| Term | Definition |
| ABASE | to humble; disgrace |
| ABATE | to reduce in amount, degree, or severity |
| ABDICATE | to give up a position, right, or power |
| ABERRANT | deviating from what is normal or expected |
| ABEYANCE | temporary suppression or suspension |
| ABJURE | to reject; abandon formally |
| ABSCOND | to leave secretly |
| ABSTAIN | to choose not to do something |
| ABSTEMIOUS | moderate in appetite |
| ABYSS | an extremely deep hole |
| ACCRETION | a growth in size; an increase in amount |
| ACIDULOUS | sour in taste or manner |
| ACME | highest point; summit; the highest level or degree attainable |
| ADULTERATE | to make impure |
| ADVOCATE | to speak in favor of |
| AERIE | a nest built high in the air; an elevated, often secluded, dwelling |
| AESTHETIC | concerning the appreciation of beauty |
| AFFECTED | phony; artificial |
| AGGRANDIZE | to increase in power, influence, and reputation |
| ALACRITY | speed or quickness |
| ALLEVIATE | to make more bearable |
| AMALGAMATE | to combine; to mix together |
| AMBIGUOUS | doubtful or uncertain; can be interpreted several ways |
| AMELIORATE | to make better; to improve |
| AMORTIZE | to diminish by installment payments |
| AMULET | ornament worn as a charm against evil spirits |
| ANACHRONISM | something out of place in time |
| ANALGESIA | a lessening or pain without loss of consciousness |
| ANALOGOUS | similar or alike in some way; equivalent to |
| ANODYNE | something that calms or soothes pain |
| ANOMALY | deviation from what is normal |
| ANTAGONIZE | to annoy or provoke to anger |
| ANTIPATHY | extreme dislike |
| APATHY | lack of interest or emotion |
| APOCRYPHAL | of questionable authority or authenticity |
| APOSTATE | one who renounces a religious faith |
| APPROBATION | approval and praise |
| ARBITRARY | determined by chance or impulse |
| ARBITRATE | to judge a dispute b/w two opposing parties |
| ARCHAIC | ancient; old-fashioned |
| ARDOR | intense and passionate feeling |
| ARROGATE | to claim without justification; to claim for oneself without right |
| ARTICULATE | able to speak clearly and expressively |
| ASSAIL | to attack; assault |
| ASSUAGE | to make something unpleasant less severe |
| ATTENUATE | to reduce in force or degree; weaken |
| AUDACIOUS | fearless and daring |
| AUGURY | prophecy; prediction of events |
| AUGUST | dignified; grandiose |
| AUSTERE | severe or stern in appearance; undecorated |
| AXIOM | premise; postulate; self-evident truth |
| BANAL | predictable; cliched; boring |
| BELFRY | bell tower; room in which a bell is hung |
| BEVY | group |
| BIFURCATE | to divide into two parts |
| BILK | to cheat; defraud |
| BLIGHT | to afflict; destroy |
| BLITHE | joyful, cheerful, or without appropriate thought |
| BOLSTER | to support; prop up |
| BOMBASTIC | pompous in speech and manner |
| BONHOMIE | good-natured geniality; atmosphere of good cheer |
| BOOR | crude person, one lacking manners or taste |
| BURGEON | to grow and flourish |
| BURNISH | to polish |
| CABAL | a secret group seeking to overturn something |
| CACOPHONY | harsh, jarring noise |
| CALUMNY | a false and malicious accusation; misrepresentation |
| CANARD | a lie |
| CANDID | impartial and honest in speech |
| CAPRICIOUS | changing one's mind quickly and often |
| CARTOGRAPHY | science or art of making maps |
| CASTIGATE | to punish or criticize harshly |
| CATALYST | something that brings about a change in something else |
| CATHOLIC | universal; broad and comprehensive |
| CAUSTIC | biting in wit |
| CHAOS | great disorder or confused situation |
| CHAUVINIST | someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he/she belongs |
| CHICANERY | deception by means of craft or guile |
| CIRCUMSPECT | cautious; aware of potential consequences |
| CLOYING | sickly sweet; excessive |
| COALESCE | to grow together to form a single whole |
| COFFER | strongbox; large chest for money |
| COGENT | convincing and well-reasoned |
| COLLUSION | collaboration; complicity; conspiracy |
| CONDONE | to overlook, pardon, or disregard |
| CONNOISSEUR | a person with expert knowledge or discriminating tastes |
| CONTRITE | deeply sorrowful or repentant for a wrong |
| CONTUMACIOUS | rebellious |
| CONVOLUTED | intricate and complicated |
| CORROBORATE | to support with evidence |
| COSSET | to pamper; treat with great care |
| COTERIE | an intimate group of persons with a similar purpose |
| CRAVEN | lacking courage |
| CREDULOUS | too trusting; gullible |
| CRESCENDO | steadily increasing in volume or force |
| CUPIDITY | greed; strong desire |
| CURMUDGEON | cranky person, usually old |
| DEBUTANTE | young woman making debut in high society |
| DECLIVITY | downward slope |
| DECOROUS | proper; tasteful; socially correct |
| DECORUM | appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety |
| DEFACE | to mar the appearance of; vandalize |
| DEFERENCE | respect; courtesy |
| DELETERIOUS | subtly or unexpectedly harmful |
| DEMAGOGUE | a leader or rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion or prejudice |
| DEMUR | to express doubts or objection |
| DERIDE | to speak of or treat with contempt; to mock |
| DESICCATE | to dry out thoroughly |
| DESULTORY | jumping from one thing to another; disconnected |
| DIAPHANOUS | allowing light to show through; delicate |
| DIATRIBE | an abusive, condemnatory speech |
| DICTUM | authoritative statement |
| DIFFIDENT | lacking self-confidence |
| DILATE | to make larger; expand |
| DILATORY | intended to delay |
| DILETTANTE | someone with an amateurish or superficial interest in a topic |
| DIRGE | a funeral hymn or mournful speech |
| DISABUSE | to set right; free from error |
| DISCERN | to perceive or recognize |
| DISPARATE | fundamentally different; entirely unalike |
| DISSEMBLE | to present a false appearance; to disguise one's real intentions or character |
| DISSONANCE | a harsh and disagreeable combination, especially of sounds |
| DISTAFF | the female branch of a family |
| DISTEND | to swell, inflate, or bloat |
| DITHER | to act confusedly or without clear purpose |
| DIURNAL | existing during the day |
| DIVINE | to foretell or know by inspiration |
| DOCTRINAIRE | rigidly devoted to theories without regard for practicality; dogmatic |
| DOGMA | a firmly held opinion, especially a religious belief |
| DOGMATIC | dictatorial in one's opinions |
| DROLL | amusing in a wry, subtle way |
| DUPE | to deceive; a person who is easily deceived |
| DYSPEPTIC | suffering from indigestion; gloomy and irritable |
| EBULLIENT | exhilarated; full of enthusiasm and high spirits |
| ECLECTIC | selecting from or made up from a variety of sources |
| EDIFY | to instruct morally and spiritually |
| EFFICACY | effectiveness |
| EFFIGY | stuffed doll; likeness of a person |
| EFFRONTERY | impudent boldness; audacity |
| ELEGY | a sorrowful poem or speech |
| ELOQUENT | persuasive and moving, especially in speech |
| EMBELLISH | to add ornamental or fictitious details |
| EMULATE | to copy; to try to equal or excel |
| ENCOMIUM | warm praise |
| ENDEMIC | belonging to a particular area; inherent |
| ENERVATE | to reduce in strength |
| ENGENDER | to produce, cause, or bring about |
| ENIGMA | a puzzle; a mystery |
| ENUMERATE | to count, list, or itemize |
| EPHEMERAL | lasting a short time |
| EPICURE | person with refined taste in food and wine |
| EQUIVOCATE | to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead |
| ERRATIC | wandering and unpredictable |
| ERSATZ | fake |
| ERUDITE | learned; scholarly; bookish |
| ESCHEW | to shun; to avoid (as something wrong or distasteful) |
| ESOTERIC | known or understood only by a few |
| ESTIMABLE | admirable |
| ETHOS | beliefs or character of a group |
| EULOGY | speech in praise of someone |
| EUPHEMISM | use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one |
| EUPHONY | pleasant, harmonious sound |
| EXACERBATE | to make worse |
| EXCULPATE | to clear from blame; prove innocent |
| EXIGENT | urgent; requiring immediate action |
| EXONERATE | to clear of blame |
| EXPLICIT | clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression |
| EXPONENT | one who champions or advocates |
| EXPURGATE | to censor |
| FALLOW | dormant; unused |
| FANATICAL | acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme unquestioned devotion |
| FATUOUS | stupid; foolishly self-satisfied |
| FAWN | to grovel |
| FECUND | fertile; fruitful; productive |
| FERVID | intensely emotional; feverish |
| FETID | foul-smelling; putrid |
| FLAG | to decline in vigor, strength, or interest |
| FLORID | excessively decorated or embellished |
| FOMENT | to arouse or incite |
| FORD | to cross a body of water by wading |
| FORESTALL | to prevent or delay; anticipate |
| FORTUITOUS | happening by chance; fortunate |
| FRACTIOUS | unruly; rebellious |
| FRENETIC | frantic; frenzied |
| FRUGALITY | tending to be thrifty or cheap |
| FURTIVE | secret, stealthy |
| GAMBOL | to dance or skip around playfully |
| GARNER | to gather and store |
| GARRULOUS | tending to talk a lot |
| GESTATION | growth process from conception to birth |
| GLIB | fluent in an insincere manner; offhand; casual |
| GLOWER | to glare or stare angrily and intensely |
| GRADATION | process occurring by regular degrees or stages; variation in color |
| GREGARIOUS | outgoing; sociable |
| GRIEVOUS | causing grief or sorrow; serious and distressing |
| GROVEL | to humble oneself in a demeaning way |
| GUILE | deceit; trickery |
| GULLIBLE | easily deceived |
| HAPLESS | unfortunate; having bad luck |
| HEGEMONY | the domination of one state or group over its allies |
| HERMETIC | tightly sealed |
| HETEROGENEOUS | composed of unlike parts; different; diverse |
| HOARY | very old; whitish or gray from age |
| HOMOGENEOUS | of a similar kind |
| HUSBAND | to manage economically; to use sparingly |
| HYPERBOLE | purposeful exaggeration for effect |
| ICONOCLAST | one who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions |
| IDIOSYNCRASY | peculiarity of temperament; eccentricity |
| IGNOBLE | having low moral standards; not noble in character; mean |
| IMBUE | to infuse, dye, wet, or moisten |
| IMPASSE | blocked path; dilemma with no solution |
| IMPECUNIOUS | poor; having no money |
| IMPERTURBABLE | not capable of being disturbed |
| IMPERVIOUS | impossible to penetrate |
| IMPETUOUS | quick to act without thinking |
| IMPIOUS | not devout in religion |
| IMPLACABLE | unable to be calmed down or made peaceful |
| IMPRECATION | a curse |
| IMPUGN | to call into question; to attack verbally |
| INCARNADINE | blood-red in color |
| INCHOATE | not fully formed; disorganized |
| INCULCATE | to teach; impress in the mind |
| INDOLENT | habitually lazy or idle |
| INEXORABLE | inflexible; unyielding |
| INGENUOUS | showing innocence or childlike simplicity |
| INGRATE | ungrateful person |
| INGRATIATE | to gain favor with another by deliberate effort; to seek to please somebody so as to gain an advantage |
| INIMICAL | hostile; unfriendly |
| INIQUITY | sin; evil act |
| INNOCUOUS | harmless |
| INQUEST | an investigation; an inquiry |
| INSIPID | lacking interest or flavor |
| INSURRECTION | rebellion |
| INTER | to bury |
| INTERREGNUM | period between reigns |
| INTRACTABLE | not easily managed or manipulated |
| INTRANSIGENT | uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled |
| INTREPID | fearless; resolutely courageous |
| INUNDATE | to overwhelm; to cover with water |
| INURE | to harden; accustom become used to |
| INVECTIVE | abusive language |
| INVESTITURE | ceremony conferring authority |
| INVIDIOUS | envious, obnoxious, or offensive; likely to promote ill-will |
| IRASCIBLE | easily made angry |
| ITINERANT | wandering from place to place; unsettled |
| JARGON | nonsensical talk; specialized language |
| JETTISON | to discard; get rid of as unnecessary or encumbering |
| JINGOISM | belligerent support of one's country |
| JOCULAR | playful; humorous |
| JUDICIOUS | sensible; showing good judgement |
| JUNCTURE | point of time, especially where two things are joined |
| KEEN | having a sharp edge; intellectually sharp; perceptive |
| KINDLE | to set fire to or ignite; excite or inspire |
| KINETIC | relating to motion; characterized by movement |
| KNELL | sound of a funeral bell; omen of death or failure |
| KUDOS | fame, glory, or honor |
| LACHRYMOSE | tearful |
| LACONIC | using few words |
| LAMENT | to express sorrow; to grieve |
| LAMPOON | to ridicule with satire |
| LANGUID | lacking energy; indifferent; slow |
| LAPIDARY | relating to precious stones or the art of cutting them |
| LARCENY | theft of property |
| LARGESS | generous giving (as of money) to others who may seem inferior |
| LASSITUDE | a state of diminished energy |
| LATENT | potential that is not readily apparent |
| LAUD | to give praise; to glorify |
| LAVISH | extremely generous or extravagant; giving unsparingly |
| LEERY | suspicious |
| LEGERDEMAIN | trickery |
| LETHARGIC | acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner |
| LEVITY | an inappropriate lack of seriousness; overly casual |
| LIBERAL | tolerant or broad-minded; generous or lavish |
| LIBERTINE | a free thinker, usually used disparagingly; one without moral restraint |
| LICENTIOUS | immoral; unrestrained by society |
| LIMPID | clear; transparent |
| LIONIZE | to treat as a celebrity |
| LISSOME | easily flexed; limber; agile |
| LISTLESS | lacking energy and enthusiasm |
| LIVID | discolored from a bruise; reddened with anger |
| LOQUACIOUS | talkative |
| LUCID | clear and easily understood |
| LUGUBRIOUS | sorrowful; mournful; dismal |
| LUMBER | to move slowly and awkwardly |
| LUMINOUS | bright; brilliant; glowing |
| MACHINATION | plot or scheme |
| MAELSTROM | whirlpool; turmoil; agitated state of mind |
| MAGNATE | powerful or influential person |
| MALEDICTION | a curse; a wish of evil upon another |
| MALINGER | to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill |
| MALLEABLE | capable of being shaped |
| MANNERED | artificial or stilted in character |
| MAR | to damage or deface; spoil |
| MARTINET | strict disciplinarian; one who rigidly follows rules |
| MAUDLIN | overly sentimental |
| MENDACIOUS | dishonest |
| MENDICANT | beggar |
| MERCURIAL | quick, shrewd, and unpredictable |
| MERETRICIOUS | gaudy; falsely attractive |
| METAPHOR | figure of speech comparing two different things |
| METICULOUS | extremely careful; fastidious; painstaking |
| MILITATE | to operate against; work against |
| MIRTH | frivolity; gaiety; laughter |
| MISANTHROPE | a person who dislikes others |
| MISSIVE | a written note or letter |
| MITIGATE | to soften; to lessen |
| MOLLIFY | to calm or make less severe |
| MOLT | to shed hair, skin, or an outer layer periodically |
| MONASTIC | extremely plain or secluded |
| MONOTONY | no variation; tediously the same |
| MORES | fixed customs or manners; moral attitudes |
| MULTIFARIOUS | diverse |
| MYOPIC | lacking foresight; having a narrow view or lang-range perspective |
| NADIR | lowest point |
| NAIVE | lacking sophistication or experience |
| NASCENT | starting to develop; coming into existence |
| NEOLOGISM | new word or expression |
| NEOPHYTE | novice; beginner |
| NETTLE | to irritate |
| NOISOME | stinking; putrid |
| NOMINAL | existing in name only; negligible |
| NUANCE | a subtle expression of meaning or quality |
| NUMISMATICS | coin collecting |
| OBDURATE | hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion |
| OBLIQUE | indirect or evasive; misleading or devious |
| OBSEQUIOUS | overly submissive and eager to please |
| OBSTINATE | stubborn; unyielding |
| OBVIATE | to prevent; to make unnecessary |
| OCCLUDE | to stop up; prevent the passage of |
| OFFICIOUS | too helpful; meddlesome |
| ONEROUS | troublesome and oppressive; burdensome |
| OPAQUE | impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light |
| OPINE | to express an opinion |
| OPPROBRIUM | public disgrace |
| OROTUND | pompous |
| OSSIFY | to change into bone; to become hardened or set in a rigidly conventional pattern |
| OSTENSIBLE | apparent |
| OSTENTATION | excessive showiness |
| OVERWROUGHT | agitated; overdone |
| PALATIAL | relating to a palace; magnificent |
| PALLIATE | to make less serious; ease |
| PALLID | lacking color or liveliness |
| PANACHE | flamboyance or dash in style and action; verve |
| PANEGYRIC | elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise |
| PANOPLY | impressive array |
| PARADOX | a contradiction or dilemma |
| PARAGON | model of excellence or perfection |
| PARE | to trim off excess; reduce |
| PARIAH | an outcast |
| PARLEY | discussion, usually b/w enemies |
| PARRY | to ward off or deflect, especially by a quick-witted answer |
| PASTICHE | piece of literature or music imitating other works |
| PATHOGENIC | causing disease |
| PECCADILLO | minor sin or offense |
| PEDANT | someone who shows off learning |
| PEJORATIVE | having bad connotations; disparaging |
| PENURY | an oppressive lack of resource (as money); severe poverty |
| PEREGRINATE | to wander from place to place; to travel, especially on foot |
| PERFIDIOUS | willing to betray one's trust |
| PERFUNCTORY | done in a routine way; indifferent |
| PERIPATETIC | wandering from place to place, especially on foot |
| PERMEATE | to penetrate |
| PERSPICACIOUS | shrewd, astute, or keen-witted |
| PERVADE | to be present throughout; to permeate |
| PHALANX | a compact or close-knit body of people, animals, or things |
| PHILANTHROPY | charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness |
| PHILISTINE | a person who is guided by materialism and is disdainful of intellectual or artistic values |
| PHLEGMATIC | calm and unemotional in temperament |
| PITHY | profound or substantial yet concise succinct, and to the point |
| PLACATE | to soothe or pacify |
| PLASTIC | able to be molded, altered, or bent |
| PLEBEIAN | crude or coarse; characteristic of commoners |
| PLETHORA | excess |
| PLUCKY | courageous; spunky |
| POLEMIC | controversy; argument; verbal attack |
| POLITIC | shrewd and practical in managing or dealing with things; diplomatic |
| POLYGLOT | a speaker of many languages |
| POSIT | to assume as real or conceded; propose as an explanation |
| POTENTATE | monarch or ruler with great power |
| PRAGMATIC | practical, as opposed to idealistic |
| PRATTLE | meaningless; foolish talk |
| PRECIPITATE | to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation |
| PRECIS | short summary of facts |
| PRESCIENT | having foresight |
| PREVARICATE | to lie or deviate from the truth |
| PRISTINE | fresh and clean; uncorrupted |
| PROBITY | complete honesty and integriity |
| PROCLIVITY | a natural inclination or predisposition |
| PRODIGAL | lavish; wasteful |
| PROFLIGATE | corrupt; degenerate |
| PROLIFERATE | to increase in number quickly |
| PROPITIATE | to conciliate; to appease |
| PROPRIETY | the quality of behaving in a proper manner; obeying rules and customs |
| PRUDENCE | wisdom, caution, restraint |
| PUERILE | childish, immature, or silly |
| PUGILISM | boxing |
| PULCHRITUDE | beauty |
| PUNGENT | sharp and irritating to the senses |
| PUSILLANIMOUS | cowardly; without courage |
| QUERULOUS | inclined to complain; irritable |
| QUIESCENT | motionless |
| QUIXOTIC | overly idealistic; impractical |
| QUOTIDIAN | occurring daily; commonplace |
| RACONTEUR | witty, skillful storyteller |
| RAREFY | to make thinner or sparser |
| REDRESS | relief from wrong or injury |
| REJOINDER | response |
| REPAST | meal or mealtime |
| REPLETE | abundantly supplied; complete |
| REPOSE | relaxation; leisure |
| REPUDIATE | to reject the validity of |
| REQUITE | to return or repay |
| RESTIVE | impatient, uneasy, or restless |
| RETICENT | silent; reserved |
| RHETORIC | effective writing or speaking |
| RIBALD | humorous in a vulgar way |
| ROCOCO | very highly ornamented |
| RUSTIC | rural |
| SACROSANCT | extremely sacred; beyond criticism |
| SAGACIOUS | shrewd; wise |
| SALIENT | prominent; of notable significance |
| SALUBRIOUS | healthful |
| SANGUINE | ruddy; cheerfully optimistic |
| SARDONIC | cynical; scornfully mocking |
| SATIATE | to satisfy fully or overindulge |
| SCINTILLA | trace amount |
| SEDITION | behavior that promotes rebellion or civil disorder against the state |
| SENTIENT | aware; conscious; able to perceive |
| SERAPHIC | angelic; sweet |
| SINECURE | a well-paying job or office that requires little or no work |
| SLAKE | to calm down or moderate |
| SOBRIQUET | nickname |
| SOLECISM | grammatical mistake; blunder in speech |
| SOPORIFIC | causing sleep or lethargy |
| SPARTAN | highly self-disciplined; frugal; austere |
| SPECIOUS | deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious |
| SPORTIVE | frolicsome; playful |
| STASIS | a state of static balance or equilibrium; stagnation |
| STENTORIAN | extremely loud |
| STIGMA | a mark of shame or discredit |
| STOLID | unemotional; lacking sensitivity |
| STRATAGEM | trick designed to deceive an enemy |
| SUBLIME | lofty or grand |
| SULLY | to tarnish; taint |
| SUPPLANT | to replace (another) by force; to take the place of |
| SURFEIT | excessive amount |
| SURLY | rude and bad-tempered |
| SYBARITE | a person devoted to pleasure and luxury |
| SYCOPHANT | a self-serving flatterer; yes-man |
| SYMBIOSIS | cooperation; mutual helpfulness |
| SYNCOPATION | temporary irregularity in musical rhythm |
| TACIT | done without using words |
| TACITURN | silent; not talkative |
| TALON | claw of an animal, especially a bird of prey |
| TANGENTIAL | digressing; diverting |
| TAWDRY | gaudy, cheap, or showy |
| TERRESTRIAL | earthly; down-to-earth; commonplace |
| TIRADE | long, harsh speech or verbal attack |
| TOADY | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors |
| TOME | book, usually large and academic |
| TORPOR | extreme mental and physical sluggishness |
| TRANSITORY | temporary; lasting a brief time |
| TRENCHANT | acute, sharp, or incisive; forceful; effective |
| TURGID | swollen as from a fluid; bloated |
| TYRO | beginner; novice |
| UMBRAGE | offense; resentment |
| UNCONSCIONABLE | unscrupulous; shockingly unfair or unjust |
| UNEQUIVOCAL | absolute; certain |
| UPBRAID | to scold sharply |
| USURY | the practice of lending money at exorbitant rates |
| VACILLATE | to physically sway or be indecisive |
| VARIEGATED | varied; marked with different colors |
| VENERABLE | respected because of age |
| VENERATE | to respect deeply |
| VERACITY | filled with truth and accuracy |
| VERBOSE | wordy |
| VERDANT | green with vegetation; inexperienced |
| VERNAL | related to spring; fresh |
| VESTIGE | a trace; remnant |
| VEX | to annoy; irritate; puzzle; confuse |
| VICISSITUDE | a change or variation; ups and downs |
| VIM | vitality and energy |
| VISCOUS | thick and adhesive, like a slow-flowing fluid |
| VITUPERATE | to abuse verbally; berate |
| VOLATILE | easily arouse or changeable; lively or explosive |
| VOLUBLE | talkative; speaking easily; glib |
| WAN | sickly pale |
| WANTON | undisciplined; unrestrained; reckless |
| WAVER | to fluctuate b/w choices |
| WHIMSICAL | lightly acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable |
| WILY | clever; deceptive |
| WINSOME | charming; happily engaging |
| WIZENED | shriveled; withered; wrinkled |
| WRAITH | a ghost or specter; a ghost of a living person seen just before his/her death |
| XENOPHOBIA | a fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers |
| YOKE | to join together |
| ZEAL | passion; excitement |
| ZEALOT | someone passionately devoted to a cause |
| ZENITH | the point of culmination; peak |
| ZEPHYR | a gentle breeze; something airy or insubstantial |