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- abase
- lower; humiliate
- aberrant
- abnormal or deviant
- abbetor
- encourager
- abeyance
- suspended action
- abjure
- renounce upon oath
- abnegation
- repudiation; self-sacrifice
- abrade
- wear away by friction; erode
- abrogate
- abolish
- abstemious
- sparing in eating and drinking; temparate
- abstruse
- obscure
- accost
- approach and speak first to a person
- accoutre
- equip
- acerbity
- bitterness of speech and temper
- acclivity
- sharp upslope of a hill
- acidulous
- slightly sour; sharp; caustic
- acquiesce
- assent, agree passively
- acrimonious
- stinging; caustic
- acuity
- sharp
- acumen
- mental keenness
- adduce
- present as evidence
- adjunct
- something attached to but holding an inferior position
- adjuration
- solemn urging
- admonish
- warn; reprove
- admonition
- warning
- adroit
- skillful
- adulation
- flattery
- adventitious
- accidental; causal
- advert
- refer to
- aegis
- shield; defense
- affable
- courteous
- affected
- artificial; pretended
- affray
- public brawl
- alacrity
- cheerful promptness
- alimentary
- supplying nourishment
- allure
- entice; attract
- ambulatory
- able to walk
- ameliorate
- improve
- amenable
- readily managed; willing to be led
- amicable
- friendly
- amity
- friendship
- anachronism
- an error involving time in a story
- anathema
- solemn curse
- anathematize
- curse
- ancillary
- serving as an aid or accessory
- andirons
- metal supports in a fireplace for cooking utensils or logs
- animadversion
- critical remarks
- animus
- hostile feeling or intent
- anneal
- reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling
- anodyn
- drug that relieves pain
- antediluvian
- antiquated
- aphasia
- loss of speech due to injury or illness
- aphorism
- pity maxim
- aplomb
- poise
- apocryphal
- not genuine
- apostate
- one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
- apothegm
- pithy, compact sayings
- apotheosis
- deification
- appellation
- name, title
- apposite
- appropriate; fitting
- approbation
- approval
- appurtenances
- subordinate possessions
- apropos
- with reference to; regarding
- aquiline
- curved, hooked
- ardor
- heat; passion; zeal
- argot
- slang
- aria
- operatic solo
- array
- marshal; clothe
- arrears
- being in debt
- arrogate
- claim without reasonable grounds
- arroyo
- gully
- artifice
- deception; trickery
- artless
- without guile; open and honest
- ascendancy
- controlling influence
- asperity
- sharpness (of temper)
- aspersion
- slanderous remark
- assay
- analyze; evaluate
- assiduous
- diligent
- assuage
- ease; lessen (pain)
- astringent
- binding; causing contraction
- atavism
- resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents
- atelier
- workshop; studio
- attenuate
- make thin; weaken
- attrition
- gradual wearing down
- august
- impressive
- aureole
- sun's corona; halo
- aver
- state confidently
- avid
- greedy; eager for
- avocation
- secondary or minor occupation
- axiom
- self-evident truth requiring no proof
- badinage
- teasing conversation
- bagatelle
- trifle
- baleful
- deadly, destructive
- balmy
- mild; fragrant
- banal
- commonplace
- bantering
- good-natured ridiculing
- bate
- let down; restrain
- bedizen
- dress with vulgar finery
- bedraggle
- wet thoroughly
- belie
- contradict
- benison
- blessing
- bicameral
- two-chambered, as a legislative body
- bibulous
- inclined to drink
- bifurcated
- divided into two brances; forked
- bilous
- suffering from indigestion; irritable
- bilk
- swindle; cheat
- blandishment
- flattery
- blazon
- decorate with a heraldic coat of arms
- blithe
- gay; joyous
- bombastic
- pompous; using inflated language
- boorish
- rude; clownish
- braggadocio
- boasting
- brazen
- insolent
- brindled
- tawny or grayish with streaks or spots
- brusque
- blunt; abrupt
- bucolic
- rustic; pastoral
- bumptious
- self-assertive
- cabal
- small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
- cacophony
- discord
- cajole
- coax; wheedle
- calorific
- heat-producing
- calumniate
- slander
- calumny
- malicious misrepresentation
- canard
- unfounded rumor
- cant
- jargon of thieves; pious phraseology
- canto
- division of a long poem
- capacious
- spacious
- caprice
- whim
- capricious
- fickle; incalculable
- captious
- faultfinding
- carapace
- shell covering the back
- carillon
- set of bells capable of being played
- castigation
- punishment; sever criticism
- casuistry
- subtle or sohpisticated reaoning resulting in minute distinctions
- cataclysm
- deluge; upheaval
- catachism
- book for religious instruction
- catholic
- broadly sympathetic; liberal
- caustic
- burning; sarcastically biting
- cavil
- make frivolous objections
- celerity
- speed; rapidity
- censure
- blame; criticize
- cerebration
- thought
- chaffing
- bantering; joking
- chagrin
- vexation; disappointment
- chary
- cautiously watchful
- chattel
- personal property
- checkered
- marked by changes in fortune
- chimerical
- fantastic; highly imaginative
- choleric
- hot-tempered
- curlish
- boorish; rude
- ciliated
- having minute haris
- cipher
- nonentity; worthless person or thing
- circumlocution
- indirect or roundabout expression
- circumspect
- prudent; cautious
- clarion
- shrill, trumpetlike sound
- codicil
- supplement to the body of a will
- coeval
- contemporary; living at the same time
- cogent
- convincing
- cogitate
- think over
- cognomen
- family name
- collation
- a light meal
- collier
- worker in a coal mine; ship carrying coal
- colloquy
- informal discussion
- comestible
- something fit to be eaten
- comeuppance
- rebuke; deserts
- commodious
- spacious and comfortable
- complaisant
- trying to please; obliging
- complicity
- participation; involvement
- comport
- bear one's self; behave
- compunction
- remorse
- concordat
- agreement, usually between the papal authority and the secular
- condign
- adequate; deservedly severe
- congenital
- existing at birth
- conjugal
- pertaining to marriage
- connubial
- pertaining to marriage
- consanguinity
- kinship
- consonance
- harmony; agreement
- contentious
- quarrelsome
- continence
- self-restraint; sexual chastity
- contrite
- penitent
- contumacious
- disobedient; resisting authority
- conundrum
- riddle; difficult problem
- convivial
- festive; gay
- convoke
- call together
- coquette
- flirt
- cortege
- procession
- coruscate
- glitter; scintillate
- coterie
- group that meets socially; select circle
- countenance
- approve; tolerate
- countermand
- cancel; revoke
- cozen
- cheat; hoodwink
- crabbed
- sour; peevish
- cruet
- small glass bottle for vinegar, oil, etc.
- cull
- pickout; reject
- culpable
- deserving blame
- cupidity
- greed
- curmudgeon
- miserly individual
- cursory
- casual; hastily done
- cynosure
- the object of general attention
- debacle
- breaking up; downfall
- decant
- pour off gently
- declivity
- downward slope
- decollete'
- having a low necked dress
- defalcate
- misuse money held in trust
- demagogue
- person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader of people
- demesne
- domain
- demotic
- pertaining to the people
- denizen
- inhabitant of
- denouement
- outcome; final development of the plot of a play
- depilate
- remove hair
- deprecate
- disapprove regretfully
- descant
- discuss fully
- descry
- catch sight of
- desideratum
- that which is desired
- desuetude
- discussed condition
- desultory
- aimless; jumping around
- detraction
- slandering; aspersion
- devolve
- deputize; pass to others
- dialectic
- art of debate
- diaphanous
- sheer; transparent
- diatribe
- bitter scolding; invective
- diffidence
- shyness
- dilatory
- delaying
- dint
- means; effort
- dipsomaniac
- one who has a strong craving for booze
- disabuse
- correct a false impression
- disapprobation
- disapproval; condemnation
- discomfit
- put to rout; defeat; disconcert
- dishabile
- in a state of undress
- disingenuous
- not naive; sophisticated
- disport
- amuse
- disquisition
- a formal systematic inquiry or the explanation of such
- dissemble
- disguise; pretend
- dissipate
- squander
- distaff
- female
- distrait
- absentminded
- diurnal
- daily
- divers
- several; differing
- doctrinaire
- unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic
- doggerel
- poor verse
- dogmatic
- positive; arbitrary
- dolorous
- sorrowful
- dotage
- senility
- doughty
- courageous
- dowdy
- slovenly; untidy
- dross
- waste matter
- duenna
- attendent of young female
- dulcet
- sweet sounding
- duress
- forcible restraint, especially unlawfully
- dyspeptic
- suffering from indigestion
- ebullient
- showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm
- eclat
- brilliance; glory
- educe
- draw forth; elicit
- efface
- rub out
- effete
- worn out; exhausted; barren
- effluvium
- noxious smell
- effusion
- pouring forth
- effusive
- pouring forth; gushing
- egregious
- gross; shocking
- elysian
- relating to paradise; blissful
- emend
- correct; correct by a critic
- emendation
- correction of errors; improvement
- emetic
- substance causing vomiting
- emolument
- salary; compensation
- encomiastic
- praising; eulogistic
- encomium
- praise; eulogy
- enervate
- weaken
- engender
- cause; produce
- enjoin
- command; order; forbid
- ensconce
- settle comfortably
- epaulet
- ornament worn on the shoulder (of a uniform, etc.)
- ephemeral
- short-lived; fleeting
- epicure
- connoisseur of food and drink
- epicurean
- person who devotes himself to pleasures of the senses, especially to food
- episodic
- loosely connected
- epistemologist
- philosopher who studies the nature of knowledge
- equable
- tranquil; steady; uniform
- equanimity
- calmness of temperament
- errant
- wandering
- erudite
- learned; scholarly
- eugenic
- pertaining to the improvement of race
- euphony
- sweet sound
- evanescent
- fleeting; vanishing
- evince
- show clearly
- eviscerate
- disembowel
- exchequer
- treasury
- excoriate
- flay; abrade
- exculpate
- clear from blame
- execrable
- very bad
- execrate
- curse; express abhorrence for
- exegesis
- explanation
- exigency
- urgent situation
- exiguous
- small; minute
- expatiate
- talk at length
- expiate
- make amends for (a sin)
- expostulation
- protest; reproof
- extemporaneous
- not planned; impromptu
- extirpate
- root up
- factious
- inclined to form factions
- factotum
- handyman
- fallow
- plowed but not sowed; uncultivated
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