front 1 BILK | back 1 to cheat; defraud |
front 2 NOMINAL | back 2 existing in name only; negligible |
front 3 BLIGHT | back 3 to afflict; destroy |
front 4 BLITHE | back 4 joyful, cheerful, or without appropriate thought |
front 5 NUANCE | back 5 a subtle expression of meaning or quality |
front 6 FERVID | back 6 intensely emotional; feverish |
front 7 SPECIOUS | back 7 deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious |
front 8 SOLECISM | back 8 grammatical mistake; blunder in speech |
front 9 JETTISON | back 9 to discard; get rid of as unnecessary or encumbering |
front 10 LAMENT | back 10 to express sorrow; to grieve |
front 11 GULLIBLE | back 11 easily deceived |
front 12 FLORID | back 12 excessively decorated or embellished |
front 13 FANATICAL | back 13 acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme unquestioned devotion |
front 14 EPHEMERAL | back 14 lasting a short time |
front 15 SEDITION | back 15 behavior that promotes rebellion or civil disorder against the state |
front 16 GLIB | back 16 fluent in an insincere manner; offhand; casual |
front 17 ABDICATE | back 17 to give up a position, right, or power |
front 18 IRASCIBLE | back 18 easily made angry |
front 19 FLAG | back 19 to decline in vigor, strength, or interest |
front 20 FETID | back 20 foul-smelling; putrid |
front 21 GLOWER | back 21 to glare or stare angrily and intensely |
front 22 MONASTIC | back 22 extremely plain or secluded |
front 23 PEDANT | back 23 someone who shows off learning |
front 24 PATHOGENIC | back 24 causing disease |
front 25 CHAUVINIST | back 25 someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he/she belongs |
front 26 GUILE | back 26 deceit; trickery |
front 27 SOBRIQUET | back 27 nickname |
front 28 NASCENT | back 28 starting to develop; coming into existence |
front 29 BELFRY | back 29 bell tower; room in which a bell is hung |
front 30 BANAL | back 30 predictable; cliched; boring |
front 31 CRESCENDO | back 31 steadily increasing in volume or force |
front 32 FRUGALITY | back 32 tending to be thrifty or cheap |
front 33 CORROBORATE | back 33 to support with evidence |
front 34 AUSTERE | back 34 severe or stern in appearance; undecorated |
front 35 LUMINOUS | back 35 bright; brilliant; glowing |
front 36 GROVEL | back 36 to humble oneself in a demeaning way |
front 37 SANGUINE | back 37 ruddy; cheerfully optimistic |
front 38 STRATAGEM | back 38 trick designed to deceive an enemy |
front 39 EMULATE | back 39 to copy; to try to equal or excel |
front 40 HEGEMONY | back 40 the domination of one state or group over its allies |
front 41 EXPURGATE | back 41 to censor |
front 42 PARLEY | back 42 discussion, usually b/w enemies |
front 43 FECUND | back 43 fertile; fruitful; productive |
front 44 DISSEMBLE | back 44 to present a false appearance; to disguise one's real intentions or character |
front 45 SPORTIVE | back 45 frolicsome; playful |
front 46 VERDANT | back 46 green with vegetation; inexperienced |
front 47 INIQUITY | back 47 sin; evil act |
front 48 CONDONE | back 48 to overlook, pardon, or disregard |
front 49 FALLOW | back 49 dormant; unused |
front 50 OROTUND | back 50 pompous |
front 51 DOGMATIC | back 51 dictatorial in one's opinions |
front 52 TAWDRY | back 52 gaudy, cheap, or showy |
front 53 SULLY | back 53 to tarnish; taint |
front 54 VERNAL | back 54 related to spring; fresh |
front 55 DROLL | back 55 amusing in a wry, subtle way |
front 56 FURTIVE | back 56 secret, stealthy |
front 57 CIRCUMSPECT | back 57 cautious; aware of potential consequences |
front 58 MALINGER | back 58 to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill |
front 59 ELOQUENT | back 59 persuasive and moving, especially in speech |
front 60 RETICENT | back 60 silent; reserved |
front 61 AUDACIOUS | back 61 fearless and daring |
front 62 DIATRIBE | back 62 an abusive, condemnatory speech |
front 63 SARDONIC | back 63 cynical; scornfully mocking |
front 64 ASSUAGE | back 64 to make something unpleasant less severe |
front 65 DESICCATE | back 65 to dry out thoroughly |
front 66 LAMPOON | back 66 to ridicule with satire |
front 67 SURFEIT | back 67 excessive amount |
front 68 GRIEVOUS | back 68 causing grief or sorrow; serious and distressing |
front 69 FRENETIC | back 69 frantic; frenzied |
front 70 INGENUOUS | back 70 showing innocence or childlike simplicity |
front 71 LAPIDARY | back 71 relating to precious stones or the art of cutting them |
front 72 ZEAL | back 72 passion; excitement |
front 73 INEXORABLE | back 73 inflexible; unyielding |
front 74 MISANTHROPE | back 74 a person who dislikes others |
front 75 ABYSS | back 75 an extremely deep hole |
front 76 PRAGMATIC | back 76 practical, as opposed to idealistic |
front 77 MISSIVE | back 77 a written note or letter |
front 78 NETTLE | back 78 to irritate |
front 79 ABSTAIN | back 79 to choose not to do something |
front 80 SYCOPHANT | back 80 a self-serving flatterer; yes-man |
front 81 LACHRYMOSE | back 81 tearful |
front 82 PASTICHE | back 82 piece of literature or music imitating other works |
front 83 FORD | back 83 to cross a body of water by wading |
front 84 CONTRITE | back 84 deeply sorrowful or repentant for a wrong |
front 85 PULCHRITUDE | back 85 beauty |
front 86 ENUMERATE | back 86 to count, list, or itemize |
front 87 NAIVE | back 87 lacking sophistication or experience |
front 88 JUNCTURE | back 88 point of time, especially where two things are joined |
front 89 CANARD | back 89 a lie |
front 90 GREGARIOUS | back 90 outgoing; sociable |
front 91 WINSOME | back 91 charming; happily engaging |
front 92 VACILLATE | back 92 to physically sway or be indecisive |
front 93 ITINERANT | back 93 wandering from place to place; unsettled |
front 94 SACROSANCT | back 94 extremely sacred; beyond criticism |
front 95 DIURNAL | back 95 existing during the day |
front 96 TACITURN | back 96 silent; not talkative |
front 97 ENDEMIC | back 97 belonging to a particular area; inherent |
front 98 TOADY | back 98 one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors |
front 99 NEOLOGISM | back 99 new word or expression |
front 100 SUPPLANT | back 100 to replace (another) by force; to take the place of |
front 101 DYSPEPTIC | back 101 suffering from indigestion; gloomy and irritable |
front 102 DOCTRINAIRE | back 102 rigidly devoted to theories without regard for practicality; dogmatic |
front 103 GESTATION | back 103 growth process from conception to birth |
front 104 EFFICACY | back 104 effectiveness |
front 105 TALON | back 105 claw of an animal, especially a bird of prey |
front 106 TERRESTRIAL | back 106 earthly; down-to-earth; commonplace |
front 107 NEOPHYTE | back 107 novice; beginner |
front 108 ENGENDER | back 108 to produce, cause, or bring about |
front 109 DEFACE | back 109 to mar the appearance of; vandalize |
front 110 OBSTINATE | back 110 stubborn; unyielding |
front 111 LARGESS | back 111 generous giving (as of money) to others who may seem inferior |
front 112 EDIFY | back 112 to instruct morally and spiritually |
front 113 VENERATE | back 113 to respect deeply |
front 114 STENTORIAN | back 114 extremely loud |
front 115 HYPERBOLE | back 115 purposeful exaggeration for effect |
front 116 PLETHORA | back 116 excess |
front 117 OSTENSIBLE | back 117 apparent |
front 118 MALLEABLE | back 118 capable of being shaped |
front 119 OSTENTATION | back 119 excessive showiness |
front 120 WAVER | back 120 to fluctuate b/w choices |
front 121 DIRGE | back 121 a funeral hymn or mournful speech |
front 122 OPAQUE | back 122 impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light |
front 123 DECORUM | back 123 appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety |
front 124 PLACATE | back 124 to soothe or pacify |
front 125 PLASTIC | back 125 able to be molded, altered, or bent |
front 126 OSSIFY | back 126 to change into bone; to become hardened or set in a rigidly conventional pattern |
front 127 TIRADE | back 127 long, harsh speech or verbal attack |
front 128 SERAPHIC | back 128 angelic; sweet |
front 129 LANGUID | back 129 lacking energy; indifferent; slow |
front 130 ARBITRATE | back 130 to judge a dispute b/w two opposing parties |
front 131 SCINTILLA | back 131 trace amount |
front 132 MAR | back 132 to damage or deface; spoil |
front 133 VENERABLE | back 133 respected because of age |
front 134 GAMBOL | back 134 to dance or skip around playfully |
front 135 VERACITY | back 135 filled with truth and accuracy |
front 136 VERBOSE | back 136 wordy |
front 137 VEX | back 137 to annoy; irritate; puzzle; confuse |
front 138 CONTUMACIOUS | back 138 rebellious |
front 139 MULTIFARIOUS | back 139 diverse |
front 140 ETHOS | back 140 beliefs or character of a group |
front 141 REPAST | back 141 meal or mealtime |
front 142 REPLETE | back 142 abundantly supplied; complete |
front 143 JARGON | back 143 nonsensical talk; specialized language |
front 144 FATUOUS | back 144 stupid; foolishly self-satisfied |
front 145 KINDLE | back 145 to set fire to or ignite; excite or inspire |
front 146 EBULLIENT | back 146 exhilarated; full of enthusiasm and high spirits |
front 147 GARRULOUS | back 147 tending to talk a lot |
front 148 INTREPID | back 148 fearless; resolutely courageous |
front 149 FAWN | back 149 to grovel |
front 150 ZEALOT | back 150 someone passionately devoted to a cause |
front 151 CANDID | back 151 impartial and honest in speech |
front 152 SYBARITE | back 152 a person devoted to pleasure and luxury |
front 153 PRISTINE | back 153 fresh and clean; uncorrupted |
front 154 MOLLIFY | back 154 to calm or make less severe |
front 155 PHILANTHROPY | back 155 charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness |
front 156 STOLID | back 156 unemotional; lacking sensitivity |
front 157 PECCADILLO | back 157 minor sin or offense |
front 158 VESTIGE | back 158 a trace; remnant |
front 159 FORTUITOUS | back 159 happening by chance; fortunate |
front 160 POTENTATE | back 160 monarch or ruler with great power |
front 161 SYNCOPATION | back 161 temporary irregularity in musical rhythm |
front 162 AUGUST | back 162 dignified; grandiose |
front 163 PARADOX | back 163 a contradiction or dilemma |
front 164 PERMEATE | back 164 to penetrate |
front 165 PERVADE | back 165 to be present throughout; to permeate |
front 166 ECLECTIC | back 166 selecting from or made up from a variety of sources |
front 167 CACOPHONY | back 167 harsh, jarring noise |
front 168 KUDOS | back 168 fame, glory, or honor |
front 169 AMALGAMATE | back 169 to combine; to mix together |
front 170 BURNISH | back 170 to polish |
front 171 USURY | back 171 the practice of lending money at exorbitant rates |
front 172 DOGMA | back 172 a firmly held opinion, especially a religious belief |
front 173 BIFURCATE | back 173 to divide into two parts |
front 174 CURMUDGEON | back 174 cranky person, usually old |
front 175 EPICURE | back 175 person with refined taste in food and wine |
front 176 SURLY | back 176 rude and bad-tempered |
front 177 TANGENTIAL | back 177 digressing; diverting |
front 178 IGNOBLE | back 178 having low moral standards; not noble in character; mean |
front 179 MIRTH | back 179 frivolity; gaiety; laughter |
front 180 IMPERTURBABLE | back 180 not capable of being disturbed |
front 181 AMELIORATE | back 181 to make better; to improve |
front 182 LAUD | back 182 to give praise; to glorify |
front 183 ANACHRONISM | back 183 something out of place in time |
front 184 SOPORIFIC | back 184 causing sleep or lethargy |
front 185 ANOMALY | back 185 deviation from what is normal |
front 186 DISTEND | back 186 to swell, inflate, or bloat |
front 187 IMPASSE | back 187 blocked path; dilemma with no solution |
front 188 ANTAGONIZE | back 188 to annoy or provoke to anger |
front 189 ESCHEW | back 189 to shun; to avoid (as something wrong or distasteful) |
front 190 EXIGENT | back 190 urgent; requiring immediate action |
front 191 CATALYST | back 191 something that brings about a change in something else |
front 192 DIVINE | back 192 to foretell or know by inspiration |
front 193 IDIOSYNCRASY | back 193 peculiarity of temperament; eccentricity |
front 194 EXCULPATE | back 194 to clear from blame; prove innocent |
front 195 DUPE | back 195 to deceive; a person who is easily deceived |
front 196 CHAOS | back 196 great disorder or confused situation |
front 197 EUPHONY | back 197 pleasant, harmonious sound |
front 198 CONNOISSEUR | back 198 a person with expert knowledge or discriminating tastes |
front 199 LARCENY | back 199 theft of property |
front 200 EUPHEMISM | back 200 use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one |
front 201 LASSITUDE | back 201 a state of diminished energy |
front 202 JOCULAR | back 202 playful; humorous |
front 203 APATHY | back 203 lack of interest or emotion |
front 204 ARBITRARY | back 204 determined by chance or impulse |
front 205 METICULOUS | back 205 extremely careful; fastidious; painstaking |
front 206 ENERVATE | back 206 to reduce in strength |
front 207 RUSTIC | back 207 rural |
front 208 DILATE | back 208 to make larger; expand |
front 209 XENOPHOBIA | back 209 a fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers |
front 210 ZEPHYR | back 210 a gentle breeze; something airy or insubstantial |
front 211 NOISOME | back 211 stinking; putrid |
front 212 METAPHOR | back 212 figure of speech comparing two different things |
front 213 ELEGY | back 213 a sorrowful poem or speech |
front 214 PROFLIGATE | back 214 corrupt; degenerate |
front 215 CALUMNY | back 215 a false and malicious accusation; misrepresentation |
front 216 SAGACIOUS | back 216 shrewd; wise |
front 217 PROPITIATE | back 217 to conciliate; to appease |
front 218 HAPLESS | back 218 unfortunate; having bad luck |
front 219 PALATIAL | back 219 relating to a palace; magnificent |
front 220 GARNER | back 220 to gather and store |
front 221 POLYGLOT | back 221 a speaker of many languages |
front 222 LUCID | back 222 clear and easily understood |
front 223 EMBELLISH | back 223 to add ornamental or fictitious details |
front 224 PUNGENT | back 224 sharp and irritating to the senses |
front 225 ABERRANT | back 225 deviating from what is normal or expected |
front 226 BOMBASTIC | back 226 pompous in speech and manner |
front 227 BOLSTER | back 227 to support; prop up |
front 228 BEVY | back 228 group |
front 229 VISCOUS | back 229 thick and adhesive, like a slow-flowing fluid |
front 230 GRADATION | back 230 process occurring by regular degrees or stages; variation in color |
front 231 MORES | back 231 fixed customs or manners; moral attitudes |
front 232 VOLATILE | back 232 easily arouse or changeable; lively or explosive |
front 233 ADVOCATE | back 233 to speak in favor of |
front 234 MITIGATE | back 234 to soften; to lessen |
front 235 ALLEVIATE | back 235 to make more bearable |
front 236 PARRY | back 236 to ward off or deflect, especially by a quick-witted answer |
front 237 TACIT | back 237 done without using words |
front 238 MONOTONY | back 238 no variation; tediously the same |
front 239 MOLT | back 239 to shed hair, skin, or an outer layer periodically |
front 240 ACME | back 240 highest point; summit; the highest level or degree attainable |
front 241 ADULTERATE | back 241 to make impure |
front 242 SLAKE | back 242 to calm down or moderate |
front 243 FRACTIOUS | back 243 unruly; rebellious |
front 244 ENCOMIUM | back 244 warm praise |
front 245 INVECTIVE | back 245 abusive language |
front 246 SALUBRIOUS | back 246 healthful |
front 247 EFFIGY | back 247 stuffed doll; likeness of a person |
front 248 ARCHAIC | back 248 ancient; old-fashioned |
front 249 SENTIENT | back 249 aware; conscious; able to perceive |
front 250 DISTAFF | back 250 the female branch of a family |
front 251 SINECURE | back 251 a well-paying job or office that requires little or no work |
front 252 PUSILLANIMOUS | back 252 cowardly; without courage |
front 253 DEFERENCE | back 253 respect; courtesy |
front 254 ARTICULATE | back 254 able to speak clearly and expressively |
front 255 SATIATE | back 255 to satisfy fully or overindulge |
front 256 REPOSE | back 256 relaxation; leisure |
front 257 REPUDIATE | back 257 to reject the validity of |
front 258 REQUITE | back 258 to return or repay |
front 259 PUERILE | back 259 childish, immature, or silly |
front 260 INTRACTABLE | back 260 not easily managed or manipulated |
front 261 PARIAH | back 261 an outcast |
front 262 POSIT | back 262 to assume as real or conceded; propose as an explanation |
front 263 PALLIATE | back 263 to make less serious; ease |
front 264 ESOTERIC | back 264 known or understood only by a few |
front 265 PROPRIETY | back 265 the quality of behaving in a proper manner; obeying rules and customs |
front 266 PROLIFERATE | back 266 to increase in number quickly |
front 267 INTERREGNUM | back 267 period between reigns |
front 268 PRODIGAL | back 268 lavish; wasteful |
front 269 MILITATE | back 269 to operate against; work against |
front 270 MYOPIC | back 270 lacking foresight; having a narrow view or lang-range perspective |
front 271 ENIGMA | back 271 a puzzle; a mystery |
front 272 AMBIGUOUS | back 272 doubtful or uncertain; can be interpreted several ways |
front 273 DICTUM | back 273 authoritative statement |
front 274 OVERWROUGHT | back 274 agitated; overdone |
front 275 ABATE | back 275 to reduce in amount, degree, or severity |
front 276 ERRATIC | back 276 wandering and unpredictable |
front 277 INUNDATE | back 277 to overwhelm; to cover with water |
front 278 HOMOGENEOUS | back 278 of a similar kind |
front 279 SUBLIME | back 279 lofty or grand |
front 280 INNOCUOUS | back 280 harmless |
front 281 IMPLACABLE | back 281 unable to be calmed down or made peaceful |
front 282 STIGMA | back 282 a mark of shame or discredit |
front 283 IMPETUOUS | back 283 quick to act without thinking |
front 284 HETEROGENEOUS | back 284 composed of unlike parts; different; diverse |
front 285 CAPRICIOUS | back 285 changing one's mind quickly and often |
front 286 EULOGY | back 286 speech in praise of someone |
front 287 LOQUACIOUS | back 287 talkative |
front 288 LETHARGIC | back 288 acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner |
front 289 DISSONANCE | back 289 a harsh and disagreeable combination, especially of sounds |
front 290 SYMBIOSIS | back 290 cooperation; mutual helpfulness |
front 291 FORESTALL | back 291 to prevent or delay; anticipate |
front 292 SPARTAN | back 292 highly self-disciplined; frugal; austere |
front 293 EFFRONTERY | back 293 impudent boldness; audacity |
front 294 AXIOM | back 294 premise; postulate; self-evident truth |
front 295 EXACERBATE | back 295 to make worse |
front 296 EXONERATE | back 296 to clear of blame |
front 297 PUGILISM | back 297 boxing |
front 298 CHICANERY | back 298 deception by means of craft or guile |
front 299 DITHER | back 299 to act confusedly or without clear purpose |
front 300 PROBITY | back 300 complete honesty and integriity |
front 301 NADIR | back 301 lowest point |
front 302 ESTIMABLE | back 302 admirable |
front 303 PRUDENCE | back 303 wisdom, caution, restraint |
front 304 CARTOGRAPHY | back 304 science or art of making maps |
front 305 EXPLICIT | back 305 clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression |
front 306 STASIS | back 306 a state of static balance or equilibrium; stagnation |
front 307 FOMENT | back 307 to arouse or incite |
front 308 VARIEGATED | back 308 varied; marked with different colors |
front 309 INGRATE | back 309 ungrateful person |
front 310 VICISSITUDE | back 310 a change or variation; ups and downs |
front 311 VIM | back 311 vitality and energy |
front 312 VITUPERATE | back 312 to abuse verbally; berate |
front 313 VOLUBLE | back 313 talkative; speaking easily; glib |
front 314 WAN | back 314 sickly pale |
front 315 WANTON | back 315 undisciplined; unrestrained; reckless |
front 316 ABJURE | back 316 to reject; abandon formally |
front 317 ABASE | back 317 to humble; disgrace |
front 318 ACIDULOUS | back 318 sour in taste or manner |
front 319 ALACRITY | back 319 speed or quickness |
front 320 TOME | back 320 book, usually large and academic |
front 321 QUERULOUS | back 321 inclined to complain; irritable |
front 322 QUIESCENT | back 322 motionless |
front 323 PEREGRINATE | back 323 to wander from place to place; to travel, especially on foot |
front 324 DESULTORY | back 324 jumping from one thing to another; disconnected |
front 325 AMORTIZE | back 325 to diminish by installment payments |
front 326 PERFIDIOUS | back 326 willing to betray one's trust |
front 327 QUIXOTIC | back 327 overly idealistic; impractical |
front 328 PERFUNCTORY | back 328 done in a routine way; indifferent |
front 329 AMULET | back 329 ornament worn as a charm against evil spirits |
front 330 QUOTIDIAN | back 330 occurring daily; commonplace |
front 331 DIAPHANOUS | back 331 allowing light to show through; delicate |
front 332 TORPOR | back 332 extreme mental and physical sluggishness |
front 333 TRANSITORY | back 333 temporary; lasting a brief time |
front 334 PROCLIVITY | back 334 a natural inclination or predisposition |
front 335 ANALGESIA | back 335 a lessening or pain without loss of consciousness |
front 336 ABSCOND | back 336 to leave secretly |
front 337 ANALOGOUS | back 337 similar or alike in some way; equivalent to |
front 338 ANODYNE | back 338 something that calms or soothes pain |
front 339 ANTIPATHY | back 339 extreme dislike |
front 340 TRENCHANT | back 340 acute, sharp, or incisive; forceful; effective |
front 341 APOCRYPHAL | back 341 of questionable authority or authenticity |
front 342 APOSTATE | back 342 one who renounces a religious faith |
front 343 ABSTEMIOUS | back 343 moderate in appetite |
front 344 APPROBATION | back 344 approval and praise |
front 345 TURGID | back 345 swollen as from a fluid; bloated |
front 346 ACCRETION | back 346 a growth in size; an increase in amount |
front 347 AERIE | back 347 a nest built high in the air; an elevated, often secluded, dwelling |
front 348 TYRO | back 348 beginner; novice |
front 349 UMBRAGE | back 349 offense; resentment |
front 350 ARDOR | back 350 intense and passionate feeling |
front 351 ARROGATE | back 351 to claim without justification; to claim for oneself without right |
front 352 ASSAIL | back 352 to attack; assault |
front 353 UNCONSCIONABLE | back 353 unscrupulous; shockingly unfair or unjust |
front 354 UNEQUIVOCAL | back 354 absolute; certain |
front 355 UPBRAID | back 355 to scold sharply |
front 356 HERMETIC | back 356 tightly sealed |
front 357 HOARY | back 357 very old; whitish or gray from age |
front 358 AESTHETIC | back 358 concerning the appreciation of beauty |
front 359 ATTENUATE | back 359 to reduce in force or degree; weaken |
front 360 AUGURY | back 360 prophecy; prediction of events |
front 361 AFFECTED | back 361 phony; artificial |
front 362 AGGRANDIZE | back 362 to increase in power, influence, and reputation |
front 363 DECLIVITY | back 363 downward slope |
front 364 HUSBAND | back 364 to manage economically; to use sparingly |
front 365 EQUIVOCATE | back 365 to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead |
front 366 DECOROUS | back 366 proper; tasteful; socially correct |
front 367 DELETERIOUS | back 367 subtly or unexpectedly harmful |
front 368 DEMAGOGUE | back 368 a leader or rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion or prejudice |
front 369 DEMUR | back 369 to express doubts or objection |
front 370 RACONTEUR | back 370 witty, skillful storyteller |
front 371 ERSATZ | back 371 fake |
front 372 ERUDITE | back 372 learned; scholarly; bookish |
front 373 PEJORATIVE | back 373 having bad connotations; disparaging |
front 374 PENURY | back 374 an oppressive lack of resource (as money); severe poverty |
front 375 DERIDE | back 375 to speak of or treat with contempt; to mock |
front 376 RAREFY | back 376 to make thinner or sparser |
front 377 REDRESS | back 377 relief from wrong or injury |
front 378 REJOINDER | back 378 response |
front 379 DIFFIDENT | back 379 lacking self-confidence |
front 380 DILATORY | back 380 intended to delay |
front 381 EXPONENT | back 381 one who champions or advocates |
front 382 PERIPATETIC | back 382 wandering from place to place, especially on foot |
front 383 NUMISMATICS | back 383 coin collecting |
front 384 PERSPICACIOUS | back 384 shrewd, astute, or keen-witted |
front 385 OBDURATE | back 385 hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion |
front 386 DILETTANTE | back 386 someone with an amateurish or superficial interest in a topic |
front 387 RESTIVE | back 387 impatient, uneasy, or restless |
front 388 PHALANX | back 388 a compact or close-knit body of people, animals, or things |
front 389 DISABUSE | back 389 to set right; free from error |
front 390 DISCERN | back 390 to perceive or recognize |
front 391 PHILISTINE | back 391 a person who is guided by materialism and is disdainful of intellectual or artistic values |
front 392 DISPARATE | back 392 fundamentally different; entirely unalike |
front 393 JINGOISM | back 393 belligerent support of one's country |
front 394 INQUEST | back 394 an investigation; an inquiry |
front 395 KEEN | back 395 having a sharp edge; intellectually sharp; perceptive |
front 396 LATENT | back 396 potential that is not readily apparent |
front 397 INCULCATE | back 397 to teach; impress in the mind |
front 398 OBLIQUE | back 398 indirect or evasive; misleading or devious |
front 399 LAVISH | back 399 extremely generous or extravagant; giving unsparingly |
front 400 OBSEQUIOUS | back 400 overly submissive and eager to please |
front 401 KINETIC | back 401 relating to motion; characterized by movement |
front 402 LEERY | back 402 suspicious |
front 403 OBVIATE | back 403 to prevent; to make unnecessary |
front 404 LEGERDEMAIN | back 404 trickery |
front 405 KNELL | back 405 sound of a funeral bell; omen of death or failure |
front 406 LEVITY | back 406 an inappropriate lack of seriousness; overly casual |
front 407 OCCLUDE | back 407 to stop up; prevent the passage of |
front 408 OFFICIOUS | back 408 too helpful; meddlesome |
front 409 LIBERAL | back 409 tolerant or broad-minded; generous or lavish |
front 410 LACONIC | back 410 using few words |
front 411 INIMICAL | back 411 hostile; unfriendly |
front 412 INCHOATE | back 412 not fully formed; disorganized |
front 413 ONEROUS | back 413 troublesome and oppressive; burdensome |
front 414 OPINE | back 414 to express an opinion |
front 415 PHLEGMATIC | back 415 calm and unemotional in temperament |
front 416 LIBERTINE | back 416 a free thinker, usually used disparagingly; one without moral restraint |
front 417 PITHY | back 417 profound or substantial yet concise succinct, and to the point |
front 418 LICENTIOUS | back 418 immoral; unrestrained by society |
front 419 PLEBEIAN | back 419 crude or coarse; characteristic of commoners |
front 420 LIMPID | back 420 clear; transparent |
front 421 PLUCKY | back 421 courageous; spunky |
front 422 LIONIZE | back 422 to treat as a celebrity |
front 423 LISSOME | back 423 easily flexed; limber; agile |
front 424 POLEMIC | back 424 controversy; argument; verbal attack |
front 425 OPPROBRIUM | back 425 public disgrace |
front 426 LISTLESS | back 426 lacking energy and enthusiasm |
front 427 POLITIC | back 427 shrewd and practical in managing or dealing with things; diplomatic |
front 428 RHETORIC | back 428 effective writing or speaking |
front 429 LIVID | back 429 discolored from a bruise; reddened with anger |
front 430 LUGUBRIOUS | back 430 sorrowful; mournful; dismal |
front 431 LUMBER | back 431 to move slowly and awkwardly |
front 432 MACHINATION | back 432 plot or scheme |
front 433 CLOYING | back 433 sickly sweet; excessive |
front 434 RIBALD | back 434 humorous in a vulgar way |
front 435 ROCOCO | back 435 very highly ornamented |
front 436 IMPUGN | back 436 to call into question; to attack verbally |
front 437 COALESCE | back 437 to grow together to form a single whole |
front 438 COFFER | back 438 strongbox; large chest for money |
front 439 COGENT | back 439 convincing and well-reasoned |
front 440 WHIMSICAL | back 440 lightly acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable |
front 441 WILY | back 441 clever; deceptive |
front 442 COLLUSION | back 442 collaboration; complicity; conspiracy |
front 443 WIZENED | back 443 shriveled; withered; wrinkled |
front 444 WRAITH | back 444 a ghost or specter; a ghost of a living person seen just before his/her death |
front 445 YOKE | back 445 to join together |
front 446 ZENITH | back 446 the point of culmination; peak |
front 447 ICONOCLAST | back 447 one who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions |
front 448 CONVOLUTED | back 448 intricate and complicated |
front 449 COSSET | back 449 to pamper; treat with great care |
front 450 COTERIE | back 450 an intimate group of persons with a similar purpose |
front 451 CREDULOUS | back 451 too trusting; gullible |
front 452 CRAVEN | back 452 lacking courage |
front 453 CUPIDITY | back 453 greed; strong desire |
front 454 DEBUTANTE | back 454 young woman making debut in high society |
front 455 SALIENT | back 455 prominent; of notable significance |
front 456 PRATTLE | back 456 meaningless; foolish talk |
front 457 PRECIPITATE | back 457 to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation |
front 458 PRECIS | back 458 short summary of facts |
front 459 JUDICIOUS | back 459 sensible; showing good judgement |
front 460 INTRANSIGENT | back 460 uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled |
front 461 INSIPID | back 461 lacking interest or flavor |
front 462 INVIDIOUS | back 462 envious, obnoxious, or offensive; likely to promote ill-will |
front 463 INVESTITURE | back 463 ceremony conferring authority |
front 464 INURE | back 464 to harden; accustom become used to |
front 465 IMPRECATION | back 465 a curse |
front 466 PALLID | back 466 lacking color or liveliness |
front 467 PANACHE | back 467 flamboyance or dash in style and action; verve |
front 468 ABEYANCE | back 468 temporary suppression or suspension |
front 469 PANEGYRIC | back 469 elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise |
front 470 CASTIGATE | back 470 to punish or criticize harshly |
front 471 PANOPLY | back 471 impressive array |
front 472 BONHOMIE | back 472 good-natured geniality; atmosphere of good cheer |
front 473 PARAGON | back 473 model of excellence or perfection |
front 474 BOOR | back 474 crude person, one lacking manners or taste |
front 475 BURGEON | back 475 to grow and flourish |
front 476 MAELSTROM | back 476 whirlpool; turmoil; agitated state of mind |
front 477 MAGNATE | back 477 powerful or influential person |
front 478 MALEDICTION | back 478 a curse; a wish of evil upon another |
front 479 MANNERED | back 479 artificial or stilted in character |
front 480 MARTINET | back 480 strict disciplinarian; one who rigidly follows rules |
front 481 CATHOLIC | back 481 universal; broad and comprehensive |
front 482 PARE | back 482 to trim off excess; reduce |
front 483 CAUSTIC | back 483 biting in wit |
front 484 CABAL | back 484 a secret group seeking to overturn something |
front 485 MAUDLIN | back 485 overly sentimental |
front 486 MENDACIOUS | back 486 dishonest |
front 487 MENDICANT | back 487 beggar |
front 488 MERCURIAL | back 488 quick, shrewd, and unpredictable |
front 489 MERETRICIOUS | back 489 gaudy; falsely attractive |
front 490 INGRATIATE | back 490 to gain favor with another by deliberate effort; to seek to please somebody so as to gain an advantage |
front 491 INSURRECTION | back 491 rebellion |
front 492 PRESCIENT | back 492 having foresight |
front 493 PREVARICATE | back 493 to lie or deviate from the truth |
front 494 INTER | back 494 to bury |
front 495 IMBUE | back 495 to infuse, dye, wet, or moisten |
front 496 IMPECUNIOUS | back 496 poor; having no money |
front 497 IMPERVIOUS | back 497 impossible to penetrate |
front 498 IMPIOUS | back 498 not devout in religion |
front 499 INCARNADINE | back 499 blood-red in color |
front 500 INDOLENT | back 500 habitually lazy or idle |