| Term | Definition |
|---|
| abbess | female superior in a convent |
| abbey | convent or monastery |
| *abbot | none |
| abduction | kidnapping |
| abed | on a bed |
| abhorrence | hatred |
| abhorrent | hateful |
| abidance | compliance |
| abnormal | not normal |
| abominate | to dislike strongly |
| aboveboard | straight forward |
| *abridgment | none |
| *absorption | none |
| academician | The founder of an academy |
| accommodate | adapt |
| accompaniment | main component |
| accompanist | supporter |
| accompany | be assosiated with |
| accumulate | gather |
| accurate | correct |
| accusation | a charge of crime |
| accusatory | blaming |
| ache | to be in pain |
| acknowledgment | recognisation |
| acoustic | sound |
| *acquire | none |
| acquisition | gained |
| acquittal | to release |
| acquittance | release |
| acreage | land |
| adapt | to adjust |
| adherence | attachment |
| adhesion | being joined |
| adieu | farewell |
| administrator | manager |
| admonition | scolding |
| adoration | deep devotion |
| adulterant | a baser substance added |
| adversary | enemy |
| aerostat | aircraft |
| aerostatics | pneumatics |
| affirmative | answering yes |
| aforesaid | before |
| *afterthought | none |
| aggravate | to worsen |
| aggravation | irritation |
| *aggress | none |
| aggression | attack |
| aggrieve | to oppress |
| agnostic | believes god may or may not exist |
| *album | none |
| alcohol | flamable, colorless |
| alienation | estrangement |
| aliment | food |
| alleged | supposed |
| almanac | publication containing fact |
| ambitious | aspiring |
| Americanism | unique feature of us english |
| amply | sufficiently |
| amputate | to cut off |
| analyze | examine |
| anatomy | dissection |
| anesthetic | loss of sensation |
| Anglophobia | hatred of english |
| Anglo-Saxon | the english |
| annals | historical records |
| annotate | to explain |
| annul | to cancel |
| anteroom | outer office |
| *anthology | none |
| antic | caper |
| antique | ancient thing |
| antonym | - thatwhichis opposed in meaning |
| apathy | indifference |
| apology | error,offence |
| apposition | placing side by side |
| apprehensible | graspable |
| arbitrate | to meditate |
| archaeology | ancient people |
| archaism | obsolute style |
| arid | dry |
| armory | arsenal |
| arson | illegal burning |
| ascension | rising |
| askew | crooked |
| assassinate | kill |
| assignee | act for another |
| astray | wrong |
| athirst | wanting water |
| atonement | amends |
| audacity | boldness |
| austere | simple |
| authentic | genuine |
| autopsy | a deadbody |
| avalanche | thick snow slidedown a mountain |
| avenge | retaliate |
| aye | yes |
| bacterium | a microbe |
| bale | bundle of goods |
| balmy | smoothing |
| barb | sharp point |
| bass | low pitch |
| baton | staff |
| beacon | warning light |
| befuddle | to perplex |
| besmear | to overspread |
| bewilder | to confuse |
| bewitch | charm |
| bide | to await |
| binge | party |
| biped | two leged creature |
| bodily | corporeal |
| borough | town |
| brazen | shameless |
| brethren | member of a sect |
| bristling | showing irritation |
| brotherhood | spiritual fellowship |
| buccaneer | pirate |
| buoyant | floating |
| calculable | estimable |
| *capillary | none |
| cardiac | pertaining to the heart |
| carnivorous | meat eating |
| cartridge | firearm charge |
| causal | a cause |
| *centenary | none |
| champ | to bite impatiently |
| chastity | purity |
| Christendom | the part of the world where christianity is practiced |
| chronic | long lasting |
| circumnavigate | to sail arround |
| clarion | trumpet |
| cohort | assistant |
| collide | bump |
| *comical | none |
| commence | to begin |
| competence | adequacy |
| complication | difficult issue |
| compliment | to praise |
| comprehensible | inteligentible |
| comprehension | understand |
| compression | constraint |
| comprise | to consist of |
| concur | to agree |
| *concurrence | none |
| condensation | gas to liquid |
| *condense | None |
| conductible | transmittable |
| confessor | spiritual advisor |
| *conformable | none |
| conformance | adaptation |
| confront | to encounter |
| *conjure | none |
| conscience | right or wrong |
| constrict | to bind |
| contort | to twist out shape |
| contrary | opposite |
| control | regulate |
| cope | contend |
| corrosion | decay |
| corruptible-capabaleofbeing | bribed |
| *counterbalance | None |
| *countercharge | None |
| counter-claim | across-demand |
| crafty | tricky |
| cranium | the skull of an animal |
| creak | grating sound |
| crevice | crack |
| cringe | to shrink back |
| *curtsy | none |
| cynic | critical |
| *Darwinism | None |
| *daunt | None |
| day-man | A day laborer |
| *decagon | None |
| decagram | weight of 10 grams |
| decant | to pour off |
| decapitate | to behead |
| decasyllable | a verse of |
| deceit | ten syllables |
| decorate | embelish |
| decoy | that which allures in to a trap |
| defensible | justificable |
| *defensive | None |
| deform | disfigure |
| degrade | to lower |
| deluge | to flood |
| demean | to degrade |
| demented | insane |
| demonstrate | prove |
| *denominator | none |
| denounce | to condemn |
| deploy | to place troops in position |
| d*depth | none |
| descendant | - one who is derived |
| desolate | lonely |
| despise | to detest |
| detract | to divert |
| devilry | mischief |
| diabolical | devilish |
| diffusible | spreading rapidly |
| diffusion | dispersion |
| disagree | associate |
| disallow | to with hold permisson |
| disappear | vanish |
| *disappoint | none |
| disburden | unload |
| *disciple | none |
| disclose | reveal |
| discolor | to stain |
| *discomfort | none |
| disengage | detach |
| disfavor | disregard |
| dismal | depressing |
| dismember | to cut off a limb |
| disobedience | difiance |
| disrepute | badname |
| disrupt | to break apart |
| dissection | cutting |
| dissolution | breaking up |
| dissuasion | advising against |
| distinction | note of honor |
| disunion | discord |
| divergent | splitting apart |
| diverse | capable of various forms |
| divertible | able to be turned from a course |
| doe | female deer |
| dole | to give out sparingly |
| dominant | conspicuously prominent |
| *donator | none |
| donee | one who takes a present |
| dramatist- | one who writes plays |
| dramatize | act out |
| drowsy | sleepy |
| drudgery | hard work |
| duet | a composition for two voices |
| economize | to spend sparingly |
| elapse | to pass by |
| elated | over joyed |
| *emergence | comming in to view |
| *emergent | comming in to view |
| emigrate | to leave a country |
| *eminence | none |
| enamor | to captivate |
| encore | the call for a repetition |
| encyclopedic | filled with uniform knowledge |
| *endurable | None |
| enormous | gigantic |
| enthuse | to display zealous feeling |
| equalize | to render uniform |
| equinox | day and night are of equal length |
| *equivalent | none |
| erode | to wear away |
| erroneous | wrong |
| espy | to keep close watch |
| *essence | None |
| excel | outshine |
| excellency | a title |
| excise | tax |
| *excretion | discharge |
| exemplary | ideal |
| exhale | breathe out |
| exhaustible | capable of being emptied |
| expectancy | looking forward |
| *expend | enlarge to spend |
| extravagant | lavish in expenditure |
| facade | appearance |
| facial | the face |
| fanciful | imaginative |
| ferocity | savageness |
| finale | concluding performance |
| fixture | permanent feature |
| florist | sells flowers |
| foolhardy | foolishly daring |
| *foot-note | none |
| forcible | violent |
| forebear | ancestor |
| forecast | predict |
| forego | to deny oneself the pleasure or profit |
| foreign | another country |
| formation | structure |
| fracture | crack |
| frailty | weakness |
| frantic | franzitic(hyperactive) |
| fraternal | brotherly |
| fraudulence | deceit |
| frenzy | madness |
| fretful | worried |
| frizzle | to crinkle |
| frolicsome | prankish |
| frontier | boundary |
| *further | none |
| gaff | hook |
| *gaiety | none |
| gaily | merrily |
| gala | festive |
| galaxy | a group of brillient people |
| gamble | risk money or the like for chance |
| gazette | newspaper |
| genealogy | family succession |
| generality | main portion |
| geniality | kindness |
| gentry | upper class people |
| *gesture | signal or sign |
| gigantic | tremendous |
| glacial | icy |
| glacier | body of ice |
| glee | merriment |
| glimmer | faint light |
| globular | spherical |
| gratification | satisfaction |
| gratify | to please |
| grief | sorrow |
| grim | fierce |
| *grindstone | none |
| haggle | to bargain |
| handwriting | penman ship |
| hardy | bold |
| herald | to announce |
| *herbarium | plant |
| *hereditary | none |
| heretic | disenter |
| *hexapod | none |
| *hillock | none |
| hoard | accumulate |
| *hodgepodge | none |
| *hogwash | none |
| hoot | to shout |
| hosiery | stocking |
| hospitable | generous |
| hostility | enmity |
| *humiliate | none |
| hydraulic | water |
| hydrodynamics | motion of fluids |
| hydroelectric | water power |
| hydromechanics | fluids |
| hydrophobia | the fear of water |
| hydrostatics | liquids at rest |
| hygiene | health condition |
| hypnosis | trance |
| *hypnotic | none |
| hypnotism | inducing sleep |
| hypnotize | to put in a trance |
| hypodermic | under the skin |
| icily | frigidly |
| iciness | chilled state |
| ill-natured | surly |
| immoral | unethical |
| immortal | death |
| immovable | steadfast |
| impassible | unfeeling |
| imperceptible | indiscernible |
| impermissible | not allowed |
| impiety | irreverence |
| importation | bringing into country |
| *mpoverish | poor |
| impregnate | to imbue |
| inapt | not suitable |
| inchmeal | little by little |
| incident | occurrence |
| incidentally | by chance |
| incoherence | inconsistency |
| incombustible | burned |
| inconsequential | irrelevant |
| inconsiderable | trival |
| inconstant | changeable |
| indefensible | untenable |
| indicant | pointer |
| indict | accuse |
| indigestion | lack of absorption |
| indiscernible | imperceptible |
| *indistinct | vague - not cleared or blurred |
| indivertible | none |
| indulgent | yielding |
| inexcusable | unforgivable |
| inexpressible | unutterable |
| inextensible | unstretchable |
| infidelity | disloyality |
| infinity | boundless duration |
| influence | dominence |
| infrequence | rareness |
| ingenious | clever |
| inglorious | shameful |
| ingratitude | forgetfullness of kindness |
| inherence | quality |
| inhospitable | unfriendly |
| inhuman | savage |
| inlet | body of water |
| inoffensive | harmless |
| inquisitive | questioning |
| inquisitor | investigator |
| inscribe | write |
| insightful | discerning |
| *insignificant | note |
| *instantaneous | immediate |
| *insufficiency | none |
| insufficient | inadequate |
| insurgence | uprising |
| intellectual | characterized by intelligence |
| interposition | interference |
| intersect | to cut through |
| intolerable | insufferable |
| introversion | the act of turing or directing inward physically or mentally |
| *irritable | none |
| *irritant | none |
| irritate | annoy |
| *islet | none |
| itinerate | to wander |
| juggle | to play tricks of sleight of hand |
| jugglery | the art of sleight hand |
| justification | vindication |
| *juvenile | none |
| kerchief | a square cloth |
| kiloliter | one thousand liters |
| kilometer | a legth of 1000 meters |
| knell | a sound made by a bell at a funeral |
| knuckle | to yield |
| laden | burdened |
| *lassie | none |
| legalize | to give the authority of law to |
| legible | readable |
| legislate | to make a law |
| *legitimacy | none |
| leniency | forbearance |
| liberalism | opposition to conservatism |
| light-hearted | care free |
| literature | writtings |
| locative | placing |
| logician | reasonner |
| loiter | to linger |
| longevity | long life |
| lovable | amiable |
| *low-spirited | despondent |
| lush | abundent |
| lying | untruthfulness |
| magician | sorccer |
| magnetize | to make a magnet of |
| maidenhood | virginity |
| *makeup | none |
| malaria | a fever with attacks of chills |
| malicious | spiteful |
| maneuver | to move artfully |
| manliness | bravery |
| *manufacturer | none |
| marine | pertaining to a sea |
| massive | of considerable bulk and weight |
| *matinee | none |
| *matter | of fact none |
| *meander | to wind and turn |
| mechanics | the branches of the physics about the actio of forces |
| *meditate | none |
| *merciless | none |
| metallurgy | the art of science of extracting a metal from ores |
| microphone | an apaparatus for magnifying faint sounds |
| mimic | to immitate |
| minuscule | very small |
| misapprehend | to mis understand |
| *misinterpret | none |
| *misuse | none |
| mockery | ridicule |
| moderation | temperance |
| modify | to change |
| monarchy | government by a single ruler |
| *monosyllable | none |
| monotonous | unchanging |
| *morale | none |
| moralist | a writer on ethics |
| motto | an expressive word |
| mouthful | something rich in meaning |
| *multiform | none |
| municipal | of a city |
| *narration | none |
| narrator | denying |
| narrow-minded | intolerant |
| nasal | pertaining to the nose |
| naturally | with innate tendency |
| nauseate | to course to loathe |
| nauseous | to loathsome |
| naval | pertaining to ship |
| necessitate | to mak esueful |
| nectarine | a peach |
| needlework | embroidery |
| negation | denying |
| neglectful | careless |
| *negligent | none |
| *nevertheless | none |
| nomad | wandering |
| nondescript | inexpressible |
| non-existent | missing |
| non-resident | not dwelling |
| *noticeable | none |
| nowhere | in no place |
| *nuisance | none |
| *nutriment | none |
| *oaken | none |
| observance | ceremony |
| observatory | A building for astronomical observation |
| obtrusive | prominent |
| occasion | important event |
| *occupant | none |
| officiate | to act as leader |
| offshoot | something that branches off |
| omen | prophency |
| ominous | portentous |
| onset | assalt(arrogant) |
| opinion | a conclusion |
| oppress | to rule harshly |
| optic | pertaining to the eye or vision |
| optimism | positive view |
| origin | begining |
| original | unique |
| outbreak | sudden burst |
| outburst | a violent issue |
| outrageous | shocking |
| outstretch | to extend |
| outweigh | to excel |
| overdose | excessive medicine |
| overleap | to leap beyond |
| overlord | supreme lord |
| *overpay | none |
| overture | prerude |
| papyrus | writting paper |
| parallel | to lie in the same direction |
| parallelism | resemblance |
| paralysis | loss of movement |
| paranoia | convulsions |
| parched | dried up |
| *parliament | none |
| parlor | room for reception |
| *participate | none |
| passive | unresponsive |
| *paternity | fatherly |
| pauperism | poverty |
| peaceable | tranquil |
| *peaceful | none |
| pedal | level |
| penance | self punishment |
| perception | sensory data |
| *percolate | none |
| percolator | a filter |
| perfumery | the preparation of perfumes |
| perilous | dangerous |
| permanent | everlasting |
| *persecution | none |
| perseverance | persistsnce |
| persist | to persevere |
| perversity | wickedness |
| pessimist | one who sees the worst in everything |
| *pharmacy | none |
| philosophize | to theorize |
| phonic | acoustic |
| phonology | the science of human vocal sounds |
| phosphorescence | the property of emitting light |
| photoelectric | pertaining to light and elecricity |
| photometer | any instrument for measuring the intensity of light |
| *photometry | none |
| *playful | none |
| playwright | a maker of plays for the stage |
| pleasant | agreeable |
| plural | multiple |
| pollen | dust like powder of plant |
| polygon | a figure having many angles |
| possess | to own |
| *possessive | none |
| postdate | to make later than the real date |
| *precede | none |
| predecessor | forerunner |
| prefer | choose |
| prickle | to puncture |
| primp | fuss |
| probe | to search |
| *proclamation | none |
| prod | to urge |
| productive | profits |
| profile | contour |
| prolong | extend |
| promoter | one who encourages |
| *prune | none |
| *psychic | none |
| pudgy | squat |
| *pungency | none |
| *quack | none |
| quadruped | a four footed animal |
| *quadruple | none |
| *quarrelsome | none |
| quarterly | interval of 3 months |
| quiet | silent |
| quiver | to tremble |
| radiance | brilliant or sparking luster |
| ramshackle | run down |
| realm | region |
| rebellious | insubordinate |
| rebuild | remodel |
| *receptive | none |
| recessive | with drawn |
| recipient | receiver |
| reclaim | to recover |
| recline | to lie back |
| recollect | to recall the knowledge of |
| recreate | relax |
| recure | to cure again |
| reducible | diminishable |
| reflector | miror |
| regality | royality |
| rein | bridle |
| relent | to yield |
| reliance | dependence |
| reliant | having confidence |
| remembrance | recollection |
| *reorganize | none |
| *repetition | none |
| reproduce | to copy |
| resistance | opposition |
| *resistant | none |
| resourceful | imaginative |
| riddance | elimination |
| righteous | virtuous |
| rite | religious ceremony |
| rustic | rural |
| sacrifice | renounce |
| safeguard | protect |
| scant | inadequate |
| scapegoat | one who takes blame for another |
| scribe | actor |
| sensation | feeling |
| sensitive | easily effected |
| sentinel | guard |
| separable | severable |
| sergeant | military officer |
| *sergeant-at-arms | none |
| sergeant-major | the highest officer |
| service | for others benefits |
| sham | pretence |
| shiftless | unefficient |
| shrewd | cunning |
| shriek | scream |
| shroud | covering |
| shuffle | mixing |
| siege | persistent attack |
| *slander | none |
| slither | to slide |
| sneer | to regard with contempt |
| spacious | roomy |
| sphericity | roundness |
| stationary | standing still |
| statute | law |
| stealth | sneakiness |
| stench | foul smell |
| stifle | to smother |
| stigma | infamy |
| strait | canal |
| streamlet | rivulat(creek) |
| submittal | surrender |
| successor | one who takes the place of a proceding thing |
| superintendent | over seer |
| suppressible | capable of being restrained |
| *suspense | none |
| suture | to join |
| syllabus | summary outline |
| symmetry | relative proportion and harmony |
| tactician | skilled person |
| tactics | plan |
| taint | to sully |
| tangency | touching |
| tangent | touching |
| tarnish | to stain |
| taunt | to ridicule |
| taut | stretched tight |
| technique | manner |
| termination | cessation |
| theorist | speculates |
| theorize | to speculate |
| *throes | none |
| toleration | mercifulness |
| trait | characteristic |
| transference | conveyance |
| transfusion | liquid transfer |
| transgress | violate |
| transition | passage from one form to another |
| transmission | sending through or across |
| transplant | to remove and plant in another place |
| treachery | treason |
| treasonable | treacherous |
| treble | multiplied by 3 |
| trebly | triply |
| tremendous | astonishing |
| *tricolor | none |
| tricycle | a three wheeled vehicle |
| trident | three pronged fork |
| *troublesome | none |
| turbid | unclear |
| *tutorship | none |
| typify | prefigure |
| *unbecoming | none |
| undeceive | disabuse |
| underling | subordinate |
| understate | to with hold emphasis |
| uninhibited | not restricted |
| unison | harmony |
| *universal | none |
| unlawful | Illegal |
| unruly | unmenegable |
| unsettle | disturb |
| unutterable | inexpressible |
| unyoke | to seperate |
| upcast | throwing upward |
| upturn | to upheave |
| *vaccinate | none |
| vagabond | one who wanders |
| *vain | none |
| vainglorious | boastful |
| valid | justificable |
| vanity | pride |
| vaporizer | that which reduces something to minute particles |
| vaunt | to brag direction |
| veer | to change |
| venal | corrupt |
| venom | poison |
| verify | confirm |
| veteran | an experienced person |
| vex | to irritate |
| viceroy | representative |
| vigilant | alert |
| violator | transgressor |
| viper | snake |
| visualize | imigine |
| vulgarity | coarseness |
| warlike | belligerent |
| *wavelet | none |
| weak-kneed | irresolute |
| *wearisome | none |
| wee | very small |
| weighty | important |
| well-bred | a good ancestry |
| well-doer | moral and social duties |
| well-to-do | prosperous |
| whine | to complain |
| wince | to flinch |
| wintry | cheerless |
| witless | foolish |
| woe | sorrow |
| *wolfish | none |
| workaday | everyday |
| *working-man | none |
| workmanship | skill |
| zeal | fervor |
| zodiac | an imaginary belt circuling the heavens |
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