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  1. abacus: frame with balls for calculating
  2. abase: v. To lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade.
  3. abase: v. ~ oneself/sb lower oneself/sb in dignity; degrade oneself/sb ;
  4. abash: to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of:disconcert
  5. abate: to lessen to subside
  6. abate: v. make or become less
  7. abbess: n. The lady superior of a nunnery.
  8. abbey: n. The group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
  9. abbot: n. The superior of a community of monks.
  10. abbreviate: v. ~ sth shorten (a word, phrase, etc), esp by omitting letters
  11. abdicate: v. To give up (royal power or the like).
  12. abdicate: v. resign from or formally renounce the throne
  13. abdication: giving up control authority
  14. abdomen: n. In mammals, the visceral cavity between the diaphragm and the pelvic floor; the belly.
  15. abdominal: n. Of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
  16. abduction: n. A carrying away of a person against his will, or illegally.
  17. abed: adv. In bed; on a bed.
  18. aberrant: adj. not following the normal or correct way
  19. aberration: n. Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
  20. aberration: straying away from what is normal
  21. aberration: n. deviation from what is accepted as normal or right
  22. abet: v. To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense).
  23. abet: help/encourage smb (in doing wrong)
  24. abet: v. ~ sb (in sth) help or encourage sb to commit an offence or do sth wrong
  25. abeyance: n. A state of suspension or temporary inaction.
  26. abeyance: suspended action
  27. abeyance: n. be in abeyance; fall/go into abeyance (of a right, rule, problem, etc) be suspended temporarily; not be in force or use for a time
  28. abhor: to hate to detest
  29. abhor: v. feel hatred and disgust for (sb/sth); detest
  30. abhorrence: n. The act of detesting extremely.
  31. abhorrent: adj. Very repugnant; hateful.
  32. abidance: n. An abiding.
  33. abide: be faithful to endure
  34. abide: v. (esp with can/could, in negative sentences or questions can/could) tolerate (sb/sth); endure; bear
  35. abject: adj. Sunk to a low condition.
  36. abject: adj. wretched; hopeless
  37. abjure: v. To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath.
  38. abjure: promise or swear to give up
  39. abjure: v. promise or swear to give up (a claim, an opinion, a belief, etc); renounce formally
  40. able-bodied: adj. Competent for physical service.
  41. ablution: n. A washing or cleansing, especially of the body.
  42. ablution: n. (fml or joc ) ceremonial washing of the body, hands, sacred vessels, etc
  43. abnegate: v. To renounce (a right or privilege).
  44. abnegation: n. denial or renunciation (of a doctrine)
  45. abnormal: adj. Not conformed to the ordinary rule or standard.
  46. abode: n. house; home
  47. abolish: v. end the existence of
  48. abominable: adj. ~(fml ) causing disgust; detestable
  49. abominable: adj. Very hateful.
  50. abominate: v. feel hatred or disgust for (sth/sb); detest; loathe
  51. abominate: v. To hate violently.
  52. abomination: n. A very detestable act or practice.
  53. aboriginal: adj. inhabiting a land from a very early period, esp before the arrival of colonists
  54. aboriginal: adj. Primitive; unsophisticated.
  55. aborigines: n. The original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
  56. abortive: adj. coming to nothing; unsuccessful
  57. aboveboard: adv. & adj. Without concealment, fraud, or trickery.
  58. abrade: v. To wear away the surface or some part of by friction.
  59. abraded: rubbed off worn away by friction
  60. abrasion: n. That which is rubbed off.
  61. abrasive: adj. that scrapes or rubs sth away; rough
  62. abridge: v. make shorter, esp by using fewer words; condense
  63. abridge: v. To make shorter in words, keeping the essential features, leaning out minor particles.
  64. abridgment: n. A condensed form as of a book or play.
  65. abrogate: v. cancel, repeal or annul (sth)
  66. abrogate: v. To abolish, repeal.
  67. abrogate: repeal or annul by authority
  68. abrupt: adj. Beginning, ending, or changing suddenly or with a break.
  69. abscess: n. A Collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
  70. abscission: The act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
  71. abscission: n. The act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
  72. abscond: v. ~go away suddenly and secretly, esp in order to avoid arrest
  73. abscond: v. To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest.
  74. abscond: to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest)
  75. absence: n. The fact of not being present or available.
  76. absent-minded: adj. Lacking in attention to immediate surroundings or business.
  77. absolute: adj. complete; total
  78. absolution: n. Forgiveness, or passing over of offenses.
  79. absolve: v. ~ sb (fml esp law , ) clear sb (of guilt); declare sb free (from blame, a promise, a duty, etc)
  80. absolve: v. To free from sin or its penalties.
  81. absorb: v. To drink in or suck up, as a sponge absorbs water.
  82. absorption: n. The act or process of absorbing.
  83. abstain: v. ~ keep oneself from doing or enjoying sth, esp from taking alcoholic drinks; refrain ;
  84. abstain: v. To keep oneself back (from doing or using something).
  85. abstemious: adj. not taking much food or drink; not self-indulgent; moderate
  86. abstemious: adj. Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food.
  87. abstinence: n. ~ abstaining, esp from food or alcoholic drinks
  88. abstinence: n. Self denial.
  89. abstract: adj. existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or practical existence
  90. abstruse: adj. difficult to understand
  91. abstruse: adj. Dealing with matters difficult to be understood.
  92. abstruse: difficult to comprehend obscure
  93. absurd: adj. Inconsistent with reason or common sense.
  94. abundant: adj. Plentiful.
  95. abusive: adj. criticizing harshly and rudely; insulting
  96. abusive: adj. Employing harsh words or ill treatment.
  97. abut: v. ~ on/against sth (of land or a building) have a common boundary or side with sth; adjoin sth
  98. abut: v. To touch at the end or boundary line.
  99. abut: border on
  100. abysmal: adj. extremely bad
  101. abysmal: bottomless extreme
  102. abyss: n. hole so deep that it seems to have no bottom
  103. abyss: n. Bottomless gulf.
  104. academic: adj. of schools, colleges, etc
  105. academic: adj. Of or pertaining to an academy, college, or university.
  106. academician: n. A member of an academy of literature, art, or science.
  107. academy: n. Any institution where the higher branches of learning are taught.
  108. acarpous: effete no longer fertile worn out
  109. accede: v. ~ (fml ) take office
  110. accede: v. To agree.
  111. accelerate: v. make move faster or happen earlier; increase the speed of
  112. accelerate: v. To move faster.
  113. accept: v. To take when offered.
  114. access: n. A way of approach or entrance; passage.
  115. accessible: adj. ~ that can be reached, used, etc
  116. accessible: adj. Approachable.
  117. accession: n. Induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
  118. accessory: n. thing that is a useful or decorative extra but that is not essential; minor fitting or attachment
  119. accessory: n. A person or thing that aids the principal agent.
  120. acclaim: v. welcome (sb/sth) with shouts of approval; applaud loudly
  121. acclaim: v. To utter with a shout.
  122. acclaimed: welcomed with shouts and approval
  123. acclimate: to adapt to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation
  124. acclivity: n. upward slope
  125. accolade: n. praise; approval
  126. accolade: praise approval
  127. accommodate: v. provide lodging or room for
  128. accommodate: v. To furnish something as a kindness or favor.
  129. accompaniment: n. A subordinate part or parts, enriching or supporting the leading part.
  130. accompanist: n. One who or that which accompanies.
  131. accompany: v. To go with, or be associated with, as a companion.
  132. accomplice: n. person who helps another to do sth wicked or illegal
  133. accomplice: n. An associate in wrong-doing.
  134. accomplish: v. To bring to pass.
  135. accord: n. peace treaty; agreement
  136. accordion: n. A portable free-reed musical instrument.
  137. accost: v. approach and speak to (sb) boldly
  138. accost: v. To speak to.
  139. account: n. A record or statement of receipts and expenditures, or of business transactions.
  140. accouter: v. To dress.
  141. accoutre: equip
  142. accredit: v. To give credit or authority to.
  143. accretion: n. growth or increase by means of gradual additions
  144. accretion: the growing of separate things into one
  145. accrue: v. ~ (from sth) come as a natural increase or advantage, esp financial; accumulate
  146. accrue: accumulate
  147. accumulate: v. To become greater in quantity or number.
  148. accuracy: n. Exactness.
  149. accurate: adj. Conforming exactly to truth or to a standard.
  150. accursed: adj. Doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
  151. accusation: n. A charge of crime, misdemeanor, or error.
  152. accusatory: adj. Of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
  153. accuse: v. To charge with wrong doing, misconduct, or error.
  154. accustom: v. To make familiar by use.
  155. acerbity: Sourness of taste, character, or tone.
  156. acerbity: n. Sourness, with bitterness and astringency.
  157. acetate: n. A salt of acetic acid.
  158. acetic: adj. of, containing, producing, or derived from acetic acid or vinegar
  159. acetic: adj. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of vinegar.
  160. ache: v. To be in pain or distress.
  161. Achillean: adj. Invulnerable.
  162. achromatic: adj. Colorless,
  163. acid: n. A sour substance.
  164. acidify: v. To change into acid.
  165. acidulous: adj. rather sharp or bitter in taste or manner
  166. acknowledge: v. accept the truth of admit (sth)
  167. acknowledge: v. To recognize; to admit the genuineness or validity of.
  168. acknowledgment: n. Recognition.
  169. acme: n. highest stage of development; point of perfection
  170. acme: n. The highest point, or summit.
  171. acne: n. inflammation of the oil-glands of the skin, producing red pimples on the face and neck
  172. acoustic: adj. Pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
  173. acoustics: n. qualities of a room, hall, etc that make it good or bad for carrying sound
  174. acquaint: v. To make familiar or conversant.
  175. acquiesce: v. ~ (fml ) accept sth without protest; offer no opposition (to a plan, conclusion, etc)
  176. acquiesce: v. To comply; submit.
  177. acquiescence: n. Passive consent.
  178. acquire: v. To get as one's own.
  179. acquisition: n. Anything gained, or made one's own, usually by effort or labor.
  180. acquit: v. To free or clear, as from accusation.
  181. acquittal: n. judgement that a person is not guilty of the crime with which he has been charged
  182. acquittal: n. A discharge from accusation by judicial action.
  183. acquittance: n. Release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
  184. acreage: n. Quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
  185. acrid: adj. having a strongly bitter smell or taste
  186. acrid: adj. Harshly pungent or bitter.
  187. acrimonious: adj. bitter
  188. acrimonious: adj. Full of bitterness.
  189. acrimony: n. Sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
  190. acrophobia: "acro'phobic adjectiv
  191. actionable: adj. Affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
  192. actuality: n. Any reality.
  193. actuarial: calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics
  194. actuary: n. expert who calculates insurance risks and premiums
  195. actuary: n. An officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
  196. actuate: v. make (a machine, an electrical device, etc) move or work; make (a process) begin , ;
  197. actuate: v. To move or incite to action.
  198. acuity: n. (esp of thought or the senses) sharpness; acuteness
  199. acumen: n. ability to understand and judge things quickly and clearly; shrewdness
  200. acumen: n. Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination.
  201. acute: adj. very great; severe
  202. acute: adj. Having fine and penetrating discernment.
  203. adage: n. traditional saying; proverb ;
  204. adamant: adj. firmly or stubbornly determined; unwilling to be persuaded
  205. adamant: n. Any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability.
  206. adamant: kind of stone inflexible
  207. adapt: v. ~ sth (for sth) make sth suitable for a new use, situation, etc; modify sth
  208. addendum: n. thing that is to be added
  209. addendum: n. Something added, or to be added.
  210. addiction: n. ~ condition of taking drugs, etc habitually and being unable to stop doing so without suffering adverse effects
  211. addle: v. confuse (sth/sb); muddle
  212. addle: v. To make inefficient or worthless; muddle.
  213. address: n. details of where a person lives, works or can be found, and where letters, etc may be delivered
  214. adduce: v. To bring forward or name for consideration.
  215. adept: adj. ~ ~ (at/in doing sth) expert or skilful in (doing) sth
  216. adhere: v. ~ (to sth) remain attached (to sth); stick (as if) by means of glue or suction
  217. adhere: v. To stick fast or together.
  218. adherence: n. Attachment.
  219. adherent: n. supporter of a party or doctrine
  220. adherent: adj. Clinging or sticking fast.
  221. adhesion: n. The state of being attached or joined.
  222. adieu: inter. Good-by; farewell.
  223. adjacency: n. The state of being adjacent.
  224. adjacent: having a common endpoint or border also immediately preceding or following
  225. adjacent: n. That which is near or bordering upon.
  226. adjoin: v. be next or nearest to and joined with
  227. adjourn: v. stop (a meeting, etc) for a time; postpone
  228. adjudge: v. To award or bestow by formal decision.
  229. adjunct: n. ~ thing that is added or attached to sth else but is less important and not essential
  230. adjunct: n. Something joined to or connected with another thing, but holding a subordinate place.
  231. adjuration: solemn urging
  232. adjuration: n. A vehement appeal.
  233. adjutant: n. army officer responsible for administrative work in a battalion
  234. adjutant: adj. Auxiliary.
  235. administrator: n. One who manages affairs of any kind.
  236. admissible: adj. Having the right or privilege of entry.
  237. admittance: n. Entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
  238. admonish: to express warning or disapproval to especially in a gentle, earnest, or solicitous manner
  239. admonish: v. To warn of a fault.
  240. admonition: n. Gentle reproof.
  241. admonitory: containing warning
  242. ado: n. unnecessary activity or ceremony.
  243. adoration: n. Profound devotion.
  244. adore: v. love deeply and respect (sb) highly
  245. adorn: v. ~ sth/sb/oneself add beauty or ornament to sth/sb/oneself
  246. adorn: add beauty decorate
  247. adroit: adj. ~ skilful; clever
  248. adroit: adj. Having skill in the use of the bodily or mental powers.
  249. adulation: n. excessive admiration or praise; flattery
  250. adulterant: n. An adulterating substance.
  251. adulterate: v. make poorer in quality by adding another substance
  252. adulterate: v. To make impure by the admixture of other or baser ingredients.
  253. adulteration: making unpure poorer in quality
  254. adumbrate: v. To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem.
  255. Advent: n. the ~ of sth/sb the approach or arrival of
  256. advent: n. The coming or arrival, as of any important change, event, state, or personage.
  257. adventitious: adj. not planned; accidental
  258. adversary: n. opponent in a contest; enemy
  259. adverse: adj. not favourable; contrary
  260. adverse: adj. Opposing or opposed.
  261. adversity: n. unfavourable conditions; trouble
  262. adversity: n. Misfortune.
  263. advert: n. = advertisement
  264. advert: v. To refer incidentally.
  265. advertiser: n. One who advertises, especially in newspapers.
  266. advisory: adj. Not mandatory.
  267. advocacy: n. ~ giving of support (to a cause, etc)
  268. advocacy: n. The act of pleading a cause.
  269. advocate: v. speak publicly in favour of (sth); recommend; support
  270. advocate: n. One who pleads the cause of another, as in a legal or ecclesiastical court.
  271. aegis: n. under the aegis of sb/sth with the protection or support of sb/sth, esp a public institution
  272. aerial: adj. Of, pertaining to, or like the air.
  273. aerie: = eyrie
  274. aeronaut: n. One who navigates the air, a balloonist.
  275. aeronautics: n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
  276. aerostat: n. A balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
  277. aerostatics: n. The branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
  278. aesthetic: adj. concerned with beauty and the appreciation of beauty
  279. affable: adj. polite and friendly
  280. affable: polite and friendly
  281. affable: adj. Easy to approach.
  282. affect: v. To act upon
  283. affectation: n. A studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
  284. affected: adj. not natural or genuine; pretended; artificial
  285. affidavit: n. written statement that can be used as evidence in court, made by sb who swears that it is true
  286. affiliate: n. Some auxiliary person or thing.
  287. affiliation: n. affiliating or being affiliated
  288. affinity: n. ~ ~ (between A and B) structural resemblance or similarity of character; relationship
  289. affinity: close connection relationship
  290. affirmation: n. affirming
  291. affirmative: adj. Answering yes; to a question at issue.
  292. affix: v. ~ sth (fml ) stick, fasten or attach sth
  293. affix: v. To fasten.
  294. affliction: n. pain; suffering; distress
  295. affluence: n. abundance of money, goods or property; wealth
  296. affluence: n. A profuse or abundant supply of riches.
  297. affront: n. ~ (to sb/sth) deliberately insulting or disrespectful remark, action, etc, esp in public
  298. affront: n. An open insult or indignity.
  299. afire: adv. & adj. On fire, literally or figuratively.
  300. afoot: adv. In progress.
  301. aforesaid: adj. Said in a preceding part or before.
  302. afresh: adv. Once more, after rest or interval.
  303. afterlife: n. existence that is thought by some to follow death
  304. afterthought: n. A thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
  305. agape: adj. ~ (of the mouth) wide open, esp with wonder
  306. agenda: n. matters of business to be discussed at a meeting, etc
  307. agglomerate: v. To pile or heap together.
  308. agglomeration: n. action of agglomerating
  309. aggrandize: to make appear great or greater:praise highly
  310. aggrandize: v. To cause to appear greatly.
  311. aggravate: make worse irritate
  312. aggravate: v. To make heavier, worse, or more burdensome.
  313. aggravation: n. The fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
  314. aggregate: v. ~ sb (fml ) be formed or bring sb into an assembled group or amount
  315. aggregate: n. The entire number, sum, mass, or quantity of something.
  316. aggress: v. To make the first attack.
  317. aggression: n. An unprovoked attack.
  318. aggrieve: v. To give grief or sorrow to.
  319. aghast: adj. ~ filled with horror or amazement
  320. aghast: adj. Struck with terror and amazement.
  321. agile: active quick-moving
  322. agile: adj. Able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally.
  323. agility: nimbleness
  324. agitate: v. cause anxiety to (a person, his feelings, etc); disturb; excite
  325. agitate: v. To move or excite (the feelings or thoughts).
  326. agnostic: n. person who believes that nothing can be known about the existence of God or of anything except material things
  327. agog: adj. eager; excited
  328. agog: eager/excited
  329. agrarian: adj. of land
  330. agrarian: adj. Pertaining to land, especially agricultural land.
  331. aide-de-camp: n. An officer who receives and transmits the orders of the general.
  332. ail: trouble be ill
  333. ailment: n. Slight sickness.
  334. airy: adj. having plenty of fresh air moving about; well-ventilated
  335. airy: adj. Delicate, ethereal.
  336. akin: adj. Of similar nature or qualities.
  337. alabaster: n. A white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
  338. alacrity: n. prompt and eager readiness
  339. alacrity: eager and cheerful readiness
  340. alacrity: n. Cheerful willingness.
  341. albeit: conj. Even though.
  342. albino: n. A person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
  343. album: n. A book whose leaves are so made to form paper frames for holding photographs or the like.
  344. alchemy: n. medieval form of chemistry, the chief aim of which was to discover how to turn ordinary metals into gold ,
  345. alchemy: n. Chemistry of the middle ages, characterized by the pursuit of changing base metals to gold.
  346. alcohol: n. A volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
  347. alcoholism: n. A condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
  348. alcove: n. small space in a room, etc formed by part of the wall being set back; recess
  349. alcove: recess/partially enclosed place
  350. alcove: n. A covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room.
  351. alder: n. Any shrub or small tree of the genus Alumnus, of the oak family.
  352. alderman: n. A member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
  353. aldermanship: n. The dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
  354. ale: fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer
  355. aleck: one who considers himself smarter than others
  356. alias: n. name by which a person is called at other times or in other places; false name
  357. alias: n. An assumed name.
  358. alien: n. One who owes allegiance to a foreign government.
  359. alienable: adj. Capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
  360. alienate: v. ~ sb cause sb to become unfriendly or indifferent; estrange sb
  361. alienate: v. To cause to turn away.
  362. alienation: n. Estrangement.
  363. aliment: n. That which nourishes.
  364. alimentary: adj. of food and digestion
  365. alimony: n. allowance that a court may order a man to pay to his wife or former wife before or after a legal separation or divorce
  366. alkali: n. Anything that will neutralize an acid, as lime, magnesia, etc.
  367. allay: v. make (sth) less; relieve
  368. allay: v. To calm the violence or reduce the intensity of; mitigate.
  369. allege: v. state (sth) as a fact but without proof; give as an argument or excuse
  370. allege: v. To assert to be true, especially in a formal manner, as in court.
  371. allegiance: n. ~ (to sb/sth) support of or loyalty to a government, ruler, cause, etc
  372. allegiance: duty support loyalty
  373. allegory: n. story, painting or description in which the characters and events are meant as symbols of purity, truth, patience, etc ,
  374. allegory: n. The setting forth of a subject under the guise of another subject of aptly suggestive likeness.
  375. alleviate: v. make less severe; ease
  376. alleviate: make (pain) easier to bear
  377. alleviate: v. To make less burdensome or less hard to bear.
  378. alley: n. A narrow street, garden path, walk, or the like.
  379. alliance: n. Any combination or union for some common purpose.
  380. alliteration: n. occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of two or more words in succession, as in sing a song of sixpence or as thick as thieves , sing a song of sixpence as thick as thieves
  381. allocate: v. ~ sth allot or assign sth (to sb/sth) for a special purpose
  382. allot: v. To assign a definite thing or part to a certain person.
  383. allotment: n. Portion.
  384. alloy: n. metal formed of a mixture of metals or of metal and another substance
  385. alloy: to debase by mixing with something inferior
  386. allude: v. ~ to sb/sth (fml ) mention sb/sth briefly or indirectly
  387. allude: v. To refer incidentally, or by suggestion.
  388. allure: v. tempt or attract (sb) by the expectation of gaining sth
  389. allusion: n. ~ indirect reference
  390. allusion: n. An indirect and incidental reference to something without definite mention of it.
  391. alluvial: adj. made of sand, earth, etc left by rivers or floods, esp in a delta
  392. alluvion: n. Flood.
  393. ally: n. A person or thing connected with another, usually in some relation of helpfulness.
  394. almanac: n. A series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
  395. alms: n. money, clothes, food, etc given to poor people
  396. aloft: adv. up in the air; overhead
  397. aloof: adj. ~ cool and remote in character; unconcerned
  398. aloof: reserved indifferent
  399. aloof: adv. Not in sympathy with or desiring to associate with others.
  400. altar: n. Any raised place or structure on which sacrifices may be offered or incense burned.
  401. alter: v. To make change in.
  402. alteration: n. Change or modification.
  403. altercate: v. To contend angrily or zealously in words.
  404. altercation: n. (act of) quarrelling or arguing noisily
  405. alternate: n. One chosen to act in place of another, in case of the absence or incapacity of that other.
  406. alternative: n. Something that may or must exist, be taken or chosen, or done instead of something else.
  407. altitude: n. Vertical distance or elevation above any point or base-level, as the sea.
  408. alto: n. The lowest or deepest female voice or part.
  409. altruism: n. Benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
  410. altruist: n. One who advocates or practices altruism.
  411. altruistic: (adj.) unselfish
  412. amalgam: n. alloy of mercury with another metal
  413. amalgam: n. An alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
  414. amalgamate: v. ~ (with sb/sth) (cause people or things to) combine or unite
  415. amalgamate: mix combine unite societies
  416. amalgamate: v. To mix or blend together in a homogeneous body.
  417. amass: v. gather together or collect (sth), esp in large quantities
  418. amateur: adj. Practicing an art or occupation for the love of it, but not as a profession.
  419. amatory: adj. Designed to excite love.
  420. amazon: n. tall strong athletic woman
  421. ambidextrous: adj. able to use the left hand or the right hand equally well
  422. ambidextrous: able to use the left hand or the right equally well
  423. ambidextrous: adj. Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease.
  424. ambience: n. environment; atmosphere of a place
  425. ambiguous: adj. having more than one possible meaning
  426. ambiguous: doubtful uncertain
  427. ambiguous: adj. Having a double meaning.
  428. ambitious: adj. Eagerly desirous and aspiring.
  429. ambivalence: the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
  430. ambivalent: having both of two contrary meanings
  431. amble: v. ride or walk at a slow, leisurely pace
  432. ambrosia: n. food of the gods
  433. ambrosial: extremely pleasing to taste
  434. ambrosial: adj. Divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
  435. ambulance: n. A vehicle fitted for conveying the sick and wounded.
  436. ambulate: v. To walk about
  437. ambulatory: walking
  438. ambush: n. waiting in a hidden position to make a surprise attack
  439. ambush: n. The act or state of lying concealed for the purpose of surprising or attacking the enemy.
  440. ameliorate: v. (cause sth to) become better
  441. ameliorate: improve make better
  442. ameliorate: v. To relieve, as from pain or hardship
  443. amenable: adj. ~ (of people) willing to be influenced or controlled (by sth)
  444. amenable: adj. Willing and ready to submit.
  445. amend: v. correct an error in (sth); make minor improvements in; change slightly
  446. amenities: [ amenity: ] [often pl] a useful or pleasant facility or service
  447. Americanism: n. A peculiar sense in which an English word or phrase is used in the United States.
  448. amiable: adj. showing and inspiring friendliness; pleasant and good-tempered
  449. amicable: adj. showing friendliness; without hostility
  450. amicable: adj. Done in a friendly spirit.
  451. amiss: adj. , adv wrong(ly); inappropriate(ly)
  452. amity: n. friendly relationship between people or countries
  453. amity: n. Friendship.
  454. amnesia: n. partial or total loss of memory
  455. amnesty: n. general pardon, esp for offences against the State
  456. amok: adv. run amok rush about in a wild and angry frenzy
  457. amoral: adj. not based on moral standards; not following any moral rules ;
  458. amorous: adj. readily showing or feeling love; relating to love
  459. amorous: adj. Having a propensity for falling in love.
  460. amorphous: adj. having no definite shape or form; not organized
  461. amorphous: adj. Without determinate shape.
  462. amortize: end (a debt) by setting aside money
  463. amour: n. A love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
  464. ampere: n. The practical unit of electric-current strength.
  465. ampersand: n. The character &; and.
  466. amphibian: n. animal able to live both on land and in water
  467. amphibious: adj. Living both on land and in water.
  468. amphitheater: n. An edifice of elliptical shape, constructed about a central open space or arena.
  469. amphitheater: oval building with tiers of seats
  470. ample: adj. enough
  471. amplify: v. increase (sth) in size or strength
  472. amplitude: n. Largeness.
  473. amply: adv. Sufficiently.
  474. amputate: v. To remove by cutting, as a limb or some portion of the body.
  475. amputate: v. cut off by surgical operation
  476. amulet: n. piece of jewellery, etc worn as a charm1(
  477. amusement: n. Diversion.
  478. anachronism: n. Anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
  479. anachronism: n. mistake of placing sth in the wrong historical period
  480. anagram: n. The letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
  481. analgesia: n. loss of ability to feel pain while still conscious
  482. analgesic: adj. n substance that relieves pain
  483. analogous: adj. Corresponding (to some other) in certain respects, as in form, proportion, relations.
  484. analogous: adj. ~ partially similar or parallel; offering an analogy
  485. analogy: n. Reasoning in which from certain and known relations or resemblance others are formed.
  486. analogy: n. ~ partial similarity between two things that are compared
  487. analyst: n. One who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
  488. analyze: v. To examine minutely or critically.
  489. anarchist: n. person who believes in anarchism
  490. anarchy: n. Absence or utter disregard of government.
  491. anarchy: n. absence of government or control in society; lawlessness
  492. anathema: n. Anything forbidden, as by social usage.
  493. anathema: n. detested person or thing
  494. anathematize: declare to be evil or anathema
  495. anatomy: n. That branch of morphology which treats of the structure of organisms.
  496. ancestry: n. One's ancestors collectively.
  497. ancestry: n. line of ancestors
  498. anchor: n. heavy metal device attached to a rope, chain, etc and used to moor a ship or boat to the sea-bottom or a balloon to the ground
  499. ancillary: adj. ~ helping in a subsidiary way
  500. anecdote: n. A brief account of some interesting event or incident.
  501. anecdote: n. short, interesting or amusing story about a real person or event ,
  502. anemia: n. Deficiency of blood or red corpuscles.
  503. anemia: condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles
  504. anemic: adj. Affected with anemia.
  505. anemometer: n. An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
  506. anesthetic: adj. Pertaining to or producing loss of sensation.
  507. anesthetic: = anaesthesia, anaesthetic
  508. anew: adv. Once more.
  509. angelic: adj. Saintly.
  510. Anglo-Saxon: n. The entire English race wherever found, as in Europe, the United States, or India.
  511. Anglophobia: n. Hatred or dread of England or of what is English.
  512. anguish: severe suffering
  513. anguish: n. severe physical or mental pain
  514. angular: adj. Sharp-cornered.
  515. angular: adj. having angles or sharp corners
  516. anhydrous: adj. Withered.
  517. animadversion: n. The utterance of criticism or censure.
  518. animadversion: n. criticism
  519. animadvert: v. To pass criticism or censure.
  520. animalcule: n. An animal of microscopic smallness.
  521. animate: v. To make alive.
  522. animated: adj. lively
  523. animosity: n. Hatred.
  524. animosity: strong dislike
  525. animosity: n. ~ ~ (between A and B) (instance of) strong dislike or of hostility
  526. animus: n. animosity shown in speech or action
  527. annalist: n. Historian.
  528. annals: n. A record of events in their chronological order, year by year.
  529. annals: n. story of events year by year; historical records
  530. anneal: v. make tough by cooling slowly after heating
  531. annex: v. To add or affix at the end.
  532. annex: v. take possession of
  533. annihilate: v. To destroy absolutely.
  534. annihilate: v. destroy completely
  535. annotate: v. To make explanatory or critical notes on or upon.
  536. annotate: v. add notes to giving explanation or comment
  537. annual: adj. Occurring every year.
  538. annuity: n. An annual allowance, payment, or income.
  539. annuity: n. fixed sum of money paid to sb yearly, usu for the remaining part of his lifetime
  540. annul: v. declare (sth) no longer valid; abolish; cancel
  541. annunciation: n. Proclamation.
  542. anode: n. The point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
  543. anodyne: n, adj that can relieve pain
  544. anoint: v. ~ sb apply oil or ointment to sb (esp as a religious ceremony)
  545. anomalous: adj. different from what is normal; irregular
  546. anomaly: n. anomalous thing; irregularity
  547. anonymity: n. state of being anonymous
  548. anonymous: adj. Of unknown authorship.
  549. antagonism: n. Mutual opposition or resistance of counteracting forces, principles, or persons.
  550. antagonism: n~ ~ (between A and B) (instance of) active opposition or hostility, esp between two people
  551. antagonistic: adj. ~ showing or feeling antagonism; hostile
  552. Antarctic: adj. Pertaining to the south pole or the regions near it.
  553. ante: v. In the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
  554. antecede: v. To precede.
  555. antecede: be earlier in time; go back further
  556. antecedent: n. One who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
  557. antecedents: ancestr
  558. antechamber: n. A waiting room for those who seek audience.
  559. antedate: v. To assign or affix a date to earlier than the actual one.
  560. antediluvian: adj. Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah.
  561. antediluvian: adj. of the time before Noah's Flood
  562. antemeridian: adj. Before noon.
  563. antemundane: adj. Pertaining to time before the world's creation.
  564. antenatal: adj. Occurring or existing before birth.
  565. anterior: adj. Prior.
  566. anteroom: n. A room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
  567. anthem: n. short musical composition, usu for a choir and an organ, to be sung in religious services, often with words taken from the Bible ,
  568. anthology: n. A collection of extracts from the writings of various authors.
  569. anthology: n. collection of poems or pieces of prose on the same subject or by the same writer
  570. anthracite: n. Hard coal.
  571. anthropoid: adj. man-like in form
  572. anthropologist: n. student of or expert in anthropology
  573. anthropology: n. The science of man in general.
  574. anthropomorphic: adj. treating gods, animals, etc as human in form and personality ,
  575. anthropomorphous: adj. Having or resembling human form.
  576. antic: n. A grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
  577. Antichrist: n. Any opponent or enemy of Christ, whether a person or a power.
  578. anticlimax: n. A gradual or sudden decrease in the importance or impressiveness of what is said.
  579. anticlimax: n. disappointing end to a series of events which had seemed likely to become more interesting, exciting or impressive
  580. anticyclone: n. An atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
  581. antidote: n. Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, disease, or the like.
  582. antidote: medicine used against a poison or a disease
  583. antidote: n. ~ substance that acts against the effects of a poison or disease
  584. antilogy: n. Inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
  585. antipathize: v. To show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
  586. antipathy: settled aversion or dislike:DISTASTE
  587. antiphon: n. A response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
  588. antiphony: n. An anthem or other composition sung responsively.
  589. antipodes: n. A place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
  590. antiquary: n. One who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
  591. antiquate: v. To make old or out of date.
  592. antiquated: adj. (of things) out of date, obsolete ,
  593. antique: adj. Pertaining to ancient times.
  594. antique: adj. belonging to the distant past
  595. antiquity: n. ancient times, esp before the Middle Ages
  596. antiseptic: n. Anything that destroys or restrains the growth of putrefactive micro-organisms.
  597. antiseptic: n. substance that prevents a wound, etc from becoming septic, esp by destroying bacteria
  598. antislavery: adj. Opposed to human slavery.
  599. antispasmodic: adj. Tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
  600. antistrophe: n. The inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
  601. antithesis: n. ~ (of/to sth/sb) direct opposite
  602. antithetical: direct opposing
  603. antitoxin: n. A substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
  604. antler: n. branched horn of a stag or of some other deer
  605. antonym: n. A word directly opposed to another in meaning.
  606. anvil: n. iron block on which a smith shapes heated metal by hammering it
  607. anxious: adj. Distressed in mind respecting some uncertain matter.
  608. apartheid: brutal racial discrimination
  609. apathetic: adj. showing or feeling apathy
  610. apathy: n. Insensibility to emotion or passionate feeling.
  611. apathy: n. ~ lack of interest, enthusiasm or concern; indifference
  612. ape: n. any of the four primates (gorilla, chimpanzee, orang-utan, gibbon) most closely related to man .
  613. aperture: n. Hole.
  614. aperture: n. narrow opening
  615. apex: n. The highest point, as of a mountain.
  616. apex: n. top or highest point
  617. aphasia: n. partial or total loss of ability to speak or understand spoken language, caused by damage to the brain
  618. aphorism: n. Proverb.
  619. aphorism: n. short wise saying; maxim ;
  620. apiarist: n. person who keeps bees
  621. apiary: n. A place where bees are kept.
  622. apiary: n. place with a number of hives where bees are kept
  623. apiculture: the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey
  624. aplomb: self-confidence
  625. aplomb: n. confidence and self-control; poise
  626. apocalyptic: adj. prophesying great and dramatic events like those in the Apocalypse
  627. apocryphal: adj. not likely to be genuine; untrue or invented
  628. apogee: n. The climax.
  629. apogee: n. position in the orbit of the moon, a planet or a satellite when it is at its greatest distance from the earth ,
  630. apolitical: adj. not interested or involved in politics
  631. apologist: n. person who defends a doctrine by logical argument
  632. apology: n. A disclaimer of intentional error or offense.
  633. apoplexy: n. sudden inability to feel or move, caused by the blockage or rupture of an artery in the brain ,
  634. apostasy: n. A total departure from one's faith or religion.
  635. apostate: adj. False.
  636. apostate: one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
  637. apostate: n. person who renounces his former beliefs, etc
  638. apostle: n. Any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
  639. apothecary: n. One who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
  640. apothecary: n. person who prepares and sells medicines and medical goods
  641. apothegm: = apophthegm
  642. apotheosis: n. Deification.
  643. apotheosis: deification glorification to godliness
  644. apotheosis: n. (of a human being) making or becoming a god or a sain
  645. appall: v. To fill with dismay or horror.
  646. appall: to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay
  647. apparent: adj. Easily understood.
  648. apparent: adj. clearly seen or understood; obvious
  649. apparition: n. Ghost.
  650. apparition: n. appearance, esp of sth startling, strange or unexpected ,
  651. appease: v. To soothe by quieting anger or indignation.
  652. appease: make quiet or calm
  653. appease: v. make quiet or calm, usu by making concessions or by satisfying demands
  654. appellate: adj. Capable of being appealed to.
  655. appellation: n. The name or title by which a particular person, class, or thing is called.
  656. appellation: n. name or title; system of naming ;
  657. append: v. To add or attach, as something accessory, subordinate, or supplementary.
  658. append: v. ~ sth (fml ) attach or add sth (esp in writing)
  659. appertain: v. To belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
  660. application: n. ~ (to sb) (for sth) formal request
  661. apposite: adj. Appropriate.
  662. apposite: adj. ~ (of a remark, etc) very appropriate (for a purpose or an occasion)
  663. apposition: n. The act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
  664. appraise: v. To estimate the money value of.
  665. appraise: v. assess the value or quality of
  666. appreciable: adj. Capable of being discerned by the senses or intellect.
  667. appreciate: v. understand and enjoy (sth); value highly
  668. apprehend: v. To make a prisoner of (a person) in the name of the law.
  669. apprehend: v. seize (sb); arrest
  670. apprehensible: adj. Capable of being conceived.
  671. apprehensive: grasping understanding fear unhappy feeling about future
  672. apprehensive: adj. ~ ~ (that.../for sb/sth) feeling anxiety; fearful; uneasy
  673. apprise: give notice to inform
  674. apprise: v. ~ sb of sth inform sb of sth
  675. approbation: n. Sanction.
  676. approbation: approval
  677. approbation: n. approval; consent
  678. appropriate: adj. ~ suitable; right and proper
  679. appropriate: adj. Suitable for the purpose and circumstances.
  680. appurtenances: [ appurtenance: ] a secondary or less significant thing or part
  681. apropos: adv, adj appropriate or relevant to what is being said or done
  682. apropos: appropriate to the situation apt
  683. apt: well-suited quick-witted
  684. aptitude: n. ~ natural ability or skill
  685. aqueduct: n. A water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
  686. aqueous: adj. Of, pertaining to, or containing water.
  687. aquiline: adj. of or like an eagle
  688. arabesque: a complex ornate design
  689. arable: n. , adj suitable for ploughing and for growing crops
  690. arbiter: n. ~ person who has power to decide what will be done, accepted, etc with regard to sth
  691. arbiter: n. One chosen or appointed, by mutual consent of parties in dispute, to decide matters.
  692. arbitrary: adj. based on personal opinion or impulse, not on reason
  693. arbitrary: adj. Fixed or done capriciously.
  694. arbitrate: v. ~ (between A and B) make a judgement about or settle (a dispute) between two parties (usu when asked by them to do so)
  695. arbitrate: v. To act or give judgment as umpire.
  696. arbor: n. A tree.
  697. arboreal: adj. of or living in trees
  698. arboreal: adj. Of or pertaining to a tree or trees.
  699. arboreal: of connected with trees
  700. arborescent: adj. Having the nature of a tree.
  701. arboretum: n. place where trees are grown for scientific study or for display
  702. arboretum: n. A botanical garden or place devoted to the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
  703. arboriculture: n. The cultivation of trees or shrubs.
  704. arcade: n. covered passage or area, esp one with an arched roof and shops along one or both sides
  705. arcade: n. A vaulted passageway or street; a roofed passageway having shops, etc., opening from it.
  706. arcane: requiring secret or mysterious knowledge
  707. arch-: comb form chief; most important
  708. archaeology: n. study of ancient civilizations by scientific analysis of physical remains found in the ground
  709. archaeology: n. The branch of anthropology concerned with the systematic investigation of the relics of man.
  710. archaic: adj. of a much earlier or an ancient period in history
  711. archaic: adj. Antiquated
  712. archaism: n. Obsolescence.
  713. archangel: n. An angel of high rank.
  714. archbishop: n. The chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the Greek, Roman, and Anglican church.
  715. archdeacon: n. A high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
  716. archetype: n. original or ideal model from which others are copied; prototype ;
  717. archetype: n. A prototype.
  718. archipelago: n. (sea surrounding a) group of many islands
  719. archipelago: n. Any large body of water studded with islands, or the islands collectively themselves.
  720. archives: n. historical documents or records of a government, town, etc
  721. ardent: adj. Burning with passion.
  722. ardor: extreme vigor or energy:INTENSITY
  723. ardor: n. Intensity of passion or affection.
  724. ardor: enthusiasm
  725. arduous: adj. needing much effort or energy; laborious
  726. arduous: steep difficult ascent laborious
  727. argot: n. words and phrases used by a particular group and not intended to be understood by others; cant ;
  728. argot: jargon slang
  729. aria: n. song for one voice, esp in an opera or oratorio
  730. arid: adj. having little or no rainfall; dry
  731. arid: adj. Very dry.
  732. aristocracy: n. highest social class; the nobility
  733. aristocracy: n. A hereditary nobility
  734. aristocrat: n. A hereditary noble or one nearly connected with nobility.
  735. armada: n. large fleet of ships
  736. armada: n. A fleet of war-vessels.
  737. armful: n. As much as can be held in the arm or arms.
  738. armory: n. An arsenal.
  739. aroma: n. An agreeable odor.
  740. aromatic: adj. having a pleasant, distinctive smell; fragrant
  741. arraign: v. ~ sb (law ) bring a criminal charge against sb; bring sb to court for trial
  742. arraign: v. To call into court, as a person indicted for crime, and demand whether he pleads guilty or not.
  743. arrange: v. To put in definite or proper order.
  744. arrangement: n. The act of putting in proper order, or the state of being put in order.
  745. arrant: adj. Notoriously bad.
  746. arrant: in the highest degree
  747. array: v. place (esp armed forces, troops, etc) in battle order
  748. arrear: n. Something overdue and unpaid.
  749. arrears: n. money that is owed and should have been paid earlier
  750. arrhythmic: lacking rhythm or regularity
  751. arrival: n. A coming to stopping-place or destination.
  752. arrogance: a feeling or an impression of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or presumptuous claims
  753. arrogance: proud superior manner of behaviour
  754. arrogant: adj. Unduly or excessively proud, as of wealth, station, learning, etc.
  755. arrogate: v. To take, demand, or claim, especially presumptuously or without reasons or grounds.
  756. arroyo: a brook; a creek a water-carved gully or channel
  757. arsenal: n. place where weapons and ammunition are made or stored
  758. artery: n. any of the tubes carrying blood from the heart to all parts of the body
  759. Artesian: well n. A very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
  760. artful: adj. cunningly clever at getting what one wants; crafty
  761. artful: adj. Characterized by craft or cunning.
  762. Arthurian: adj. Pertaining to King Arthur, the real or legendary hero of British poetic story.
  763. articulate: adj. able to express one's ideas clearly in words
  764. articulate: speak distinctly connect by joints
  765. artifacts: something created by humans usually for a practical purpose; especially :an object remaining from a particular period
  766. artifice: n. clever trickery; deception
  767. artifice: n. Trickery.
  768. artisan: a manually skilled worker
  769. artless: adj. simple and natural; without deceit
  770. artless: adj. Ingenuous.
  771. ascend: go or come up
  772. ascendancy: n. ~ (position of) having dominant power or control
  773. ascendant: adj. Dominant.
  774. ascension: n. The act of rising.
  775. ascent: n. A rising, soaring, or climbing.
  776. ascertain: v. discover (sth) so that one is certain; get to know
  777. ascertain: get to know
  778. ascetic: adj. not allowing oneself pleasures and comforts; having or involving a very austere life
  779. ascetic: adj. Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion.
  780. ascetic: practicing self-denial austere stark
  781. ascribe: v. ~ sth to sb/sth consider sth to be caused by, written by or belonging to sb/sth
  782. ascribe: v. To assign as a quality or attribute.
  783. ascribe: consider to be the origin of or belonging to
  784. aseptic: adj. free from bacteria that cause a thing to become septic; surgically clean
  785. aseptic: surgically clean
  786. asexual: adj. Having no distinct sexual organs.
  787. ashen: adj. like ashes in colour; very pale
  788. ashen: adj. Pale.
  789. asinine: adj. stupid or stubborn
  790. askance: adv. look
  791. askance: adv. With a side or indirect glance or meaning.
  792. askew: adj. , adv not in a straight or level position; crooked
  793. asperity: n. harshness or severity, esp of manner
  794. asperity: n. Harshness or roughness of temper.
  795. asperity: roughness harshness ill temper irritability
  796. aspersion: slanderous remark
  797. aspersion: slander
  798. aspirant: n. ~ (fml ) person who is ambitious (for fame, promotion, success, etc)
  799. aspirant: n. One who seeks earnestly, as for advancement, honors, place.
  800. aspiration: n. ~ ~ (to do sth) strong desire or ambition
  801. aspiration: n. An earnest wish for that which is above one's present reach.
  802. aspire: v. ~ after/to sth desire strongly to achieve sth; have ambition for sth
  803. aspire: v. To have an earnest desire, wish, or longing, as for something high and good, not yet attained.
  804. assail: v. ~ sb (fml ) attack sb violently or repeatedly
  805. assail: with attack violently
  806. assailant: n. One who attacks.
  807. assassin: n. One who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
  808. assassinate: v. To kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
  809. assassination: n. Murderer, as by secret assault or treachery.
  810. assay: n. testing of esp metals for quality
  811. assay: n. The chemical analysis or testing of an alloy ore.
  812. assent: n. ~ (fml ) agreement; approval
  813. assent: v. To express agreement with a statement or matter of opinion.
  814. assert: v. make others recognize (sth) by behaving firmly and confidently
  815. assess: v. To determine the amount of (a tax or other sum to be paid).
  816. assessment: n. action of assessing
  817. assessor: n. An officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
  818. assets: n. pl. Property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
  819. assiduous: adj. showing constant and careful attention
  820. assiduous: adj. Diligent.
  821. assiduous: diligent hard-working sedulous
  822. assignee: n. One who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
  823. assimilate: v. (cause sth to) become absorbed into the body after digestion
  824. assimilate: v. To adapt.
  825. assonance: n. Resemblance or correspondence in sound.
  826. assonant: adj. Having resemblance of sound.
  827. assonate: v. To accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
  828. assuage: v. make (sth) less severe; soothe
  829. assuage: v. To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or disease.
  830. assuage: make something (pain desire) less
  831. assumption: n. thing accepted as true or as sure to happen, but not proved
  832. assurance: n. confident belief in one's own abilities and powers
  833. asterisk: the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters)
  834. asteroid: n. any of many small planets revolving round the sun, esp between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
  835. astigmatism: n. defect in an eye or a lens that prevents correct focusing
  836. astral: adj. of or from the stars
  837. astringent: n. substance, used medically or in cosmetics, that makes skin or body tissue contract and so stops bleeding
  838. astringent: adj. Harsh in disposition or character.
  839. astringent: substance that shrinks
  840. astronomical: adj. of astronomy
  841. astute: adj. clever and quick at seeing how to gain an advantage; shrewd
  842. astute: adj. Keen in discernment.
  843. astute: clever quick at seeing to get an advantage
  844. asunder: adv. into pieces; apart
  845. asylum: n. safety; refuge
  846. asymmetric: adj. not having parts that correspond to each other in size, shape, etc; lacking symmetry
  847. atavism: n. reappearance in a person of a characteristic or quality that has not been seen in his family for many generations
  848. atheism: n. The denial of the existence of God.
  849. atheistic: adj.
  850. athirst: adj. Wanting water.
  851. athwart: adv. From side to side.
  852. atomizer: n. An apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
  853. atone: v. ~ (fml ) act in a way that compensates for a previous wrong, error, etc
  854. atone: v. To make amends for.
  855. atonement: n. Amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
  856. atonement: repayment death of Jesus
  857. atrocious: adj. Outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
  858. atrocity: n. great wickedness or cruelty
  859. atrocity: n. Great cruelty or reckless wickedness.
  860. atrophy: n. wasting away of the body or part of it through lack of nourishment or use
  861. attache: n. A subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
  862. attentive: adj. ~ giving attention (to sb/sth); alert and watchful
  863. attenuate: v. make (sth/sb) thin or slender
  864. attenuate: make thin. weaken enervate
  865. attest: v. ~ (to) sth be or give clear proof of sth
  866. attest: v. To certify as accurate, genuine, or true.
  867. attire: n. clothes; dress
  868. attorney-general: n. The chief law-officer of a government.
  869. attribute: v. ~ sth to sb/sth regard sth as belonging to, caused by or produced by sb/sth
  870. attrition: n. process of gradually weakening sb's strength and confidence by continuous harassment
  871. attune: bring into harmony
  872. atypical: adj. not representative or characteristic of its type; not typical
  873. auburn: adj. Reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
  874. audacious: adj. showing a willingness to take risks; daring; fearless
  875. audacious: adj. Fearless.
  876. audacious: daring foolishly bold impudent
  877. audible: adj. Loud enough to be heard.
  878. audit: n. official examination of accounts to see that they are in order
  879. audition: n. The act or sensation of hearing.
  880. auditory: adj. Of or pertaining to hearing or the organs or sense of hearing.
  881. augment: v. make (sth) larger in number or size; increase
  882. augment: v. To make bigger.
  883. augur: v. To predict.
  884. augury: omen; prophecy
  885. augury: omen sign
  886. august: majestic, venerable
  887. august: majestic venerable
  888. Augustinian: adj. Pertaining to St. Augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
  889. aura: n. Pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
  890. aural: adj. Of or pertaining to the ear.
  891. aureole: sun's corona; halo
  892. auricle: n. One of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
  893. auricular: adj. Of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
  894. auriferous: adj. Containing gold.
  895. aurora: n. A luminous phenomenon in the upper regions of the atmosphere.
  896. auroral: [ aurora: ] an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands, curtains, or streamers of light, usually green, red, or yellow, that move across the sky in polar regions.
  897. auspice: n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
  898. auspicious: adj. showing signs of future success; favourable; promising
  899. auspicious: favorable successful prosperous
  900. austere: adj. severely and strictly moral; having no pleasures or comforts
  901. austere: adj. Severely simple; unadorned.
  902. austere: severely moral and strict simple and plain
  903. austerity: n. quality of being austere
  904. autarchy: n. Unrestricted power.
  905. authentic: adj. Of undisputed origin.
  906. authenticate: Rractical experience of sth
  907. authenticity: n. The state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
  908. authoritarian: adj. favouring complete obedience to authority before personal freedom
  909. authoritative: adj. having authority; that can be trusted; reliable
  910. autobiography: n. The story of one's life written by himself.
  911. autocracy: n. Absolute government.
  912. autocrat: n. ruler of an autocracy
  913. autocrat: n. Any one who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence.
  914. autocratic: adj.
  915. automaton: n. = robot 1
  916. automaton: n. Any living being whose actions are or appear to be involuntary or mechanical.
  917. autonomous: adj. self-governing; acting independently
  918. autonomous: adj. Self-governing.
  919. autonomy: n. Self-government.
  920. autopsy: n. examination of a dead body to learn the cause of death; post-mortem ()
  921. autopsy: n. The examination of a dead body by dissection to ascertain the cause of death.
  922. autumnal: adj. Of or pertaining to autumn.
  923. auxiliary: adj. giving help or support; additional
  924. auxiliary: helping supporting
  925. auxiliary: n. One who or that which aids or helps, especially when regarded as subsidiary or accessory.
  926. avalanche: n. mass of snow, ice and rock that slides rapidly down the side of a mountain
  927. avalanche: n. The fall or sliding of a mass of snow or ice down a mountain-slope, often bearing with it rock.
  928. avarice: n. greed for wealth or gain
  929. avarice: n. Passion for getting and keeping riches.
  930. avenge: v. take or get revenge for
  931. aver: v. (fml ) state (sth) firmly and positively; assert ;
  932. aver: affirm assert prove justify
  933. aver: v. To assert as a fact.
  934. averse: adj. ~ to sth not liking sth; opposed to sth
  935. averse: adj. Reluctant.
  936. aversion: n. ~ strong dislike
  937. aversion: strong dislike
  938. aversion: n. A mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing.
  939. avert: v. ~ sth turn sth away
  940. avert: v. To turn away or aside.
  941. aviary: n. large cage or building for keeping birds in, eg in a zoo ,
  942. aviary: n. A spacious cage or enclosure in which live birds are kept.
  943. avid: adj. ~ eager; greedy
  944. avid: eager greedy
  945. avidity: n. Greediness.
  946. avocation: secondary or minor occupation
  947. avocation: n. Diversion.
  948. avow: v. declare (sth) openly; admit
  949. avow: admit. Declare openly
  950. avow: v. To declare openly.
  951. avuncular: adj. of or like an uncle, esp in manner
  952. awaken: v. To arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
  953. awe: n. feeling of respect combined with fear or wonder
  954. awful: adj. extremely bad or unpleasant; terrible
  955. awl: n. small pointed tool for making holes, esp in leather or wood
  956. awry: adv. crookedly; out of position; askew ;
  957. awry: adv. & adj. Out of the proper form, direction, or position.
  958. axiom: n. statement that is accepted as true without further proof or argument
  959. aye: adv. An expression of assent.
  960. azalea: n. A flowering shrub.
  961. azure: n. , adj bright blue, as of the sky
  962. azure: n. The color of the sky.
  963. Baconian: adj. Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon or his system of philosophy.
  964. bacterium: n. A microbe.
  965. badger: v. To pester.
  966. baffle: v. To foil or frustrate.
  967. bailiff: n. An officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
  968. baize: n. A single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
  969. bale: n. A large package prepared for transportation or storage.
  970. baleful: harmful ominous causing evil
  971. baleful: adj. Malignant.
  972. balk: obstacle purposely to get on the way of
  973. ballad: n. Any popular narrative poem, often with epic subject and usually in lyric form.
  974. balsam: n. A medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
  975. banal: adj. Commonplace.
  976. baneful: causing harm or ruin pernicious destructive
  977. barcarole: n. A boat-song of Venetian gondoliers.
  978. baritone: adj. Having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
  979. barograph: n. An instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
  980. barometer: n. An instrument for indicating the atmospheric pressure per unit of surface.
  981. barrage: artificial obstacle built across a river
  982. barren: not good enough unable to have young ones without value
  983. barring: prep. Apart from.
  984. bask: in enjoy warmth and light
  985. bask: v. To make warm by genial heat.
  986. bass: adj. Low in tone or compass.
  987. baste: v. To cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
  988. baton: n. An official staff borne either as a weapon or as an emblem of authority or privilege.
  989. battalion: n. A body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
  990. batten: n. A narrow strip of wood.
  991. batter: n. A thick liquid mixture of two or more materials beaten together, to be used in cookery.
  992. bauble: n. A trinket.
  993. bawl: v. To proclaim by outcry.
  994. beatify: v. To make supremely happy.
  995. beatify: to bless make happy or ascribe a virtue to
  996. beatitude: n. Any state of great happiness.
  997. beau: n. An escort or lover.
  998. becalm: v. To make quiet.
  999. bedizen: to adorn especially in a cheap showy manner
  1000. belabor: beat hard
  1001. bellicose: belligerent pugnacious warlike
  1002. belligerent: (person nation) waging war
  1003. benefactor: person who has given help
  1004. benevolence: wish or activity in doing good
  1005. benign: kind and gentle mild (climate)
  1006. bequest: arrangement to give something at death
  1007. berate: scold sharply
  1008. bereft: rob or dispossess of something (material)
  1009. bewilder: puzzle confuse
  1010. bigot: stubborn narrow-minded person
  1011. bilge: bulge the protuberance of a cask
  1012. blandishment: flattery coaxing
  1013. blandness: polite manner comforting uninteresting
  1014. blatant: noisy and rough
  1015. blithe: cheerful casual carefree
  1016. bogus: sham counterfeit not genuine
  1017. boisterous: loud noisy rough lacking restraint
  1018. bolster: give greatly needed support
  1019. boorish: crude offensive rude
  1020. brash: hasty rush cheeky saucy
  1021. brass: yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc)
  1022. brazen: made of brass
  1023. breach: opening broken place breaking
  1024. brittle: easily broken
  1025. broach: bring up announce begin to talk about
  1026. brook: to tolerate endure
  1027. buoyant: able to float light-hearted
  1028. burgeon: grow forth send out buds
  1029. burnish: to polish rub to a shine
  1030. cabal: a scheme or plot a group of plotters
  1031. cadge: to beg to get by begging
  1032. cajole: use flattery or deceit to persuade
  1033. calipers: metal supports attached to the legs measuring instrument
  1034. calumny: slander aspersion
  1035. candid: frank straight-forward
  1036. cant: insincere talk/jargon
  1037. cantankerous: bad-tempered/quarrelsome
  1038. canvass: discuss thoroughly sort of touting
  1039. castigate: to chastise correct by punishing
  1040. castigation: severe punishment
  1041. catalyst: substance that causes speeding up
  1042. caustic: biting sarcastic
  1043. censure: expression of blame or disapproval a rebuke
  1044. centurion: leader of a unit of 100 soldiers
  1045. chary: cautious wary
  1046. chastened: corrected punished
  1047. chastisement: punishment
  1048. chauvinist: a blindly devoted patriot
  1049. chicanery: legal trickery/false argument
  1050. chisel: steel tool for shaping materials
  1051. churl: bad-tempered person
  1052. clamor: shout complain with a lot of noise
  1053. clientele: customers
  1054. clinch: come to grips/settle conclusively
  1055. cling: to resist separation
  1056. clot: half-solid lump formed from liquid
  1057. cloture: closing device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting
  1058. coagulation: change to a thick and solid state
  1059. coalescing: coming together and uniting into one substance
  1060. coax: get smb to do something by kindness
  1061. coda: passage that completes a piece of music
  1062. coddle: treat with care and tenderness
  1063. coerce: compel to force to make obedient
  1064. coeval: of the same period coexisting
  1065. cogent: strong convincing
  1066. cogitate: think deeply mediate
  1067. cognizant: being fully aware of
  1068. cohort: a group or band of people
  1069. colander: bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water
  1070. collusion: secret agreement for a deceitful purpose
  1071. combustion: process of burning
  1072. commemorate: keep the memory of
  1073. commodious: having plenty of space for what is needed
  1074. commuter: person who travels regularly
  1075. complaisance: tending to comply obliging willingness to please
  1076. compunction: feeling of regret for one's action
  1077. conceal: hide keep secret
  1078. conceit: over-high opinion of too much pride
  1079. conciliatory: reconciling soothing comforting mollifying
  1080. concord: agreement or harmony
  1081. concur: agree in opinion happen together
  1082. condense: increase in density strength make laconic
  1083. condone: forgive
  1084. Conduce: To bring about
  1085. congeal: make or become stiff and solid
  1086. conjoin: to join together
  1087. connoisseur: a person with good judgement (e.g.. in art)
  1088. connotation: suggestion in addition to
  1089. consequential: pompous self important
  1090. console: give comfort or sympathy to
  1091. conspicuous: easily seen remarkable
  1092. consternation: surprise and fear dismay
  1093. constrain: compel
  1094. constrict: make tight or smaller
  1095. consume: get to the end of
  1096. consummate: perfect/make perfect/complete
  1097. contemn: to scorn or despise
  1098. contentious: argumentative pugnacious combative quarrelsome
  1099. contiguous: touching neighboring near
  1100. contrite: filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing
  1101. contumacious: insubordinate rebellious
  1102. conundrum: a riddle dilemma enigma
  1103. conviction: convincing firm belief
  1104. convoke: call together summon
  1105. convoluted: complicated coiled twisted
  1106. cordial: warm and sincere
  1107. cordon: line (of police acting as a guard)
  1108. cornucopia: abundant supply
  1109. corporeal: physical of or for the body
  1110. correlate: have a mutual relation
  1111. corroboration: additional strengthening evidence
  1112. countenance: to favor or approve of
  1113. counterfeit: forgery
  1114. countervail: counterbalance
  1115. covert: disguised
  1116. covetous: eagerly desirous
  1117. cower: crouch shrink back
  1118. coy: shy/modest (esp of a girl)
  1119. crass: very great (es. stupidity)
  1120. cravat: piece of linen worn as a necktie
  1121. craven: cowardly
  1122. crease: line made by crushing white line on the ground in cricket
  1123. credulity: too great a readiness to believe things
  1124. credulous: ready to believe things
  1125. crush: press lose shape subdue overwhelm
  1126. cryptic: secret with a hidden meaning
  1127. cumbersome: burdensome heavy and awkward to carry
  1128. curmudgeon: bad-tempered person
  1129. curriculum: course of study
  1130. cursory: quick hurried
  1131. curtail: make shorter then was planned
  1132. dainty: pretty/delicate(food)/difficult to please
  1133. daunt: intimidate make fearful
  1134. dawdler: person who is slow waste of time
  1135. dearth: shortage
  1136. debacle: a breakup overthrow sudden disaster
  1137. decorum: propriety properness
  1138. decree: order given by authority
  1139. decry: disapprove of
  1140. defer: postpone give way (to show respect)
  1141. deferential: showing respect
  1142. defiance: open disobedience or resistance
  1143. delineate: to portray depict sketch out
  1144. deluge: great flood heavy rush of water
  1145. demagogue: person appealing not to reasons
  1146. demur: to hesitate raise objections
  1147. denigrate: blacken belittle sully defame
  1148. denouement: an outcome or solution the unraveling of a plot
  1149. deplete: use until none remains
  1150. deposition: dethronement depositing
  1151. deprave: make morally bad corrupt
  1152. deprecate: protest against express disapproval of
  1153. dereliction: deserting and leaving to fall into ruins
  1154. derision: ridicule mockery deriding
  1155. derivative: unoriginal obtained from another source
  1156. derogatory: insulting tending to damage
  1157. descry: catch sight of see something in the distance
  1158. desiccant: substance used to absorb moisture
  1159. desuetude: cessation of use disuse
  1160. desultory: aimless haphazard digressing at random
  1161. deter: discourage hinder
  1162. detraction: slandering verbal attack aspersion
  1163. detumescence: diminishing or lessening of swelling
  1164. deviance: being different in moral standards (from normal)
  1165. dexterity: skill (esp. in handling)
  1166. diaphanous: transparent gauzy
  1167. diatribe: bitter and violent attack in words
  1168. didactic: intended to instruct
  1169. diffidence: shyness
  1170. dilate: speak comprehensively become wider large
  1171. disallow: refuse to allow or accept as a correct
  1172. discern: see with an effort but clearly
  1173. discomfit: confuse embarrass
  1174. disconcert: upset the self-possession of
  1175. discountenance: refuse to approve of
  1176. discourse: speech lecture
  1177. discredit: refuse to believe
  1178. discreet: careful/prudent
  1179. discrete: individually distinct
  1180. disdain: look on with contempt
  1181. disencumber: free from encumbrance
  1182. disheveled: untidy
  1183. disingenuous: sophisticated artful trying to deceive cunning
  1184. disinter: dig up from the earth
  1185. dislodge: move force from the place occupied
  1186. dismal: sad gloomy miserable
  1187. disparate: essentially different
  1188. disproof: proof to the contrary
  1189. dissemble: speak or behave so as to hide something (in mind)
  1190. disseminate: distribute (esp. ideas)
  1191. dissent: have a different opinion refuse to assent
  1192. dissolution: disintegration looseness in morals
  1193. distraught: distracted violently upset in mind
  1194. divergence: getting farther apart from a point
  1195. divestiture: taking off getting rid of giving up
  1196. divulge: make known something secret
  1197. doggerel: trivial poorly constructed verse
  1198. dogmatic: positive certain arbitrary without room for discussion
  1199. dolt: stupid fellow
  1200. dormant: in a state of inactivity but awaiting development
  1201. dote: show much fondness center one's attention
  1202. drawl: slow way of speaking
  1203. droll: jesting
  1204. drone: male bee person who isn't self-employed
  1205. drowsiness: feeling sleepy half asleep
  1206. dubious: feeling doubt
  1207. dud: no use person something that fails
  1208. dulcet: melodious harmonious
  1209. dupe: cheat make a fool of
  1210. duplicity: deliberate deception
  1211. duress: threats to compel smb
  1212. dwarf: person or smb much below the usual size
  1213. dynamo: a generator something that produces electric current
  1214. earthenware: dishes made of baked clay
  1215. ebullience: exuberance outburst of feeling
  1216. ebullient: overflowing with enthusiasm showing excitement
  1217. ecumenical: representing the whole Christian world
  1218. edacious: voracious devouring
  1219. eddy: circular or spiral movement (e.g.. of wind)
  1220. edible: fit to be eaten/not poisonous
  1221. effete: infertile worn out weak
  1222. efficacy: production of a desired result
  1223. effluvia: outflow in a stream of particles a noxious odor or vapor
  1224. effrontery: boldness impudence arrogance
  1225. egress: way out exit
  1226. elaborate: worked out with much care in great detail
  1227. elegy: a lament a melancholy composition
  1228. elicit: draw out
  1229. eloquence: fluent speaking skillful use of language
  1230. emaciate: make thin and weak
  1231. embellish: make beautiful
  1232. embezzle: use in a wrong way for one's own benefit
  1233. emote: stir up excite
  1234. empirical: relying on experiment
  1235. encapsulate: enclose in capsule
  1236. encomium: warm or glowing praise eulogy panegyric
  1237. encumbrance: burden things that get on the way of
  1238. endearing: making dear or liked
  1239. endemic: epidemic
  1240. endorse: write one's name on the back of
  1241. enduring: lasting
  1242. enervate: weaken deprive of strength attenuate
  1243. engender: cause produce give rise to
  1244. engrave: impress deeply
  1245. engrossing: taken up all the time or attention writing in large or formal
  1246. engulf: swallow up
  1247. enigma: something that is puzzling
  1248. enmity: hatred being an enemy
  1249. ensign: flag/badge
  1250. entangle: put into difficulties
  1251. enthral: please greatly/enslave (fig)
  1252. entice: tempt or persuade
  1253. entreat: ask earnestly
  1254. enunciate: pronounce (words)/express a theory
  1255. enzyme: catalyst
  1256. epicurean: devoted to pleasure (sensuous enjoyment)
  1257. epistle: letter
  1258. epithet: adjective
  1259. epitome: brief summary representative example a typical model
  1260. equable: steady regular
  1261. equanimity: calmness of temperament
  1262. equilibrium: state of being balanced
  1263. equipoise: equal distribution of weight equilibrium
  1264. equivocal: having a double or doubtful meaning suspicious
  1265. equivocate: try to deceive by equivocal language
  1266. eradicate: get rid of pull up by the roots
  1267. erratic: irregular in behaviour or opinion
  1268. erudite: learned scholarly
  1269. eschew: avoid
  1270. esoteric: abstruse intended only for a small circle of
  1271. espouse: marry give one's support to
  1272. eulogy: formal praise panegyric
  1273. euphoria: elation state of pleasant excitement
  1274. euthanasia: easy and painless death
  1275. evasive: tending to evade
  1276. evince: to show clearly to indicate
  1277. evoke: call up bring out
  1278. excoriation: severe criticism
  1279. exculpate: to clear from a charge of guilt
  1280. exhaustive: complete thorough
  1281. exigency: emergency an urgent situation
  1282. exoneration: set smb clear free (e.g.. from blame)
  1283. exorbitant: much too high or great
  1284. expatiate: to roam wander freely
  1285. expedient: likely to be useful for a purpose
  1286. expiation: ending expiring
  1287. exploit: brilliant achievement develop use selfishly
  1288. expostulate: argue earnestly to dissuade correct or protest
  1289. expurgate: to remove obscenity purify censor
  1290. exscind: to cut out cut away
  1291. extant: still in existence
  1292. extempore: without previous thought or preparation
  1293. extenuate: reduce the strength of lessen seriousness partially excuse
  1294. extinct: no longer active
  1295. extinguish: end the existence of/wipe or put out
  1296. extirpate: to destroy exterminate cut out exscind
  1297. extol: praise highly
  1298. extort: obtain by threats violence
  1299. extralegal: outside the law
  1300. extricable: that can be freed
  1301. extrovert: cheerful person
  1302. exuberance: state of growing vigorously being full of life
  1303. facetious: humorous funny jocular
  1304. facile: easily done
  1305. fagged: too tired, exhausted
  1306. fallacious: based on error
  1307. falter: waver/move in an uncertain manner
  1308. fatuous: without sense foolish self-satisfaction
  1309. fawn: young deer try to win smb's favor
  1310. feckless: lacking purpose or vitality ineffective careless
  1311. fecund: fertile
  1312. feint: pretend
  1313. felicitous: apt suitably expressed well chosen apropos
  1314. felon: person guilty of murder
  1315. ferment: substance become excited
  1316. ferocity: savage cruelty
  1317. ferret: discover by searching search
  1318. fervid: showing earnest feeling
  1319. fervor: warmth of feelings earnestness
  1320. fetid: stinking
  1321. fetter: to shackle put in chains
  1322. feud: bitter quarrel over a long period of time
  1323. fidelity: loyalty accuracy
  1324. fidget: move restlessly make nervous
  1325. figurehead: carved image on the prow of a ship
  1326. finesse: delicate way of dealing with a situation
  1327. finical: too fussy about food clothing etc.
  1328. finicky: finical
  1329. fission: splitting or division (esp. of cells)
  1330. fixate: stare at
  1331. flak: criticism/anti-aircraft guns
  1332. flamboyant: brightly colored florid
  1333. flaunting: show off complacently
  1334. flax: pale yellow (hair) a plant
  1335. fledged: able to fly trained experienced
  1336. fleet: number of ships quick-moving
  1337. flinch: draw move back wince
  1338. flop: fail/move/fall clumsily
  1339. florid: very much ornamented naturally red (e.g.. of face)
  1340. flout: reject mock to go against (as in going against tradition)
  1341. fluke: lucky stroke
  1342. fluster: make nervous or confused
  1343. foible: defect of character (a person is wrongly proud)
  1344. foil: prevent from carrying out contrast
  1345. foment: put something warm (to lessen the pain)
  1346. foolproof: incapable of failure or error
  1347. foppish: like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes
  1348. forage: food for horses and cattle
  1349. forbear: refrain from be patient ancestor
  1350. forbearance: patience willingness to wait
  1351. ford: shallow place in a river (to cross)
  1352. forestall: prevent by taking action in advance preempt
  1353. forfeit: suffer the loss of something
  1354. forge: workshop for the shaping of metal to shape metal lead
  1355. forgery: counterfeit
  1356. forswear: renounce disallow repudiate
  1357. foster: nurture care for
  1358. fracas: noisy quarrel
  1359. fragile: easily injured broken or destroyed
  1360. fragrant: sweet-smelling
  1361. frantic: wildly excited with joy pain anxiety
  1362. frenetic: frantic frenzied
  1363. fret: worry irritation wear away
  1364. fringe: edge ornamental border part of hair over the forehead
  1365. froward: intractable not willing to yield or comply stubborn
  1366. frugal: careful economical
  1367. fulmination: bitter protest
  1368. fulsome: disgusting offensive due to excessiveness
  1369. gainsay: to deny to oppose
  1370. garble: make unfair selection from facts
  1371. garner: to gather and save to store up
  1372. garrulity: talkativeness
  1373. garrulous: too talkative
  1374. gaucherie: socially awkward tactless behavior
  1375. germane: relevant pertinent to
  1376. gist: the point general sense
  1377. glean: gather facts in small quantities
  1378. glib: ready and smooth but not sincere
  1379. glimmer: weak/unsteady light
  1380. gloat: over look at with selfish delight
  1381. glut: supply to much fill to excess
  1382. gnaw: waste away bite steadily
  1383. goad: something urging a person to action
  1384. gorge: eat greedily/narrow opening with a stream
  1385. gossamer: soft light delicate material
  1386. gouge: tool for cutting grooves in wood
  1387. gourmand: a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
  1388. grandiloquent: using pompous words
  1389. grave: serious requiring consideration
  1390. graze: touch or scrape lightly in passing
  1391. gregarious: living in societies liking the company
  1392. grievous: causing grief or pain serious dire grave
  1393. grovel: crawl humble oneself
  1394. guile: deceit cunning
  1395. gullible: easily gulled
  1396. gush: burst out suddenly/talk ardently
  1397. gust: outburst of feeling sudden rain wind fire etc.
  1398. hack: cut roughly hired horse
  1399. halcyon: calm and peaceful
  1400. hallow: to make holy consecrate
  1401. harangue: a long passionate speech
  1402. harbinger: something or smb that foretells the coming of
  1403. harrow: to distress create stress or torment
  1404. haughty: arrogant conceited
  1405. heed: attention/give notice to
  1406. heinous: odious (of crime)
  1407. heresy: belief contrary to what is generally accepted
  1408. hermetic: sealed by fusion
  1409. heterogeneous: made up of different kinds
  1410. hew: make by hard work cut (by striking)
  1411. highbrow: (person) with superior tastes
  1412. hirsute: hairy shaggy
  1413. hoax: mischievous trick played on smb for a joke
  1414. hoi: polloi the masses the rabble
  1415. hollow: not soled with hole
  1416. holster: leather case for a pistol
  1417. homiletics: act of preaching
  1418. hone: stone used for sharpening tools
  1419. hoodwink: trick mislead
  1420. hospitable: liking to give hospitality
  1421. hubris: arrogant pride
  1422. hush: make or become silent
  1423. husk: worthless outside part of anything
  1424. hypocrisy: falsely making oneself appear to be good
  1425. iconoclast: person who attacks popular beliefs
  1426. idiosyncrasy: personal mannerism
  1427. idolatry: excessive admiration of
  1428. idyll: a carefree episode or experience
  1429. ignoble: dishonorable common undignified
  1430. ignominious: shameful dishonorable undignified disgraceful
  1431. illicit: unlawful forbidden
  1432. imbroglio: complicated and embarrassing situation
  1433. immaculate: pure faultless
  1434. imminent: likely to come or happen soon
  1435. immutable: that cannot be changed
  1436. impair: worsen diminish in value
  1437. impassive: unmoved feeling no sign of passion
  1438. impecunious: having little or no money
  1439. impede: hinder get in the way of
  1440. impediment: something that hinders (e.g. stammer)
  1441. impending: imminent being about to happen expected
  1442. imperative: urgent essential
  1443. imperious: commanding haughty arrogant
  1444. impermeable: that cannot be permeated
  1445. imperturbable: calm not capable of being excited
  1446. impervious: not allowing to pass through (of materials)
  1447. imperviousness: haughty arrogant commanding
  1448. impetuous: having sudden energy impulsive thrusting ahead forceful
  1449. impiety: lack of reverence or dutifulness
  1450. implacable: incapable of being placated unpleasable
  1451. implicate: show that smb has a share
  1452. implicit: implied though not plainly expressed
  1453. implosion: collapse bursting inward
  1454. importune: beg urgently solicit (of a prostitute)
  1455. imprecation: an invocation of evil a curse
  1456. impromptu: without preparation
  1457. impudent: rash indiscreet