- paradox n. A statement or doctrine seemingly in contradiction to the received belief.
- paragon n. A model of excellence.
- parallel v. To cause to correspond or lie in the same direction and equidistant in all parts.
- parallelism n. Essential likeness.
- paralysis n. Loss of the power of contractility in the voluntary or involuntary muscles.
- paralyze v. To deprive of the power to act.
- paramount adj. Supreme in authority.
- paramour n. One who is unlawfully and immorally a lover or a mistress.
- paraphernalia n. Miscellaneous articles of equipment or adornment.
- paraphrase v. Translate freely.
- pare v. To cut, shave, or remove (the outside) from anything.
- parentage n. The relation of parent to child, of the producer to the produced, or of cause to effect.
- Pariah n. A member of a degraded class; a social outcast.
- parish n. The ecclesiastical district in charge of a pastor.
- Parisian adj. Of or pertaining to the city of Paris.
- parity n. Equality, as of condition or rank.
- parlance n. Mode of speech.
- parley v. To converse in.
- parliament n. A legislative body.
- parlor n. A room for reception of callers or entertainment of guests.
- parody v. To render ludicrous by imitating the language of.
- paronymous adj. Derived from the same root or primitive word.
- paroxysm n. A sudden outburst of any kind of activity.
- parricide n. The murder of a parent.
- parse v. To describe, as a sentence, by separating it into its elements and describing each word.
- parsimonious adj. Unduly sparing in the use or expenditure of money.
- partible adj. Separable.
- participant n. One having a share or part.
- participate v. To receive or have a part or share of.
- partition n. That which separates anything into distinct parts.
- partisan adj. Characterized by or exhibiting undue or unreasoning devotion to a party.
- passible adj. Capable of feeling of suffering.
- passive adj. Unresponsive.
- pastoral adj. Having the spirit or sentiment of rural life.
- paternal adj. Fatherly.
- paternity n. Fatherhood.
- pathos n. The quality in any form of representation that rouses emotion or sympathy.
- patriarch n. The chief of a tribe or race who rules by paternal right.
- patrician adj. Of senatorial or noble rank.
- patrimony n. An inheritance from an ancestor, especially from one's father.
- patriotism n. Love and devotion to one's country.
- patronize v. To exercise an arrogant condescension toward.
- patronymic adj. Formed after one's father's name.
- patter v. To mumble something over and over.
- paucity n. Fewness.
- pauper n. One without means of support.
- pauperism n. Dependence on charity.
- pavilion n. An open structure for temporary shelter.
- payee n. A person to whom money has been or is to be paid.
- peaceable adj. Tranquil.
- peaceful adj. Tranquil.
- peccable adj. Capable of sinning.
- peccadillo n. A small breach of propriety or principle.
- peccant adj. Guilty.
- pectoral adj. Pertaining to the breast or thorax.
- pecuniary adj. Consisting of money.
- pedagogics n. The science and art of teaching.
- pedagogue n. A schoolmaster.
- pedagogy n. The science and art of teaching
- pedal n. A lever for the foot usually applied only to musical instruments, cycles, and other machines.
- pedant n. A scholar who makes needless and inopportune display of his learning.
- peddle v. To go about with a small stock of goods to sell.
- pedestal n. A base or support as for a column, statue, or vase.
- pedestrian n. One who journeys on foot.
- pediatrics n. The department of medical science that relates to the treatment of diseases of childhood.
- pedigree n. One's line of ancestors.
- peddler n. One who travels from house to house with an assortment of goods for retail.
- peerage n. The nobility.
- peerless adj. Of unequaled excellence or worth.
- peevish adj. Petulant. (irritable)
- pellucid adj. Translucent.
- penalty n. The consequences that follow the transgression of natural or divine law.
- penance n. Punishment to which one voluntarily submits or subjects himself as an expression of penitence.
- penchant n. A bias in favor of something.
- pendant n. Anything that hangs from something else, either for ornament or for use.
- pendulous adj. Hanging, especially so as to swing by an attached end or part.
- pendulum n. A weight hung on a rod, serving by its oscillation to regulate the rate of a clock.
- penetrable adj. That may be pierced by physical, moral, or intellectual force.
- penetrate v. To enter or force a way into the interior parts of.
- penetration n. Discernment.
- peninsular adj. Pertaining to a piece of land almost surrounded by water.
- penitence n. Sorrow for sin with desire to amend and to atone.
- penitential adj. Pertaining to sorrow for sin with desire to amend and to atone.
- pennant n. A small flag.
- pension n. A periodical allowance to an individual on account of past service done by him/her.
- pentagram n. A figure having five points or lobes.
- pentavalent adj. Quinqeuvalent.
- pentad n. The number five.
- pentagon n. A figure, especially, with five angles and five sides.
- pentahedron n. A solid bounded by five plane faces.
- pentameter n. In prosody, a line of verse containing five units or feet.
- pentathlon n. The contest of five associated exercises in the great games and the same contestants.
- penultimate adj. A syllable or member of a series that is last but one.
- penurious adj. Excessively sparing in the use of money.
- penury n. Indigence.
- perambulate v. To walk about.
- perceive v. To have knowledge of, or receive impressions concerning, through the medium of the body senses.
- perceptible adj. Cognizable.
- perception n. Knowledge through the senses of the existence and properties of matter or the external world.
- percipience n. The act of perceiving.
- percipient n. One who or that which perceives.
- percolate v. To filter.
- percolator n. A filter.
- percussion n. The sharp striking of one body against another.
- peremptory adj. Precluding question or appeal.
- perennial adj. Continuing though the year or through many years.
- perfectible adj. Capable of being made perfect.
- perfidy n. Treachery.
- perforate v. To make a hole or holes through.
- perform v. To accomplish.
- perfumery n. The preparation of perfumes.
- perfunctory adj. Half-hearted.
- perhaps adv. Possibly.
- perigee n. The point in the orbit of the moon when it is nearest the earth.
- periodicity n. The habit or characteristic of recurrence at regular intervals.
- peripatetic adj. Walking about.
- perjure v. To swear falsely to.
- perjury n. A solemn assertion of a falsity.
- permanence n. A continuance in the same state, or without any change that destroys the essential form or nature.
- permanent adj. Durable.
- permeate v. To pervade.
- permissible adj. That may be allowed.
- permutation n. Reciprocal change, different ordering of same items.
- pernicious adj. Tending to kill or hurt.
- perpendicular adj. Straight up and down.
- perpetrator n. The doer of a wrong or a criminal act.
- perpetuate v. To preserve from extinction or oblivion.
- perquisite n. Any profit from service beyond the amount fixed as salary or wages.
- persecution n. Harsh or malignant oppression.
- perseverance n. A persistence in purpose and effort.
- persevere v. To continue striving in spite of discouragements.
- persiflage n. Banter.
- persist v. To continue steadfast against opposition.
- persistence n. A fixed adherence to a resolve, course of conduct, or the like.
- personage n. A man or woman as an individual, especially one of rank or high station.
- personal adj. Not general or public.
- personality n. The attributes, taken collectively, that make up the character and nature of an individual.
- personnel n. The force of persons collectively employed in some service.
- perspective n. The relative importance of facts or matters from any special point of view.
- perspicacious adj. Astute.
- perspicacity n. Acuteness or discernment.
- perspicuous adj. Lucid.
- perspiration n. Sweat.
- perspire v. To excrete through the pores of the skin.
- persuade v. To win the mind of by argument, eloquence, evidence, or reflection.
- persuadable adj. capable of influencing to action by entreaty, statement, or anything that moves the feelings.
- pertinacious adj. Persistent or unyielding.
- pertinacity n. Unyielding adherence.
- pertinent adj. Relevant.
- perturb v. To disturb greatly.
- perturbation n. Mental excitement or confusion.
- perusal n. The act of reading carefully or thoughtfully.
- pervade v. To pass or spread through every part.
- pervasion n. The state of spreading through every part.
- pervasive adj. Thoroughly penetrating or permeating.
- perverse adj. Unreasonable.
- perversion n. Diversion from the true meaning or proper purpose.
- perversity n. Wickedness.
- pervert n. One who has forsaken a doctrine regarded as true for one esteemed false.
- pervious adj. Admitting the entrance or passage of another substance.
- pestilence n. A raging epidemic.
- pestilent adj. Having a malign influence or effect.
- pestilential adj. having the nature of or breeding pestilence.
- peter v. To fail or lose power, efficiency, or value.
- petrify v. To convert into a substance of stony hardness and character.
- petulance n. The character or condition of being impatient, capricious or petulant.
- petulant adj. Displaying impatience.
- pharmacopoeia n. A book containing the formulas and methods of preparation of medicines for the use of druggists.
- pharmacy n. The art or business of compounding and dispensing medicines.
- phenomenal adj. Extraordinary or marvelous.
- phenomenon n. Any unusual occurrence.
- philander v. To play at courtship with a woman.
- philanthropic adj. Benevolent.
- philanthropist n. One who endeavors to help his fellow men.
- philanthropy n. Active humanitarianism.
- philately n. The study and collection of stamps.
- philharmonic adj. Fond of music.
- philogynist n. One who is fond of women.
- philologist n. An expert in linguistics.
- philology n. The study of language in connection with history and literature.
- philosophize v. To seek ultimate causes and principles.
- philosophy n. The general principles, laws, or causes that furnish the rational explanation of anything.
- phlegmatic adj. Not easily roused to feeling or action.
- phonetic adj. Representing articulate sounds or speech.
- phonic adj. Pertaining to the nature of sound.
- phonogram n. A graphic character symbolizing an articulate sound.
- phonology n. The science of human vocal sounds.
- phosphorescence n. The property of emitting light.
- photoelectric adj. Pertaining to the combined action of light and electricity.
- photometer n. Any instrument for measuring the intensity of light or comparing the intensity of two lights.
- photometry n. The art of measuring the intensity of light.
- physicist n. A specialist in the science that treats of the phenomena associated with matter and energy.
- physics n. The science that treats of the phenomena associated with matter and energy.
- physiocracy n. The doctrine that land and its products are the only true wealth.
- physiognomy n. The external appearance merely.
- physiography n. Description of nature.
- physiology n. The science of organic functions.
- physique n. The physical structure or organization of a person.
- picayune adj. Of small value.
- piccolo n. A small flute.
- piece n. A loose or separated part, as distinguished from the whole or the mass.
- piecemeal adv. Gradually.
- pillage n. Open robbery, as in war.
- pillory n. A wooden framework in which an offender is fastened to boards and is exposed to public scorn.
- pincers n. An instrument having two lever-handles and two jaws working on a pivot.
- pinchers n. An instrument having two jaws working on a pivot.
- pinnacle n. A high or topmost point, as a mountain-peak.
- pioneer n. One among the first to explore a country.
- pious adj. Religious.
- pique v. To excite a slight degree of anger in.
- piteous adj. Compassionate.
- pitiable adj. Contemptible.
- pitiful adj. Wretched.
- pitiless adj. Hard-hearted.
- pittance n. Any small portion or meager allowance.
- placate v. To bring from a state of angry or hostile feeling to one of patience or friendliness.
- placid adj. Serene.
- plagiarism n. The stealing of passages from the writings of another and publishing them as one's own.
- planisphere n. A polar projection of the heavens on a chart.
- plasticity n. The property of some substances through which the form of the mass can readily be changed.
- platitude n. A written or spoken statement that is flat, dull, or commonplace.
- plaudit n. An expression of applause.
- plausible adj. Seeming likely to be true, though open to doubt.
- playful adj. Frolicsome.
- playwright n. A maker of plays for the stage.
- plea n. An argument to obtain some desired action.
- pleasant adj. Agreeable.
- pleasurable adj. Affording gratification.
- plebeian adj. Common.
- pledgee n. The person to whom anything is pledged.
- pledgeor n. One who gives a pledge.
- plenary adj. Entire.
- plenipotentiary n. A person fully empowered to transact any business.
- plenitude n. Abundance.
- plenteous adj. Abundant.
- plumb n. A weight suspended by a line to test the verticality of something.
- plummet n. A piece of lead for making soundings, adjusting walls to the vertical.
- pluperfect adj. Expressing past time or action prior to some other past time or action.
- plural adj. Containing or consisting of more than one.
- plurality n. A majority.
- plutocracy n. A wealthy class in a political community who control the government by means of their money.
- pneumatic adj. Pertaining to or consisting of air or gas.
- poesy n. Poetry.
- poetaster n. An inferior poet.
- poetic adj. Pertaining to poetry.
- poetics n. The rules and principles of poetry.
- poignancy n. Severity or acuteness, especially of pain or grief.
- poignant adj. Severely painful or acute to the spirit.
- poise n. Equilibrium.
- polar adj. Pertaining to the poles of a sphere, especially of the earth.
- polemics n. The art of controversy or disputation.
- pollen n. The fine dust-like grains or powder formed within the anther of a flowering plant.
- pollute v. To contaminate.
- polyarchy n. Government by several or many persons of what- ever class.
- polycracy n. The rule of many.
- polygamy n. the fact or condition of having more than one wife or husband at once.
- polyglot adj. Speaking several tongues.
- polygon n. A figure having many angles.
- polyhedron n. A solid bounded by plane faces, especially by more than four.
- polysyllable adj. Having several syllables, especially more than three syllables.
- polytechnic adj. Pertaining to, embracing, or practicing many arts.
- polytheism n. The doctrine or belief that there are more gods than one.
- pommel v. To beat with something thick or bulky.
- pomposity n. The quality of being marked by an assumed stateliness and impressiveness of manner.
- pompous adj. Marked by an assumed stateliness and impressiveness of manner.
- ponder v. To meditate or reflect upon.
- ponderous adj. Unusually weighty or forcible.
- pontiff n. The Pope.
- populace n. The common people.
- populous adj. Containing many inhabitants, especially in proportion to the territory.
- portend v. To indicate as being about to happen, especially by previous signs.
- portent n. Anything that indicates what is to happen.
- portfolio n. A portable case for holding writing-materials, drawings, etc.
- posit v. To present in an orderly manner.
- position n. The manner in which a thing is placed.
- positive adj. Free from doubt or hesitation.
- posse n. A force of men.
- possess v. To own.
- possession n. The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command.
- possessive adj. Pertaining to the having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command.
- possessor n. One who owns, enjoys, or controls anything, as property.
- possible adj. Being not beyond the reach of power natural, moral, or supernatural.
- postdate v. To make the date of any writing later than the real date.
- posterior n. The hinder part.
- postgraduate adj. Pertaining to studies that are pursued after receiving a degree.
- postscript n. Something added to a letter after the writer's signature.
- potency n. Power.
- potent adj. Physically powerful.
- potentate n. One possessed of great power or sway.
- potential n. Anything that may be possible.
- potion n. A dose of liquid medicine.
- powerless adj. Impotent.
- practicable adj. Feasible.
- prate v. To talk about vainly or foolishly.
- prattle v. To utter in simple or childish talk.
- preamble n. A statement introductory to and explanatory of what follows.
- precarious adj. Perilous.
- precaution n. A provision made in advance for some possible emergency or danger.
- precede v. To happen first.
- precedence n. Priority in place, time, or rank.
- precedent n. An instance that may serve as a guide or basis for a rule.
- precedential adj. Of the nature of an instance that may serve as a guide or basis for a rule.
- precession n. The act of going forward.
- precipice n. A high and very steep or approximately vertical cliff.
- precipitant adj. Moving onward quickly and heedlessly.
- precipitate v. To force forward prematurely.
- precise adj. Exact.
- precision n. Accuracy of limitation, definition, or adjustment.
- preclude v. To prevent.
- precocious adj. Having the mental faculties prematurely developed.
- precursor n. A forerunner or herald.
- predatory adj. Prone to pillaging.
- predecessor n. An incumbent of a given office previous to another.
- predicament n. A difficult, trying situation or plight.
- predicate v. To state as belonging to something.
- predict v. To foretell.
- prediction n. A prophecy.
- predominance n. Ascendancy or preponderance.
- predominant adj. Superior in power, influence, effectiveness, number, or degree.
- predominate v. To be chief in importance, quantity, or degree.
- preeminence n. Special eminence.
- preempt v. To secure the right of preference in the purchase of public land.
- preemption n. The right or act of purchasing before others.
- preengage v. To preoccupy.
- preestablish v. To settle or arrange beforehand.
- preexist v. To exist at a period or in a state earlier than something else.
- preexistence n. Existence antecedent to something.
- preface n. A brief explanation or address to the reader, at the beginning of a book.
- prefatory adj. Pertaining to a brief explanation to the reader at the beginning of a book.
- prefer v. To hold in higher estimation.
- preferable adj. More desirable than others.
- preference n. An object of favor or choice.
- preferential adj. Possessing, giving, or constituting preference or priority.
- preferment n. Preference.
- prefix v. To attach at the beginning.
- prehensible adj. Capable of being grasped.
- prehensile adj. Adapted for grasping or holding.
- prehension n. The act of laying hold of or grasping.
- prejudice n. A judgment or opinion formed without due examination of the facts.
- prelacy n. A system of church government.
- prelate n. One of a higher order of clergy having direct authority over other clergy.
- prelude n. An introductory or opening performance.
- premature adj. Coming too soon.
- premier adj. First in rank or position.
- premise n. A judgment as a conclusion.
- premonition n. Foreboding.
- preoccupation n. The state of having the mind, attention, or inclination preoccupied.
- preoccupy v. To fill the mind of a person to the exclusion of other subjects.
- preordain v. To foreordain.
- preparation n. An act or proceeding designed to bring about some event.
- preparatory adj. Having to do with what is preliminary.
- preponderant adj. Prevalent.
- preponderate v. To exceed in influence or power.
- prepossession n. A preconceived liking.
- preposterous adj. Utterly ridiculous or absurd.
- prerogative adj. Having superior rank or precedence.
- presage v. To foretell.
- prescience n. Knowledge of events before they take place.
- prescient adj. Foreknowing.
- prescript adj. Prescribed as a rule or model.
- prescriptible adj. Derived from authoritative direction.
- prescription n. An authoritative direction.
- presentient adj. Perceiving or feeling beforehand.
- presentiment n. Foreboding.
- presentment n. Semblance.
- preservation n. Conservation.
- presumption n. That which may be logically assumed to be true until disproved.
- presumptuous adj. Assuming too much.
- pretension n. A bold or presumptuous assertion.
- pretentious adj. Marked by pretense, conceit, or display.
- preternatural adj. Extraordinary.
- pretext n. A fictitious reason or motive.
- prevalence n. Frequency.
- prevalent adj. Of wide extent or frequent occurrence.
- prevaricate v. To use ambiguous or evasive language for the purpose of deceiving or diverting attention.
- prevention n. Thwarting.
- prickle v. To puncture slightly with fine, sharp points.
- priggish adj. Conceited.
- prim adj. Stiffly proper.
- prima adj. First.
- primer n. An elementary reading-book for children.
- primeval adj. Belonging to the first ages.
- primitive adj. Pertaining to the beginning or early times.
- principal adj. Most important.
- principality n. The territory of a reigning prince.
- principle n. A general truth or proposition.
- priory n. A monastic house.
- pristine adj. Primitive.
- privateer n. A vessel owned and officered by private persons, but carrying on maritime war.
- privilege n. A right or immunity not enjoyed by all, or that may be enjoyed only under special conditions.
- privity n. Knowledge shared with another or others regarding a private matter.
- privy adj. Participating with another or others in the knowledge of a secret transaction.
- probate adj. Relating to making proof, as of a will.
- probation n. Any proceeding designed to ascertain or test character, qualification, or the like.
- probe v. To search through and through.
- probity n. Virtue or integrity tested and confirmed.
- procedure n. A manner or method of acting.
- proceed v. To renew motion or action, as after rest or interruption.
- proclamation n. Any announcement made in a public manner.
- procrastinate v. To put off till tomorrow or till a future time.
- procrastination n. Delay.
- proctor n. An agent acting for another.
- prodigal n. One wasteful or extravagant, especially in the use of money or property.
- prodigious adj. Immense.
- prodigy n. A person or thing of very remarkable gifts or qualities.
- productive adj. Yielding in abundance.
- profession n. Any calling or occupation involving special mental or other special disciplines.
- professor n. A public teacher of the highest grade in a university or college.
- proffer v. To offer to another for acceptance.
- proficiency n. An advanced state of acquirement, as in some knowledge, art, or science.
- proficient adj. Possessing ample and ready knowledge or of skill in any art, science, or industry.
- profile n. An outline or contour.
- profiteer n. One who profits.
- profligacy n. Shameless viciousness.
- profligate adj. Abandoned to vice.
- profuse adj. Produced or displayed in overabundance.
- progeny n. Offspring.
- progression n. A moving forward or proceeding in course.
- prohibition n. A decree or an order forbidding something.
- prohibitionist n. One who favors the prohibition by law of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
- prohibitory adj. Involving or equivalent to prohibition, especially of the sale of alcoholic beverages.
- projection n. A prominence.
- proletarian n. A person of the lowest or poorest class.
- prolific adj. Producing offspring or fruit.
- prolix adj. Verbose.
- prologue n. A prefatory statement or explanation to a poem, discourse, or performance.
- prolong v. To extend in time or duration.
- promenade v. To walk for amusement or exercise.
- prominence n. The quality of being noticeable or distinguished.
- prominent adj. Conspicuous in position, character, or importance.
- promiscuous adj. Brought together without order, distinction, or design (for sex).
- promissory adj. Expressing an engagement to pay.
- promontory n. A high point of land extending outward from the coastline into the sea.
- promoter n. A furtherer, forwarder, or encourager.
- promulgate v. To proclaim.
- propaganda n. Any institution or systematic scheme for propagating a doctrine or system.
- propagate v. To spread abroad or from person to person.
- propel v. To drive or urge forward.
- propellant adj. Propelling.
- propeller n. One who or that which propels.
- prophecy n. Any prediction or foretelling.
- prophesy v. To predict or foretell, especially under divine inspiration and guidance.
- propitious adj. Kindly disposed.
- proportionate adj. Being in proportion.
- propriety n. Accordance with recognized usage, custom, or principles.
- propulsion n. A driving onward or forward.
- prosaic adj. Unimaginative.
- proscenium n. That part of the stage between the curtain and the orchestra.
- proscribe v. To reject, as a teaching or a practice, with condemnation or denunciation.
- proscription n. Any act of condemnation and rejection from favor and privilege.
- proselyte n. One who has been won over from one religious belief to another.
- prosody n. The science of poetical forms.
- prospector n. One who makes exploration, search, or examination, especially for minerals.
- prospectus n. A paper or pamphlet containing information of a proposed undertaking.
- prostrate adj. Lying prone, or with the head to the ground.
- protagonist n. A leader in any enterprise or contest.
- protection n. Preservation from harm, danger, annoyance, or any other evil.
- protective adj. Sheltering.
- protector n. A defender.
- protege n. One specially cared for and favored by another usually older person.
- Protestant n. A Christian who denies the authority of the Pope and holds the right of special judgment.
- protomartyr n. The earliest victim in any cause.
- protocol n. A declaration or memorandum of agreement less solemn and formal than a treaty.
- protoplasm n. The substance that forms the principal portion of an animal or vegetable cell.
- prototype n. A work, original in character, afterward imitated in form or spirit.
- protract v. To prolong.
- protrude v. To push out or thrust forth.
- protrusion n. The act of protruding.
- protuberance n. Something that swells out from a surrounding surface.
- protuberant adj. Bulging.
- protuberate v. To swell or bulge beyond the surrounding surface.
- proverb n. A brief, pithy saying, condensing in witty or striking form the wisdom of experience.
- provident adj. Anticipating and making ready for future wants or emergencies.
- providential adj. Effected by divine guidance.
- provincial adj. Uncultured in thought and manner.
- proviso n. A clause in a contract, will, etc., by which its operation is rendered conditional.
- provocation n. An action or mode of conduct that excites resentment.
- prowess n. Strength, skill, and intrepidity in battle.
- proximately adv. Immediately.
- proxy n. A person who is empowered by another to represent him or her in a given matter.
- prudence n. Caution.
- prudential adj. Proceeding or marked by caution.
- prudery n. An undue display of modesty or delicacy.
- prurient adj. Inclined to lascivious thoughts and desires.
- pseudapostle n. A pretended or false apostle.
- pseudonym n. A fictitious name, especially when assumed by a writer.
- pseudonymity n. The state or character of using a fictitious name.
- psychiatry n. The branch of medicine that relates to mental disease.
- psychic adj. Pertaining to the mind or soul.
- psychopathic adj. Morally irresponsible.
- psychotherapy n. The treatment of mental disease.
- pudgy adj. Small and fat.
- puerile adj. Childish.
- pugnacious adj. Quarrelsome.
- puissant adj. Possessing strength.
- pulmonary adj. Pertaining to the lungs.
- punctilious adj. Strictly observant of the rules or forms prescribed by law or custom.
- punctual adj. Observant and exact in points of time.
- pungent adj. Affecting the sense of smell.
- pungency n. The quality of affecting the sense of smell.
- punitive adj. Pertaining to punishment.
- pupilage n. The state or period of being a student.
- purgatory n. An intermediate state where souls are made fit for paradise or heaven by expiatory suffering.
- purl v. To cause to whirl, as in an eddy.
- purloin v. To steal.
- purport n. Intent.
- purveyor n. one who supplies
- pusillanimous adj. Without spirit or bravery.
- putrescent adj. Undergoing decomposition of animal or vegetable matter accompanied by fetid odors.
- pyre n. A heap of combustibles arranged for burning a dead body.
- pyromania n. An insane propensity to set things on fire.
- pyrotechnic adj. Pertaining to fireworks or their manufacture.
- pyx n. A vessel or casket, usually of precious metal, in which the host is preserved.
- quackery n. Charlatanry
- quadrate v. To divide into quarters.
- quadruple v. To multiply by four.
- qualification n. A requisite for an employment, position, right, or privilege.
- qualify v. To endow or furnish with requisite ability, character, knowledge, skill, or possessions.
- qualm n. A fit of nausea.
- quandary n. A puzzling predicament.
- quantity n. Magnitude.
- quarantine n. The enforced isolation of any person or place infected with contagious disease.
- quarrelsome adj. Irascible.
- quarter n. One of four equal parts into which anything is or may be divided.
- quarterly adj. Occurring or made at intervals of three months.
- quartet n. A composition for four voices or four instruments.
- quarto n. An eight-page newspaper of any size.
- quay n. A wharf or artificial landing-place on the shore of a harbor or projecting into it.
- querulous adj. Habitually complaining.
- query v. To make inquiry.
- queue n. A file of persons waiting in order of their arrival, as for admittance.
- quibble n. An utterly trivial distinction or objection.
- quiescence n. Quiet.
- quiescent adj. Being in a state of repose or inaction.
- quiet adj. Making no noise.
- quietus n. A silencing, suppressing, or ending.
- quintessence n. The most essential part of anything.
- quintet n. Musical composition arranged for five voices or instruments.
- quite adv. Fully.
- Quixotic adj. Chivalrous or romantic to a ridiculous or extravagant degree.
- rabid adj. Affected with rabies or hydrophobia.
- racy adj. Exciting or exhilarating to the mind.
- radiance n. Brilliant or sparkling luster.
- radiate v. To extend in all directions, as from a source or focus.
- radical n. One who holds extreme views or advocates extreme measures.
- radix n. That from or on which something is developed.
- raillery n. Good-humored satire.
- ramify v. To divide or subdivide into branches or subdivisions.
- ramose adj. Branch-like.
- rampant adj. Growing, climbing, or running without check or restraint.
- rampart n. A bulwark or construction to oppose assault or hostile entry.
- rancor n. Malice.
- rankle v. To produce irritation or festering.
- rapacious adj. Disposed to seize by violence or by unlawful or greedy methods.
- rapid adj. Having great speed.
- rapine n. The act of seizing and carrying off property by superior force, as in war.
- rapt adj. Enraptured.
- raptorial adj. Seizing and devouring living prey.
- ration v. To provide with a fixed allowance or portion, especially of food.
- rationalism n. The formation of opinions by relying upon reason alone, independently of authority.
- raucous adj. Harsh.
- ravage v. To lay waste by pillage, rapine, devouring, or other destructive methods.
- ravenous adj. Furiously voracious or hungry.
- ravine n. A deep gorge or hollow, especially one worn by a stream or flow of water.
- reaction n. Tendency towards a former, or opposite state of things, as after reform, revolution, or inflation.
- reactionary adj. Pertaining to, of the nature of, causing, or favoring reaction.
- readily adv. Without objection or reluctance.
- readjust v. To put in order after disarrangement.
- ready adj. In a state of preparedness for any given purpose or occasion.
- realism n. The principle and practice of depicting persons and scenes as they are believed really to exist.
- rearrange v. To arrange again or in a different order.
- reassure v. To give new confidence.
- rebellious adj. Insubordinate.
- rebuff n. A peremptory or unexpected rejection of advances or approaches.
- rebuild v. To build again or anew.
- rebut v. To oppose by argument or a sufficient answer.
- recant v. To withdraw formally one's belief (in something previously believed or maintained).
- recapitulate v. To repeat again the principal points of.
- recapture v. To capture again.
- recede v. To move back or away.
- receivable adj. Capable of being or fit to be received - often money.
- receptive adj. Having the capacity, quality, or ability of receiving, as truths or impressions.
- recessive adj. Having a tendency to go back.
- recidivist n. A confirmed criminal.
- reciprocal adj. Mutually interchangeable or convertible.
- reciprocate v. To give and take mutually.
- reciprocity n. Equal mutual rights and benefits granted and enjoyed.
- recitation n. The act of reciting or repeating, especially in public and from memory.
- reck v. To have a care or thought for.
- reckless adj. Foolishly headless of danger.
- reclaim v. To demand or to obtain the return or restoration of.
- recline v. To cause to assume a leaning or recumbent attitude or position.
- recluse n. One who lives in retirement or seclusion.
- reclusory n. A hermitage.
- recognizance n. An acknowledgment entered into before a court with condition to do some particular act.
- recognize v. To recall the identity of (a person or thing).
- recoil v. To start back as in dismay, loathing, or dread.
- recollect v. To recall the knowledge of.
- reconcilable adj. Capable of being adjusted or harmonized.
- reconnoiter v. To make a preliminary examination of for military, surveying, or geological purposes.
- reconsider v. To review with care, especially with a view to a reversal of previous action.
- reconstruct v. To rebuild.
- recourse n. Resort to or application for help in exigency or trouble.
- recover v. To regain.
- recreant n. A cowardly or faithless person.
- recreate v. To refresh after labor.
- recrudescence n. The state of becoming raw or sore again.
- recrudescent adj. Becoming raw or sore again.
- recruit v. To enlist men for military or naval service.
- rectify v. To correct.
- rectitude n. The quality of being upright in principles and conduct.
- recuperate v. To recover.
- recur v. To happen again or repeatedly, especially at regular intervals.
- recure v. To cure again.
- recurrent adj. Returning from time to time, especially at regular or stated intervals.
- redemption n. The recovery of what is mortgaged or pledged, by paying the debt.
- redolent adj. Smelling sweet and agreeable.
- redolence n. Smelling sweet and agreeable.
- redoubtable adj. Formidable.
- redound n. Rebound.
- redress v. To set right, as a wrong by compensation or the punishment of the wrong-doer.
- reducible adj. That may be reduced.
- redundance n. Excess.
- redundant adj. Constituting an excess.
- reestablish v. To restore.
- refer v. To direct or send for information or other purpose.
- referrer n. One who refers.
- referable adj. Ascribable.
- referee n. An umpire.
- refinery n. A place where some crude material, as sugar or petroleum, is purified.
- reflectible adj. Capable of being turned back.
- reflection n. The throwing off or back of light, heat, sound, or any form of energy that travels in waves.
- reflector n. A mirror, as of metal, for reflecting light, heat, or sound in a particular direction.
- reflexible adj. Capable of being reflected.
- reform n. Change for the better.
- reformer n. One who carries out a reform.
- refract v. To bend or turn from a direct course.
- refractory adj. Not amenable to control.
- refragable adj. Capable of being refuted.
- refringency n. Power to refract.
- refringent adj. Having the power to refract.
- refusal n. Denial of what is asked.
- refute v. To prove to be wrong.
- regale v. To give unusual pleasure.
- regalia n. pl. The emblems of royalty.
- regality n. Royalty.
- regenerate v. To reproduce.
- regent n. One who is lawfully deputized to administer the government for the time being in the name of the ruler.
- regicide n. The killing of a king or sovereign.
- regime n. Particular conduct or administration of affairs.
- regimen n. A systematized order or course of living with reference to food, clothing and personal habits.
- regiment n. A body of soldiers.
- regnant adj. Exercising royal authority in one's own right.
- regress v. To return to a former place or condition.
- regretful adj. Feeling, expressive of, or full of regret.
- rehabilitate v. To restore to a former status, capacity, right rank, or privilege.
- reign v. To hold and exercise sovereign power.
- reimburse v. To pay back as an equivalent of what has been expended.
- rein n. A step attached to the bit for controlling a horse or other draft-animal.
- reinstate v. To restore to a former state, station, or authority.
- reiterate v. To say or do again and again.
- rejoin v. To reunite after separation.
- rejuvenate v. To restore to youth.
- rejuvenescence n. A renewal of youth.
- relapse v. To suffer a return of a disease after partial recovery.
- relegate v. To send off or consign, as to an obscure position or remote destination.
- relent v. To yield.
- relevant adj. Bearing upon the matter in hand.
- reliance n. Dependence.
- reliant adj. Having confidence.
- relinquish v. To give up using or having.
- reliquary n. A casket, coffer, or repository in which relics are kept.
- relish v. To like the taste or savor of.
- reluctance n. Unwillingness.
- reluctant adj. Unwilling.
- remembrance n. Recollection.
- reminiscence n. The calling to mind of incidents within the range of personal knowledge or experience.
- reminiscent adj. Pertaining to the recollection of matters of personal interest.
- remiss adj. Negligent.
- remission n. Temporary diminution of a disease.
- remodel v. Reconstruct.
- remonstrance n. Reproof.
- remonstrant adj. Having the character of a reproof.
- remonstrate v. To present a verbal or written protest to those who have power to right or prevent a wrong.
- remunerate v. To pay or pay for.
- remuneration n. Compensation.
- Renaissance n. The revival of letters, and then of art, which marks the transition from medieval to modern time.
- rendezvous n. A prearranged place of meeting.
- rendition n. Interpretation.
- renovate v. To restore after deterioration, as a building.
- renunciation n. An explicit disclaimer of a right or privilege.
- reorganize v. To change to a more satisfactory form of organization.
- reparable adj. Capable of repair.
- reparation n. The act of making amends, as for an injury, loss, or wrong.
- repartee n. A ready, witty, or apt reply.
- repeal v. To render of no further effect.
- repel v. To force or keep back in a manner, physically or mentally.
- repellent adj. Having power to force back in a manner, physically or mentally.
- repentance n. Sorrow for something done or left undone, with desire to make things right by undoing the wrong.
- repertory n. A place where things are stored or gathered together.
- repetition n. The act of repeating.
- repine v. To indulge in fretfulness and faultfinding.
- replenish v. To fill again, as something that has been emptied.
- replete adj. Full to the uttermost.
- replica n. A duplicate executed by the artist himself, and regarded, equally with the first, as an original.
- repository n. A place in which goods are stored.
- reprehend v. To find fault with.
- reprehensible adj. Censurable.
- reprehension n. Expression of blame.
- repress v. To keep under restraint or control.
- repressible adj. Able to be kept under restraint or control.
- reprieve v. To grant a respite from punishment to.
- reprimand v. To chide or rebuke for a fault.
- reprisal n. Any infliction or act by way of retaliation on an enemy.
- reprobate n. One abandoned to depravity and sin.
- reproduce v. To make a copy of.
- reproduction n. The process by which an animal or plant gives rise to another of its kind.
- reproof n. An expression of disapproval or blame personally addressed to one censured.
- repudiate v. To refuse to have anything to do with.
- repugnance n. Thorough dislike.
- repugnant adj. Offensive to taste and feeling.
- repulse n. The act of beating or driving back, as an attacking or advancing enemy.
- repulsive adj. Grossly offensive.
- repute v. To hold in general opinion.
- requiem n. A solemn mass sung for the repose of the souls of the dead.
- requisite adj. Necessary.
- requital n. Adequate return for good or ill.
- requite v. To repay either good or evil to, as to a person.
- rescind v. To make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or a superior authority.
- reseat v. To place in position of office again.
- resemblance n. Similarity in quality or form.
- resent v. To be indignant at, as an injury or insult.
- reservoir n. A receptacle where a quantity of some material, especially of a liquid or gas, may be kept.
- residue n. A remainder or surplus after a part has been separated or otherwise treated.
- resilience n. The power of springing back to a former position
- resilient adj. Having the quality of springing back to a former position.
- resistance n. The exertion of opposite effort or effect.
- resistant adj. Offering or tending to produce resistance.
- resistive adj. Having or exercising the power of resistance.
- resistless adj. Powerless.
- resonance n. The quality of being able to reinforce sound by sympathetic vibrations.
- resonance adj. Able to reinforce sound by sympathetic vibrations.
- resonate v. To have or produce resonance.
- resource n. That which is restored to, relied upon, or made available for aid or support.
- respite n. Interval of rest.
- resplendent adj. Very bright.
- respondent adj. Answering.
- restitution n. Restoration of anything to the one to whom it properly belongs.
- resumption n. The act of taking back, or taking again.
- resurgent adj. Surging back or again.
- resurrection n. A return from death to life
- resuscitate v. To restore from apparent death.
- retaliate v. To repay evil with a similar evil.
- retch v. To make an effort to vomit.
- retention n. The keeping of a thing within one's power or possession.
- reticence n. The quality of habitually keeping silent or being reserved in utterance.
- reticent adj. Habitually keeping silent or being reserved in utterance.
- retinue n. The body of persons who attend a person of importance in travel or public appearance.
- retort n. A retaliatory speech.
- retouch v. To modify the details of.
- retrace v. To follow backward or toward the place of beginning, as a track or marking.
- retract v. To recall or take back (something that one has said).
- retrench v. To cut down or reduce in extent or quantity.
- retrieve v. To recover something by searching.
- retroactive adj. Operative on, affecting, or having reference to past events, transactions, responsibilities.
- retrograde v. To cause to deteriorate or to move backward.
- retrogression n. A going or moving backward or in a reverse direction.
- retrospect n. A view or contemplation of something past.
- retrospective adj. Looking back on the past.
- reunite v. To unite or join again, as after separation.
- revelation n. A disclosing, discovering, or making known of what was before secret, private, or unknown.
- revere v. To regard with worshipful veneration.
- reverent adj. Humble.
- reversion n. A return to or toward some former state or condition.
- revert v. To return, or turn or look back, as toward a former position or the like.
- revile v. To heap approach or abuse upon.
- revisal n. Revision.
- revise v. To examine for the correction of errors, or for the purpose of making changes.
- revocation n. Repeal.
- revoke v. To rescind.
- rhapsody n. Rapt or rapturous utterance.
- rhetoric n. The art of discourse.
- rhetorician n. A showy writer or speaker.
- ribald adj. Indulging in or manifesting coarse indecency or obscenity.
- riddance n. The act or ridding or delivering from something undesirable.
- ridicule n. Looks or acts expressing amused contempt.
- ridiculous adj. Laughable and contemptible.
- rife adj. Abundant.
- righteousness n. Rectitude.
- rightful adj. Conformed to a just claim according to established laws or usage.
- rigmarole n. Nonsense.
- rigor n. Inflexibility.
- rigorous adj. Uncompromising.
- ripplet n. A small ripple, as of water.
- risible adj. capable of exciting laughter.
- rivulet n. A small stream or brook.
- robust adj. Characterized by great strength or power of endurance.
- rondo n. A musical composition during which the first part or subject is repeated several times.
- rookery n. A place where crows congregate to breed.
- rotary adj. Turning around its axis, like a wheel, or so constructed as to turn thus.
- rotate v. To cause to turn on or as on its axis, as a wheel.
- rote n. Repetition of words or sounds as a means of learning them, with slight attention.
- rotund adj. Round from fullness or plumpness.
- rudimentary adj. Being in an initial, early, or incomplete stage of development.
- rue v. To regret extremely.
- ruffian adj. A lawless or recklessly brutal fellow.
- ruminant adj. Chewing the cud.
- ruminate v. To chew over again, as food previously swallowed and regurgitated.
- rupture v. To separate the parts of by violence.
- rustic adj. Characteristic of dwelling in the country.
- ruth n. Sorrow for another's misery.
- sacrifice v. To make an offering of to deity, especially by presenting on an altar.
- sacrificial adj. Offering or offered as an atonement for sin.
- sacrilege n. The act of violating or profaning anything sacred.
- sacrilegious adj. Impious.
- safeguard v. To protect.
- sagacious adj. Able to discern and distinguish with wise perception.
- salacious adj. Having strong sexual desires.
- salience n. The condition of standing out distinctly.
- salient adj. Standing out prominently.
- saline adj. Constituting or consisting of salt.
- salutary adj. Beneficial.
- salutation n. Any form of greeting, hailing, or welcome, whether by word or act.
- salutatory n. The opening oration at the commencement in American colleges.
- salvage n. Any act of saving property.
- salvo n. A salute given by firing all the guns, as at the funeral of an officer.
- sanctimonious adj. Making an ostentatious display or hypocritical pretense of holiness or piety.
- sanction v. To approve authoritatively.
- sanctity n. Holiness.
- sanguinary adj. Bloody.
- sanguine adj. Having the color of blood.
- sanguineous adj. Consisting of blood.
- sapid adj. Affecting the sense of taste.
- sapience n. Deep wisdom or knowledge.
- sapient adj. Possessing wisdom.
- sapiential adj. Possessing wisdom.
- saponaceous adj. Having the nature or quality of soap.
- sarcasm n. Cutting and reproachful language.
- sarcophagus n. A stone coffin or a chest-like tomb.
- sardonic adj. Scornfully or bitterly sarcastic.
- satiate v. To satisfy fully the appetite or desire of.
- satire n. The employment of sarcasm, irony, or keenness of wit in ridiculing vices.
- satiric adj. Resembling poetry, in which vice, incapacity ,or corruption is held up to ridicule.
- satirize v. To treat with sarcasm or derisive wit.
- satyr n. A very lascivious person.
- savage n. A wild and uncivilized human being.
- savor v. To perceive by taste or smell.
- scabbard n. The sheath of a sword or similar bladed weapon.
- scarcity n. Insufficiency of supply for needs or ordinary demands.
- scholarly adj. Characteristic of an erudite person.
- scholastic adj. Pertaining to education or schools.
- scintilla n. The faintest ray.
- scintillate v. To emit or send forth sparks or little flashes of light.
- scope n. A range of action or view.
- scoundrel n. A man without principle.
- scribble n. Hasty, careless writing.
- scribe n. One who writes or is skilled in writing.
- script n. Writing or handwriting of the ordinary cursive form.
- Scriptural adj. Pertaining to, contained in, or warranted by the Holy Scriptures.
- scruple n. Doubt or uncertainty regarding a question of moral right or duty.
- scrupulous adj. Cautious in action for fear of doing wrong.
- scurrilous adj. Grossly indecent or vulgar.
- scuttle v. To sink (a ship) by making holes in the bottom.
- scythe n. A long curved blade for mowing, reaping, etc.
- seance n. A meeting of spirituals for consulting spirits.
- sear v. To burn on the surface.
- sebaceous adj. Pertaining to or appearing like fat.
- secant adj. Cutting, especially into two parts.
- secede v. To withdraw from union or association, especially from a political or religious body.
- secession n. Voluntary withdrawal from fellowship, especially from political or religious bodies.
- seclude v. To place, keep, or withdraw from the companionship of others.
- seclusion n. Solitude.
- secondary adj. Less important or effective than that which is primary.
- secondly adv. In the second place in order or succession.
- second-rate adj. Second in quality, size, rank, importance, etc.
- secrecy n. Concealment.
- secretary n. One who attends to correspondence, keeps records. or does other writing for others.
- secretive adj. Having a tendency to conceal.
- sedate adj. Even-tempered.
- sedentary adj. Involving or requiring much sitting.
- sediment n. Matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid.
- sedition n. Conduct directed against public order and the tranquillity of the state.
- seditious adj. Promotive of conduct directed against public order and the tranquillity of the state.
- seduce v. To entice to surrender chastity.
- sedulous adj. Persevering in effort or endeavor.
- seer n. A prophet.
- seethe v. To be violently excited or agitated.
- seignior n. A title of honor or respectful address, equivalent to sir.
- seismograph n. An instrument for recording the phenomena of earthquakes.
- seize v. To catch or take hold of suddenly and forcibly.
- selective adj. Having the power of choice.
- self-respect n. Rational self-esteem.
- semblance n. Outward appearance.
- semicivilized adj. Half-civilized.
- semiconscious adj. Partially conscious.
- semiannual adj. Recurring at intervals of six months.
- semicircle n. A half-circle.
- seminar n. Any assemblage of pupils for real research in some specific study under a teacher.
- seminary n. A special school, as of theology or pedagogics.
- senile adj. Peculiar to or proceeding from the weakness or infirmity of old age.
- sensation n. A condition of mind resulting from spiritual or inherent feeling.
- sense n. The signification conveyed by some word, phrase, or action.
- sensibility n. Power to perceive or feel.
- sensitive adj. Easily affected by outside operations or influences.
- sensorium n. The sensory apparatus.
- sensual adj. Pertaining to the body or the physical senses.
- sensuous adj. Having a warm appreciation of the beautiful or of the refinements of luxury.
- sentence n. A related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought.
- sentience n. Capacity for sensation or sense-perception.
- sentient adj. Possessing the power of sense or sense-perception.
- sentinel n. Any guard or watch stationed for protection.
- separable adj. Capable of being disjoined or divided.
- separate v. To take apart.
- separatist n. A seceder.
- septennial adj. Recurring every seven years.
- sepulcher n. A burial-place.
- sequacious adj. Ready to be led.
- sequel n. That which follows in consequence of what has previously happened.
- sequence n. The order in which a number or persons, things, or events follow one another in space or time.
- sequent adj. Following in the order of time.
- sequester v. To cause to withdraw or retire, as from society or public life.
- sequestrate v. To confiscate.
- sergeant n. A non-commissioned military officer ranking next above a corporal.
- sergeant-at-arms n. An executive officer in legislative bodies who enforces the orders of the presiding officer.
- sergeant-major n. The highest non-commissioned officer in a regiment.
- service n. Any work done for the benefit of another.
- serviceable adj. Durable.
- servitude n. Slavery.
- severance n. Separation.
- severely adv. Extremely.
- sextet n. A band of six singers or players.
- sextuple adj. Multiplied by six.
- sheer adj. Absolute.
- shiftless adj. Wanting in resource, energy, or executive ability.
- shrewd adj. Characterized by skill at understanding and profiting by circumstances.
- shriek n. A sharp, shrill outcry or scream, caused by agony or terror.
- shrinkage n. A contraction of any material into less bulk or dimension.
- shrivel v. To draw or be drawn into wrinkles.
- shuffle n. A mixing or changing the order of things.
- sibilance n. A hissing sound.
- sibilant adj. Made with a hissing sound.
- sibilate v. To give a hissing sound to, as in pronouncing the letter s.
- sidelong adj. Inclining or tending to one side.
- sidereal adj. Pertaining to stars or constellations.
- siege n. A beleaguerment.
- significance n. Importance.
- significant adj. Important, especially as pointing something out.
- signification n. The meaning conveyed by language, actions, or signs.
- similar adj. Bearing resemblance to one another or to something else.
- simile n. A comparison which directs the mind to the representative object itself.
- similitude n. Similarity.
- simplify v. To make less complex or difficult.
- simulate v. Imitate.
- simultaneous adj. Occurring, done, or existing at the same time.
- sinecure n. Any position having emoluments with few or no duties.
- singe v. To burn slightly or superficially.
- sinister adj. Evil.
- sinuosity n. The quality of curving in and out.
- sinuous adj. Curving in and out.
- sinus n. An opening or cavity.
- siren n. A sea-nymph, described by Homer as dwelling between the island of Circe and Scylla.
- sirocco n. hot winds from Africa.
- sisterhood n. A body of sisters united by some bond of sympathy or by a religious vow.
- skeptic n. One who doubts any statements.
- skepticism n. The entertainment of doubt concerning something.
- skiff n. Usually, a small light boat propelled by oars.
- skirmish n. Desultory fighting between advanced detachments of two armies.
- sleight n. A trick or feat so deftly done that the manner of performance escapes observation.
- slight adj. Of a small importance or significance.
- slothful adj. Lazy.
- sluggard n. A person habitually lazy or idle.
- sociable adj. Inclined to seek company.
- socialism n. A theory of civil polity that aims to secure the reconstruction of society.
- socialist adj. One who advocates reconstruction of society by collective ownership of land and capital.
- sociology n. The philosophical study of society.
- Sol n. The sun.
- solace n. Comfort in grief, trouble, or calamity.
- solar adj. Pertaining to the sun.
- solder n. A fusible alloy used for joining metallic surfaces or margins.
- soldier n. A person engaged in military service.
- solecism n. Any violation of established rules or customs.
- solicitor n. One who represents a client in court of justice; an attorney.
- solicitude n. Uneasiness of mind occasioned by desire, anxiety, or fear.
- soliloquy n. A monologue.
- solstice n. The time of year when the sun is at its greatest declination.
- soluble adj. Capable of being dissolved, as in a fluid.
- solvent adj. Having sufficient funds to pay all debts.
- somber adj. Gloomy.
- somniferous adj. Tending to produce sleep.
- somnolence n. Oppressive drowsiness.
- somnolent adj. Sleepy.
- sonata n. An instrumental composition.
- sonnet n. A poem of fourteen decasyllabic or octosyllabiclines expressing two successive phrases.
- sonorous adj. Resonant.
- soothsayer n. One who claims to have supernatural insight or foresight.
- sophism n. A false argument understood to be such by the reasoner himself and intentionally used to deceive
- sophistical adj. Fallacious.
- sophisticate v. To deprive of simplicity of mind or manner.
- sophistry n. Reasoning sound in appearance only, especially when designedly deceptive.
- soprano n. A woman's or boy's voice of high range.
- sorcery n. Witchcraft.
- sordid adj. Of degraded character or nature.
- souvenir n. A token of remembrance.
- sparse adj. Thinly diffused.
- Spartan adj. Exceptionally brave; rigorously severe.
- spasmodic adj. Convulsive.
- specialize v. To assume an individual or specific character, or adopt a singular or special course.
- specialty n. An employment limited to one particular line of work.
- specie n. A coin or coins of gold, silver, copper, or other metal.
- species n. A classificatory group of animals or plants subordinate to a genus.
- specimen n. One of a class of persons or things regarded as representative of the class.
- specious adj. Plausible.
- spectator n. One who beholds or looks on.
- specter n. Apparition.
- spectrum n. An image formed by rays of light or other radiant energy.
- speculate v. To pursue inquiries and form conjectures.
- speculator n. One who makes an investment that involves a risk of loss, but also a chance of profit.
- sphericity n. The state or condition of being a sphere.
- spheroid n. A body having nearly the form of a sphere.
- spherometer n. An instrument for measuring curvature or radii of spherical surfaces.
- spinous adj. Having spines.
- spinster n. A woman who has never been married.
- spontaneous adj. Arising from inherent qualities or tendencies without external efficient cause.
- sprightly adj. Vivacious.
- spurious adj. Not genuine.
- squabble v. To quarrel.
- squalid adj. Having a dirty, mean, poverty-stricken appearance.
- squatter n. One who settles on land without permission or right.
- stagnant adj. Not flowing: said of water, as in a pool.
- stagnate v. To become dull or inert.
- stagnation n. The condition of not flowing or not changing.
- stagy adj. Having a theatrical manner.
- staid adj. Of a steady and sober character.
- stallion n. An uncastrated male horse, commonly one kept for breeding.
- stanchion n. A vertical bar, or a pair of bars, used to confine cattle in a stall.
- stanza n. A group of rimed lines, usually forming one of a series of similar divisions in a poem.
- statecraft n. The art of conducting state affairs.
- static adj. Pertaining to or designating bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium.
- statics n. The branch of mechanics that treats of the relations that subsist among forces in order.
- stationary adj. Not moving.
- statistician n. One who is skilled in collecting and tabulating numerical facts.
- statuesque adj. Having the grace, pose, or quietude of a statue.
- statuette n. A figurine.
- stature n. The natural height of an animal body.
- statute n. Any authoritatively declared rule, ordinance, decree, or law.
- stealth n. A concealed manner of acting.
- stellar adj. Pertaining to the stars.
- steppe n. One of the extensive plains in Russia and Siberia.
- sterling adj. Genuine.
- stifle v. To smother.
- stigma n. A mark of infamy or token of disgrace attaching to a person as the result of evil-doing.
- stiletto n. A small dagger.
- stimulant n. Anything that rouses to activity or to quickened action.
- stimulate v. To rouse to activity or to quickened action.
- stimulus n. Incentive.
- stingy adj. Cheap, unwilling to spend money.
- stipend n. A definite amount paid at stated periods in compensation for services or as an allowance.
- Stoicism n. The principles or the practice of the Stoics-being very even tempered in success and failure.
- stolid adj. Expressing no power of feeling or perceiving.
- strait n. A narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
- stratagem n. Any clever trick or device for obtaining an advantage.
- stratum n. A natural or artificial layer, bed, or thickness of any substance or material.
- streamlet n. Rivulet.
- stringency n. Strictness.
- stringent adj. Rigid.
- stripling n. A mere youth.
- studious adj. Having or showing devotion to the acquisition of knowledge.
- stultify v. To give an appearance of foolishness to.
- stupendous adj. Of prodigious size, bulk, or degree.
- stupor n. Profound lethargy.
- suasion n. The act of persuading.
- suave adj. Smooth and pleasant in manner.
- subacid adj. Somewhat sharp or biting.
- subaquatic adj. Being, formed, or operating under water.
- subconscious adj. Being or occurring in the mind, but without attendant consciousness or conscious perception.
- subjacent adj. Situated directly underneath.
- subjection n. The act of bringing into a state of submission.
- subjugate v. To conquer.
- subliminal adj. Being beneath the threshold of consciousness.
- sublingual adj. Situated beneath the tongue.
- submarine adj. Existing, done, or operating beneath the surface of the sea.
- submerge v. To place or plunge under water.
- submergence n. The act of submerging.
- submersible adj. Capable of being put underwater.
- submersion n. The act of submerging.
- submission n. A yielding to the power or authority of another.
- submittal n. The act of submitting.
- subordinate adj. Belonging to an inferior order in a classification.
- subsequent adj. Following in time.
- subservience n. The quality, character, or condition of being servilely following another's behests.
- subservient adj. Servilely following another's behests.
- subside v. To relapse into a state of repose and tranquillity.
- subsist v. To be maintained or sustained.
- subsistence n. Sustenance.
- substantive adj. Solid.
- subtend v. To extend opposite to.
- subterfuge n. Evasion.
- subterranean adj. Situated or occurring below the surface of the earth.
- subtle adj. Discriminating.
- subtrahend n. That which is to be subtracted.
- subversion n. An overthrow, as from the foundation.
- subvert v. To bring to ruin.
- succeed v. To accomplish what is attempted or intended.
- success n. A favorable or prosperous course or termination of anything attempted.
- successful adj. Having reached a high degree of worldly prosperity.
- successor n. One who or that which takes the place of a predecessor or preceding thing.
- succinct adj. Concise.
- succulent adj. Juicy.
- succumb v. To cease to resist.
- sufferance n. Toleration.
- sufficiency n. An ample or adequate supply.
- suffrage n. The right or privilege of voting.
- suffuse v. To cover or fill the surface of.
- suggestible adj. That can be suggested.
- suggestive adj. Stimulating to thought or reflection.
- summary n. An abstract.
- sumptuous adj. Rich and costly.
- superabundance n. An excessive amount.
- superadd v. To add in addition to what has been added.
- superannuate v. To become deteriorated or incapacitated by long service.
- superb adj. Sumptuously elegant.
- supercilious adj. Exhibiting haughty and careless contempt.
- superficial adj. Knowing and understanding only the ordinary and the obvious.
- superfluity n. That part of anything that is in excess of what is needed.
- superfluous adj. Being more than is needed.
- superheat v. To heat to excess.
- superintend v. To have the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement.
- superintendence n. Direction and management.
- superintendent n. One who has the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement.
- superlative n. That which is of the highest possible excellence or eminence.
- supernatural adj. Caused miraculously or by the immediate exercise of divine power.
- supernumerary adj. Superfluous.
- supersede v. To displace.
- supine adj. Lying on the back.
- supplant v. To take the place of.
- supple adj. Easily bent.
- supplementary adj. Being an addition to.
- supplicant n. One who asks humbly and earnestly.
- supplicate v. To beg.
- supposition n. Conjecture.
- suppress v. To prevent from being disclosed or punished.
- suppressible adj. Capable of being suppressed.
- suppression n. A forcible putting or keeping down.
- supramundane adj. Supernatural.
- surcharge n. An additional amount charged.
- surety n. Security for payment or performance.
- surfeit v. To feed to fullness or to satiety.
- surmise v. To conjecture.
- surmount v. To overcome by force of will.
- surreptitious adj. Clandestine.
- surrogate n. One who or that which is substituted for or appointed to act in place of another.
- surround v. To encircle.
- surveyor n. A land-measurer.
- susceptibility n. A specific capability of feeling or emotion.
- susceptible adj. Easily under a specified power or influence.
- suspense n. Uncertainty.
- suspension n. A hanging from a support.
- suspicious adj. Inclined to doubt or mistrust.
- sustenance n. Food.
- swarthy adj. Having a dark hue, especially a dark or sunburned complexion.
- Sybarite n. A luxurious person.
- sycophant n. A servile flatterer, especially of those in authority or influence.
- syllabic adj. Consisting of that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse.
- syllabication n. Division of words into that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse.
- syllable n. That which is uttered in a single vocal impulse.
- syllabus n. Outline of a subject, course, lecture, or treatise.
- sylph n. A slender, graceful young woman or girl.
- symmetrical adj. Well-balanced.
- symmetry n. Relative proportion and harmony.
- sympathetic adj. Having a fellow-feeling for or like feelings with another or others.
- sympathize v. To share the sentiments or mental states of another.
- symphonic adj. Characterized by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds.
- symphonious adj. Marked by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds.
- symphony n. A harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds.
- synchronism n. Simultaneousness.
- syndicate n. An association of individuals united for the prosecution of some enterprise.
- syneresis n. The coalescence of two vowels or syllables, as e'er for ever.
- synod n. An ecclesiastical council.
- synonym n. A word having the same or almost the same meaning as some other.
- synopsis n. A syllabus or summary.
- systematic adj. Methodical.
- tableau n. An arrangement of inanimate figures representing a scene from real life.
- tacit adj. Understood.
- taciturn adj. Disinclined to conversation.
- tack n. A small sharp-pointed nail.
- tact n. Fine or ready mental discernment shown in saying or doing the proper thing.
- tactician n. One who directs affairs with skill and shrewdness.
- tactics n. Any maneuvering or adroit management for effecting an object.
- tangency n. The state of touching.
- tangent adj. Touching.
- tangible adj. Perceptible by touch.
- tannery n. A place where leather is tanned.
- tantalize v. To tease.
- tantamount adj. Having equal or equivalent value, effect, or import.
- tapestry n. A fabric to which a pattern is applied with a needle, designed for ornamental hangings.
- tarnish v. To lessen or destroy the luster of in any way.
- taut adj. Stretched tight.
- taxation n. A levy, by government, of a fixed contribution.
- taxidermy n. The art or process of preserving dead animals or parts of them.
- technic adj. Technical.
- technicality n. Something peculiar to a particular art, trade, or the like.
- technique n. Manner of performance.
- technography n. The scientific description or study of human arts and industries in their historic development.
- technology n. The knowledge relating to industries and manufactures.
- teem v. To be full to overflowing.
- telepathy n. Thought-transference.
- telephony n. The art or process of communicating by telephone.
- telescope v. To drive together so that one slides into the another like the sections of a spy-glass.
- telltale adj. That gives warning or information.
- temerity n. Recklessness.
- temporal adj. Pertaining to or concerned with the affairs of the present life.
- temporary adj. Lasting for a short time only.
- temporize v. To pursue a policy of delay.
- tempt v. To offer to (somebody) an inducement to do wrong.
- tempter n. An allurer or enticer to evil.
- tenacious adj. Unyielding.
- tenant n. An occupant.
- tendency n. Direction or inclination, as toward some objector end.
- tenet n. Any opinion, principle, dogma, or doctrine that a person believes or maintains as true.
- tenor n. A settled course or manner of progress.
- tense adj. Strained to stiffness.
- tentative adj. Done as an experiment.
- tenure n. The term during which a thing is held.
- tercentenary adj. Pertaining to a period of 300 years.
- termagant adj. Violently abusive and quarrelsome.
- terminal adj. Pertaining to or creative of a boundary, limit.
- terminate v. To put an end or stop to.
- termination n. The act of ending or concluding.
- terminus n. The final point or goal.
- terrify v. To fill with extreme fear.
- territorial adj. Pertaining to the domain over which a sovereign state exercises jurisdiction.
- terse adj. Pithy.
- testament n. A will.
- testator n. The maker of a will.
- testimonial n. A formal token of regard, often presented in public.
- thearchy n. Government by a supreme deity.
- theism n. Belief in God.
- theocracy n. A government administered by ecclesiastics.
- theocrasy n. The mixed worship of polytheism.
- theologian n. A professor of divinity.
- theological adj. Based on or growing out of divine revelation.
- theology n. The branch of theological science that treats of God.
- theoretical adj. Directed toward knowledge for its own sake without respect to applications.
- theorist n. One given to speculating.
- theorize v. To speculate.
- thereabout adv. Near that number, quantity, degree, place, or time, approximately.
- therefor adv. For that or this.
- thermal adj. Of or pertaining to heat.
- thermoelectric adj. Denoting electricity produced by heat.
- thermoelectricity n. Electricity generated by differences of temperature,
- thesis n. An essay or treatise on a particular subject.
- thoroughbred adj. Bred from the best or purest blood or stock.
- thoroughfare n. A public street or road.
- thrall n. One controlled by an appetite or a passion.
- tilth n. Cultivation.
- timbre n. The quality of a tone, as distinguished from intensity and pitch.
- timorous adj. Lacking courage.
- tincture n. A solution, usually alcoholic, of some principle used in medicine.
- tinge n. A faint trace of color.
- tipsy adj. Befuddled with drinks.
- tirade n. Harangue.
- tireless adj. Untiring.
- tiresome adj. Wearisome.
- Titanic adj. Of vast size or strength.
- toilsome adj. Laborious.
- tolerable adj. Moderately good.
- tolerance n. Forbearance in judging of the acts or opinions of others.
- tolerant adj. Indulgent.
- tolerate v. To passively permit or put up with.
- toleration n. A spirit of charitable leniency.
- topography n. The art of representing on a map the physical features of any locality or region with accuracy.
- torpor n. Apathy.
- torrid adj. Excessively hot.
- tortious adj. Wrongful.
- tortuous adj. Abounding in irregular bends or turns.
- torturous adj. Marked by extreme suffering.
- tractable adj. Easily led or controlled.
- trait n. A distinguishing feature or quality.
- trajectory n. The path described by a projectile moving under given forces.
- trammel n. An impediment.
- tranquil adj. Calm.
- tranquilize v. To soothe.
- tranquility n. Calmness.
- transalpine adj. Situated on the other side of the Alps.
- transact v. To do business.
- transatlantic adj. Situated beyond or on the other side of the Atlantic.
- transcend v. To surpass.
- transcendent adj. Surpassing.
- transcontinental adj. Extending or passing across a continent.
- transcribe v. To write over again (something already written)
- transcript n. A copy made directly from an original.
- transfer v. To convey, remove, or cause to pass from one person or place to another.
- transferable adj. Capable of being conveyed from one person or place to another.
- transferee n. The person to whom a transfer is made.
- transference n. The act of conveying from one person or place to another.
- transferrer n. One who or that which conveys from one person or place to another.
- transfigure v. To give an exalted meaning or glorified appearance to.
- transfuse v. To pour or cause to pass, as a fluid, from one vessel to another.
- transfusible adj. Capable of being poured from one vessel to another.
- transfusion n. The act of pouring from one vessel to another.
- transgress v. To break a law.
- transience n. Something that is of short duration.
- transient n. One who or that which is only of temporary existence.
- transition n. Passage from one place, condition, or action to another.
- transitory adj. Existing for a short time only.
- translate v. To give the sense or equivalent of in another language or dialect.
- translator n. An interpreter.
- translucence n. The property or state of allowing the passage of light.
- translucent adj. Allowing the passage of light.
- transmissible adj. That may e sent through or across.
- transmission n. The act of sending through or across.
- transmit v. To send trough or across.
- transmute v. To change in nature, substance, or form.
- transparent adj. Easy to see through or understand.
- transpire v. To come to pass.
- transplant v. To remove and plant in another place.
- transposition n. The act of reversing the order or changing the place of.
- transverse adj. Lying or being across or in a crosswise direction.
- travail n. Hard or agonizing labor.
- travesty n. A grotesque imitation.
- treacherous adj. Perfidious.
- treachery n. Violation of allegiance, confidence, or plighted faith.
- treasonable adj. Of the nature of betrayal, treachery, or breech of allegiance.
- treatise n. An elaborate literary composition presenting a subject in all its parts.
- treble adj. Multiplied by three.
- trebly adv. Triply.
- tremendous adj. Awe-inspiring.
- tremor n. An involuntary trembling or shivering.
- tremulous adj. Characterized by quivering or unsteadiness.
- trenchant adj. Cutting deeply and quickly.
- trepidation n. Nervous uncertainty of feeling.
- trestle n. An open braced framework for supporting the horizontal stringers of a railway-bridge.
- triad n. A group of three persons of things.
- tribune n. Any champion of the rights and liberties of the people: often used as the name for a newspaper.
- trickery n. Artifice.
- tricolor adj. Of three colors.
- tricycle n. A three-wheeled vehicle.
- trident n. The three-pronged fork that was the emblem of Neptune.
- triennial adj. Taking place every third year.
- trimness n. Neatness.
- trinity n. A threefold personality existing in the one divine being or substance.
- trio n. Three things grouped or associated together.
- triple adj. Threefold.
- triplicate adj. Composed of or pertaining to three related things or parts.
- triplicity n. The state of being triple or threefold.
- tripod n. A three-legged stand, usually hinged near the top, for supporting some instrument.
- trisect v. To divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
- trite adj. Made commonplace by frequent repetition.
- triumvir n. One of three men united coordinately in public office or authority.
- trivial adj. Of little importance or value.
- troublesome adj. Burdensome.
- truculence n. Ferocity.
- truculent adj. Having the character or the spirit of a savage.
- truism n. A statement so plainly true as hardly to require statement or proof.
- truthful adj. Veracious.
- turgid adj. Swollen.
- turpitude n. Depravity.
- tutelage n. The act of training or the state of being under instruction.
- tutelar adj. Protective.
- tutorship n. The office of a guardian.
- twinge n. A darting momentary local pain.
- typical adj. Characteristic.
- typify v. To serve as a characteristic example of.
- typographical adj. Pertaining to typography or printing.
- typography n. The arrangement of composed type, or the appearance of printed matter.
- tyrannical adj. Despotic.
- tyranny n. Absolute power arbitrarily or unjustly administrated.
- tyro n. One slightly skilled in or acquainted with any trade or profession.
- ubiquitous adj. Being present everywhere.
- ulterior adj. Not so pertinent as something else to the matter spoken of.
- ultimate adj. Beyond which there is nothing else.
- ultimatum n. A final statement or proposal, as concerning terms or conditions.
- ultramundane adj. Pertaining to supernatural things or to another life.
- ultramontane adj. Beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps (that is, on their Italian side).
- umbrage n. A sense of injury.
- unaccountable adj. Inexplicable.
- unaffected adj. Sincere.
- unanimous adj. Sharing the same views or sentiments.
- unanimity n. The state or quality of being of one mind.
- unavoidable adj. Inevitable.
- unbearable adj. Unendurable.
- unbecoming adj. Unsuited to the wearer, place, or surroundings.
- unbelief n. Doubt.
- unbiased adj. Impartial, as judgment.
- unbridled adj. Being without restraint.
- uncommon adj. Rare.
- unconscionable adj. Ridiculously or unjustly excessive.
- unconscious adj. Not cognizant of objects, actions, etc.
- unction n. The art of anointing as with oil.
- unctuous adj. Oily.
- undeceive v. To free from deception, as by apprising of the real state of affairs.
- undercharge v. To make an inadequate charge for.
- underexposed adj. Insufficiently exposed for proper or full development, as negatives in photography.
- undergarment n. A garment to be worn under the ordinary outer garments.
- underman v. To equip with less than the full complement of men.
- undersell v. To sell at a lower price than.
- undersized adj. Of less than the customary size.
- underhanded adj. Clandestinely carried on.
- underlie v. To be the ground or support of.
- underling n. A subordinate.
- undermine v. To subvert in an underhand way.
- underrate v. To undervalue.
- understate v. To fail to put strongly enough, as a case.
- undervalue v. To underestimate.
- underworld n. Hades.
- underwrite v. To issue or be party to the issue of a policy of insurance.
- undue adj. More than sufficient.
- undulate v. To move like a wave or in waves.
- undulous adj. Resembling waves.
- unfavorable adj. Adverse.
- ungainly adj. Clumsy.
- unguent n. Any ointment or lubricant for local application.
- unicellular adj. Consisting of a single cell.
- univalence n. Monovalency.
- unify v. To cause to be one.
- unique adj. Being the only one of its kind.
- unison n. A condition of perfect agreement and accord.
- unisonant adj. Being in a condition of perfect agreement and accord.
- Unitarian adj. Pertaining to a religious body that rejects the doctrine of the Trinity.
- unlawful adj. Illegal.
- unlimited adj. Unconstrained.
- unnatural adj. Artificial.
- unnecessary adj. Not essential under the circumstances.
- unsettle v. To put into confusion.
- unsophisticated adj. Showing inexperience.
- unspeakable adj. Abominable.
- untimely adj. Unseasonable.
- untoward adj. Causing annoyance or hindrance.
- unutterable adj. Inexpressible.
- unwieldy adj. Moved or managed with difficulty, as from great size or awkward shape.
- unwise adj. Foolish.
- unyoke v. To separate.
- up-keep n. Maintenance.
- upbraid v. To reproach as deserving blame.
- upcast n. A throwing upward.
- upheaval n. Overthrow or violent disturbance of established order or condition.
- upheave v. To raise or lift with effort.
- uppermost adj. First in order of precedence.
- uproarious adj. Noisy.
- uproot v. To eradicate.
- upturn v. To throw into confusion.
- urban adj. Of, or pertaining to, or like a city.
- urbanity n. Refined or elegant courtesy.
- urchin n. A roguish, mischievous boy.
- urgency n. The pressure of necessity.
- usage n. Treatment.
- usurious adj. Taking unlawful or exorbitant interest on money loaned.
- usurp v. To take possession of by force.
- usury n. The demanding for the use of money as a loan, a rate of interest beyond what is allowed by law.
- utilitarianism n. The ethical doctrine that actions are right because they are useful or of beneficial tendency.
- utility n. Fitness for some desirable practical purpose.
- utmost n. The greatest possible extent.
- vacate v. To leave.
- vaccinate v. To inoculate with vaccine virus or virus of cowpox.
- vacillate v. To waver.
- vacuous adj. Empty.
- vacuum n. A space entirely devoid of matter.
- vagabond n. A wanderer.
- vagrant n. An idle wanderer.
- vainglory n. Excessive, pretentious, and demonstrative vanity.
- vale n. Level or low land between hills.
- valediction n. A bidding farewell.
- valedictorian n. Student who delivers an address at graduating exercises of an educational institution.
- valedictory n. A parting address.
- valid adj. Founded on truth.
- valorous adj. Courageous.
- vapid adj. Having lost sparkling quality and flavor.
- vaporizer n. An atomizer.
- variable adj. Having a tendency to change.
- variance n. Change.
- variant n. A thing that differs from another in form only, being the same in essence or substance.
- variation n. Modification.
- variegate v. To mark with different shades or colors.
- vassal n. A slave or bondman.
- vaudeville n. A variety show.
- vegetal adj. Of or pertaining to plants.
- vegetarian n. One who believes in the theory that man's food should be exclusively vegetable.
- vegetate v. To live in a monotonous, passive way without exercise of the mental faculties.
- vegetation n. Plant-life in the aggregate.
- vegetative adj. Pertaining to the process of plant-life.
- vehement adj. Very eager or urgent.
- velocity n. Rapid motion.
- velvety adj. Marked by lightness and softness.
- venal adj. Mercenary, corrupt.
- vendible adj. Marketable.
- vendition n. The act of selling.
- vendor n. A seller.
- veneer n. Outside show or elegance.
- venerable adj. Meriting or commanding high esteem.
- venerate v. To cherish reverentially.
- venereal adj. Pertaining to or proceeding from sexual intercourse.
- venial adj. That may be pardoned or forgiven, a forgivable sin.
- venison n. The flesh of deer.
- venom n. The poisonous fluid that certain animals secrete.
- venous adj. Of, pertaining to, or contained or carried in a vein or veins.
- veracious adj. Habitually disposed to speak the truth.
- veracity n. Truthfulness.
- verbatim adv. Word for word.
- verbiage n. Use of many words without necessity.
- verbose adj. Wordy.
- verdant adj. Green with vegetation.
- verification n. The act of proving to be true, exact, or accurate.
- verify v. To prove to be true, exact, or accurate.
- verily adv. In truth.
- verity n. Truth.
- vermin n. A noxious or troublesome animal.
- vernacular n. The language of one's country.
- vernal adj. Belonging to or suggestive of the spring.
- versatile adj. Having an aptitude for applying oneself to new and varied tasks or to various subjects.
- version n. A description or report of something as modified by one's character or opinion.
- vertex n. Apex.
- vertical adj. Lying or directed perpendicularly to the horizon.
- vertigo n. Dizziness.
- vestige n. A visible trace, mark, or impression, of something absent, lost, or gone.
- vestment n. Clothing or covering.
- veto n. The constitutional right in a chief executive of refusing to approve an enactment.
- vicarious adj. Suffered or done in place of or for the sake of another.
- viceroy n. A ruler acting with royal authority in place of the sovereign in a colony or province.
- vicissitude n. A change, especially a complete change, of condition or circumstances, as of fortune.
- vie v. To contend.
- vigilance n. Alert and intent mental watchfulness in guarding against danger.
- vigilant adj. Being on the alert to discover and ward off danger or insure safety.
- vignette n. A picture having a background or that is shaded off gradually.
- vincible adj. Conquerable.
- vindicate v. To prove true, right, or real.
- vindicatory adj. Punitive.
- vindicative adj. Revengeful.
- vinery n. A greenhouse for grapes.
- viol n. A stringed instrument of the violin class.
- viola n. A musical instrument somewhat larger than a violin.
- violator n. One who transgresses.
- violation n. Infringement.
- violoncello n. A stringed instrument held between the player's knees.
- virago n. A bold, impudent, turbulent woman.
- virile adj. Masculine.
- virtu n. Rare, curious, or beautiful quality.
- virtual adj. Being in essence or effect, but not in form or appearance.
- virtuoso n. A master in the technique of some particular fine art.
- virulence n. Extreme poisonousness.
- virulent adj. Exceedingly noxious or deleterious.
- visage n. The face, countenance, or look of a person.
- viscount n. In England, a title of nobility, ranking fourth in the order of British peerage.
- vista n. A view or prospect.
- visual adj. Perceptible by sight.
- visualize v. To give pictorial vividness to a mental representation.
- vitality n. The state or quality of being necessary to existence or continuance.
- vitalize v. To endow with life or energy.
- vitiate v. To contaminate.
- vituperable adj. Deserving of censure.
- vivacity n. Liveliness.
- vivify v. To endue with life.
- vivisection n. The dissection of a living animal.
- vocable n. a word, especially one regarded in relation merely to its qualities of sound.
- vocative adj. Of or pertaining to the act of calling.
- vociferance n. The quality of making a clamor.
- vociferate v. To utter with a loud and vehement voice.
- vociferous adj. Making a loud outcry.
- vogue n. The prevalent way or fashion.
- volant adj. Flying or able to fly.
- volatile adj. Changeable.
- volition n. An act or exercise of will.
- volitive adj. Exercising the will.
- voluble adj. Having great fluency in speaking.
- voluptuous adj. having fullness of beautiful form, as a woman, with or without sensuous or sensual quality.
- voracious adj. Eating with greediness or in very large quantities.
- vortex n. A mass of rotating or whirling fluid, especially when sucked spirally toward the center.
- votary adj. Consecrated by a vow or promise.
- votive adj. Dedicated by a vow.
- vulgarity n. Lack of refinement in conduct or speech.
- vulnerable adj. Capable of receiving injuries.
- waif n. A homeless, neglected wanderer.
- waistcoat n. A vest.
- waive v. To relinquish, especially temporarily, as a right or claim.
- wampum n. Beads strung on threads, formerly used among the American Indians as currency.
- wane v. To diminish in size and brilliancy.
- wantonness n. Recklessness.
- warlike adj. Belligerent.
- wavelet n. A ripple.
- weak-kneed adj. Without resolute purpose or energy.
- weal n. Well-being.
- wean v. To transfer (the young) from dependence on mother's milk to another form of nourishment.
- wearisome adj. Fatiguing.
- wee adj. Very small.
- well-bred adj. Of good ancestry.
- well-doer n. A performer of moral and social duties.
- well-to-do adj. In prosperous circumstances.
- whereabouts n. The place in or near which a person or thing is.
- whereupon adv. After which.
- wherever adv. In or at whatever place.
- wherewith n. The necessary means or resources.
- whet v. To make more keen or eager.
- whimsical adj. Capricious.
- whine v. To utter with complaining tone.
- wholly adv. Completely.
- wield v. To use, control, or manage, as a weapon, or instrument, especially with full command.
- wile n. An act or a means of cunning deception.
- winsome adj. Attractive.
- wintry adj. Lacking warmth of manner.
- wiry adj. Thin, but tough and sinewy.
- witchcraft n. Sorcery.
- witless adj. Foolish, indiscreet, or silly.
- witling n. A person who has little understanding.
- witticism n. A witty, brilliant, or original saying or sentiment.
- wittingly adv. With knowledge and by design.
- wizen v. To become or cause to become withered or dry.
- wizen-faced adj. Having a shriveled face.
- working-man n. One who earns his bread by manual labor.
- workmanlike adj. Like or befitting a skilled workman.
- workmanship n. The art or skill of a workman.
- wrangle v. To maintain by noisy argument or dispute.
- wreak v. To inflict, as a revenge or punishment.
- wrest v. To pull or force away by or as by violent twisting or wringing.
- wretchedness n. Extreme misery or unhappiness.
- writhe v. To twist the body, face, or limbs or as in pain or distress.
- writing n. The act or art of tracing or inscribing on a surface letters or ideographs.
- wry adj. Deviating from that which is proper or right.
- yearling n. A young animal past its first year and not yet two years old.
- zealot n. One who espouses a cause or pursues an object in an immoderately partisan manner.
- zeitgeist n. The intellectual and moral tendencies that characterize any age or epoch.
- zenith n. The culminating-point of prosperity, influence, or greatness.
- zephyr n. Any soft, gentle wind.
- zodiac n. An imaginary belt encircling the heavens within which are the larger planets.
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