| Term | Definition |
|---|
| ameliorate | enhance |
| detriment | disadvantage |
| folly | lack of good sense |
| ignoramus | ignorant |
| invalid | nugatory |
| noncarcinogenic | not producing |
| retort | anwer |
| generosity | kind |
| baffle | confusion |
| cinematography | art of makin motion pictures |
| despise | loathe |
| exaggerate | magnify |
| expertise | know-how |
| indemnify | reimburse |
| Occident | west |
| scuffle | brawl |
| stippend | salary |
| wager | bet |
| abhorrent | odious |
| admonition | gentle warning |
| confine | shut up |
| detonation | explosion |
| insomniac | person suffering from insomnia |
| render | deliver |
| replenish | refill |
| score | twenty |
| unwittingly | unintentionally |
| acquit | discharge |
| consign | commit |
| efrontery | gall |
| hamper | hinder |
| prodigious | huge |
| residue | rest |
| supersede | displace |
| sweltering | torrid |
| withdraw | remove |
| zany | crazy |
| apiary | place where bees are kept |
| badger | tease |
| lionize | treat as highly important |
| menagerie | place where animals are kept and trained |
| ornithology | study of birds |
| parrot | repeat mechanically |
| antidote | remedy for poison or evil |
| benign | gentle |
| convalesce | recuperate |
| fester | form pus |
| hypochondriac | suffering from an imagined illness |
| lesion | injury |
| morbid | gruesome |
| pestilential | morally harmful |
| therapeutic | curative |
| toxic | poisonous |
| unguent | salve |
| viral | caused by a virus |
| virus | corruptive force |
| acclaim | applaud loudly |
| eulogize | praise |
| laudatory | eulogistic |
| plaudit | applause |
| derogatory | belittling |
| imputation | accusation |
| libelous | defamatory |
| malign | vilify |
| slander | calumny |
| stigma | mark of disgrace |
| banter | joking |
| caricature | description that ridiculously exagerates peculiarities |
| facetious | in the habit of joking |
| flippant | treating serious matters lightly |
| harlequin | clown |
| ironic | containing or expressing joy |
| parody | humorous imitation |
| sarcastic | given to or expressing sarcasm |
| satire | language or writing that exposes follies or abuses by holding them up to ridicule |
| travesty | mockery |
| alacrity | readiness |
| involuntary | unintentional |
| volition | will |
| acme | summit |
| apogee | highest point |
| climactic | arranged in order of increasing force and interest |
| eminent | famous |
| exalt | elate |
| precipitous | hasty |
| vertex | apex |
| zenith | peak |
| abject | wretched |
| abyss | bottomless depth |
| chasm | deep breech |
| declivity | downward slope |
| earthy | realistic |
| humiliate | lower the pride of |
| menial | low |
| nadir | lowest point |
| ravine | deep, narrow gorge worn by running water |
| filial | of or like a son or daughter |
| fraternal | of or like a brother |
| genealogy | pedigree |
| gentility | good manners |
| kith and kin | friends and family |
| maternal | like a mother |
| nepotism | favoritism to relatives by those in power |
| progenitor | forefather |
| sibling | one of two or more children of a family |
| aroma | pleasant odor |
| fragrant | having a pleasant odor |
| fusty | old fashioned |
| incense | substance yielding a pleasant odor when burned |
| noisome | harmful |
| olfactory | pertaining to a sense of smell |
| pungent | biting |
| rancid | unpleasant to smell or taste |
| rank | extreme |
| scent | smell |
| unsavory | morally offensive |
| adolescent | growing to adulthood |
| antediluvian | antiquated |
| archaic | old fashioned |
| crone | withered old woman |
| decrepit | weakened by old age |
| defunct | dead |
| hoary | ancient |
| infantile | childish |
| juvenile | immature |
| longevity | long life |
| matriarch | founder |
| nonagenarian | person 90 to 99 years old |
| patriarch | founder |
| obsolete | out of date |
| primeval | primitive |
| pristine | uncorrupted |
| senile | showing the weakness of age |
| superannuated | very old |
| veteran | ex member of the armed forces |
| abstemious | abstinent |
| carousal | drinking party |
| inebriated | drunk |
| sober | not drunk |
| brine | salty water |
| doldrums | listlessness |
| jetsam | goods cast overboard to lighten a ship in distress |
| marine | maritime |
| carrion | decaying flesh of a carcass |
| dross | waste |
| immaculate | spotless |
| purge | cleanse |
| sordid | vile |
| squalor | filth |
| approximate | nearly correct |
| contiguous | touching |
| juxtapose | put side by side |
| propinquity | kinship |
| arbitrary | autocratic |
| axiom | maxim |
| bias | prejudice |
| cogitate | think over |
| crux | essential part |
| dilemma | predicament |
| fallacious | deceptive |
| hypothetical | supposed |
| orthodox | conventional |
| plausible | apparently trustworthy |
| rational | having the power to reason |
| sophistry | clever but deceptive reasoning |
| speculate | reflect |
| symmetrical | balanced in arrangement |
| nugatory | useless |
| paramount | chief |
| modest | humble |
| overweening | presumptuous |
| agoraphobia | fear of open spaces |
| claustrophobia | fear of enclose space |
| hydrophobia | dread of water |
| xenophobia | aversion to foreigners |
| philatelist | stamp collector |
| philharmonic | pertaining to a musical organization |
| philogyny | love of women |
| Anglophile | supporter of England or the English |
| bibliophile | lover of books |
| Sinophile | supporter of China |
| misandry | hatred of males |
| misanthropy | hatred of humanity |
| misogamy | hatred of marriage |
| misogyny | hatred of women |
| dysentery | inflammation of the large intestine |
| dysfunction | abnormal functioning |
| dyslexia | impairment of the ability to read |
| dyslogisitic | uncomplimentary |
| dysphoria | imaginary place where living conditions are dreadful |
| dystrophy | faulty nutrition |
| eugenics | science dealing with improving hereditary qualities |
| eulogize | write or speak in praise of someone |
| euphemism | substitution of a good expression with an unpleasant one |
| euphoria | sense of great unhappiness and well being |
| macrocosm | great world |
| microbicide | agent that destroys microbes |
| microfilm | film of very small size |
| microsecond | millionth of a second |
| microvolt | millionth of a volt |
| microwave | very short electromagnetic wave |
| amoral | not moral |
| anesthetic | drug that produces anesthesia |
| anoxia | deprivation of oxygen |
| asymptomatic | showing no symptoms of disease |
| monochramatic | rule by a single person |
| monogram | two or more letters interwoven to represent a name |
| monomania | excessive concentration on one idea or subject |
| monotonous | wearying |
| polygamy | married to more than one person |
| polytheism | belief that there is a plurality of gods |
| anthropology | science dealing with the origin, race, custom beliefs |
| biology | study of living organism |
| cardiology | science dealing with the action and diseases of the heart |
| ethnology | branch of anthropology dealing with human races, their origin, distribution, culture |
| meteorology | science dealing with the atmosphere and weather |
| necrology | obituary |
| petrology | scientific study of rocks |
| sociology | study of the evolution, development, and functioning of human society |
| theology | study of religion and religious ideas |
| abiogenesis | spontaneous generation |
| autobiography | story of a persons life written by that person |
| biography | story of a persons life written by another person |
| biopsy | diagnostic examination of a piece of tissue from the living body |
| appendectomy | surgical removal of the appendix |
| dichotomy | division |
| phlebotomy | opening of a vein to diminish the blood supply |
| tome | scholarly book |
| arthropod | invertebrate |
| podiatrist | chiropodist |
| podium | dais |
| homochromatic | having the same color |
| homogeneous | dissimilar |
| heterology | dissimilarity in structure |
| homonym | word that sounds the same but differs in meaning |
| heteroclite | abnormal |
| hyperacidity | excessive acidity |
| hypoglycemia | abnormally low level of sugar in the blood |
| hypertension | abnormally high blood pressure |
| hyperthermia | hyperpyrexia |
| hypothyroid | marked by deficient activity of the thyroid gland |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration of statement |
| hypersensitive | supersensitive |
| hypodermic | injected under the skin |
| hypothetical | conjectural |
| endogamy | marriage within the tribe, caste, or social group |
| exogenous | produced from without |
| endosmosis | osmosis inward |
| endoparasite | parasite living off its host |
| anarchy | disorder |
| monarchy | state ruled over by a single person |
| geodetic | pertaining to geodesy |
| geology | science dealing with the earths historyas recorded in rocks |
| geophysics | science treating of the forces that modify the earth |
| geopolitics | study of government and its policies as affected by physcial geography |
| apogee | farthest point from the earth in the orbit of a heavenly body |
| apathy | lack of feeling, emotion, interest, or excitement |
| pathetic | arousing pity |
| telepathy | transference of the thoughts and feelings of one person to another by no apparent means |
| pathogenic | causing disease |
| psychopathic | insane |
| amorphous | shapeless |
| dimorphous | occurring under two distinct forms |
| metamorphosis | change of form |
| monomorphic | having a single form |
| pericardium | membranous sac enclosing the heart |
| perihelion | nearest point ot the sun in the orbit of a heavenly body |
| peripheral | merely incidental |
| periphrastic | circumlocutory |
| peristalsis | wavelike contractions of the wall of the intestine |
| peristyle | the space so enclosed |
| abrupt | broken off |
| disrupt | break apart |
| rupture | break |
| biocide | substance that destroys many different organisms |
| fungicide | substance that kills fungi |
| homicide | killing of one human by another |
| insecticide | substance that kills insects |
| regicide | act of killing a king |
| sororicide | act of killing ones sister |
| boa constrictor | snake that constricts or crushes its prey |
| constrict | draw together |
| torsion | act of twisting |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered |
| fraction | fragment |
| fragile | frail |
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