Verbal Ability High Frequency Word List for CAT and GRE

1 Verbal Ability High Frequency Word List for CAT and GRE

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S.No Word Meaning 1 Abate To Decrease 2 ABDICATE TO GIVE UP A POSITION, RIGHT, OR POWER 3 ABERRANT DEVIATING FROM WHAT IS NORMAL 4 ABEYANCE TEMPORARY SUPPRESSION OR SUSPENSION 5 ABJECT MISERABLE; PITIFUL 6 ABJURE TO REJECT; ABANDON FORMALLY 7 ABSCISSION N. THE ACT OF CUTTING; THE NATURAL SEPARATION OF PARTS OF A

PLANT, V. TO CUT OFF OR AWAY (ABSCISE)

8 ABSCOND TO DEPART SECRETLY 9 ABSTEMIOUS MODERATE IN APPETITE 10 ABSTINENCE THE GIVING UP OF CERTAIN PLEASURES 11 ABYSMAL VERY BAD 12 ACCRETION GROWTH IN SIZE OR INCREASE IN AMOUNT 13 ACCRUE TO ACCUMULATE; GROW BY ADDITIONS 14 ADAMANT UNCOMPROMISING; UNYIELDING 15 ADJUNCT SOMETHING ADDED, ATTACHED, OR JOINED 16 ADMONISH TO CAUTION OR REPRIMAND 17 ADULTERATE TO CORRUPT OR MAKE IMPURE 18 AESTHETIC ADJ. RELATING TO BEAUTY OR ART, N. A CONCEPTION OF WHAT IS

ARTISTICALLY BEAUTIFUL

19 AFFECTED PRETENTIOUS, PHONY 20 AFFINITY FONDNESS; LIKING; SIMILARITY 21 AGGRANDIZE TO MAKE LARGER OR GREATER 22 AGGREGATE ADJ. AMOUNTING TO A WHOLE; TOTAL, V. TO COLLECT INTO A MASS, N.

COLLECTIVE MASS OR SUM

23 ALACRITY CHEERFUL WILLINGNESS; EAGERNESS; SPEED 24 ALCHEMY MEDIEVAL CHEMICAL PHILOSOPHY BASED ON CHANGING METAL INTO

GOLD; A SEEMINGLY MAGICAL POWER OR PROCESS OF TRANSMUTATION

25 ALLAY TO LESSEN; EASE; SOOTHE 26 ALLEVIATE TO RELIEVE; IMPROVE PARTIALLY 27 ALLOY A COMBINATION; A MIXTURE OF TWO OR MORE METALS



28 ALLURE THE POWER TO ENTICE BY CHARM

29 AMALGAMATE TO COMBINE INTO A UNIFIED WHOLE

30 AMBIGUOUS UNCLEAR OR DOUBTFUL IN MEANING

31 AMBIVALENCE THE STATE OF HAVING CONFLICTING EMOTIONAL ATTITUDES

32 AMBROSIA SOMETHING DELICIOUS; THE FOOD OF THE GODS

33 AMELIORATE TO IMPROVE

34 AMENABLE AGREEABLE; COOPERATIVE; SUITED

35 AMENITY SOMETHING THAT INCREASES COMFORT

36 AMULET ORNAMENT WORN AS A CHARM AGAINST EVIL SPIRITS

37 ANACHRONISM SOMETHING OUT OF THE PROPER TIME



38 ANALGESIC MEDICATION THAT REDUCES OR ELIMATES PAIN

39 ANALOGOUS ADJ. COMPARABLE, N. A SIMILARITY IN SOME WAYS BETWEEN THINGS THAT ARE OTHERWISE DISSIMILAR (ANALOGY)

40 ANARCHY N. ABSENCE OF GOVERNMENT; STATE OF DISORDER, ADJ. LACKING ORDER OR CONTROL (ANARCHIC)

41 ANODYNE N. SOMETHING THAT CALMS OR SOOTHES PAIN, ADJ. RELAXING, OR CAPABLE OF SOOTHING PAIN

42 ANOMALOUS IRREGULAR; DEVIATING FROM THE NORM

43 ANOMIE A SOCIAL CONDITION MARKED BY A BREAKDOWN OF SOCIAL NORMS

44 ANTECEDENT SOMETHING THAT COMES BEFORE

45 ANTEDILUVIAN PREHISTORIC

46 ANTIPATHY DISLIKE; HOSTILITY



47 APATHY INDIFFERENCE

48 APEX THE HIGHEST POINT

49 APOGEE THE POINT IN AN ORBIT MOST DISTANT FROM THE BODY BEING ORBITED; THE HIGHEST POINT

50 APOTHEGM A TERSE, WITTY SAYING

51 APPEASE TO CALM; PACIFY; PLACATE

52 APPELLATION NAME

53 APPOSITE STRINKINGLY APPROPRIATE AND RELEVANT

54 APPRISE TO INFORM

55 APPROBATION PRAISE; APPROVAL 56 APPROPRIATE TO TAKE POSSESSION FOR ONE'S OWN USE; CONFISCATE

57 APROPOS RELEVANT

58 ARABESQUE ORNATE DESIGN FEATURING INTERTWINED CURVES; A BALLET POSITION IN WHICH ONE LEG IS EXTENDED IN BACK WHILE THE OTHER SUPPORTS THE WEIGHT OF THE BODY



59 ARCHEOLOGY THE STUDY OF MATERIAL EVIDENCE OF PAST HUMAN LIFE

60 ARDOR GREAT EMOTION OR PASSION

61 ARDUOUS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT; LABORIOUS

62 ARGOT A SPECIALIZED VOCABULARY USED BY A GROUP

63 ARREST TO STOP; TO SEIZE

64 ARTIFACT ITEM MADE BY HUMAN CRAFT

65 ARTLESS GUILELESS; NATURAL

66 ASCETIC N. ONE WHO PRACTICES SELF-DENIAL, ADJ. SELF-DENYING OR AUSTERE

67 ASPERITY SEVERITY; HARSHNESS; IRRITABILITY

68 ASPERSION SLANDER; FALSE RUMOR

69 ASSIDUOUS DILIGENT; HARD-WORKING 70 ASSUAGE TO MAKE LESS SEVERE

71 ASTRINGENT HARSH; SEVERE

72 ASYLUM PLACE OF REFUGE OR SHELTER



73 ATAVISM IN BIOLOGY, THE REAPPEARANCE OF A CHARACTERISTIC IN AN ORGANISM AFTER SEVERAL GENERATIONS OF ABSENCE; INDIVIDUAL OR A PART THAT EXHIBITS ATAVISM; RETURN OF A TRAIT AFTER A PERIOD OF ABSENCE

74 ATTENUATE TO WEAKEN

75 AUDACIOUS BOLD; DARING

76 AUSTERE STERN; UNADORNED 77 AUTONOMOUS SELF-GOVERNING; INDEPENDENT

78 AVARICE GREED

79 AVER TO AFFIRM; DECLARE TO BE TRUE

80 AVOCATION SECONDARY OCCUPATION

81 AVUNCULAR LIKE AN UNCLE, BENEVOLENT AND TOLERANT

82 AXIOMATIC TAKEN FOR GRANTED 83 BACCHANALIAN PERTAINING TO RIOTOUS OR DRUNKEN FESTIVITY; PERTAINING TO

REVELRY

84 BANAL COMMONPLACE; TRITE 85 BANTER PLAYFUL CONVERSATION 86 BARD POET 87 BAWDY OBSCENE 88 BEATIFY TO SANCTIFY; TO BLESS; TO ASCRIBE A VIRTUE TO

89 BEDIZEN TO DRESS IN A VULGAR; SHOWY MANNER 90 BEHEMOTH HUGE CREATURE; ANYTHING VERY LARGE AND POWERFUL

91 BELIE TO CONTRADICT; MISREPRESENT; GIVE A FALSE IMPRESSION

92 BENEFICENT KINDLY; DOING GOOD 93 BIFURCATE TO DIVIDE INTO TWO PARTS



94 BIONICS THE APPLICATION OF BIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES TO THE THE DESIGN OF ELECTRICAL OR ENGINEERING SYSTEMS

95 BLANDISHMENT N. FLATTERY, V. TO COAX WITH FLATTERY (BLANDISH)

96 BLASE BORED BECAUSE OF FREQUENT INDULGENCE; UNCONCERNED

97 BOLSTER TO GIVE A BOOST TO; PROP UP; SUPPORT 98 BOMBASTIC POMPOUS; USING INFLATED LANGUAGE 99 BOORISH RUDE; INSENSITIVE 100 BOVINE COWLIKE 101 BRAZEN BOLD; SHAMELESS 102 BROACH TO MENTION FOR THE FIRST TIME 103 BUCOLIC CHARACTERISTIC OF THE COUNTRYSIDE; RUSTIC; PASTORAL

104 BURGEON TO FLOURISH 105 BURNISH TO POLISH 106 BUTTRESS TO REINFORCE; SUPPORT 107 CACOPHONOUS UNPLEASANT OR HARSH-SOUNDING 108 CADGE TO BEG; SPONGE 109 CALLOUS THICK-SKINNED; INSENSITIVE 110 CALUMNY FALSE AND MALICIOUS ACCUSATION; SLANDER

111 CANARD FALSE, DELIBERATELY MISLEADING STORY 112 CANON AN ESTABLISHED PRINCIPLE; A BASIS OR STANDARD FOR JUDGMENT; A

GROUP OF LITERARY WORKS

113 CANT INSINCERE TALK; LANGUAGE OF A PARTICULAR GROUP

114 CANTANKEROUS IRRITABLE; ILL-HUMORED 115 CAPRICIOUS ADJ. FICKLE, N. INCLINATION TO CHANGE ONE'S MIND COMPULSIVELY

116 CAPTIOUS FAULTFINDING; INTENDED TO ENTRAP, AS IN AN ARGUMENT

117 CARDINAL OF FOREMOST IMPORTANCE 118 CARNAL OF THE FLESH OR BODY; RELATED TO PHYSICAL APPETITES

119 CARPING TO FIND FAULT; COMPLAIN 120 CARTOGRAPHY SCIENCE OF MAKING MAPS 121 CASTE ANY OF THE HEREDITARY SOCIAL CLASSES OF HINDU SOCIETY; SOCIAL

STRATIFICATION



122 CASTIGATION PUNISHMENT; CHASTISEMENT; CRITICISM 123 CATACLYSM A VIOLENT UPHEAVAL THAT CAUSES GREAT DESTRUCTION AND CHANGE

124 CATALYST SOMETHING CAUSING CHANGE 125 CATEGORICAL ABSOLUTE; WITHOUT EXCEPTION 126 CAUCUS SMALLER GROUP WITHIN AN ORGANIZATION 127 CAUSAL INVOLVING A CAUSE 128 CAUSTIC SARCASTICALLY BITING; BURNING 129 CELESTIAL CONCERNING THE SKY OR HEAVENS; SUBLIME

130 CENTRIFUGAL MOVING AWAY FROM A CENTER 131 CENTRIPETAL MOVING OR DIRECTED TOWARD A CENTER 132 CHAMPION TO DEFEND OR SUPPORT 133 CHASTEN TO CORRECT BY PUNISHMENT OR REPROOF; TO RESTRAIN OR SUBDUE

134 CHICANERY TRICKERY; FRAUD 135 CHIVALRY THE QUALITIES IDEALIZED BY KNIGHTHOOD SUCH AS BRAVERY AND

GALLANTRY TOWARD WOMEN

136 CHURLISH RUDE; BOORISH 137 CIRCUITOUS ROUNDABOUT 138 CLAIRVOYANT ONE WHO CAN PREDICT THE FUTURE; PSYCHIC

139 CLAMOR NOISY OUTCRY 140 CLIQUE A SMALL, EXCLUSIVE GROUP 141 CLOISTER V. TO CONFINE; SECLUDE, N. MONASTERY OR CONVENT, ADJ. SHUT AWAY

FROM THE WORLD (CLOISTERED)

142 COAGULATE THICKEN; CONGEAL 143 COALESCE TO CAUSE TO BEOME ONE 144 CODA CONCLUDING PART OF A LITERARY OR MUSICAL COMPOSITION;

SOMETHING THAT SUMMARIZES OR CONCLUDES

145 CODIFY SYSTEMATIZE 146 COGNIZANT INFORMED; CONSCIOUS; AWARE 147 COLLAGE ARTISTIC COMPOSITION OF MATERIALS PASTED OVER A SURFACE; AN

ASSEMBLAGE OF DIVERSE ELEMENTS

148 COMMENSURATE PROPORTIONAL

149 COMPENDIUM BRIEF, COMPREHENSIVE SUMMARY



150 COMPLACENT SELF-SATISFIED 151 COMPLAISANT OVERLY POLITE; WILLING TO PLEASE; OBLIGING

152 COMPLEMENT SOMETHING THAT COMPLETES OR MAKES UP A WHOLE

153 COMPLIANT YIELDING

154 COMPUNCTION UNEASINESS CAUSED BY GUILT 155 CONCAVE CURVING INWARD 156 CONCILIATORY OVERCOMING DISTRUST OR HOSTILITY 157 CONCOCT INVENT

158 CONCOMITANT EXISTING CONCURRENTLY 159 CONDONE TO OVERLOOK VOLUTARILY; FORGIVE 160 CONFOUND TO BAFFLE; PERPLEX; MIX UP 161 CONGENIAL SIMILAR IN TASTES AND HABITS; FRIENDLY; SUITED TO

162 CONJUGAL PERTAINING TO MARRIAGE AGREEMENT 163 CONNOISSEUR A PERSON POSSESSING EXPERT KNOWLEDGE OR TRAINING; A PERSON OF

INFORMED AND DISCRIMINATING TASTE

164 CONSCRIPT N. PERSON COMPULSORILY ENROLLED FOR MILITARY SERVICE, V. TO ENROLL A PERSON FOR MILITARY SERVICE

165 CONSECRATE TO DECLARE SACRED 166 CONTEND V. TO ASSERT, N. AN ASSERTION (CONTENTION)

167 CONTENTIOUS QUARRELSOME; CAUSING QUARRELS

168 CONTIGUOUS TOUCHING, NEIGHBORING; CONNECTING WITHOUT A BREAK

169 CONTINENCE SELF-CONTROL; ABSTENTION FROM SEXUAL ACTIVITY

170 CONTRITE VERY SORROWFUL FOR A WRONG

171 CONTUMACIOUS DISOBEDIENT; REBELLIOUS

172 CONUNDRUM RIDDLE; PUZZLE WITH NO SOLUTION



173 CONVENTION N. PRACTICE WIDELY OBSERVED IN A GROUP; CUSTOM; ACCEPTED TECHNIQUE OR DEVICE, ADJ. CUSTOMARY OR COMMONPLACE (CONVENTIONAL)

174 CONVERGE TO APPROACH; COME TOGETHER; TEND TO MEET

175 CONVEX CURVED OUTWARD

176 CONVIVIAL SOCIABLE

177 CONVOLUTED TWISTED; COMPLICATED

178 COPIOUS ABUNDANT; PLENTIFUL

179 COQUETTE WOMAN WHO FLIRTS

180 CORNUCOPIA HORN OVERFLOWING WITH FRUIT AND GRAIN; STATE OF ABUNDANCE

181 COSMOLOGY STUDY OF THE UNIVERSE AS A TOTALITY;THEORY OF THE ORIGIN AND STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE

182 COVERT HIDDEN; SECRET

183 COVETOUS DESIRING SOMETHING OWNED BY ANOTHER

184 COZEN TO MISLEAD BY TRICK OR FRAUD; DECEIVE

185 CRAVEN COWARDLY



186 CREDENCE ACCEPTANCE OF SOMETHING AS TRUE

187 CREDO STATEMENT OF BELIEF OR PRINCIPLE; CREED

188 DAUNT TO DISCOURAGE; INTIMIDATE; DISHEARTEN

189 DE FACTO IN FACT, WHETHER BY RIGHT OR NOT; EXERCISING POWER WITHOUT BEING LEGALLY ESTABLISHED

190 DEARTH SCARCITY

191 DEBAUCHERY CORRUPTION 192 DECORUM PROPER BEHAVIOR

193 DEFAME TO MALIGN; HARM SOMEONE'S REPUTATION

194 DEFAULT TO FAIL TO ACT

195 DEFER TO SUBMIT TO THE WISHES OF ANOTHER DUE TO RESPECT OR RECOGNITION OF THE PERSON'S AUTHORITY OR KNOWLEDGE

196 DEFERENCE RESPECT; REGARD FOR ANOTHER'S WISH

197 DEFUNCT NO LONGER EXISTING

198 DELINEATE TO REPRESENT OR DEPICT

199 DEMOGRAPHIC RELATED TO POPULATION BALANCE

200 DEMOTIC PERTAINING TO PEOPLE

201 DEMUR TO EXPRESS DOUBT



202 DENIGRATE TO SLUR SOMEONE'S REPUTATION

203 DENIZEN AN INHABITANT; A REGULAR VISITOR

204 DENOUEMENT OUTCOME; UNRAVELING OF THE PLOT OF A PLAY OR WORK OF LITERATURE

205 DERIDE TO MOCK

206 DERIVATIVE SOMETHING DERIVED; UNORIGINAL

207 DESICCATE TO DRY COMPLETELY

208 DESUETUDE STATE OF DISUSE

209 DESULTORY RANDOM; DISCONNECTED; RAMBLING

210 DETERRENT SOMETHING THAT DISCOURAGES OR HINDERS

211 DETRACTION THE ACT OF TAKING AWAY; DEROGATORY COMMENT ON A PERSON'S CHARACTER

212 DEVIANT A PERSON WHOSE BEHAVIOR DIFFERS FROM THE ACCEPTED STANDARDS OF SOCIETY

213 DIAPHANOUS TRANSPARENT; FINE-TEXTURED; INSUBSTANTIAL; VAGUE

214 DIATRIBE BITTER VERBAL ATTACK



215 DICHOTOMY DIVISION INTO TWO USUALLY CONTRADICTORY PARTS

216 DIFFIDENCE SHYNESS; LACK OF CONFIDENCE

217 DIFFUSE V. TO SPREAD OUT, ADJ. WORDY; RAMBLING; SPREAD OUT

218 DIGRESSION ACT OF STRAYING FROM THE MAIN POINT

219 DIRGE FUNERAL HYMN

220 DISABUSE TO FREE FROM MISCONCEPTION

221 DISCERN TO PERCEIVE SOMETHING OBSCURE

222 DISCERNING PERCEPTIVE; EXHIBITING KEEN INSIGHT AND GOOD JUDGMENT

223 DISCOMFIT TO MAKE UNEASY; DISCONCERT 224 DISCORDANT NOT IN TUNE 225 DISCREDIT TO DISHONOR; DISGRACE; CAUSE TO BE DOUBTED

226 DISCREPANCY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 227 DISCRETE CONSTITUTING A SEPARATE THING; DISTINCT 228 DISCRETION QUALITY OF SHOWING SELF-RESTRAINT IN SPEECH OR ACTIONS;

CIRCUMSPECTION; FREEDOM TO ACT ON ONE'S OWN

229 DISINGENUOUS NOT CANDID; CRAFTY 230 DISINTERESTED UNPREJUDICED; OBJECTION 231 DISJOINTED LACKING ORDER OR COHERENCE; DISLOCATED

232 DISMISS PUT AWAY FROM CONSIDERATION; REJECT 233 DISPARAGE TO BELITTLE 234 DISPARATE DISSIMILAR 235 DISSEMBLE TO PRETEND; DISGUISE ONE'S MOTINVES 236 DISSEMINATE TO SPREAD; SCATTER; DISPERSE 237 DISSIDENT PERSON WHO DISAGREES ABOUT BELIEF, ETC.



238 DISSOLUTION DISINTEGRATION; DEBAUCHERY 239 DISSONANCE DISCORD; LACK OF HARMONY 240 DISTEND TO EXPAND; SWELL OUT 241 DISTILL EXTRACT THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS 242 DISTRAIT INATTENTIVE; PREOCCUPIED 243 DIVERGE TO VARY; GO IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS FROM THE SAME POINT

244 DIVEST TO STRIP; DEPRIVE; RID 245 DIVULGE TO MAKE KNOWN SOMETHING THAT IS SECRET

246 DOCTRINAIRE RELATING TO A PERSON WHO CANNOT COMPROMISE ABOUT POINTS OF A THEORY OR DOCTRINE; DOGMATIC; UNYIELDING

247 DOCUMENT TO PROVIDE WITH WRITTEN EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT

248 DOGGEREL POOR VERSE 249 DOGMATIC STATING OPINIONS WITHOUT PROOF 250 DORMANT INACTIVE 251 DROSS WASTE; WORTHLESS MATTER; TRIVIAL MATTER

252 DUPE TO DECEIVE; TRICK

253 EBULLIENT EXHILARATED; ENTHUSIASTIC 254 ECLECTIC SELECTING FROM VARIOUS SOURCES 255 EFFERVESCENCE STATE OF HIGH SPIRITS OR LIVELINESS; THE PROCESS OF BUBBLING AS

GAS ESCAPES

256 EFFETE DEPLETED OF VITALITY; OVERREFINED; DECADENT

257 EFFICACY EFFICIENCY; EFFECTIVENESS 258 EFFRONTERY SHAMELESS BOLDNESS; PRESUMPTUOUSNESS

259 EGOISM THE TENDENCY TO SEE THING IN RELATION TO ONESELF; SELF-CENTERED

260 EGOTISTICAL EXCESSIVELY SELF-CENTERED; CONCEITED 261 ELEGY POEM OR SONG EXPRESSING LAMENTATION 262 ELICIT TO PROVOKE; DRAW OUT 263 ELIXIR A SUBSTANCE BELIEVED TO HAVE THE POWER TO CURE ILLS

264 ELYSIAN BLISSFUL; DELIGHTFUL 265 EMACIATED THIN AND WASTED



266 EMBELLISH TO ADORN; DECORATE; ENHANCE; MAKE MORE ATTRACTIVE BY ADDING DETAILS

267 EMOLLIENT ADJ. SOOTHING; MOLLIFYING, N. AN AGENT THAT SOOTHES OR MAKES MORE ACCEPTABLE

268 EMPIRICAL DERIVED OBSERVATION AND EXPERIMENT 269 EMULATE TO IMITATE; COPY 270 ENCOMIUM A FORMAL EXPRESSION OF PRAISE 271 ENDEMIC INHERENT; BELONGING TO AN AREA 272 ENERVATE TO WEAKEN 273 ENGENDER TO CAUSE; PRODUCE 274 ENHANCE TO INCREASE; IMPROVE 275 ENTOMOLOGY THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF INSECTS 276 ENUCIATE TO PRONOUNCE CLEARLY 277 EPHEMERAL SHORT-LIVED; FLEETING 278 EPISTEMOLOGY BRANCH OF PHILOSOPHY THAT EXAMINES THE NATURE OF KNOWLEDGE

279 EQUABLE STEADY; UNVARYING; SERENE 280 EQUANIMITY COMPOSURE; CALMNESS 281 EQUITABLE FAIR; JUST; IMPARTIAL 282 EQUIVOCATION TO INTENTIONALLY USE VAGUE LANGUAGE

283 ERRANT MISTAKEN; STRAYING FROM THE PROPER COURSE

284 ERUDITE LEARNED; SCHOLARLY

285 ESOTERIC HARD TO UNDERSTAND; KNOWN ONLY TO A FEW

286 ESSAY TO MAKE AN ATTEMPT; SUBJECT TO A TEST

287 ESTIMABLE ADMIRABLE; POSSIBLE TO ESTIMATE



288 ETHNOCENTRIC BASED ON THE ATTITUDE THAT ONE'S GROUP IS SUPERIOR

289 ETIOLOGY CAUSES OR ORIGINS

290 ETYMOLOGY ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF A WORD

291 EUGENICS STUDY OF FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE HEREDITARY QUALITIES OF THE HUMAN RACE AND WAYS TO IMPROVE THESE QUALITIES

292 EULOGY HIGH PRAISE, ESPECIALLY OF A PERSON WHO HAS RECENTLY DIED

293 EUPHEMISM USE OF AGREEABLE OR INOFFENSIVE LANGUAGE IN PLACE OF UNPLEASANT OR OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE

294 EUPHORIA A FEELING OF EXTREME HAPPINESS

295 EUTHANASIA MERCY KILLING 296 EVINCE TO SHOW PLAINLY; BE AN INDICATION OF

297 EVOCATIVE TENDING TO CALL TO MIND OR PRODUCE A REACTION

298 EXACERBATE TO AGGRAVATE; MAKE WORSE



299 EXACT V. TO FORCE THE PAYMENT OF; DEMAND AND OBTAIN BY AUTHORITY, ADJ. EXTREMELY DEMANDING (EXACTING)

300 EXCULPATE TO CLEAR OF BLAME; VINDICATE

301 EXECRABLE DETESTABLE; ABHORRENT

302 EXHORT TO URGE BY STRONG APPEALS

303 EXIGENCY CRISIS; URGENT REQUIREMENTS

304 EXISTENTIAL HAVING TO DO WITH EXISTENCE; BASED ON EXPERIENCE; HAVING TO DO WITH THE PHILOSOPHY OF EXISTENTIALISM

305 EXORCISE TO EXPEL EVIL SPIRITS; FREE FROM BAD INFLUENCES

306 EXPATIATE TO SPEAK OR WRITE AT LENGTH

307 EXPATRIATE TO SEND INTO EXILE

308 EXPIATE TO ATONE FOR 309 EXPLICATE TO EXPLAIN; INTERPRET; CLARIFY 310 EXPOSITORY EXPLANATORY 311 EXTANT IN EXISTENCE; NOT LOST 312 EXTEMPORANEOU

S UNREHEARSED

313 EXTIRPATE TO ROOT UP; TO DESTROY 314 EXTRANEOUS NOT ESSENTIAL 315 EXTRAPOLATION THE ACT OF ESTIMATION BY PROJECTING KNOWN INFORMATION

316 EXTRINSIC NOT INHERENT OR ESSENTIAL 317 FACETIOUS HUMOROUS 318 FACILITATE TO MAKE LESS DIFFICULT



319 FACTOTUM A PERSON WHO DOES ALL SORTS OF WORK; A HANDYMAN

320 FALLACIOUS BASED ON A FALSE IDEA OR FACT; MISLEADING

321 FALLOW PLOWED BUT NOT SOWED; UNCULTIVATED 322 FATUOUS FOOLISHLY SELF-SATISFIED 323 FAUNA ANIMALS OF A PERIOD OR REGION 324 FAWNING SEEKING FAVOR BY FLATTERY 325 FELICITOUS SUITABLY EXPRESSED; APPROPRIATE; WELL-CHOSEN

326 FERAL EXISTING IN A WILD OR UNTAMED STATE 327 FERVOR N. WARMTH AND INTENSITY OF EMOTION, ADJ. FULL OF STRONG

EMOTION OR IMPASSIONED (FERVENT)

328 FETID HAVING A BAD SMELL 329 FETTER V. TO BIND; CONFINE, N. SOMETHING THAT RESTRICTS OR RESTRAINS

330 FIAT ARBITRARY ORDER; AUTHORIZATION 331 FIDELITY LOYALTY; EXACT CORRESPONDENCE 332 FILIBUSTER USE OF OBSTRUCTIVE TACTICS IN A LEGISLATURE TO BLOCK PASSAGE OF A

LAW

333 FINESSE TO HANDLE WITH A DECEPTIVE OR EVASIVE STRATEGY; TO USE FINESSE, THAT IS, REFINEMENT IN PERFORMANCE

334 FISSURE CREVICE 335 FLAG TO DROOP; GROW WEAK

336 FLEDGLING BEGINNER; NOVICE

337 FLORA PLANTS OF A REGION OR ERA

338 FLORID RUDDY; REDDISH; FLOWERY

339 FLOURISH N. AN EMBELLISHMENT OR ORNAMENTATION, V. MEANING TO GROW VIGOROUSLY, OR TO THRIVE

340 FLOUT TO TREAT SCORNFULLY



341 FLUX FLOWING; A CONTINUOUS MOVING

342 FOMENT TO INCITE; AROUSE

343 FORBEARANCE PATIENCE 344 FORESTALL TO PREVENT; DELAY

345 FORMIDABLE MENACING; THREATENING

346 FORSWEAR RENOUNCE; REPUDIATE

347 FOUNDER TO SINK; FAIL; COLLAPSE

348 FRACAS A LOUD QUARREL; BRAWL

349 FRACTIOUS QUARRELSOME; UNRULY; REBELLIOUS

350 FRESCO A PAINTING DONE ON PLASTER

351 FRIEZE ORNAMENTAL BAND ON A WALL

352 FROWARD STUBBORNLY CONTRARY; OBSTINATELY DISOBEDIENT

353 FRUGALITY THRIFT

354 FULMINATE TO ATTACK LOUDLY; DENOUNCE

355 FULSOME SO EXCESSIVE AS TO BE DISGUSTING

356 FUSION UNION; SYNTHESIS

357 FUTILE INEFFECTIVE; USELESS; FRUITLESS

358 GAINSAY TO DENY; DISPUTE; OPPOSE

359 GAMBOL TO FROLIC; LEAP PLAYFULLY

360 GARRULOUS VERY TALKATIVE; WORDY

361 GAUCHE COARSE AND UNCOUTH; CLUMSY

362 GENIALITY CHEERFULNESS; KINDLINESS; SOCIABILITY



363 GERRYMANDER TO DIVIDE AN AREA INTO VOTING DISTRICTS IN A WAY THAT FAVORS A POLITICAL PARTY

364 GLIB FLUENT IN AN INSINCERE WAY; OFFHAND

365 GOAD TO PROD; URGE ON

366 GOSSAMER SHEER; LIGHT AND DELICATE, LIKE COBWEBS

367 GOUGE TO TEAR OUT; SCOOP OUT; OVERCHARGE

368 GRANDILOQUENT POMPOUS; BOMBASTIC

369 GREGARIOUS SOCIABLE 370 GROUSE TO COMPLAIN

371 GUILE DECEPTION OR TRICKERY

372 GUILELESS FREE OF CUNNING OR DECEIT; ARTLESS

373 GUISE OUTWARD APPEARANCE; FALSE APPEARANCE; PRETENSE

374 GULLIBLE EASILY DECEIVED

375 GUSTATORY AFFECTING THE SENSE OF TASTE

376 HALCYON CALM AND PEACEFUL; HAPPY; GOLDEN; PROSPEROUS

377 HALLOWED HOLY; SACRED

378 HARANGUE LONG, POMPOUS SPEECH; TIRADE

379 HARROWING EXTREMELY DISTRESSING; TERRIFYING



380 HERBIVOROUS RELATING TO A HERBIVORE, AN ANIMAL THAT FEEDS MAINLY ON PLANTS

381 HERMETIC TIGHTLY SEALED; MAGICAL

382 HETERODOX UNORTHODOX; NOT WIDELY ACCEPTED

383 HEURISTIC RELATING TO A SPECULATIVE FORMULATION GUIDING THE INVESTIGATION OR SOLUTION OF A PROBLEM; EDUCATIONAL METHOD IN WHICH STUDENTS LEARN FROM THEIR OWN INVESTIGATIONS

384 HIEROGLYPHICS A SYSTEM OF WRITING IN WHICH PICTORIAL SYMBOLS REPRESENT MEANING OR SOUNDS; WRITING OR SYMBOLS THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO DECIPHER; THE SYMBOLS USED IN ADVANCED MATHEMATICS

385 HIRSUTE COVERED WITH HAIR



386 HISTRIONIC RELATING TO EXAGGERATED EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOR CALCULATED FOR EFFECT; THEATRICAL ARTS OR PERFORMANCES

387 HOMEOSTASIS AUTOMATIC MAINTENANCE BY AN ORGANISM OF NORMAL TEMPERATURE, CHEMICAL BALANCE, ETC. WITHIN ITSELF

388 HOMILY SERMON; TEDIOUS MORALIZING LECTURE; PLATITUDE

389 HOMOGENEOUS COMPOSED OF IDENTICAL PARTS; UNIFORM IN COMPOSITION

390 HYPERBOLE PURPOSEFUL EXAGGERATION FOR EFFECT 391 ICONOCLASTIC ATTACKING CHERISHED TRADITION 392 IDOLATRY IDOL WORSHIP; BLIND OR EXCESSIVE DEVOTION

393 IGNEOUS PRODUCED BY FIRE; VOLCANIC 394 IMBROGLIO COMPLICATED SITUATION; AN ENTANGLEMENT

395 IMMUTABLE UNCHANGEABLE 396 IMPAIR TO DAMAGE; INJURE 397 IMPASSIVE SHOWING NO EMOTION 398 IMPECUNIOUS POOR; HAVING NO MONEY 399 IMPEDE TO HINDER; BLOCK 400 IMPERMEABLE IMPOSSIBLE TO PENETRATE 401 IMPERTURBABLE NOT EASILY DISTURBED 402 IMPERVIOUS IMPOSSIBLE TO PENETRATE; INCAPABLE OF BEING AFFECTED

403 IMPINGE TO STRIKE; ENCROACH



404 IMPLACABLE INFLEXIBLE; INCAPABLE OF BEING PLEASED 405 IMPLAUSIBLE UNLIKELY; UNBELIEVABLE 406 IMPLICIT IMPLIED; UNDERSTOOD BUT NOT STATED 407 IMPLODE COLLAPSE INWARD VIOLENTLY 408 IMPRECATION CURSE

409 IMPUTE TO RELATE TO A PARTICULAR CAUSE OR SOURCE; ATTRIBUTE THE FAULT TO; ASSIGN AS A CHARACTERISTIC

410 INADVERTENTLY CARELESSLY; UNINTENTIONALLY 411 INCARNATE HAVING BODILY FORM 412 INCHOATE IMPERFECTLY FORMED OR FORMULATED 413 INCONGRUITY STATE OF NOT FITTING 414 INCONSEQUENTIA

L INSIGNIFICANT; UNIMPORTANT

415 INCORPORATE INTRODUCE SOMETHING INTO ANOTHER THING ALREADY IN EXISTENCE; COMBINE

416 INCURSION SUDDEN INVASION 417 INDETERMINATE UNCERTAIN; INDEFINITE 418 INDIGENCE POVERTY

419 INDOLENT HABITUALLY LAZY; IDLE 420 INELUCTABLE NOT TO BE AVOIDED OR ESCAPED; INEVITABLE

421 INERT UNABLE TO MOVE; SLUGGISH 422 INERTIA DISINCLINATION TO ACTION OR CHANGE 423 INGENUOUS NAIVE AND TRUSTING; LACKING SOPHISTICATION

424 INHERENT FIRMLY ESTABLISHED BY NATURE OR HABIT 425 INNOCUOUS HARMLESS 426 INSENSIBLE UNCONSCIOUS; UNRESPONSIVE 427 INSINUATE TO SUGGEST; SAY INDIRECTLY; IMPLY 428 INSIPID LACKING IN FLAVOR; DULL 429 INSOUCIANT INDIFFERENT; LACKING CONCERN OR CARE 430 INSULARITY NARROW-MINDEDNESS; ISOLATION 431 INSUPERABLE INSURMOUNTABLE; UNCONQUERABLE 432 INTANGIBLE NOT MATERIAL 433 INTERDICT TO FORBID; PROHIBIT; TO CONFRONT AND HALT THE ACTIVITIES,

ADVANCE, OR ENTRY OF

434 INTERNECINE DEADLY TO BOTH SIDES



435 INTERPOLATE TO INSERT; CHANGE BY ADDING NEW WORDS OR MATERIAL

436 INTERREGNUM INTERVAL BETWEEN REIGNS; GAP IN CONTINUITY

437 INTIMATE MARKED BY CLOSE ACQUAINTANCE 438 INTRACTABLE NOT EASILY MANAGED 439 INTRANSIGENCE STUBBORNNESS; REFUSAL TO COMPROMISE 440 INTROSPECTIVE CONTEMPLATING ONE'S OWN THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS

441 INUNDATE TO COVER WITH WATER; OVERWHELM 442 INURED HARDENED; ACCUSTOMED; USED TO 443 INVECTIVE VERBAL ABUSE 444 INVEIGH TO DISAPPROVE; PROTEST VEHEMENTLY 445 INVEIGLE TO WIN OVER BY FLATTERY OR COAXING 446 INVETERATE CONFIRMED; LONG-STANDING; DEEPLY ROOTED

447 INVIDIOUS LIKELY TO PROVOKE ILL WILL; OFFENSIVE 448 IRASCIBLE EASILY ANGERED 449 IRRESOLUTE UNSURE OF HOW TO ACT; WEAK 450 ITINERANT WANDERING FROM PLACE TO PLACE; UNSETTLED

451 ITINERARY ROUTE OF A TRAVELER'S JOURNEY

452 JAUNDICED HAVING A YELLOWISH DISCOLORATION OF THE SKIN; AFFECTED BY ENVY, RESENTMENT, OR HOSTILITY

453 JIBE TO BE IN AGREEMENT

454 JOCOSE FOND OF JOKING; JOCULAR; PLAYFUL

455 JUGGERNAUT HUGE FORCE DESTROYING EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH



456 JUNTA GROUP OF PEOPLE UNITED IN POLITIC INTRIGUE

457 JUXTAPOSE PLACE SIDE BY SIDE

458 KUDOS FAME; GLORY; GONOR

459 LABILE LIKELY TO CHANGE

460 LACONIC USING FEW WORDS

461 LAMBASTE TO THRASH VERBALLY OR PHYSICALLY

462 LASCIVIOUS LUSTFUL 463 LASSITUDE LETHARGY; SLUGGISHNESS

464 LATENT PRESENT BUT HIDDEN; POTENTIAL

465 LAUD TO PRAISE

466 LETHARGIC INACTIVE

467 LEVEE AN EMBANKMENT THAT PREVENTS A RIVER FROM OVERFLOWING

468 LEVITY LIGHT MANNER OR ATTITUDE

469 LIBERAL TOLERANT; BROAD-MINDED; GENEROUS; LAVISH

470 LIBERTINE ONE WITHOUT MORAL RESTRAINT

471 LIBIDO SEXUAL DESIRE

472 LILLIPUTIAN EXTREMELY SMALL 473 LIMN TO DRAW; DESCRIBE

474 LIMPID CLEAR; TRANSPARENT

475 LINGUISTIC PERTAINING TO LANGUAGE

476 LITANY LENGTHY RECITATION; REPETITIVE CHANT

477 LITERATI SCHOLARLY OR LEARNED PERSONS

478 LITIGATION LEGAL PROCEEDINGS



479 LOG RECORD OF A VOYAGE; RECORD OF DAILY ACTIVITIES

480 LOQUACIOUS TALKATIVE 481 LUCID BRIGHT; CLEAR; INTELLIGIBLE

482 LUCRE MONEY OR PROFITS

483 LUMINOUS BRIGHT; BRILLIANT; GLOWING

484 LUSTROUS SHINING

485 MACHIAVELLIAN CRAFTY; DOUBLE-DEALING 486 MACHINATIONS PLOTS OR SCHEMES 487 MAELSTROM WHIRLPOOL; TURMOIL 488 MAGNANIMITY GENEROSITY; NOBILITY 489 MALIGN TO SPEAK EVIL OF 490 MALINGER TO FEIGN ILLNESS TO ESCAPE DUTY 491 MALLEABLE CAPABLE OF BEING SHAPED BY POUNDING; IMPRESSIONABLE

492 MAVERICK DISSENTER 493 MEGALOMANIA DELUSIONS OF POWER OR IMPORTANCE 494 MENAGERIE A VARIETY OF ANIMALS KEPT TOGETHER 495 MENDACIOUS DISHONEST 496 MENDICANT BEGGAR

497 MERETRICIOUS GAUDY; PLAUSIBLE BUT FALSE; SPECIOUS 498 MESMERIZE TO HYPNOTIZE 499 METAMORPHOSIS CHANGE; TRANSFORMATION

500 METAPHYSICS A BRANCH OF PHILOSOPHY THAT INVESTIGATES THE ULTIMATE NATURE OF REALITY

501 METEOROLOGICAL

CONCERNED WITH THE WEATHER

502 METICULOUS VERY CAREFUL; FASTIDIOUS 503 METTLE COURAGE; ENDURANCE 504 METTLESOME FULL OF COURAGE AND FORTITUDE; SPIRITED 505 MICROCOSM A SMALL SYSTEM HAVING ANALOGIES TO A LARGER SYSTEM; SMALL

WORLD

506 MILITATE TO WORK AGAINST 507 MINATORY THREATENING; MENACING 508 MINUSCULE VERY SMALL



509 MINUTIA PETTY DETAILS 510 MISANTHROPE ONE WHO HATES HUMANITY 511 MISCELLANY MIXTURE OF WRITINGS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS

512 MISCREANT VILLAIN; CRIMINAL 513 MISOGYNIST ONE WHO HATES WOMEN 514 MITIGATE TO CAUSE TO BECOME LESS HARSH; SEVERE, OR PAINFUL; ALLEVIATE

515 MNEMONIC ADJ. RELATED TO MEMORY; ASSISTING MEMORY, N. A SYSTEM THAT DEVELOPS AND IMPROVES THE MEMORY

516 MODICUM LIMITED QUANTITY

517 MOLLIFY SOOTHE 518 MONOLITHIC SOLID AND UNIFORM; CONSTITUTING A SINGLE, UNIFIED WHOLE

519 MOROSE ILL-HUMORED; SULLEN

520 MOTLEY MANY COLORED; MADE UP OF MANY PARTS

521 MULTIFARIOUS DIVERSE 522 MUNDANE WORLDLY AS OPPOSED TO SPIRITUAL; CONCERNED WITH THE ORDINARY

523 NECROMANCY BLACK MAGIC 524 NEGATE TO CANCEL OUT; NULLIFY

525 NEOLOGISM NEW WORD OR EXPRESSION

526 NEOPHYTE NOVICE; BEGINNER



527 NEXUS A MEANS OF CONNECTION; A CONNECTED GROUP OR SERIES; A CENTER

528 NONPLUSSED BEWILDERED 529 NOSTALGIA SENTIMENTAL LONGING FOR A PAST TIME

530 NOSTRUM MEDICINE OR REMEDY OF DOUBTFUL EFFECTIVENESS; SUPPOSED CURE

531 NUGATORY TRIFLING; INVALID

532 OBDURATE STUBBORN

533 OBSEQUIOUS OVERLY SUBMISSIVE

534 OBSEQUY FUNERAL CEREMONY (OFTEN USED IN THE PLURAL, OBSEQUIES)

535 OBVIATE TO MAKE UNNECESSARY; TO ANTICIPATE AND PREVENT

536 OCCLUDE TO SHUT; BLOCK

537 OCCULT RELATING TO PRACTICES CONNECTED WITH SUPERNATURAL PHENOMENA

538 ODYSSEY A LONG ADVENTUROUS VOYAGE; A QUEST

539 OFFICIOUS TOO HELPFUL; MEDDLESOME

540 OLFACTORY CONCERNING THE SENSE OF SMELL



541 OLIGARCHY FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH POWER BELONGS TO ONLY A FEW LEADERS

542 ONEROUS BURDENSOME

543 ONOMATOPOEIA FORMATION OR USE OF WORDS THAT IMITATE SOUNDS OF THE ACTIONS THEY REFER TO

544 OPPROBRIUM DISGRACE; CONTEMPT 545 ORNITHOLOGIST SCIENTIST WHO STUDIES BIRDS 546 OSCILLATE TO MOVE BACK AND FORTH 547 OSTENTATIOUS SHOWY; TRYING TO ATTRACT ATTENTION; PRETENTIOUS

548 OVERWEENING PRESUMPTUOUS; ARROGANT; OVERBEARING 549 PAEAN SONG OF JOY OR TRIUMPH; A FERVENT EXPRESSION OF JOY

550 PALEONTOLOGY STUDY OF PAST GEOLOGICAL ERAS THROUGH FOSSIL REMAINS

551 PALLID LACKING COLOR OR LIVELINESS 552 PANEGYRIC ELABORATE PRAISE; FORMAL HYMN OF PRAISE

553 PARAGON MODEL OF EXCELLENCE OR PERFECTION 554 PARTISAN ONE-SIDED; COMMITTED TO A PARTY, GROUP. OR CAUSE; PREJUDICED

555 PATHOLOGICAL DEPARTING FROM NORMAL CONDITION 556 PATHOS A QUALITY THAT CAUSES A FEELING OF PITY OR SORROW

557 PATOIS A REGIONAL DIALECT; NONSTANDARD SPEECH; JARGON

558 PAUCITY SCARCITY 559 PEDANT UNINSPIRED, BORING ACADEMIC 560 PEDANTIC SHOWING OFF LEARNING 561 PELLUCID TRANSPARENT; TRANSLUCENT; EASILY UNDERSTOOD

562 PENCHANT INCLINATION 563 PENURTY EXTREME POVERTY 564 PEREGRINATION A WANDERING FROM PLACE TO PLACE 565 PEREMPTORY IMPERATIVE; LEAVING NO CHOICE



566 PERENNIAL PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS; PERSISTENT

567 PERFIDIOUS FAITHLESS; DISLOYAL; UNTRUSTWORTHY 568 PERFUNCTORY SUPERFICIAL; NOT THOROUGH; PERFORMED REALLY AS A DUTY

569 PERIGEE POINT IN AN ORBIT THAT IS CLOSEST TO THE EARTH

570 PERMEABLE PENETRABLE 571 PERTURB TO DISTURB GREATLY; MAKE UNEASY OR ANXIOUS; CAUSE A BODY TO

DEVIATE FROM ITS REGULAR ORBIT

572 PERVASIVE SPREAD THROUGHOUT EVERY PART

573 PETULANT RUDE; PEEVISH

574 PHLEGMATIC CALM IN TEMPERAMENT; SLUGGISH

575 PHOENIX MYTHICAL, IMMORTAL BIRD THAT LIVES FOR 500 YEARS, BURNS ITSELF TO DEATH, AND RISES FROM THE ASHES; ANYTHING THAT IS RESTORED AFTER SUFFERING GREAT DESTRUCTION

576 PHYSIOGNOMY FACIAL FEATURES

577 PIETY DEVOUTNESS

578 PIQUANT APPEALINGLY STIMULATING; PLEASANTLY PUNGENT; ATTRATIVE



579 PIQUE N. FLEETING FEELING OF HURT PRIDE, V. TO PROVOKE OR AROUSE

580 PLACATE TO LESSEN ANOTHER'S ANGER; TO PACIFY

581 PLACID CALM 582 PLAINTIVE MELANCHOLY; MOURNFUL

583 PLASTICITY CONDITION OF BEING ABLE TO BE SHAPED OR FORMED; PLIABILITY

584 PLATITUDE STALE, OVERUSED EXPRESSION

585 PLATONIC SPIRITUAL, WITHOUT SENSUAL DESIRE, OR THEORETICAL

586 PLATONIC SPIRITUAL; WITHOUT SENSUAL DESIRE; THEORETICAL

587 PLETHORA EXCESS; OVERABUNDANCE

588 PLUMB TO DETERMINE THE DEPTH; TO EXAMINE DEEPLY

589 PLUME TO CONGRATULATE ONESELF IN A SELF-SATISFIED WAY

590 PLUMMET TO FALL; PLUNGE

591 PLUTOCRACY SOCIETY RULED BY THE WEALTHY

592 POROUS FULL OF HOLES; PERMEABLE TO LIQUIDS

593 POSEUR PERSON WHO AFFECTS AN ATTITUDE OR IDENTITY TO IMPRESS OTHERS



594 PRAGMATIC PRACTICAL 595 PRATE TO TALK IDLY; CHATTER

596 PRATTLE MEANINGLESS, FOOLISH TALK

597 PREAMBLE PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

598 PRECARIOUS UNCERTAIN 599 PRECEPT PRINCIPLE; LAW

600 PRECIPITATE V. TO CAUSE TO HAPPEN; THROW DOWN FROM A HEIGHT, ADJ. RASH; HASTY SUDDEN

601 PRECURSOR FORERUNNER; PREDECESSOR 602 PREEMPT TO SUPERSEDE; APPROPRIATE FOR ONESELF 603 PREHENSILE CAPABLE OF GRASPING 604 PREMONITION FOREWARNING; PRESENTIMENT 605 PRESAGE TO FORETELL; INDICATE IN ADVANCE 606 PRESUMPTUOUS RUDE; IMPROPERLY BOLD

607 PRETERNATURAL BEYOND THE NORMAL COURSE OF NATURE; SUPERNATURAL

608 PREVARICATE TO QUIBBLE; EVADE THE TRUTH 609 PRIMORDIAL ORIGINAL; EXISTING FROM THE BEGINNING 610 PRISTINE UNTOUCHED; UNCORRUPTED 611 PROBITY HONESTY; HIGH-MINDEDNESS 612 PROBLEMATIC POSING A PROBLEM; DOUBTFUL; UNSETTLED 613 PRODIGAL WASTEFUL; EXTRAVAGANT; LAVISH 614 PROFOUND DEEP; NOT SUPERFICIAL 615 PROHIBITIVE SO HIGH AS TO PREVENT THE PURCHASE OR USE OF; PREVENTING;

FORBIDDING

616 PROLIFERATE TO INCREASE RAPIDLY 617 PROPENSITY INCLINATION; TENDENCY 618 PROPITIATE TO WIN OVER; APPEASE 619 PROPRIETY CORRECT CONDUCT; FITNESS 620 PROSCRIBE V. TO CONDEMN; FORBID OUTLAW, ADJ. RELATING TO PROHIBITION

621 PROVIDENT PROVIDING FOR FUTURE NEEDS; FRUGAL 622 PUISSANT POWERFUL 623 PUNCTILIOUS CAREFUL IN OBSERVING RULES OF BEHAVIOR OR CEREMONY



624 PUNGENT STRONG OR SHARP IN SMELL OR TASTE; PENETRATING; CAUSTIC; TO THE POINT

625 PURPORT V. TO PROFESS; SUPPOSE; CLAIM, N. MEANING INTENDED OR IMPLIED

626 PUSILLANIMOUS COWARDLY 627 QUAGMIRE MARSH; DIFFICULT SITUATION 628 QUAIL TO COWER; LOSE HEART 629 QUALIFIED LIMITED; RESTRICTED 630 QUALM SUDDEN FEELING OF FAINTNESS OR NAUSEA; UNEASY FEELING ABOUT

THE RIGHTNESS OF ACTIONS

631 QUERY TO QUESTION 632 QUIBBLE TO ARGUE OVER INSIGNIFICANT AND IRRELEVANT DETAILS

633 QUIESCENT INACTIVE; STILL 634 QUORUM NUMBER OF MEMBERS NECESSARY TO CONDUCT A MEETING

635 RACONTEUR WITTY, SKILLFUL STORYTELLER 636 RAIL TO SCOLD WITH BITTER OR ABUSIVE LANGUAGE

637 RAIMENT CLOTHING 638 RAMIFICATION IMPLICATION; OUTGROWTH; CONSEQUENCE 639 RAREFIED REFINED

640 RATIONALE FUNDAMENTAL REASON 641 REBUS PUZZLE IN WHICH PICTURES OR SYMBOLS REPRESENT WORDS

642 RECALCITRANT RESISTING AUTHORITY OR CONTROL 643 RECANT TO RETRACT A STATEMENT OR OPINION 644 RECLUSE PERSON WHO LIVES IN SECLUSION AND OFTEN IN SOLITUDE

645 RECONDITE ABSTRUSE; PROFOUND 646 REDOUBTABLE FORMIDABLE; AROUSING FEAR; WORTHY OF RESPECT

647 REDUCTIONISTIC ATTEMPTING TO EXPLAIN COMPLEX PHENOMENA BY SIMPLE PRINCIPLES

648 REFRACT DEFLECT LIGHT OR SOUND 649 REFRACTORY STUBBORN; UNMANAGEABLE; RESISTING ORDINARY METHODS OF

TREATMENT

650 REFULGENT BRIGHTLY SHINING; RESPLENDENT 651 REFUTE TO CONTRADICT; DISAPPROVE 652 REGALE ENTERTAIN



653 RELEGATE TO CONSIGN TO AN INFERIOR POSITION 654 REMONSTRATE TO OBJECT OR PROTEST 655 RENEGE TO GO BACK ON ONE'S WORD 656 REPARATION AMENDS; COMPENSATION 657 REPINE FRET; COMPLAIN

658 REPRISE REPETITION, ESPECIALLY OF A PIECE OF MUSIC

659 REPROACH TO FIND FAULT WITH; BLAME

660 REPROBATE MORALLY UNPRINCIPLED PERSON

661 REPUDIATE TO REJECT AS HAVING NO AUTHORITY

662 RESCIND TO CANCEL

663 RESOLUTION DETERMINATION; RESOLVE

664 RESOLVE DETERMINATION; FIRMNESS OF PURPOSE

665 RETICENT NOT SPEAKING FREELY; RESERVED; RELUCTANT

666 REVERENT EXPRESSING DEEP RESPECT; WORSHIPFUL

667 RIPOSTE RETALIATORY ACTION OR RETORT

668 ROCOCO EXCESSIVELY ORNATE; HIGHLY DECORATED; STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE IN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY EUROPE



669 RUBRIC TITLE OR HEADING; CATEGORY; ESTABLISHED MODE OF PROCEDURE OR CONDUCT; PROTOCOL

670 RUE TO REGRET

671 RUSE TRICK; CRAFTY STRATAGEM; SUBTERFUGE

672 SAGE WISE 673 SALACIOUS LASCIVIOUS; LUSTFUL

674 SALUBRIOUS HEALTHFUL 675 SALUTARY EXPECTING AN IMPROVEMENT; FAVORABLE TO HEALTH

676 SANCTION V. TO APPROVE; RATIFY; PERMIT, N. APPROVAL; RATIFICATION; PERMISSION; PENALIZE

677 SARDONIC CYNICAL; SCORNFULLY MOCKING

678 SARTORIAL PERTAINING TO TAILORS

679 SATIATE TO SATISFY

680 SATURATE TO SOAK THOROUGHLY; IMBUE THROUGHOUT

681 SATURNINE GLOOMY

682 SATYR A CREATURE THAT IS HALF-MAN, HALF-BEAST WITH THE HORNS AND LEGS OF A GOAT; IT IS A FOLLOWER OF DIONYSOS; A LECHER



683 SAVOR TO ENJOY; HAVE A DISTINCTIVE FLAVOR OR SMELL

684 SCHEMATIC RELATING TO OR IN THE FORM OF AN OUTLINE OR DIAGRAM

685 SECRETE PRODUCE AND RELEASE SUBSTANCE INTO AN ORGANISM

686 SEDITION BEHAVIOR PROMPTING REBELLION 687 SEDULOUS DILIGENT

688 SEISMIC RELATING TO EARTHQUAKES; EARTHSHAKING

689 SENSUAL RELATING TO THE SENSES; GRATIFYING THE PHYSICAL SENSES, ESPECIALLY SEXUAL APPETITES

690 SENSUOUS RELATING TO THE SENSES; OPERATING THROUGH THE SENSES

691 SENTIENT AWARE; CONSCIOUS; ABLE TO PERCEIVE 692 SERVILE SUBMISSIVE; OBEDIENT 693 SEXTANT NAVIGATION TOOL THAT DETERMINES LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE

694 SHARD A PIECE OF BROKEN GLASS OR POTTERY 695 SIDEREAL RELATING TO THE STARS 696 SIMIAN APELIKE; RELATING TO APES 697 SIMILE COMPARISON OF ONE THING WITH ANOTHER USING "LIKE" OR "AS"

698 SINECURE WELL-PAYING JOB OR OFFICE THAT REQUIRES LITTLE OR NO WORK

699 SINGULAR UNIQUE; EXTRAORDINARY; ODD 700 SINUOUS WINDING; INTRICATE; COMPLEX 701 SKEPTIC ONE WHO DOUBTS 702 SOBRIETY SERIOUSNESS 703 SODDEN THOROUGHLY SOAKED; SATURATED 704 SOLICITOUS CONCERNED; ATTENTIVE; EAGER 705 SOLILOQUY LITERARY OR DRAMATIC SPEECH BY ONE CHARACTER, NOT ADDRESSED TO

OTHERS

706 SOLVENT ABLE TO MEET FINANCIAL OBLIGATION



707 SOMATIC RELATING TO OR AFFECTING THE BODY; CORPOREAL

708 SOPORIFIC SLEEP PRODUCING 709 SORDID FILTHY; CONTEMPTIBLE AND CORRUPT 710 SPECIOUS SEEMING TO BE LOGICAL AND SOUND, BUT NOT REALLY SO

711 SPECTRUM BAND OF COLORS PRODUCED WHEN SUNLIGHT PASSES THROUGH A PRISM; A BROAD RANGE OF RELATED IDEAS OR OBJECTS

712 SPENDTHRIFT N. PERSON WHO SPENDS MONEY RECKLESSLY, ADJ. WASTEFUL AND EXTRAVAGANT

713 SPORADIC IRREGULAR 714 SQUALOR FILTHY, WRETCHED CONDITION

715 STACCATO MARKED BY ABRUPT, CLEAR-CUT SOUNDS

716 STANCH TO STOP OR CHECK THE FLOW OF

717 STENTORIAN EXTREMELY LOUD 718 STIGMA MARK OF DISGRACE OR INFERIORITY

719 STINT V. TO BE SPARING, N. A PERIOD OF TIME SPENT DOING SOMETHING

720 STIPULATE TO SPECIFY AS AN ESSENTIAL CONDITION

721 STOLID HAVING OR SHOWING LITTLE EMOTION

722 STRATIFIED ARRANGED IN LAYERS

723 STRIATED MARKED WITH THIN, NARROW GROOVES OR CHANNELS



724 STRICTURE SOMETHING THAT RESTRAINS; NEGATIVE CRITICISM

725 STRIDENT LOUD; HARSH; UNPLEASANTLY NOISY

726 STRUT TO SWAGGER; DISPLAY TO IMPRESS OTHERS

727 STULTIFY TO IMPAIR OR REDUCE TO USELESSNESS

728 STUPEFY TO DULL THE SENSES OF; STUN; ASTONISH

729 STYGIAN DARK AND GLOOMY; HELLISH

730 SUBPOENA NOTICE ORDERING SOMEONE TO APPEAR IN COURT

731 SUBSIDE TO SETTLE DOWN; GROW QUIET

732 SUBSTANTIATE TO SUPPORT WITH PROOF OR EVIDENCE

733 SUBSTANTIVE ESSENTIAL; PERTAINING TO THE SUBSTANCE

734 SUBSUME TO INCLUDE; INCORPORATE

735 SUBVERSIVE INTENDED TO UNDERMINE OR OVERTHROW, ESPECIALLY AN ESTABLISHED GOVERNMENT

736 SUCCOR RELIEF; HELP IN TIME OF DISTRESS OR WANT

737 SUFFRAGE THE RIGHT TO VOTE

738 SUNDRY VARIOUS



739 SUPERSEDE TO REPLACE, ESPECIALLY TO DISPLACE AS INFERIOR OR ANTIQUATED

740 SUPINE LYING ON THE BACK; MARKED BY LETHARGY

741 SUPPLANT TO REPLACE; SUBSTITUTE

742 SUPPLIANT BESEECHING 743 SUPPLICANT ONE WHO ASKS HUMBLY AND EARNESTLY 744 SUPPOSITION THE ACT OF ASSUMING TO BE TRUE OR REAL 745 SYLLOGISM A FORM OF DEDUCTIVE REASONING THAT HAS A MAJOR PREMISE, A

MINOR PREMISE, AND A CONCLUSION

746 SYLVAN RELATED TO THE WOODS OR FOREST 747 TACIT SILENTLY UNDERSTOOD; IMPLIED 748 TALISMAN CHARM TO BRING GOOD LUCK AND AVERT MISFORTUNE

749 TANGENTIAL PERIPHERAL; DIGRESSING 750 TAUTOLOGY UNNECESSARY REPETITION 751 TAXONOMY SCIENCE OF CLASSIFICATION; IN BIOLOGY, THE PROCESS OF CLASSIFYING

ORGANSIMS IN CATEGORIES

752 TENET BELIEF; DOCTRINE 753 TENUOUS WEAK; INSUBSTANTIAL 754 TERRESTRIAL EARTHLY; COMMONPLACE 755 THEOCRACY GOVERNMENT BY PRIESTS REPRESENTING A GOD

756 THESPIAN AN ACTOR OR ACTRESS 757 TIMBRE THE CHARACTERISTIC QUALITY OF SOUND PRODUCED BY A PARTICULAR

INSTRUMENT OR VOICE; TONE COLOR

758 TIRADE LONG, VIOLENT SPEECH; VERBAL ASSAULT 759 TOADY FLATTERER; HANGER-ON; YES-MAN 760 TOME BOOK, USUALLY LARGE AND ACADEMIC 761 TORPOR LETHARGY; DORMANCY; SLUGGISHNESS



762 TORQUE A TURNING OR TWISTING FORCE; THE MOMENT OF A FORCE; THE MEASURE OF A FORCE'S TENDENCY TO PRODUCE TWISTING OR TURNING AND ROTATION AROUND AN AXIS

763 TORTUOUS HAVING MANY TWISTS AND TURNS; HIGHLY COMPLEX

764 TOUT TO PROMOTE OR PRAISE ENERGETICALLY 765 TRACTABLE OBEDIENT; YIELDING 766 TRANSGRESSION ACT OF TRESPASSING OR VIOLATING A LAW OR RULE

767 TRANSIENT TEMPORARY; SHORT-LIVED; FLEETING 768 TRANSLUCENT PARTIALLY TRANSPARENT 769 TRAVAIL N. WORK, ESPECIALLY ARDUOUS WORK; TRIBULATION; ANGUISH, V. TO

WORK STRENUOUSLY

770 TRAVESTY PARODY; EXAGGERATED IMITATION; CARICATURE

771 TREATISE ARTICLE TREATING A SUBJECT SYSTEMATICALLY AND THOROUGHLY

772 TREMULOUS TREMBLING; QUIVERING; FRUGAL; TIMID 773 TREPIDATION FEAR AND ANXIETY 774 TRUCULENCE AGGRESSIVENESS; FEROCITY 775 TRYST AGREEMENT BETWEEN LOVERS TO MEET; RENDEZVOUS

776 TUMID SWOLLEN; DISTENDED 777 TURBID MUDDY; OPAQUE; IN A STATE OF GREAT CONFUSION

778 TURGID SWOLLEN; BLOATED; POMPOUS 779 TUTELARY SERVING AS A GUARDIAN OR PROTECTOR 780 UNCANNY MYSTERIOUS; STRANGE 781 UNDULATING MOVING IN WAVES 782 UNFEIGNED NOT FALSE; NOT MADE UP; GENUINE 783 UNTENABLE INDEFENSIBLE 784 UNTOWARD NOT FAVORABLE; TROUBLESOME; ADVERSE; UNRULY

785 USURY PRACTICE OF LENDING MONEY AT EXORBITANT RATES

786 VACILLATE TO WAVER; OSCILLATE 787 VACUOUS EMPTY; VOID; LACKING INTELLIGENCE; PURPOSELESS



788 VALEDICTORY PERTAINING TO A FAREWELL 789 VAPID TASTELESS; DULL 790 VARIEGATED VARIED; MARKED WITH DIFFERENT COLORS 791 VAUNT TO BOAST; BRAG 792 VENAL BRIBABLE; MERCENARY; CORRUPTIBLE 793 VENDETTA PROLONGED FEUD MARKED BY BITTER HOSTILITY

794 VENERATE V. TO ADORE; HONOR; RESPECT, ADJ. RESPECTED BECAUSE OF AGE, CHARACTER, OR POSITION

795 VERACIOUS TRUTHFUL; ACCURATE 796 VERBOSE WORDY 797 VERTIGO DIZZINESS 798 VEXATION IRRITATION; ANNOYANCE; CONFUSION; PUZZLEMENT

799 VIABLE PRACTICABLE; CAPABLE OF DEVELOPING 800 VINDICTIVE SPITEFUL; VENGEFUL; UNFORGIVING 801 VIRTUOSO SOMEONE WITH MASTERLY SKILLS; EXPERT MUSICIAN

802 VISAGE COUNTENANCE; APPEARANCE; ASPECT 803 VISCOUS THICK, SYRUPY, AND STICKY 804 VITIATE TO IMPAIR THE QUALITY OF; CORRUPT MORALLY; MAKE INOPERATIVE

805 VITUPERATIVE USING OR CONTAINING HARSH, ABUSIVE CENSURE

806 VIVISECTION DISSECTION; SURGERY; OR PAINFUL EXPERIMENTS PERFORMED ON A LIVING ANIMAL FOR THE PURPOSE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

807 VOGUE PREVAILING FASHION OR PRACTICE 808 VOLATILE TENDING TO VARY FREQUENTLY; FICKLE 809 VORTEX WHIRLPOOL; WHIRLWIND; CENTER OF TURBULENCE

810 WARRANTED ADJ. JUSTIFIED, V. TO ATTEST TO THE ACCURACY OR QUALITY; JUSTIFY; GRANT AUTHORIZATION

811 WARY CAREFUL; CAUTIOUS 812 WELTER TO WALLOW OR ROLL; TOSS ABOUT; BE IN TURMOIL

813 WHIMSICAL FANCIFUL; UNPREDICTABLE 814 WHIMSY PLAYFUL OR FANCIFUL IDEA



815 WISTFUL VAGUELY LONGING; SADLY THOUGHTFUL 816 ZEALOT ONE WHO IS FANATICALLY DEVOTED TO A CAUSE

817 ZEALOTRY FANATICISM

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