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abbess n.
 Definition
The lady superior of a nunnery.
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abbey n.
 Definition
The group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
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abase v.
 Definition
To lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade.
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abbot n.
 Definition
The superior of a community of monks.
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abdicate v.
 Definition
To give up (royal power or the like).
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abdomen n.
 Definition
In mammals, the visceral cavity between the diaphragm and the pelvic floor; the belly.
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abdominal n.
 Definition
Of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
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abduction n.
 Definition
A carrying away of a person against his will, or illegally.
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abed adv.
 Definition
In bed; on a bed.
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aberration n.
 Definition
Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
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abet v.
 Definition
To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense).
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abeyance n.
 Definition
A state of suspension or temporary inaction.
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abhorrence n.
 Definition
The act of detesting extremely.
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abhorrent adj.
 Definition
Very repugnant; hateful.
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abidance n.
 Definition
An abiding.
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abject adj.
 Definition
Sunk to a low condition.
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abjure v.
 Definition
To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath.
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able-bodied adj.
 Definition
Competent for physical service.
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ablution n.
 Definition
A washing or cleansing, especially of the body.
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abnegate v.
 Definition
To renounce (a right or privilege).
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abnormal adj.
 Definition
Not conformed to the ordinary rule or standard.
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abominable adj.
 Definition
very hateful.
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abominate v.
 Definition
To hate violently.
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abomination n.
 Definition
A very detestable act or practice.
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aboriginal adj.
 Definition
Primitive; unsophisticated.
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aborigines n.
 Definition
The original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
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aboveboard adv. & adj.
 Definition
Without concealment, fraud, or trickery.
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abrade v.
 Definition
To wear away the surface or some part of by friction.
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abrasion n.
 Definition
That which is rubbed off.
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abridge v.
 Definition
To make shorter in words, keeping the essential features, leaning out minor particles.
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abridgment n.
 Definition
A condensed form as of a book or play.
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abrogate v.
 Definition
To abolish, repeal.
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abrupt adj.
 Definition
Beginning, ending, or changing suddenly or with a break.
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abscess n.
 Definition
A Collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
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abscission n.
 Definition
The act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
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abscond v.
 Definition
To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest.
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absence n.
 Definition
The fact of not being present or available.
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absent-minded adj.
 Definition
Lacking in attention to immediate surroundings or business.
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absolution n.
 Definition
Forgiveness, or passing over of offenses.
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absolve v.
 Definition
To free from sin or its penalties.
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absorb v.
 Definition
To drink in or suck up, as a sponge absorbs water.
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absorption n.
 Definition
The act or process of absorbing.
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abstain v.
 Definition
To keep oneself back (from doing or using something).
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abstemious adj.
 Definition
Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food.
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abstinence n.
 Definition
Self denial
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abstruse adj.
 Definition
Dealing with matters difficult to be understood.
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absurd adj.
 Definition
Inconsistent with reason or common sense.
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abundant adj.
 Definition
Plentiful.
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abusive adj.
 Definition
Employing harsh words or ill treatment.
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abut v.
 Definition
To touch at the end or boundary line.
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abyss n.
 Definition
Bottomless gulf.
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academic adj.
 Definition
Of or pertaining to an academy, college, or university.
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academician n.
 Definition
A member of an academy of literature, art, or science.
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academy n.
 Definition
Any institution where the higher branches of learning are taught.
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accede v.
 Definition
To agree.
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accelerate v.
 Definition
To move faster.
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accept v.
 Definition
To take when offered.
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access n.
 Definition
A way of approach or entrance; passage.
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accessible adj.
 Definition
Approachable.
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accession n.
 Definition
Induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
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accessory n.
 Definition
A person or thing that aids the principal agent.
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acclaim v.
 Definition
To utter with a shout.
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accommodate v.
 Definition
To furnish something as a kindness or favor.
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accompaniment n.
 Definition
A subordinate part or parts, enriching or supporting the leading part.
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accompanist n.
 Definition
One who or that which accompanies.
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accompany v.
 Definition
To go with, or be associated with, as a companion.
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accomplice n.
 Definition
An associate in wrong-doing.
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accomplish v.
 Definition
To bring to pass.
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accordion n.
 Definition
A portable free-reed musical instrument.
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accost v.
 Definition
To speak to.
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account n.
 Definition
A record or statement of receipts and expenditures, or of business transactions.
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accouter v.
 Definition
To dress.
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accredit v.
 Definition
To give credit or authority to.
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accumulate v.
 Definition
To become greater in quantity or number.
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accuracy n.
 Definition
Exactness.
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accurate adj.
 Definition
Conforming exactly to truth or to a standard.
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accursed adj.
 Definition
Doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
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accusation n.
 Definition
A charge of crime, misdemeanor, or error.
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accusatory adj.
 Definition
Of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
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accuse v.
 Definition
To charge with wrong doing, misconduct, or error.
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accustom v.
 Definition
To make familiar by use.
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acerbity n.
 Definition
Sourness, with bitterness and astringency.
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acetate n.
 Definition
A salt of acetic acid.
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acetic adj.
 Definition
Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of vinegar.
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ache v.
 Definition
To be in pain or distress.
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Achillean adj.
 Definition
Invulnerable.
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achromatic adj.
 Definition
Colorless.
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acid n.
 Definition
A sour substance.
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acidify v.
 Definition
To change into acid.
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acknowledge v.
 Definition
To recognize; to admit the genuineness or validity of.
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acknowledgment n.
 Definition
Recognition.
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acme n.
 Definition
The highest point, or summit.
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acoustic adj.
 Definition
Pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
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acquaint v.
 Definition
To make familiar or conversant.
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acquiesce v.
 Definition
To comply; submit.
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acquiescence n.
 Definition
Passive consent.
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acquire v.
 Definition
To get as one's own.
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acquisition n.
 Definition
Anything gained, or made one's own, usually by effort or labor.
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acquit v.
 Definition
To free or clear, as from accusation.
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acquittal n.
 Definition
A discharge from accusation by judicial action.
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acquittance n.
 Definition
Release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
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acreage n.
 Definition
Quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
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acrid adj.
 Definition
Harshly pungent or bitter.
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acrimonious adj.
 Definition
Full of bitterness.
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acrimony n.
 Definition
Sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
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actionable adj.
 Definition
Affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
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actuality n.
 Definition
Any reality.
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actuary n.
 Definition
An officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
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actuate v.
 Definition
To move or incite to action.
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acumen n.
 Definition
Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination.
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acute adj.
 Definition
Having fine and penetrating discernment.
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adamant n.
 Definition
Any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability.
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addendum n.
 Definition
Something added, or to be added.
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addle v.
 Definition
To make inefficient or worthless; muddle.
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adduce v.
 Definition
To bring forward or name for consideration.
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adhere v.
 Definition
To stick fast or together.
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adherence n.
 Definition
Attachment.
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adherent adj.
 Definition
Clinging or sticking fast.
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adhesion n.
 Definition
The state of being attached or joined.
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adieu inter.
 Definition
Good-by; farewell.
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adjacency n.
 Definition
The state of being adjacent.
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adjacent n.
 Definition
That which is near or bordering upon.
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adjudge v.
 Definition
To award or bestow by formal decision.
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adjunct n.
 Definition
Something joined to or connected with another thing, but holding a subordinate place.
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adjuration n.
 Definition
A vehement appeal.
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adjutant adj.
 Definition
Auxiliary.
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administrator n.
 Definition
One who manages affairs of any kind.
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admissible adj.
 Definition
Having the right or privilege of entry.
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admittance n.
 Definition
Entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
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admonish v.
 Definition
To warn of a fault.
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admonition n.
 Definition
Gentle reproof.
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ado n.
 Definition
unnecessary activity or ceremony.
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adoration n.
 Definition
Profound devotion.
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adroit adj.
 Definition
Having skill in the use of the bodily or mental powers.
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adulterant n.
 Definition
An adulterating substance.
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adulterate v.
 Definition
To make impure by the admixture of other or baser ingredients.
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adumbrate v.
 Definition
To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem.
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adumbrate v.
 Definition
To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem.
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advent n.
 Definition
The coming or arrival, as of any important change, event, state, or personage.
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adverse adj.
 Definition
Opposing or opposed.
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adversity n.
 Definition
Misfortune.
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advert v.
 Definition
To refer incidentally.
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advertiser n.
 Definition
One who advertises, especially in newspapers.
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advisory adj.
 Definition
Not mandatory.
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advocacy n.
 Definition
The act of pleading a cause.
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advocate n.
 Definition
One who pleads the cause of another, as in a legal or ecclesiastical court.
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aerial adj.
 Definition
Of, pertaining to, or like the air.
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aeronaut n.
 Definition
One who navigates the air, a balloonist.
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aeronautics n.
 Definition
the art or practice of flying aircraft
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aerostat n.
 Definition
A balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
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aerostatics n.
 Definition
The branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and
mechanical properties.
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affable adj.
 Definition
Easy to approach.
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affect v.
 Definition
To act upon
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affectation n.
 Definition
A studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
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affiliate n.
 Definition
Some auxiliary person or thing.
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affirmative adj.
 Definition
Answering yes; to a question at issue.
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affix v.
 Definition
To fasten.
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affluence n.
 Definition
A profuse or abundant supply of riches.
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affront n.
 Definition
An open insult or indignity.
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afire adv. & adj.
 Definition
On fire, literally or figuratively.
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afoot adv.
 Definition
In progress.
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aforesaid adj.
 Definition
Said in a preceding part or before.
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afresh adv.
 Definition
Once more, after rest or interval.
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afterthought n.
 Definition
A thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
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agglomerate v.
 Definition
To pile or heap together.
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aggrandize v.
 Definition
To cause to appear greatly.
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aggravate v.
 Definition
To make heavier, worse, or more burdensome.
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aggravation n.
 Definition
The fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
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aggregate n.
 Definition
The entire number, sum, mass, or quantity of something.
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aggress v.
 Definition
To make the first attack.
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aggression n.
 Definition
An unprovoked attack.
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aggrieve v.
 Definition
To give grief or sorrow to.
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aghast adj.
 Definition
Struck with terror and amazement.
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agile adj.
 Definition
Able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally.
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agitate v.
 Definition
To move or excite (the feelings or thoughts).
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agrarian adj.
 Definition
Pertaining to land, especially agricultural land.
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aide-de-camp n.
 Definition
An officer who receives and transmits the orders of the general.
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ailment n.
 Definition
Slight sickness.
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airy adj.
 Definition
Delicate, ethereal.
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akin adj.
 Definition
Of similar nature or qualities.
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alabaster n.
 Definition
A white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
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alacrity n.
 Definition
Cheerful willingness.
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albeit conj.
 Definition
Even though.
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albino n.
 Definition
A person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
Term
album n.
 Definition
A book whose leaves are so made to form paper frames for holding photographs or the like.
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alchemy n.
 Definition
Chemistry of the middle ages, characterized by the pursuit of changing base
metals to gold.
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alcohol n.
 Definition
A volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
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alcoholism n.
 Definition
A condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
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alcove n.
 Definition
A covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room.
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alder n.
 Definition
Any shrub or small tree of the genus Alumnus, of the oak family.
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alderman n.
 Definition
A member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain
judicial functions.
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aldermanship n.
 Definition
The dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
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alias n.
 Definition
An assumed name.
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alien n.
 Definition
One who owes allegiance to a foreign government.
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alienable adj.
 Definition
Capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
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alienate v.
 Definition
To cause to turn away.
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alienation n.
 Definition
Estrangement.
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aliment n.
 Definition
That which nourishes.
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alkali n.
 Definition
Anything that will neutralize an acid, as lime, magnesia, etc.
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allay v.
 Definition
To calm the violence or reduce the intensity of; mitigate.
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allege v.
 Definition
To assert to be true, especially in a formal manner, as in court.
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allegory n.
 Definition
The setting forth of a subject under the guise of another subject of aptly
suggestive likeness.
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alleviate v.
 Definition
To make less burdensome or less hard to bear.
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alley n.
 Definition
A narrow street, garden path, walk, or the like.
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alliance n.
 Definition
Any combination or union for some common purpose.
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allot
 Definition
To assign a definite thing or part to a certain person.
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allotment
 Definition
Portion.
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allude
 Definition
To refer incidentally, or by suggestion.
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allusion
 Definition
An indirect and incidental reference to something without definite mention of it.
Term
alluvion
 Definition
Flood.
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ally
 Definition
A person or thing connected with another, usually in some relation of helpfulness.
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almanac
 Definition
A series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
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aloof
 Definition
Not in sympathy with or desiring to associate with others.
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altar
 Definition
Any raised place or structure on which sacrifices may be offered or incense burned.
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alter
 Definition
To make change in.
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alteration
 Definition
Change or modification.
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altercate
 Definition
To contend angrily or zealously in words.
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alternate
 Definition
One chosen to act in place of another, in case of the absence or incapacity of that other.
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alternative
 Definition
Something that may or must exist, be taken or chosen, or done instead of something else.
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altitude
 Definition
Vertical distance or elevation above any point or base-level, as the sea.
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alto
 Definition
The lowest or deepest female voice or part.
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altruism
 Definition
Benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
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altruist
 Definition
One who advocates or practices altruism.
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amalgam
 Definition
An alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
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amalgamate
 Definition
To mix or blend together in a homogeneous body.
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amateur
 Definition
Practicing an art or occupation for the love of it, but not as a profession.
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amatory
 Definition
Designed to excite love.
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ambidextrous
 Definition
Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease.
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ambiguous
 Definition
Having a double meaning.
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ambitious
 Definition
Eagerly desirous and aspiring.
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ambrosial
 Definition
Divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
Term
ambulance
 Definition
A vehicle fitted for conveying the sick and wounded.
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ambulate
 Definition
To walk about
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ambush
 Definition
The act or state of lying concealed for the purpose of surprising or attacking the enemy.
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ameliorate
 Definition
To relieve, as from pain or hardship
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amenable
 Definition
Willing and ready to submit.
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Americanism
 Definition
A peculiar sense in which an English word or phrase is used in the United States.
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amicable
 Definition
Done in a friendly spirit.
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amity
 Definition
Friendship.
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amorous
 Definition
Having a propensity for falling in love.
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amorphous
 Definition
Without determinate shape.
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amour
 Definition
A love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
Term
ampere
 Definition
The practical unit of electric-current strength.
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ampersand
 Definition
The character &; and.
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amphibious
 Definition
Living both on land and in water.
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amphitheater
 Definition
An edifice of elliptical shape, constructed about a central open space or arena.
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amplitude
 Definition
Largeness.
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amply
 Definition
Sufficiently.
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amputate
 Definition
To remove by cutting, as a limb or some portion of the body.
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amusement
 Definition
Diversion.
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anachronism
 Definition
Anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
Term
anagram
 Definition
The letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
Term
analogous
 Definition
Corresponding (to some other) in certain respects, as in form, proportion, relations.
Term
analogy
 Definition
Reasoning in which from certain and known relations or resemblance others are formed.
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analyst
 Definition
One who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
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analyze
 Definition
To examine minutely or critically.
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anarchy
 Definition
Absence or utter disregard of government.
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anathema
 Definition
Anything forbidden, as by social usage.
Term
anatomy
 Definition
That branch of morphology which treats of the structure of organisms.
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ancestry
 Definition
One's ancestors collectively.
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anecdote
 Definition
A brief account of some interesting event or incident.
Term
anemia
 Definition
Deficiency of blood or red corpuscles.
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anemic
 Definition
Affected with anemia.
Term
anemometer
 Definition
An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
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anesthetic
 Definition
Pertaining to or producing loss of sensation.
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anew
 Definition
Once more.
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angelic
 Definition
Saintly.
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Anglophobia
 Definition
Hatred or dread of England or of what is English.
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Anglo-Saxon
 Definition
The entire English race wherever found, as in Europe, the United States, or India.
Term
angular
 Definition
Sharp-cornered.
Term
anhydrous
 Definition
Withered.
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animadversion
 Definition
The utterance of criticism or censure.
Term
animadvert
 Definition
To pass criticism or censure.
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animalcule
 Definition
An animal of microscopic smallness.
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animate
 Definition
To make alive.
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animosity
 Definition
Hatred.
Term
annalist
 Definition
Historian.
Term
annals
 Definition
A record of events in their chronological order, year by year.
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annex
 Definition
To add or affix at the end.
Term
annihilate
 Definition
To destroy absolutely.
Term
annotate
 Definition
To make explanatory or critical notes on or upon.
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annual
 Definition
Occurring every year.
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annuity
 Definition
An annual allowance, payment, or income.
Term
annunciation
 Definition
Proclamation.
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anode
 Definition
The point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
Term
anonymous
 Definition
Of unknown authorship.
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antagonism
 Definition
Mutual opposition or resistance of counteracting forces, principles, or persons.
Term
Antarctic
 Definition
Pertaining to the south pole or the regions near it.
Term
ante
 Definition
In the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
Term
antecede
 Definition
To precede.
Term
antecedent
 Definition
One who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
Term
antechamber
 Definition
A waiting room for those who seek audience.
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antedate
 Definition
To assign or affix a date to earlier than the actual one.
Term
antediluvian
 Definition
Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah.
Term
antemeridian
 Definition
Before noon.
Term
antemundane
 Definition
Pertaining to time before the world's creation.
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antenatal
 Definition
Occurring or existing before birth.
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anterior
 Definition
Prior.
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anteroom
 Definition
A room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
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anthology
 Definition
A collection of extracts from the writings of various authors.
Term
anthracite
 Definition
Hard coal.
Term
anthropology
 Definition
The science of man in general.
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anthropomorphous
 Definition
Having or resembling human form.
Term
antic
 Definition
A grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
Term
Antichrist
 Definition
Any opponent or enemy of Christ, whether a person or a power.
Term
anticlimax
 Definition
A gradual or sudden decrease in the importance or impressiveness of what is said.
Term
anticyclone
 Definition
An atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
Term
antidote
 Definition
Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, disease, or the like.
Term
antilogy
 Definition
Inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
Term
antipathize
 Definition
To show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
Term
antiphon
 Definition
A response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
Term
antiphony
 Definition
An anthem or other composition sung responsively.
Term
antipodes
 Definition
A place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
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antiquary
 Definition
One who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
Term
antiquate
 Definition
To make old or out of date.
Term
antique
 Definition
Pertaining to ancient times.
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antiseptic
 Definition
Anything that destroys or restrains the growth of putrefactive microorganisms.
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antislavery
 Definition
Opposed to human slavery.
Term
antispasmodic
 Definition
Tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
Term
antistrophe
 Definition
The inversion of terms in successive classes, as in the "home of joy" and "the joy of home"
Term
antitoxin
 Definition
A substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
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antonym
 Definition
A word directly opposed to another in meaning.
Term
anxious
 Definition
Distressed in mind respecting some uncertain matter.
Term
apathy
 Definition
Insensibility to emotion or passionate feeling.
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aperture
 Definition
Hole.
Term
apex
 Definition
The highest point, as of a mountain.
Term
aphorism
 Definition
Proverb.
Term
apiary
 Definition
A place where bees are kept.
Term
apogee
 Definition
The climax.
Term
apology
 Definition
A disclaimer of intentional error or offense.
Term
apostasy
 Definition
A total departure from one's faith or religion.
Term
apostate
 Definition
False.
Term
apostle
 Definition
Any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
Term
apothecary
 Definition
One who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
Term
apotheosis
 Definition
Deification.
Term
appall
 Definition
To fill with dismay or horror.
Term
apparent
 Definition
Easily understood.
Term
apparition
 Definition
Ghost.
Term
appease
 Definition
To soothe by quieting anger or indignation.
Term
appellate
 Definition
Capable of being appealed to.
Term
appellation
 Definition
The name or title by which a particular person, class, or thing is called.
Term
append
 Definition
To add or attach, as something accessory, subordinate, or supplementary.
Term
appertain
 Definition
To belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
Term
apposite
 Definition
Appropriate.
Term
apposition
 Definition
The act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
Term
appraise
 Definition
To estimate the money value of.
Term
appreciable
 Definition
Capable of being discerned by the senses or intellect.
Term
apprehend
 Definition
To make a prisoner of (a person) in the name of the law.
Term
apprehensible
 Definition
Capable of being conceived.
Term
approbation
 Definition
Sanction.
Term
appropriate
 Definition
Suitable for the purpose and circumstances.
Term
aqueduct
 Definition
A water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
Term
aqueous
 Definition
Of, pertaining to, or containing water.
Term
arbiter
 Definition
One chosen or appointed, by mutual consent of parties in dispute, to decide matters.
Term
arbitrary
 Definition
Fixed or done capriciously.
Term
arbitrate
 Definition
To act or give judgment as umpire.
Term
arbor
 Definition
A tree.
Term
arboreal
 Definition
Of or pertaining to a tree or trees.
Term
arborescent
 Definition
Having the nature of a tree.
Term
arboretum
 Definition
A botanical garden or place devoted to the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
Term
arboriculture
 Definition
The cultivation of trees or shrubs.
Term
arcade
 Definition
A vaulted passageway or street; a roofed passageway having shops, etc., opening from it.
Term
archaic
 Definition
Antiquated
Term
archaism
 Definition
Obsolescence.
Term
archangel
 Definition
An angel of high rank.
Term
archbishop
 Definition
The chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the Greek, Roman, and Anglican church.
Term
archdeacon
 Definition
A high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
Term
archaeology
 Definition
The branch of anthropology concerned with the systematic investigation of the relics of man.
Term
archetype
 Definition
A prototype.
Term
archipelago
 Definition
Any large body of water studded with islands, or the islands collectively themselves.
Term
ardent
 Definition
Burning with passion.
Term
ardor
 Definition
Intensity of passion or affection.
Term
arid
 Definition
Very dry.
Term
aristocracy
 Definition
A hereditary nobility
Term
aristocrat
 Definition
A hereditary noble or one nearly connected with nobility.
Term
armada
 Definition
A fleet of war-vessels.
Term
armful
 Definition
As much as can be held in the arm or arms.
Term
armory
 Definition
An arsenal.
Term
aroma
 Definition
An agreeable odor.
Term
arraign
 Definition
To call into court, as a person indicted for crime, and demand whether he or she plead guilty or not.
Term
arrange
 Definition
To put in definite or proper order.
Term
arrangement
 Definition
The act of putting in proper order, or the state of being put in order.
Term
arrant
 Definition
Notoriously bad.
Term
arrear
 Definition
Something overdue and unpaid.
Term
arrival
 Definition
A coming to stopping-place or destination.
Term
arrogant
 Definition
Unduly or excessively proud, as of wealth, station, learning, etc.
Term
arrogate
 Definition
To take, demand, or claim, especially presumptuously or without reasons or grounds.
Term
Artesian well
 Definition
A very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
Term
artful
 Definition
Characterized by craft or cunning.
Term
Arthurian
 Definition
Pertaining to King Arthur, the real or legendary hero of British poetic story.
Term
artifice
 Definition
Trickery.
Term
artless
 Definition
Ingenuous.
Term
ascendant
 Definition
Dominant.
Term
ascension
 Definition
The act of rising.
Term
ascent
 Definition
A rising, soaring, or climbing.
Term
ascetic
 Definition
Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion.
Term
ascribe
 Definition
To assign as a quality or attribute.
Term
asexual
 Definition
Having no distinct sexual organs.
Term
ashen
 Definition
Pale.
Term
askance
 Definition
With a side or indirect glance or meaning.
Term
asperity
 Definition
Harshness or roughness of temper.
Term
aspirant
 Definition
One who seeks earnestly, as for advancement, honors, place.
Term
aspiration
 Definition
An earnest wish for that which is above one's present reach.
Term
aspire
 Definition
To have an earnest desire, wish, or longing, as for something high and good, not yet attained.
Term
assailant
 Definition
One who attacks.
Term
assassin
 Definition
One who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
Term
assassinate
 Definition
To kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
Term
assassination
 Definition
Murderer, as by secret assault or treachery.
Term
assay
 Definition
The chemical analysis or testing of an alloy ore.
Term
assent
 Definition
To express agreement with a statement or matter of opinion.
Term
assess
 Definition
To determine the amount of (a tax or other sum to be paid).
Term
assessor
 Definition
An officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
Term
assets
 Definition
Property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
Term
assiduous
 Definition
Diligent.
Term
assignee
 Definition
One who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
Term
assimilate
 Definition
To adapt.
Term
assonance
 Definition
Resemblance or correspondence in sound.
Term
assonant
 Definition
Having resemblance of sound.
Term
assonate
 Definition
To accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
Term
assuage
 Definition
To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or disease.
Term
astringent
 Definition
Harsh in disposition or character.
Term
astute
 Definition
Keen in discernment.
Term
atheism
 Definition
The denial of the existence of God.
Term
athirst
 Definition
Wanting water.
Term
athwart
 Definition
From side to side.
Term
atomizer
 Definition
An apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
Term
atone
 Definition
To make amends for.
Term
atonement
 Definition
Amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
Term
atrocious
 Definition
Outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
Term
atrocity
 Definition
Great cruelty or reckless wickedness.
Term
attaché
 Definition
A subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
Term
attest
 Definition
To certify as accurate, genuine, or true.
Term
attorney-general
 Definition
The chief law-officer of a government.
Term
auburn
 Definition
Reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
Term
audacious
 Definition
Fearless.
Term
audible
 Definition
Loud enough to be heard.
Term
audition
 Definition
The act or sensation of hearing.
Term
auditory
 Definition
Of or pertaining to hearing or the organs or sense of hearing.
Term
augment
 Definition
To make bigger.
Term
augur
 Definition
To predict.
Term
Augustinian
 Definition
Pertaining to St. Augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
Term
aura
 Definition
Pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
Term
aural
 Definition
Of or pertaining to the ear.
Term
auricle
 Definition
One of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
Term
auricular
 Definition
Of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
Term
auriferous
 Definition
Containing gold.
Term
aurora
 Definition
A luminous phenomenon in the upper regions of the atmosphere.
Term
auspice
 Definition
favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
Term
austere
 Definition
Severely simple; unadorned.
Term
autarchy
 Definition
Unrestricted power.
Term
authentic
 Definition
Of undisputed origin.
Term
authenticity
 Definition
The state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
Term
autobiography
 Definition
The story of one's life written by himself.
Term
autocracy
 Definition
Absolute government.
Term
autocrat
 Definition
Any one who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence.
Term
automaton
 Definition
Any living being whose actions are or appear to be involuntary or mechanical.
Term
autonomous
 Definition
Self-governing.
Term
autonomy
 Definition
Self-government.
Term
autopsy
 Definition
The examination of a dead body by dissection to ascertain the cause of death.
Term
autumnal
 Definition
Of or pertaining to autumn.
Term
auxiliary
 Definition
One who or that which aids or helps, especially when regarded as subsidiary or accessory.
Term
avalanche
 Definition
The fall or sliding of a mass of snow or ice down a mountain-slope, often bearing with it rock.
Term
avarice
 Definition
Passion for getting and keeping riches.
Term
aver
 Definition
To assert as a fact.
Term
averse
 Definition
Reluctant.
Term
aversion
 Definition
A mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing.
Term
avert
 Definition
To turn away or aside.
Term
aviary
 Definition
A spacious cage or enclosure in which live birds are kept.
Term
avidity
 Definition
Greediness.
Term
avocation
 Definition
Diversion.
Term
avow
 Definition
To declare openly.
Term
awaken
 Definition
To arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
Term
awry
 Definition
Out of the proper form, direction, or position.
Term
aye
 Definition
An expression of assent.
Term
azalea
 Definition
A flowering shrub.
Term
azure
 Definition
The color of the sky.
Term
Baconian
 Definition
Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon or his system of philosophy.
Term
bacterium
 Definition
A microbe.
Term
badger
 Definition
To pester.
Term
baffle
 Definition
To foil or frustrate.
Term
bailiff
 Definition
An officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
Term
baize
 Definition
A single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
Term
bale
 Definition
A large package prepared for transportation or storage.
Term
baleful
 Definition
Malignant.
Term
ballad
 Definition
Any popular narrative poem, often with epic subject and usually in lyric form.
Term
balsam
 Definition
A medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
Term
banal
 Definition
Commonplace.
Term
barcarole
 Definition
A boat-song of Venetian gondoliers.
Term
barograph
 Definition
An instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
Term
barometer
 Definition
An instrument for indicating the atmospheric pressure per unit of surface.
Term
barring
 Definition
Apart from.
Term
baritone
 Definition
Having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
Term
bask
 Definition
To make warm by genial heat.
Term
bass
 Definition
Low in tone or compass.
Term
baste
 Definition
To cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
Term
baton
 Definition
An official staff borne either as a weapon or as an emblem of authority or privilege.
Term
battalion
 Definition
A body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
Term
batten
 Definition
A narrow strip of wood.
Term
batter
 Definition
A thick liquid mixture of two or more materials beaten together, to be used in cookery.
Term
bauble
 Definition
A trinket.
Term
bawl
 Definition
To proclaim by outcry.
Term
beatify
 Definition
To make supremely happy.
Term
beatitude
 Definition
Any state of great happiness.
Term
beau
 Definition
An escort or lover.
Term
becalm
 Definition
To make quiet.
Term
beck
 Definition
To give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
Term
bedaub
 Definition
To smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
Term
bedeck
 Definition
To cover with ornament.
Term
bedlam
 Definition
Madhouse.
Term
befog
 Definition
To confuse.
Term
befriend
 Definition
To be a friend to, especially when in need.
Term
beget
 Definition
To produce by sexual generation.
Term
begrudge
 Definition
To envy one of the possession of.
Term
belate
 Definition
To delay past the proper hour.
Term
belay
 Definition
To make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
Term
belie
 Definition
To misrepresent.
Term
believe
 Definition
To accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
Term
belittle
 Definition
To disparage.
Term
belle
 Definition
A woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
Term
bellicose
 Definition
Warlike.
Term
belligerent
 Definition
Manifesting a warlike spirit.
Term
bemoan
 Definition
To lament
Term
benediction
 Definition
a solemn invocation of the divine blessing.
Term
benefactor
 Definition
A doer of kindly and charitable acts.
Term
benefice
 Definition
A church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
Term
beneficent
 Definition
Characterized by charity and kindness.
Term
beneficial
 Definition
Helpful.
Term
beneficiary
 Definition
One who is lawfully entitled to the profits and proceeds of an estate or property.
Term
benefit
 Definition
Helpful result.
Term
benevolence
 Definition
Any act of kindness or well-doing.
Term
benevolent
 Definition
Loving others and actively desirous of their well-being.
Term
benign
 Definition
Good and kind of heart.
Term
benignant
 Definition
Benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
Term
benignity
 Definition
Kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
Term
benison
 Definition
Blessing.
Term
bequeath
 Definition
To give by will.
Term
bereave
 Definition
To make desolate with loneliness and grief.
Term
berth
 Definition
A bunk or bed in a vessel, sleeping-car, etc.
Term
beseech
 Definition
To implore.
Term
beset
 Definition
To attack on all sides.
Term
besmear
 Definition
To smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
Term
bestial
 Definition
Animal.
Term
bestrew
 Definition
To sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
Term
bestride
 Definition
To get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
Term
bethink
 Definition
To remind oneself.
Term
betide
 Definition
To happen to or befall.
Term
betimes
 Definition
In good season or time.
Term
betroth
 Definition
To engage to marry.
Term
betrothal
 Definition
Engagement to marry.
Term
bevel
 Definition
Any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
Term
bewilder
 Definition
To confuse the perceptions or judgment of.
Term
bibliomania
 Definition
The passion for collecting books.
Term
bibliography
 Definition
A list of the words of an author, or the literature bearing on a particular subject.
Term
bibliophile
 Definition
One who loves books.
Term
bibulous
 Definition
Fond of drinking.
Term
bide
 Definition
To await.
Term
biennial
 Definition
A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and flowers and fruit the second.
Term
bier
 Definition
A horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
Term
bigamist
 Definition
One who has two spouses at the same time.
Term
bigamy
 Definition
The crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
Term
bight
 Definition
A slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
Term
bilateral
 Definition
Two-sided.
Term
bilingual
 Definition
Speaking two languages.
Term
biograph
 Definition
A bibliographical sketch or notice.
Term
biography
 Definition
A written account of one's life, actions, and character.
Term
biology
 Definition
The science of life or living organisms.
Term
biped
 Definition
An animal having two feet.
Term
birthright
 Definition
A privilege or possession into which one is born.
Term
bitterness
 Definition
Acridity, as to the taste.
Term
blasé
 Definition
Sated with pleasure.
Term
blaspheme
 Definition
To indulge in profane oaths.
Term
blatant
 Definition
Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous.
Term
blaze
 Definition
A vivid glowing flame.
Term
blazon
 Definition
To make widely or generally known.
Term
bleak
 Definition
Desolate.
Term
blemish
 Definition
A mark that mars beauty.
Term
blithe
 Definition
Joyous.
Term
blithesome
 Definition
Cheerful.
Term
blockade
 Definition
The shutting up of a town, a frontier, or a line of coast by hostile forces.
Term
boatswain
 Definition
A subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
Term
bodice
 Definition
A women's ornamental corset-shaped laced waist.
Term
bodily
 Definition
Corporeal.
Term
boisterous
 Definition
Unchecked merriment or animal spirits.
Term
bole
 Definition
The trunk or body of a tree.
Term
bolero
 Definition
A Spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
Term
boll
 Definition
A round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
Term
bolster
 Definition
To support, as something wrong.
Term
bomb
 Definition
A hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
Term
bombard
 Definition
To assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
Term
bombardier
 Definition
A person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
Term
bombast
 Definition
Inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
Term
boorish
 Definition
Rude.
Term
bore
 Definition
To weary by tediousness or dullness.
Term
borough
 Definition
An incorporated village or town.
Term
bosom
 Definition
The breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
Term
botanical
 Definition
Connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
Term
botanize
 Definition
To study plant-life.
Term
botany
 Definition
The science that treats of plants.
Term
bountiful
 Definition
Showing abundance.
Term
Bowdlerize
 Definition
To expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by omitting words or passages.
Term
bowler
 Definition
In cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
Term
boycott
 Definition
To place the products or merchandise of under a ban.
Term
brae
 Definition
Hillside.
Term
braggart
 Definition
A vain boaster.
Term
brandish
 Definition
To wave, shake, or flourish triumphantly or defiantly, as a sword or spear.
Term
bravado
 Definition
An aggressive display of boldness.
Term
bravo
 Definition
Well done.
Term
bray
 Definition
A loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
Term
braze
 Definition
To make of or ornament with brass.
Term
brazier
 Definition
An open pan or basin for holding live coals.
Term
breach
 Definition
The violation of official duty, lawful right, or a legal obligation.
Term
breaker
 Definition
One who trains horses, dogs, etc.
Term
breech
 Definition
The buttocks.
Term
brethren
 Definition
Members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
Term
brevity
 Definition
Shortness of duration.
Term
bric-a-brac
 Definition
Objects of curiosity or for decoration.
Term
bridle
 Definition
The head-harness of a horse consisting of a head-stall, a bit, and the reins.
Term
brigade
 Definition
A body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
Term
brigadier
 Definition
General officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
Term
brigand
 Definition
One who lives by robbery and plunder.
Term
brimstone
 Definition
Sulfur.
Term
brine
 Definition
Water saturated with salt.
Term
bristle
 Definition
One of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
Term
Britannia
 Definition
The United Kingdom of Great Britain.
Term
Briticism
 Definition
A word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of Great Britain or the British.
Term
brittle
 Definition
Fragile.
Term
broach
 Definition
To mention, for the first time.
Term
broadcast
 Definition
Disseminated far and wide.
Term
brogan
 Definition
A coarse, heavy shoe.
Term
brogue
 Definition
Any dialectic pronunciation of English, especially that of the Irish people.
Term
brokerage
 Definition
The business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
Term
bromine
 Definition
A dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
Term
bronchitis
 Definition
Inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
Term
bronchus
 Definition
Either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
Term
brooch
 Definition
An article of jewelry fastened by a hinged pin and hook on the underside.
Term
brotherhood
 Definition
Spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
Term
browbeat
 Definition
To overwhelm, or attempt to do so, by stern, haughty, or rude address or manner.
Term
brusque
 Definition
Somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech.
Term
buffoon
 Definition
A clown.
Term
buffoonery
 Definition
Low drollery, coarse jokes, etc.
Term
bulbous
 Definition
Of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
Term
bullock
 Definition
An ox.
Term
bulrush
 Definition
Any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
Term
bulwark
 Definition
Anything that gives security or defense.
Term
bumper
 Definition
A cup or glass filled to the brim, especially one to be drunk as a toast or health.
Term
bumptious
 Definition
Full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit.
Term
bungle
 Definition
To execute clumsily.
Term
buoyancy
 Definition
Power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
Term
buoyant
 Definition
Having the power or tendency to float or keep afloat.
Term
bureau
 Definition
A chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
Term
bureaucracy
 Definition
Government by departments of men transacting particular branches of public business.
Term
burgess
 Definition
In colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of Maryland or Virginia.
Term
burgher
 Definition
An inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
Term
burnish
 Definition
To make brilliant or shining.
Term
bursar
 Definition
A treasurer.
Term
bustle
 Definition
To hurry.
Term
butt
 Definition
To strike with or as with the head, or horns.
Term
butte
 Definition
A conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
Term
buttress
 Definition
Any support or prop.
Term
by-law
 Definition
A rule or law adopted by an association, a corporation, or the like.
Term
cabal
 Definition
A number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private purpose.
Term
cabalism
 Definition
Superstitious devotion to one's religion.
Term
cabinet
 Definition
The body of men constituting the official advisors of the executive head of a nation.
Term
cacophony
 Definition
A disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
Term
cadaverous
 Definition
Resembling a corpse.
Term
cadence
 Definition
Rhythmical or measured flow or movement, as in poetry or the time and pace of marching troops.
Term
cadenza
 Definition
An embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
Term
caitiff
 Definition
Cowardly.
Term
cajole
 Definition
To impose on or dupe by flattering speech.
Term
cajolery
 Definition
Delusive speech.
Term
calculable
 Definition
That may be estimated by reckoning.
Term
calculus
 Definition
A concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
Term
callosity
 Definition
The state of being hard and insensible.
Term
callow
 Definition
Without experience of the world.
Term
calorie
 Definition
Amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water 1 degree centigrade.
Term
calumny
 Definition
Slander.
Term
Calvary
 Definition
The place where Christ was crucified.
Term
Calvinism
 Definition
The system of doctrine taught by John Calvin.
Term
Calvinize
 Definition
To teach or imbue with the doctrines of Calvinism.
Term
came
 Definition
A leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
Term
cameo
 Definition
Any small engraved or carved work in relief.
Term
campaign
 Definition
A complete series of connected military operations.
Term
Canaanite
 Definition
A member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of Canaan, or western Palestine.
Term
canary
 Definition
Of a bright but delicate yellow.
Term
candid
 Definition
Straightforward.
Term
candor
 Definition
The quality of frankness or outspokenness.
Term
canine
 Definition
Characteristic of a dog.
Term
canon
 Definition
Any rule or law.
Term
cant
 Definition
To talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity.
Term
cantata
 Definition
A choral composition.
Term
canto
 Definition
One of the divisions of an extended poem.
Term
cantonment
 Definition
The part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
Term
capacious
 Definition
Roomy.
Term
capillary
 Definition
A minute vessel having walls composed of a single layer of cells.
Term
capitulate
 Definition
To surrender or stipulate terms.
Term
caprice
 Definition
A whim.
Term
caption
 Definition
A heading, as of a chapter, section, document, etc.
Term
captious
 Definition
Hypercritical.
Term
captivate
 Definition
To fascinate, as by excellence. eloquence, or beauty.
Term
carcass
 Definition
The dead body of an animal.
Term
cardiac
 Definition
Pertaining to the heart.
Term
cardinal
 Definition
Of prime or special importance.
Term
caret
 Definition
A sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
Term
caricature
 Definition
a picture or description in which natural characteristics are exaggerated or distorted.
Term
carnage
 Definition
Massacre.
Term
carnal
 Definition
Sensual.
Term
carnivorous
 Definition
Eating or living on flesh.
Term
carouse
 Definition
To drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
Term
carrion
 Definition
Dead and putrefying flesh.
Term
cartilage
 Definition
An elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
Term
cartridge
 Definition
A charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
Term
caste
 Definition
The division of society on artificial grounds.
Term
castigate
 Definition
To punish.
Term
casual
 Definition
Accidental, by chance.
Term
casualty
 Definition
A fatal or serious accident or disaster.
Term
cataclysm
 Definition
Any overwhelming flood of water.
Term
cataract
 Definition
Opacity of the lens of the eye resulting in complete or partial blindness.
Term
catastrophe
 Definition
Any great and sudden misfortune or calamity.
Term
cathode
 Definition
The negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
Term
Catholicism
 Definition
The system, doctrine, and practice of the Roman Catholic Church.
Term
catholicity
 Definition
Universal prevalence or acceptance.
Term
cat-o-nine-tails
 Definition
An instrument consisting of nine pieces of cord, formerly used for flogging in the army and navy.
Term
caucus
 Definition
A private meeting of members of a political party to select candidates.
Term
causal
 Definition
Indicating or expressing a cause.
Term
caustic
 Definition
Sarcastic and severe.
Term
cauterize
 Definition
To burn or sear as with a heated iron.
Term
cede
 Definition
To pass title to.
Term
censor
 Definition
An official examiner of manuscripts empowered to prohibit their publication.
Term
censorious
 Definition
Judging severely or harshly.
Term
census
 Definition
An official numbering of the people of a country or district.
Term
centenary
 Definition
Pertaining to a hundred years or a period of a hundred years.
Term
centiliter
 Definition
A hundredth of a liter.
Term
centimeter
 Definition
A length of one hundredth of a meter.
Term
centurion
 Definition
A captain of a company of one hundred infantry in the ancient Roman army.
Term
cereal
 Definition
Pertaining to edible grain or farinaceous seeds.
Term
ceremonial
 Definition
Characterized by outward form or ceremony.
Term
ceremonious
 Definition
Observant of ritual.
Term
cessation
 Definition
Discontinuance, as of action or motion.
Term
cession
 Definition
Surrender, as of possessions or rights.
Term
chagrin
 Definition
Keen vexation, annoyance, or mortification, as at one's failures or errors.
Term
chameleon
 Definition
Changeable in appearance.
Term
chancery
 Definition
A court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
Term
chaos
 Definition
Any condition of which the elements or parts are in utter disorder and confusion.
Term
characteristic
 Definition
A distinctive feature.
Term
characterize
 Definition
To describe by distinctive marks or peculiarities.
Term
charlatan
 Definition
A quack.
Term
chasm
 Definition
A yawning hollow, as in the earth's surface.
Term
chasten
 Definition
To purify by affliction.
Term
chastise
 Definition
To subject to punitive measures.
Term
chastity
 Definition
sexual or moral purity.
Term
chateau
 Definition
A castle or manor-house.
Term
chattel
 Definition
Any article of personal property.
Term
check
 Definition
To hold back.
Term
chiffon
 Definition
A very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
Term
chivalry
 Definition
The knightly system of feudal times with its code, usages and practices.
Term
cholera
 Definition
An acute epidemic disease.
Term
choleric
 Definition
Easily provoked to anger.
Term
choral
 Definition
Pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
Term
Christ
 Definition
A title of Jesus
Term
christen
 Definition
To name in baptism.
Term
Christendom
 Definition
That part of the world where Christianity is generally professed.
Term
chromatic
 Definition
Belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
Term
chronology
 Definition
The science that treats of computation of time or of investigation and arrangement of events.
Term
chronometer
 Definition
A portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
Term
cipher
 Definition
To calculate arithmetically. (also a noun meaning zero or nothing)
Term
circulate
 Definition
To disseminate.
Term
circumference
 Definition
The boundary-line of a circle.
Term
circumlocution
 Definition
Indirect or roundabout expression.
Term
circumnavigate
 Definition
To sail quite around.
Term
circumscribe
 Definition
To confine within bounds.
Term
circumspect
 Definition
Showing watchfulness, caution, or careful consideration.
Term
citadel
 Definition
Any strong fortress.
Term
cite
 Definition
To refer to specifically.
Term
claimant
 Definition
One who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
Term
clairvoyance
 Definition
Intuitive sagacity or perception.
Term
clamorous
 Definition
Urgent in complaint or demand.
Term
clan
 Definition
A tribe.
Term
clandestine
 Definition
Surreptitious.
Term
clangor
 Definition
Clanking or a ringing, as of arms, chains, or bells; clamor.
Term
clarify
 Definition
To render intelligible.
Term
clarion
 Definition
A small shrill trumpet or bugle.
Term
classify
 Definition
To arrange in a class or classes on the basis of observed resemblance; and differences.
Term
clearance
 Definition
A certificate from the proper authorities that a vessel has complied with the law and may sail.
Term
clemency
 Definition
Mercy.
Term
clement
 Definition
Compassionate.
Term
close-hauled
 Definition
Having the sails set for sailing as close to the wind as possible.
Term
clothier
 Definition
One who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
Term
clumsy
 Definition
Awkward of movement.
Term
coagulate
 Definition
To change into a clot or a jelly, as by heat, by chemical action, or by a ferment.
Term
coagulant
 Definition
Producing coagulation.
Term
coalescence
 Definition
The act or process of coming together so as to form one body, combination, or product.
Term
coalition
 Definition
Combination in a body or mass.
Term
coddle
 Definition
To treat as a baby or an invalid.
Term
codicil
 Definition
A supplement adding to, revoking, or explaining in the body of a will.
Term
coerce
 Definition
To force.
Term
coercion
 Definition
Forcible constraint or restraint, moral or physical.
Term
coercive
 Definition
Serving or tending to force.
Term
cogent
 Definition
Appealing strongly to the reason or conscience.
Term
cognate
 Definition
Akin.
Term
cognizant
 Definition
Taking notice.
Term
cohere
 Definition
To stick together.
Term
cohesion
 Definition
Consistency.
Term
cohesive
 Definition
Having the property of consistency.
Term
coincide
 Definition
To correspond.
Term
coincidence
 Definition
A circumstance so agreeing with another: often implying accident.
Term
coincident
 Definition
Taking place at the same time.
Term
collaborate
 Definition
To labor or cooperate with another or others, especially in literary or scientific pursuits.
Term
collapse
 Definition
To cause to shrink, fall in, or fail.
Term
collapsible
 Definition
That may or can collapse.
Term
colleague
 Definition
An associate in professional employment.
Term
collective
 Definition
Consisting of a number of persons or objects considered as gathered into a mass, or sum.
Term
collector
 Definition
One who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
Term
collegian
 Definition
A college student.
Term
collide
 Definition
To meet and strike violently.
Term
collier
 Definition
One who works in a coal-mine.
Term
collision
 Definition
Violent contact.
Term
colloquial
 Definition
Pertaining or peculiar to common speech as distinguished from literary.
Term
colloquialism
 Definition
Form of speech used only or chiefly in conversation.
Term
colloquy
 Definition
Conversation.
Term
collusion
 Definition
A secret agreement for a wrongful purpose.
Term
colossus
 Definition
Any strikingly great person or object.
Term
comely
 Definition
Handsome.
Term
comestible
 Definition
Fit to be eaten.
Term
comical
 Definition
Funny.
Term
commemorate
 Definition
To serve as a remembrance of.
Term
commentary
 Definition
A series of illustrative or explanatory notes on any important work.
Term
commingle
 Definition
To blend.
Term
commissariat
 Definition
The department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
Term
commission
 Definition
To empower.
Term
commitment
 Definition
The act or process of entrusting or consigning for safe-keeping.
Term
committal
 Definition
The act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
Term
commodity
 Definition
Something that is bought and sold.
Term
commotion
 Definition
A disturbance or violent agitation.
Term
commute
 Definition
To put something, especially something less severe, in place of.
Term
comparable
 Definition
Fit to be compared.
Term
comparative
 Definition
Relative.
Term
comparison
 Definition
Examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
Term
compensate
 Definition
To remunerate.
Term
competence
 Definition
Adequate qualification or capacity.
Term
competent
 Definition
Qualified.
Term
competitive
 Definition
characterized by rivalry.
Term
competitor
 Definition
A rival.
Term
complacence
 Definition
Satisfaction with one's acts or surroundings.
Term
complacent
 Definition
Pleased or satisfied with oneself.
Term
complaisance
 Definition
Politeness.
Term
complaisant
 Definition
Agreeable.
Term
complement
 Definition
To make complete.
Term
complex
 Definition
Complicated.
Term
compliant
 Definition
Yielding.
Term
complicate
 Definition
To make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
Term
complication
 Definition
An intermingling or combination of things or parts, especially in a perplexing manner.
Term
complicity
 Definition
Participation or partnership, as in wrong-doing or with a wrong-doer.
Term
compliment
 Definition
To address or gratify with expressions of delicate praise.
Term
component
 Definition
A constituent element or part.
Term
comport
 Definition
To conduct or behave (oneself).
Term
composure
 Definition
Calmness.
Term
comprehensible
 Definition
Intelligible.
Term
comprehension
 Definition
Ability to know.
Term
comprehensive
 Definition
Large in scope or content.
Term
compress
 Definition
To press together or into smaller space.
Term
compressible
 Definition
Capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
Term
compression
 Definition
Constraint, as by force or authority.
Term
comprise
 Definition
To consist of.
Term
compulsion
 Definition
Coercion.
Term
compulsory
 Definition
Forced.
Term
compunction
 Definition
Remorseful feeling.
Term
compute
 Definition
To ascertain by mathematical calculation.
Term
concede
 Definition
To surrender.
Term
conceit
 Definition
Self-flattering opinion.
Term
conceive
 Definition
To form an idea, mental image or thought of.
Term
concerto
 Definition
A musical composition.
Term
concession
 Definition
Anything granted or yielded, or admitted in response to a demand, petition, or claim.
Term
conciliate
 Definition
To obtain the friendship of.
Term
conciliatory
 Definition
Tending to reconcile.
Term
conclusive
 Definition
Sufficient to convince or decide.
Term
concord
 Definition
Harmony.
Term
concordance
 Definition
Harmony.
Term
concur
 Definition
To agree.
Term
concurrence
 Definition
Agreement.
Term
concurrent
 Definition
Occurring or acting together.
Term
concussion
 Definition
A violent shock to some organ by a fall or a sudden blow.
Term
condensation
 Definition
The act or process of making dense or denser.
Term
condense
 Definition
To abridge.
Term
condescend
 Definition
To come down voluntarily to equal terms with inferiors.
Term
condolence
 Definition
Expression of sympathy with a person in pain, sorrow, or misfortune.
Term
conduce
 Definition
To bring about.
Term
conducive
 Definition
Contributing to an end.
Term
conductible
 Definition
Capable of being conducted or transmitted.
Term
conduit
 Definition
A means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
Term
confectionery
 Definition
The candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
Term
confederacy
 Definition
A number of states or persons in compact or league with each other, as for mutual aid.
Term
confederate
 Definition
One who is united with others in a league, compact, or agreement.
Term
confer
 Definition
To bestow.
Term
conferee
 Definition
A person with whom another confers.
Term
confessor
 Definition
A spiritual advisor.
Term
confidant
 Definition
One to whom secrets are entrusted.
Term
confide
 Definition
To reveal in trust or confidence.
Term
confidence
 Definition
The state or feeling of trust in or reliance upon another.
Term
confident
 Definition
Assured.
Term
confinement
 Definition
Restriction within limits or boundaries.
Term
confiscate
 Definition
To appropriate (private property) as forfeited to the public use or treasury.
Term
conflagration
 Definition
A great fire, as of many buildings, a forest, or the like.
Term
confluence
 Definition
The place where streams meet.
Term
confluent
 Definition
A stream that unites with another.
Term
conformance
 Definition
The act or state or conforming.
Term
conformable
 Definition
Harmonious.
Term
conformation
 Definition
General structure, form, or outline.
Term
conformity
 Definition
Correspondence in form, manner, or use.
Term
confront
 Definition
To encounter, as difficulties or obstacles.
Term
congeal
 Definition
To coagulate.
Term
congenial
 Definition
Having kindred character or tastes.
Term
congest
 Definition
To collect into a mass.
Term
congregate
 Definition
To bring together into a crowd.
Term
coniferous
 Definition
Cone-bearing trees.
Term
conjecture
 Definition
A guess.
Term
conjoin
 Definition
To unite.
Term
conjugal
 Definition
Pertaining to marriage, marital rights, or married persons.
Term
conjugate
 Definition
Joined together in pairs.
Term
conjugation
 Definition
The state or condition of being joined together.
Term
conjunction
 Definition
The state of being joined together, or the things so joined.
Term
connive
 Definition
To be in collusion.
Term
connoisseur
 Definition
A critical judge of art, especially one with thorough knowledge and sound judgment of art.
Term
connote
 Definition
To mean; signify.
Term
connubial
 Definition
Pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
Term
conquer
 Definition
To overcome by force.
Term
consanguineous
 Definition
Descended from the same parent or ancestor.
Term
conscience
 Definition
The faculty in man by which he distinguishes between right and wrong in character and conduct.
Term
conscientious
 Definition
Governed by moral standard.
Term
conscious
 Definition
Aware that one lives, feels, and thinks.
Term
conscript
 Definition
To force into military service.
Term
consecrate
 Definition
To set apart as sacred.
Term
consecutive
 Definition
Following in uninterrupted succession.
Term
consensus
 Definition
A collective unanimous opinion of a number of persons.
Term
conservatism
 Definition
Tendency to adhere to the existing order of things.
Term
conservative
 Definition
Adhering to the existing order of things.
Term
conservatory
 Definition
An institution for instruction and training in music and declamation.
Term
consign
 Definition
To entrust.
Term
consignee
 Definition
A person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
Term
consignor
 Definition
One who entrusts.
Term
consistency
 Definition
A state of permanence.
Term
console
 Definition
To comfort.
Term
consolidate
 Definition
To combine into one body or system.
Term
consonance
 Definition
The state or quality of being in accord with.
Term
consonant
 Definition
Being in agreement or harmony with.
Term
consort
 Definition
A companion or associate.
Term
conspicuous
 Definition
Clearly visible.
Term
conspirator
 Definition
One who agrees with others to cooperate in accomplishing some unlawful purpose.
Term
conspire
 Definition
To plot.
Term
constable
 Definition
An officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
Term
constellation
 Definition
An arbitrary assemblage or group of stars.
Term
consternation
 Definition
Panic.
Term
constituency
 Definition
The inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
Term
constituent
 Definition
One who has the right to vote at an election.
Term
constrict
 Definition
To bind.
Term
consulate
 Definition
The place in which a consul transacts official business.
Term
consummate
 Definition
To bring to completion.
Term
consumption
 Definition
Gradual destruction, as by burning, eating, etc., or by using up, wearing out, etc.
Term
consumptive
 Definition
Designed for gradual destruction.
Term
contagion
 Definition
The communication of disease from person to person.
Term
contagious
 Definition
Transmitting disease.
Term
contaminate
 Definition
To pollute.
Term
contemplate
 Definition
To consider thoughtfully.
Term
contemporaneous
 Definition
Living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
Term
contemporary
 Definition
Living or existing at the same time.
Term
contemptible
 Definition
Worthy of scorn or disdain.
Term
contemptuous
 Definition
Disdainful.
Term
contender
 Definition
One who exerts oneself in opposition or rivalry.
Term
contiguity
 Definition
Proximity.
Term
contiguous
 Definition
Touching or joining at the edge or boundary.
Term
continence
 Definition
Self-restraint with respect to desires, appetites, and passion.
Term
contingency
 Definition
Possibility of happening.
Term
contingent
 Definition
Not predictable.
Term
continuance
 Definition
Permanence.
Term
continuation
 Definition
Prolongation.
Term
continuity
 Definition
Uninterrupted connection in space, time, operation, or development.
Term
continuous
 Definition
Connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
Term
contort
 Definition
To twist into a misshapen form.
Term
contraband
 Definition
Trade forbidden by law or treaty.
Term
contradiction
 Definition
The assertion of the opposite of that which has been said.
Term
contradictory
 Definition
Inconsistent with itself.
Term
contraposition
 Definition
A placing opposite.
Term
contravene
 Definition
To prevent or obstruct the operation of.
Term
contribution
 Definition
The act of giving for a common purpose.
Term
contributor
 Definition
One who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
Term
contrite
 Definition
Broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
Term
contrivance
 Definition
The act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
Term
contrive
 Definition
To manage or carry through by some device or scheme.
Term
control
 Definition
To exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
Term
controller
 Definition
One who or that which regulates or directs.
Term
contumacious
 Definition
Rebellious.
Term
contumacy
 Definition
Contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
Term
contuse
 Definition
To bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
Term
contusion
 Definition
A bruise.
Term
convalesce
 Definition
To recover after a sickness.
Term
convalescence
 Definition
The state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
Term
convalescent
 Definition
Recovering health after sickness.
Term
convene
 Definition
To summon or cause to assemble.
Term
convenience
 Definition
Fitness, as of time or place.
Term
converge
 Definition
To cause to incline and approach nearer together.
Term
convergent
 Definition
Tending to one point.
Term
conversant
 Definition
Thoroughly informed.
Term
conversion
 Definition
Change from one state or position to another, or from one form to another.
Term
convertible
 Definition
Interchangeable.
Term
convex
 Definition
Curving like the segment of the globe or of the surface of a circle.
Term
conveyance
 Definition
That by which anything is transported.
Term
convivial
 Definition
Devoted to feasting, or to good-fellowship in eating or drinking.
Term
convolution
 Definition
A winding motion.
Term
convolve
 Definition
To move with a circling or winding motion.
Term
convoy
 Definition
A protecting force accompanying property in course of transportation.
Term
convulse
 Definition
To cause spasms in.
Term
convulsion
 Definition
A violent and abnormal muscular contraction of the body.
Term
copious
 Definition
Plenteous.
Term
coquette
 Definition
A flirt.
Term
cornice
 Definition
An ornamental molding running round the walls of a room close to the ceiling.
Term
cornucopia
 Definition
The horn of plenty, symbolizing peace and prosperity.
Term
corollary
 Definition
A proposition following so obviously from another that it requires little demonstration.
Term
coronation
 Definition
The act or ceremony of crowning a monarch.
Term
coronet
 Definition
Inferior crown denoting, according to its form, various degrees of noble rank less than sovereign.
Term
corporal
 Definition
Belonging or relating to the body as opposed to the mind.
Term
corporate
 Definition
Belonging to a corporation.
Term
corporeal
 Definition
Of a material nature; physical.
Term
corps
 Definition
A number or body of persons in some way associated or acting together.
Term
corpse
 Definition
A dead body.
Term
corpulent
 Definition
Obese.
Term
corpuscle
 Definition
A minute particle of matter.
Term
correlate
 Definition
To put in some relation of connection or correspondence.
Term
correlative
 Definition
Mutually involving or implying one another.
Term
corrigible
 Definition
Capable of reformation.
Term
corroborate
 Definition
To strengthen, as proof or conviction.
Term
corroboration
 Definition
Confirmation.
Term
corrode
 Definition
To ruin or destroy little by little.
Term
corrosion
 Definition
Gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration.
Term
corrosive
 Definition
That which causes gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration.
Term
corruptible
 Definition
Open to bribery.
Term
corruption
 Definition
Loss of purity or integrity.
Term
cosmetic
 Definition
Pertaining to the art of beautifying, especially the complexion.
Term
cosmic
 Definition
Pertaining to the universe.
Term
cosmogony
 Definition
A doctrine of creation or of the origin of the universe.
Term
cosmography
 Definition
The science that describes the universe, including astronomy, geography, and geology.
Term
cosmology
 Definition
The general science of the universe.
Term
cosmopolitan
 Definition
Common to all the world.
Term
cosmopolitanism
 Definition
A cosmopolitan character.
Term
cosmos
 Definition
The world or universe considered as a system, perfect in order and arrangement.
Term
counter-claim
 Definition
A cross-demand alleged by a defendant in his favor against the plaintiff.
Term
counteract
 Definition
To act in opposition to.
Term
counterbalance
 Definition
To oppose with an equal force.
Term
countercharge
 Definition
To accuse in return.
Term
counterfeit
 Definition
Made to resemble something else.
Term
counterpart
 Definition
Something taken with another for the completion of either.
Term
countervail
 Definition
To offset.
Term
counting-house
 Definition
A house or office used for transacting business, bookkeeping, correspondence, etc.
Term
countryman
 Definition
A rustic.
Term
courageous
 Definition
Brave.
Term
course
 Definition
Line of motion or direction.
Term
courser
 Definition
A fleet and spirited horse.
Term
courtesy
 Definition
Politeness originating in kindness and exercised habitually.
Term
covenant
 Definition
An agreement entered into by two or more persons or parties.
Term
covert
 Definition
Concealed, especially for an evil purpose.
Term
covey
 Definition
A flock of quails or partridges.
Term
cower
 Definition
To crouch down tremblingly, as through fear or shame.
Term
coxswain
 Definition
One who steers a rowboat, or one who has charge of a ship's boat and its crew under an officer.
Term
crag
 Definition
A rugged, rocky projection on a cliff or ledge.
Term
cranium
 Definition
The skull of an animal, especially that part enclosing the brain.
Term
crass
 Definition
Coarse or thick in nature or structure, as opposed to thin or fine.
Term
craving
 Definition
A vehement desire.
Term
creak
 Definition
A sharp, harsh, squeaking sound.
Term
creamery
 Definition
A butter-making establishment.
Term
creamy
 Definition
Resembling or containing cream.
Term
credence
 Definition
Belief.
Term
credible
 Definition
Believable.
Term
credulous
 Definition
Easily deceived.
Term
creed
 Definition
A formal summary of fundamental points of religious belief.
Term
crematory
 Definition
A place for cremating dead bodies.
Term
crevasse
 Definition
A deep crack or fissure in the ice of a glacier.
Term
crevice
 Definition
A small fissure, as between two contiguous surfaces.
Term
criterion
 Definition
A standard by which to determine the correctness of a judgment or conclusion.
Term
critique
 Definition
A criticism or critical review.
Term
crockery
 Definition
Earthenware made from baked clay.
Term
crucible
 Definition
A trying and purifying test or agency.
Term
crusade
 Definition
Any concerted movement, vigorously prosecuted, in behalf of an idea or principle.
Term
crustacean
 Definition
Pertaining to a division of arthropods, containing lobsters, crabs, crawfish, etc.
Term
crustaceous
 Definition
Having a crust-like shell.
Term
cryptogram
 Definition
Anything written in characters that are secret or so arranged as to have hidden meaning.
Term
crystallize
 Definition
To bring together or give fixed shape to.
Term
cudgel
 Definition
A short thick stick used as a club.
Term
culinary
 Definition
Of or pertaining to cooking or the kitchen.
Term
cull
 Definition
To pick or sort out from the rest.
Term
culpable
 Definition
Guilty.
Term
culprit
 Definition
A guilty person.
Term
culvert
 Definition
Any artificial covered channel for the passage of water through a bank or under a road, canal.
Term
cupidity
 Definition
Avarice.
Term
curable
 Definition
Capable of being remedied or corrected.
Term
curator
 Definition
A person having charge as of a library or museum.
Term
curio
 Definition
A piece of bric-a-brac.
Term
cursive
 Definition
Writing in which the letters are joined together.
Term
cursory
 Definition
Rapid and superficial.
Term
curt
 Definition
Concise, compressed, and abrupt in act or expression.
Term
curtail
 Definition
To cut off or cut short.
Term
curtsy
 Definition
A downward movement of the body by bending the knees.
Term
cycloid
 Definition
Like a circle.
Term
cygnet
 Definition
A young swan.
Term
cynical
 Definition
Exhibiting moral skepticism.
Term
cynicism
 Definition
Contempt for the opinions of others and of what others value.
Term
cynosure
 Definition
That to which general interest or attention is directed.
Term
daring
 Definition
Brave.
Term
darkling
 Definition
Blindly.
Term
Darwinism
 Definition
The doctrine that natural selection has been the prime cause of evolution of higher forms.
Term
dastard
 Definition
A base coward.
Term
datum
 Definition
A premise, starting-point, or given fact.
Term
dauntless
 Definition
Fearless.
Term
day-man
 Definition
A day-laborer.
Term
dead-heat
 Definition
A race in which two or more competitors come out even, and there is no winner.
Term
dearth
 Definition
Scarcity, as of something customary, essential ,or desirable.
Term
death's-head
 Definition
A human skull as a symbol of death.
Term
debase
 Definition
To lower in character or virtue.
Term
debatable
 Definition
Subject to contention or dispute.
Term
debonair
 Definition
Having gentle or courteous bearing or manner.
Term
decagon
 Definition
A figure with ten sides and ten angles.
Term
decagram
 Definition
A weight of 10 grams.
Term
decaliter
 Definition
A liquid and dry measure of 10 liters.
Term
decalogue
 Definition
The ten commandments.
Term
Decameron
 Definition
A volume consisting of ten parts or books.
Term
decameter
 Definition
A length of ten meters.
Term
decamp
 Definition
To leave suddenly or unexpectedly.
Term
decapitate
 Definition
To behead.
Term
decapod
 Definition
Ten-footed or ten-armed.
Term
decasyllable
 Definition
A line of ten syllables.
Term
deceit
 Definition
Falsehood.
Term
deceitful
 Definition
Fraudulent.
Term
deceive
 Definition
To mislead by or as by falsehood.
Term
decency
 Definition
Moral fitness.
Term
decent
 Definition
Characterized by propriety of conduct, speech, manners, or dress.
Term
deciduous
 Definition
Falling off at maturity as petals after flowering, fruit when ripe, etc.
Term
decimal
 Definition
Founded on the number 10.
Term
decimate
 Definition
To destroy a measurable or large proportion of.
Term
decipher
 Definition
To find out the true words or meaning of, as something hardly legible.
Term
decisive
 Definition
Conclusive.
Term
declamation
 Definition
A speech recited or intended for recitation from memory in public.
Term
declamatory
 Definition
A full and formal style of utterance.
Term
declarative
 Definition
Containing a formal, positive, or explicit statement or affirmation.
Term
declension
 Definition
The change of endings in nouns and adj. to express their different relations of gender.
Term
decorate
 Definition
To embellish.
Term
decorous
 Definition
Suitable for the occasion or circumstances.
Term
decoy
 Definition
Anything that allures, or is intended to allures into danger or temptation.
Term
decrepit
 Definition
Enfeebled, as by old age or some chronic infirmity.
Term
dedication
 Definition
The voluntary consecration or relinquishment of something to an end or cause.
Term
deduce
 Definition
To derive or draw as a conclusion by reasoning from given premises or principles.
Term
deface
 Definition
To mar or disfigure the face or external surface of.
Term
defalcate
 Definition
To cut off or take away, as a part of something.
Term
defamation
 Definition
Malicious and groundless injury done to the reputation or good name of another.
Term
defame
 Definition
To slander.
Term
default
 Definition
The neglect or omission of a legal requirement.
Term
defendant
 Definition
A person against whom a suit is brought.
Term
defensible
 Definition
Capable of being maintained or justified.
Term
defensive
 Definition
Carried on in resistance to aggression.
Term
defer
 Definition
To delay or put off to some other time.
Term
deference
 Definition
Respectful submission or yielding, as to another's opinion, wishes, or judgment.
Term
defiant
 Definition
Characterized by bold or insolent opposition.
Term
deficiency
 Definition
Lack or insufficiency.
Term
deficient
 Definition
Not having an adequate or proper supply or amount.
Term
definite
 Definition
Having an exact signification or positive meaning.
Term
deflect
 Definition
To cause to turn aside or downward.
Term
deforest
 Definition
To clear of forests.
Term
deform
 Definition
To disfigure.
Term
deformity
 Definition
A disfigurement.
Term
defraud
 Definition
To deprive of something dishonestly.
Term
defray
 Definition
To make payment for.
Term
degeneracy
 Definition
A becoming worse.
Term
degenerate
 Definition
To become worse or inferior.
Term
degradation
 Definition
Diminution, as of strength or magnitude.
Term
degrade
 Definition
To take away honors or position from.
Term
dehydrate
 Definition
To deprive of water.
Term
deify
 Definition
To regard or worship as a god.
Term
deign
 Definition
To deem worthy of notice or account.
Term
deist
 Definition
One who believes in God, but denies supernatural revelation.
Term
deity
 Definition
A god, goddess, or divine person.
Term
deject
 Definition
To dishearten.
Term
dejection
 Definition
Melancholy.
Term
delectable
 Definition
Delightful to the taste or to the senses.
Term
delectation
 Definition
Delight.
Term
deleterious
 Definition
Hurtful, morally or physically.
Term
delicacy
 Definition
That which is agreeable to a fine taste.
Term
delineate
 Definition
To represent by sketch or diagram.
Term
deliquesce
 Definition
To dissolve gradually and become liquid by absorption of moisture from the air.
Term
delirious
 Definition
Raving.
Term
delude
 Definition
To mislead the mind or judgment of.
Term
deluge
 Definition
To overwhelm with a flood of water.
Term
delusion
 Definition
Mistaken conviction, especially when more or less enduring.
Term
demagnetize
 Definition
To deprive (a magnet) of magnetism.
Term
demagogue
 Definition
An unprincipled politician.
Term
demeanor
 Definition
Deportment.
Term
demented
 Definition
Insane.
Term
demerit
 Definition
A mark for failure or bad conduct.
Term
demise
 Definition
Death.
Term
demobilize
 Definition
To disband, as troops.
Term
demolish
 Definition
To annihilate.
Term
demonstrable
 Definition
Capable of positive proof.
Term
demonstrate
 Definition
To prove indubitably.
Term
demonstrative
 Definition
Inclined to strong exhibition or expression of feeling or thoughts.
Term
demonstrator
 Definition
One who proves in a convincing and conclusive manner.
Term
demulcent
 Definition
Any application soothing to an irritable surface
Term
demurrage
 Definition
the detention of a vessel beyond the specified time of sailing.
Term
dendroid
 Definition
Like a tree.
Term
dendrology
 Definition
The natural history of trees.
Term
denizen
 Definition
Inhabitant.
Term
denominate
 Definition
To give a name or epithet to.
Term
denomination
 Definition
A body of Christians united by a common faith and form of worship and discipline.
Term
denominator
 Definition
Part of a fraction which expresses the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided.
Term
denote
 Definition
To designate by word or mark.
Term
denouement
 Definition
That part of a play or story in which the mystery is cleared up.
Term
denounce
 Definition
To point out or publicly accuse as deserving of punishment, censure, or odium.
Term
dentifrice
 Definition
Any preparation used for cleaning the teeth.
Term
denude
 Definition
To strip the covering from.
Term
denunciation
 Definition
The act of declaring an action or person worthy of reprobation or punishment.
Term
deplete
 Definition
To reduce or lessen, as by use, exhaustion, or waste.
Term
deplorable
 Definition
Contemptible.
Term
deplore
 Definition
To regard with grief or sorrow.
Term
deponent
 Definition
Laying down.
Term
depopulate
 Definition
To remove the inhabitants from.
Term
deport
 Definition
To take or send away forcibly, as to a penal colony.
Term
deportment
 Definition
Demeanor.
Term
deposition
 Definition
Testimony legally taken on interrogatories and reduced to writing, for use as evidence in court.
Term
depositor
 Definition
One who makes a deposit, or has an amount deposited.
Term
depository
 Definition
A place where anything is kept in safety.
Term
deprave
 Definition
To render bad, especially morally bad.
Term
deprecate
 Definition
To express disapproval or regret for, with hope for the opposite.
Term
depreciate
 Definition
To lessen the worth of.
Term
depreciation
 Definition
A lowering in value or an underrating in worth.
Term
depress
 Definition
To press down.
Term
depression
 Definition
A falling of the spirits.
Term
depth
 Definition
Deepness.
Term
derelict
 Definition
Neglectful of obligation.
Term
deride
 Definition
To ridicule.
Term
derisible
 Definition
Open to ridicule.
Term
derision
 Definition
Ridicule.
Term
derivation
 Definition
That process by which a word is traced from its original root or primitive form and meaning.
Term
derivative
 Definition
Coming or acquired from some origin.
Term
derive
 Definition
To deduce, as from a premise.
Term
dermatology
 Definition
The branch of medical science which relates to the skin and its diseases.
Term
derrick
 Definition
An apparatus for hoisting and swinging great weights.
Term
descendant
 Definition
One who is descended lineally from another, as a child, grandchild, etc.
Term
descendent
 Definition
Proceeding downward.
Term
descent
 Definition
The act of moving or going downward.
Term
descry
 Definition
To discern.
Term
desert
 Definition
To abandon without regard to the welfare of the abandoned
Term
desiccant
 Definition
Any remedy which, when applied externally, dries up or absorbs moisture, as that of wounds.
Term
designate
 Definition
To select or appoint, as by authority.
Term
desist
 Definition
To cease from action.
Term
desistance
 Definition
Cessation.
Term
despair
 Definition
Utter hopelessness and despondency.
Term
desperado
 Definition
One without regard for law or life.
Term
desperate
 Definition
Resorted to in a last extremity, or as if prompted by utter despair.
Term
despicable
 Definition
Contemptible.
Term
despite
 Definition
In spite of.
Term
despond
 Definition
To lose spirit, courage, or hope.
Term
despondent
 Definition
Disheartened.
Term
despot
 Definition
An absolute and irresponsible monarch.
Term
despotism
 Definition
Any severe and strict rule in which the judgment of the governed has little or no part.
Term
destitute
 Definition
Poverty-stricken.
Term
desultory
 Definition
Not connected with what precedes.
Term
deter
 Definition
To frighten away.
Term
deteriorate
 Definition
To grow worse.
Term
determinate
 Definition
Definitely limited or fixed.
Term
determination
 Definition
The act of deciding.
Term
deterrent
 Definition
Hindering from action through fear.
Term
detest
 Definition
To dislike or hate with intensity.
Term
detract
 Definition
To take away in such manner as to lessen value or estimation.
Term
detriment
 Definition
Something that causes damage, depreciation, or loss.
Term
detrude
 Definition
To push down forcibly.
Term
deviate
 Definition
To take a different course.
Term
devilry
 Definition
Malicious mischief.
Term
deviltry
 Definition
Wanton and malicious mischief.
Term
devious
 Definition
Out of the common or regular track.
Term
devise
 Definition
To invent.
Term
devout
 Definition
Religious.
Term
dexterity
 Definition
Readiness, precision, efficiency, and ease in any physical activity or in any mechanical work.
Term
diabolic
 Definition
Characteristic of the devil.
Term
diacritical
 Definition
Marking a difference.
Term
diagnose
 Definition
To distinguish, as a disease, by its characteristic phenomena.
Term
diagnosis
 Definition
Determination of the distinctive nature of a disease.
Term
dialect
 Definition
Forms of speech collectively that are peculiar to the people of a particular district.
Term
dialectician
 Definition
A logician.
Term
dialogue
 Definition
A formal conversation in which two or more take part.
Term
diaphanous
 Definition
Transparent.
Term
diatomic
 Definition
Containing only two atoms.
Term
diatribe
 Definition
A bitter or malicious criticism.
Term
dictum
 Definition
A positive utterance.
Term
didactic
 Definition
Pertaining to teaching.
Term
difference
 Definition
Dissimilarity in any respect.
Term
differentia
 Definition
Any essential characteristic of a species by reason of which it differs from other species.
Term
differential
 Definition
Distinctive.
Term
differentiate
 Definition
To acquire a distinct and separate character.
Term
diffidence
 Definition
Self-distrust.
Term
diffident
 Definition
Affected or possessed with self-distrust.
Term
diffusible
 Definition
Spreading rapidly through the system and acting quickly.
Term
diffusion
 Definition
Dispersion.
Term
dignitary
 Definition
One who holds high rank.
Term
digraph
 Definition
A union of two characters representing a single sound.
Term
digress
 Definition
To turn aside from the main subject and for a time dwell on some incidental matter.
Term
dilapidated
 Definition
Fallen into decay or partial ruin.
Term
dilate
 Definition
To enlarge in all directions.
Term
dilatory
 Definition
Tending to cause delay.
Term
dilemma
 Definition
A situation in which a choice between opposing modes of conduct is necessary.
Term
dilettante
 Definition
A superficial amateur.
Term
diligence
 Definition
Careful and persevering effort to accomplish what is undertaken.
Term
dilute
 Definition
To make more fluid or less concentrated by admixture with something.
Term
diminution
 Definition
Reduction.
Term
dimly
 Definition
Obscurely.
Term
diphthong
 Definition
The sound produced by combining two vowels in to a single syllable or running together the sounds.
Term
diplomacy
 Definition
Tact, shrewdness, or skill in conducting any kind of negotiations or in social matters.
Term
diplomat
 Definition
A representative of one sovereign state at the capital or court of another.
Term
diplomatic
 Definition
Characterized by special tact in negotiations.
Term
diplomatist
 Definition
One remarkable for tact and shrewd management.
Term
disagree
 Definition
To be opposite in opinion.
Term
disallow
 Definition
To withhold permission or sanction.
Term
disappear
 Definition
To cease to exist, either actually or for the time being.
Term
disappoint
 Definition
To fail to fulfill the expectation, hope, wish, or desire of.
Term
disapprove
 Definition
To regard with blame.
Term
disarm
 Definition
To deprive of weapons.
Term
disarrange
 Definition
To throw out of order.
Term
disavow
 Definition
To disclaim responsibility for.
Term
disavowal
 Definition
Denial.
Term
disbeliever
 Definition
One who refuses to believe.
Term
disburden
 Definition
To disencumber.
Term
disburse
 Definition
To pay out or expend, as money from a fund.
Term
discard
 Definition
To reject.
Term
discernible
 Definition
Perceivable.
Term
disciple
 Definition
One who believes the teaching of another, or who adopts and follows some doctrine.
Term
disciplinary
 Definition
Having the nature of systematic training or subjection to authority.
Term
discipline
 Definition
To train to obedience.
Term
disclaim
 Definition
To disavow any claim to, connection with, or responsibility to.
Term
discolor
 Definition
To stain.
Term
discomfit
 Definition
To put to confusion.
Term
discomfort
 Definition
The state of being positively uncomfortable.
Term
disconnect
 Definition
To undo or dissolve the connection or association of.
Term
disconsolate
 Definition
Grief-stricken.
Term
discontinuance
 Definition
Interruption or intermission.
Term
discord
 Definition
Absence of harmoniousness.
Term
discountenance
 Definition
To look upon with disfavor.
Term
discover
 Definition
To get first sight or knowledge of, as something previously unknown or unperceived.
Term
discredit
 Definition
To injure the reputation of.
Term
discreet
 Definition
Judicious.
Term
discrepant
 Definition
Opposite.
Term
discriminate
 Definition
To draw a distinction.
Term
discursive
 Definition
Passing from one subject to another.
Term
discussion
 Definition
Debate.
Term
disenfranchise
 Definition
To deprive of any right privilege or power
Term
disengage
 Definition
To become detached.
Term
disfavor
 Definition
Disregard.
Term
disfigure
 Definition
To impair or injure the beauty, symmetry, or appearance of.
Term
dishabille
 Definition
Undress or negligent attire.
Term
dishonest
 Definition
Untrustworthy.
Term
disillusion
 Definition
To disenchant.
Term
disinfect
 Definition
To remove or destroy the poison of infectious or contagious diseases.
Term
disinfectant
 Definition
A substance used to destroy the germs of infectious diseases.
Term
disinherit
 Definition
To deprive of an inheritance.
Term
disinterested
 Definition
Impartial.
Term
disjunctive
 Definition
Helping or serving to disconnect or separate.
Term
dislocate
 Definition
To put out of proper place or order.
Term
dismissal
 Definition
Displacement by authority from an office or an employment.
Term
dismount
 Definition
To throw down, push off, or otherwise remove from a horse or the like.
Term
disobedience
 Definition
Neglect or refusal to comply with an authoritative injunction.
Term
disobedient
 Definition
Neglecting or refusing to obey.
Term
disown
 Definition
To refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as connected with oneself.
Term
disparage
 Definition
To regard or speak of slightingly.
Term
disparity
 Definition
Inequality.
Term
dispel
 Definition
To drive away by or as by scattering in different directions.
Term
dispensation
 Definition
That which is bestowed on or appointed to one from a higher power.
Term
displace
 Definition
To put out of the proper or accustomed place.
Term
dispossess
 Definition
To deprive of actual occupancy, especially of real estate.
Term
disputation
 Definition
Verbal controversy.
Term
disqualify
 Definition
To debar.
Term
disquiet
 Definition
To deprive of peace or tranquility.
Term
disregard
 Definition
To take no notice of.
Term
disreputable
 Definition
Dishonorable or disgraceful.
Term
disrepute
 Definition
A bad name or character.
Term
disrobe
 Definition
To unclothe.
Term
disrupt
 Definition
To burst or break asunder.
Term
dissatisfy
 Definition
To displease.
Term
dissect
 Definition
To cut apart or to pieces.
Term
dissection
 Definition
The act or operation of cutting in pieces, specifically of a plant or an animal.
Term
dissemble
 Definition
To hide by pretending something different.
Term
disseminate
 Definition
To sow or scatter abroad, as seed is sown.
Term
dissension
 Definition
Angry or violent difference of opinion.
Term
dissent
 Definition
Disagreement.
Term
dissentient
 Definition
One who disagrees.
Term
dissentious
 Definition
Contentious.
Term
dissertation
 Definition
Thesis.
Term
disservice
 Definition
An ill turn.
Term
dissever
 Definition
To divide.
Term
dissimilar
 Definition
Different.
Term
dissipate
 Definition
To disperse or disappear.
Term
dissipation
 Definition
The state of being dispersed or scattered.
Term
dissolute
 Definition
Lewd.
Term
dissolution
 Definition
A breaking up of a union of persons.
Term
dissolve
 Definition
To liquefy or soften, as by heat or moisture.
Term
dissonance
 Definition
Discord.
Term
dissonant
 Definition
Harsh or disagreeable in sound.
Term
dissuade
 Definition
To change the purpose or alter the plans of by persuasion, counsel, or pleading.
Term
dissuasion
 Definition
The act of changing the purpose of or altering the plans of through persuasion, or pleading.
Term
disyllable
 Definition
A word of two syllables.
Term
distemper
 Definition
A disease or malady.
Term
distend
 Definition
To stretch out or expand in every direction.
Term
distensible
 Definition
Capable of being stretched out or expanded in every direction.
Term
distention
 Definition
Expansion.
Term
distill
 Definition
To extract or produce by vaporization and condensation.
Term
distillation
 Definition
Separation of the more volatile parts of a substance from those less volatile.
Term
distiller
 Definition
One occupied in the business of distilling alcoholic liquors.
Term
distinction
 Definition
A note or designation of honor, officially recognizing superiority or success in studies.
Term
distort
 Definition
To twist into an unnatural or irregular form.
Term
distrain
 Definition
To subject a person to distress.
Term
distrainor
 Definition
One who subjects a person to distress.
Term
distraught
 Definition
Bewildered.
Term
distrust
 Definition
Lack of confidence in the power, wisdom, or good intent of any person.
Term
disunion
 Definition
Separation of relations or interests.
Term
diurnal
 Definition
Daily.
Term
divagation
 Definition
Digression.
Term
divergent
 Definition
Tending in different directions.
Term
diverse
 Definition
Capable of various forms.
Term
diversion
 Definition
Pastime.
Term
diversity
 Definition
Dissimilitude.
Term
divert
 Definition
To turn from the accustomed course or a line of action already established.
Term
divertible
 Definition
Able to be turned from the accustomed course or a line of action already established.
Term
divest
 Definition
To strip, specifically of clothes, ornaments, or accouterments or disinvestment.
Term
divination
 Definition
The pretended forecast of future events or discovery of what is lost or hidden.
Term
divinity
 Definition
The quality or character of being godlike.
Term
divisible
 Definition
Capable of being separated into parts.
Term
divisor
 Definition
That by which a number or quantity is divided.
Term
divulge
 Definition
To tell or make known, as something previously private or secret.
Term
divulgence
 Definition
A divulging.
Term
docile
 Definition
Easy to manage.
Term
docket
 Definition
The registry of judgments of a court.
Term
doe
 Definition
The female of the deer.
Term
dogma
 Definition
A statement of religious faith or duty formulated by a body claiming authority.
Term
dogmatic
 Definition
Making statements without argument or evidence.
Term
dogmatize
 Definition
To make positive assertions without supporting them by argument or evidence.
Term
doleful
 Definition
Melancholy.
Term
dolesome
 Definition
Melancholy.
Term
dolor
 Definition
Lamentation.
Term
dolorous
 Definition
Expressing or causing sorrow or pain.
Term
domain
 Definition
A sphere or field of action or interest.
Term
domesticity
 Definition
Life in or fondness for one's home and family.
Term
domicile
 Definition
The place where one lives.
Term
dominance
 Definition
Ascendancy.
Term
dominant
 Definition
Conspicuously prominent.
Term
dominate
 Definition
To influence controllingly.
Term
domination
 Definition
Control by the exercise of power or constituted authority.
Term
domineer
 Definition
To rule with insolence or unnecessary annoyance.
Term
donate
 Definition
To bestow as a gift, especially for a worthy cause.
Term
donator
 Definition
One who makes a donation or present.
Term
donee
 Definition
A person to whom a donation is made.
Term
donor
 Definition
One who makes a donation or present.
Term
dormant
 Definition
Being in a state of or resembling sleep.
Term
doublet
 Definition
One of a pair of like things.
Term
doubly
 Definition
In twofold degree or extent.
Term
dowry
 Definition
The property which a wife brings to her husband in marriage.
Term
drachma
 Definition
A modern and an ancient Greek coin.
Term
dragnet
 Definition
A net to be drawn along the bottom of the water.
Term
dragoon
 Definition
In the British army, a cavalryman.
Term
drainage
 Definition
The means of draining collectively, as a system of conduits, trenches, pipes, etc.
Term
dramatist
 Definition
One who writes plays.
Term
dramatize
 Definition
To relate or represent in a dramatic or theatrical manner.
Term
drastic
 Definition
Acting vigorously.
Term
drought
 Definition
Dry weather, especially when so long continued as to cause vegetation to wither.
Term
drowsy
 Definition
Heavy with sleepiness.
Term
drudgery
 Definition
Hard and constant work in any menial or dull occupation.
Term
dubious
 Definition
Doubtful.
Term
duckling
 Definition
A young duck.
Term
ductile
 Definition
Capable of being drawn out, as into wire or a thread.
Term
duet
 Definition
A composition for two voices or instruments.
Term
dun
 Definition
To make a demand or repeated demands on for payment.
Term
duplex
 Definition
Having two parts.
Term
duplicity
 Definition
Double-dealing.
Term
durance
 Definition
Confinement.
Term
duration
 Definition
The period of time during which anything lasts.
Term
duteous
 Definition
Showing submission to natural superiors.
Term
dutiable
 Definition
Subject to a duty, especially a customs duty.
Term
dutiful
 Definition
Obedient.
Term
dwindle
 Definition
To diminish or become less.
Term
dyne
 Definition
The force which, applied to a mass of one gram for 1 second, would give it a velocity of 1 cm/s.
Term
earnest
 Definition
Ardent in spirit and speech.
Term
earthenware
 Definition
Anything made of clay and baked in a kiln or dried in the sun.
Term
eatable
 Definition
Edible.
Term
ebullient
 Definition
Showing enthusiasm or exhilaration of feeling.
Term
eccentric
 Definition
Peculiar.
Term
eccentricity
 Definition
Idiosyncrasy.
Term
eclipse
 Definition
The obstruction of a heavenly body by its entering into the shadow of another body.
Term
economize
 Definition
To spend sparingly.
Term
ecstasy
 Definition
Rapturous excitement or exaltation.
Term
ecstatic
 Definition
Enraptured.
Term
edible
 Definition
Suitable to be eaten.
Term
edict
 Definition
That which is uttered or proclaimed by authority as a rule of action.
Term
edify
 Definition
To build up, or strengthen, especially in morals or religion.
Term
editorial
 Definition
An article in a periodical written by the editor and published as an official argument.
Term
educe
 Definition
To draw out.
Term
efface
 Definition
To obliterate.
Term
effect
 Definition
A consequence.
Term
effective
 Definition
Fit for a destined purpose.
Term
effectual
 Definition
Efficient.
Term
effeminacy
 Definition
Womanishness.
Term
effeminate
 Definition
Having womanish traits or qualities.
Term
effervesce
 Definition
To bubble up.
Term
effervescent
 Definition
Giving off bubbles of gas.
Term
effete
 Definition
Exhausted, as having performed its functions.
Term
efficacious
 Definition
Effective.
Term
efficacy
 Definition
The power to produce an intended effect as shown in the production of it.
Term
efficiency
 Definition
The state of possessing adequate skill or knowledge for the performance of a duty.
Term
efficient
 Definition
Having and exercising the power to produce effects or results.
Term
efflorescence
 Definition
The state of being flowery, or a flowery appearance.
Term
efflorescent
 Definition
Opening in flower.
Term
effluvium
 Definition
A noxious or ill-smelling exhalation from decaying or putrefying matter.
Term
effrontery
 Definition
Unblushing impudence.
Term
effulgence
 Definition
Splendor.
Term
effuse
 Definition
To pour forth.
Term
effusion
 Definition
an outpouring.
Term
egoism
 Definition
The theory that places man's chief good in the completeness of self.
Term
egoist
 Definition
One who advocates or practices egoism.
Term
egotism
 Definition
Self-conceit.
Term
egotist
 Definition
One given to self-mention or who is constantly telling of his own views and experiences.
Term
egregious
 Definition
Extreme.
Term
egress
 Definition
Any place of exit.
Term
eject
 Definition
To expel.
Term
elapse
 Definition
To quietly terminate: said of time.
Term
elasticity
 Definition
That property of matter by which a body tends to return to a former shape after being changed.
Term
electrolysis
 Definition
The process of decomposing a chemical compound by the passage of an electric current.
Term
electrotype
 Definition
A metallic copy of any surface, as a coin.
Term
elegy
 Definition
A lyric poem lamenting the dead.
Term
element
 Definition
A component or essential part.
Term
elicit
 Definition
To educe or extract gradually or without violence.
Term
eligible
 Definition
Qualified for selection.
Term
eliminate
 Definition
To separate and cast aside.
Term
Elizabethan
 Definition
Relating to Elizabeth, queen of England, or to her era.
Term
elocution
 Definition
The art of correct intonation, inflection, and gesture in public speaking or reading.
Term
eloquent
 Definition
Having the ability to express emotion or feeling in lofty and impassioned speech.
Term
elucidate
 Definition
To bring out more clearly the facts concerning.
Term
elude
 Definition
To evade the search or pursuit of by dexterity or artifice.
Term
elusion
 Definition
Evasion.
Term
emaciate
 Definition
To waste away in flesh.
Term
emanate
 Definition
To flow forth or proceed, as from some source.
Term
emancipate
 Definition
To release from bondage.
Term
embargo
 Definition
Authoritative stoppage of foreign commerce or of any special trade.
Term
embark
 Definition
To make a beginning in some occupation or scheme.
Term
embarrass
 Definition
To render flustered or agitated.
Term
embellish
 Definition
To make beautiful or elegant by adding attractive or ornamental features.
Term
embezzle
 Definition
To misappropriate secretly.
Term
emblazon
 Definition
To set forth publicly or in glowing terms.
Term
emblem
 Definition
A symbol.
Term
embody
 Definition
To express, formulate, or exemplify in a concrete, compact or visible form.
Term
embolden
 Definition
To give courage to.
Term
embolism
 Definition
An obstruction or plugging up of an artery or other blood-vessel.
Term
embroil
 Definition
To involve in dissension or strife.
Term
emerge
 Definition
To come into view or into existence.
Term
emergence
 Definition
A coming into view.
Term
emergent
 Definition
Coming into view.
Term
emeritus
 Definition
Retired from active service but retained to an honorary position.
Term
emigrant
 Definition
One who moves from one place to settle in another.
Term
emigrate
 Definition
To go from one country, state, or region for the purpose of settling or residing in another.
Term
eminence
 Definition
An elevated position with respect to rank, place, character, condition, etc.
Term
eminent
 Definition
High in station, merit, or esteem.
Term
emit
 Definition
To send or give out.
Term
emphasis
 Definition
Any special impressiveness added to an utterance or act, or stress laid upon some word.
Term
emphasize
 Definition
To articulate or enunciate with special impressiveness upon a word, or a group of words.
Term
emphatic
 Definition
Spoken with any special impressiveness laid upon an act, word, or set of words.
Term
employee
 Definition
One who works for wages or a salary.
Term
employer
 Definition
One who uses or engages the services of other persons for pay.
Term
emporium
 Definition
A bazaar or shop.
Term
empower
 Definition
To delegate authority to.
Term
emulate
 Definition
To imitate with intent to equal or surpass.
Term
enact
 Definition
To make into law, as by legislative act.
Term
enamor
 Definition
To inspire with ardent love.
Term
encamp
 Definition
To pitch tents for a resting-place.
Term
encomium
 Definition
A formal or discriminating expression of praise.
Term
encompass
 Definition
To encircle.
Term
encore
 Definition
The call for a repetition, as of some part of a play or performance.
Term
encourage
 Definition
To inspire with courage, hope, or strength of mind.
Term
encroach
 Definition
To invade partially or insidiously and appropriate the possessions of another.
Term
encumber
 Definition
To impede with obstacles.
Term
encyclical
 Definition
Intended for general circulation.
Term
encyclopedia
 Definition
A work containing information on subjects, or exhaustive of one subject.
Term
endanger
 Definition
To expose to peril.
Term
endear
 Definition
To cause to be loved.
Term
endemic
 Definition
Peculiar to some specified country or people.
Term
endue
 Definition
To endow with some quality, gift, or grace, usually spiritual.
Term
endurable
 Definition
Tolerable.
Term
endurance
 Definition
The ability to suffer pain, distress, hardship, or stress of any kind without succumbing.
Term
energetic
 Definition
Working vigorously.
Term
enervate
 Definition
To render ineffective or inoperative.
Term
enfeeble
 Definition
To debilitate.
Term
enfranchise
 Definition
To endow with a privilege, especially with the right to vote.
Term
engender
 Definition
To produce.
Term
engrave
 Definition
To cut or carve in or upon some surface.
Term
engross
 Definition
To occupy completely.
Term
enhance
 Definition
To intensify.
Term
enigma
 Definition
A riddle.
Term
enjoin
 Definition
To command.
Term
enkindle
 Definition
To set on fire.
Term
enlighten
 Definition
To cause to see clearly.
Term
enlist
 Definition
To enter voluntarily the military service by formal enrollment.
Term
enmity
 Definition
Hatred.
Term
ennoble
 Definition
To dignify.
Term
enormity
 Definition
Immensity.
Term
enormous
 Definition
Gigantic.
Term
enrage
 Definition
To infuriate.
Term
enrapture
 Definition
To delight extravagantly or intensely.
Term
enshrine
 Definition
To keep sacred.
Term
ensnare
 Definition
To entrap.
Term
entail
 Definition
To involve; necessitate.
Term
entangle
 Definition
To involve in difficulties, confusion, or complications.
Term
enthrall
 Definition
To bring or hold under any overmastering influence.
Term
enthrone
 Definition
To invest with sovereign power.
Term
enthuse
 Definition
To yield to or display intense and rapturous feeling.
Term
enthusiastic
 Definition
Full of zeal and fervor.
Term
entirety
 Definition
A complete thing.
Term
entomology
 Definition
The branch of zoology that treats of insects.
Term
entrails
 Definition
The internal parts of an animal.
Term
entreaty
 Definition
An earnest request.
Term
entree
 Definition
The act of entering.
Term
entrench
 Definition
To fortify or protect, as with a trench or ditch and wall.
Term
entwine
 Definition
To interweave.
Term
enumerate
 Definition
To name one by one.
Term
epic
 Definition
A poem celebrating in formal verse the mythical achievements of great personages, heroes, etc.
Term
epicure
 Definition
One who cultivates a delicate taste for eating and drinking.
Term
Epicurean
 Definition
Indulging, ministering, or pertaining to daintiness of appetite.
Term
epicycle
 Definition
A circle that rolls upon the external or internal circumference of another circle.
Term
epicycloid
 Definition
A curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle which rolls upon another circle.
Term
epidemic
 Definition
Wide-spread occurrence of a disease in a certain region.
Term
epidermis
 Definition
The outer skin.
Term
epigram
 Definition
A pithy phrasing of a shrewd observation.
Term
epilogue
 Definition
The close of a narrative or dramatic poem.
Term
epiphany
 Definition
Any appearance or bodily manifestation of a deity.
Term
episode
 Definition
An incident or story in a literary work, separable from yet growing out of it.
Term
epitaph
 Definition
An inscription on a tomb or monument in honor or in memory of the dead.
Term
epithet
 Definition
Word used adjectivally to describe some quality or attribute of is objects, as in “Father Aeneas.”
Term
epitome
 Definition
A simplified representation.
Term
epizootic
 Definition
Prevailing among animals.
Term
epoch
 Definition
A interval of time, memorable for extraordinary events.
Term
epode
 Definition
A species of lyric poems.
Term
equalize
 Definition
To render uniform.
Term
equanimity
 Definition
Evenness of mind or temper.
Term
equestrian
 Definition
Pertaining to horses or horsemanship.
Term
equilibrium
 Definition
A state of balance.
Term
equitable
 Definition
Characterized by fairness.
Term
equity
 Definition
Fairness or impartiality.
Term
equivalent
 Definition
Equal in value, force, meaning, or the like.
Term
equivocal
 Definition
Ambiguous.
Term
equivocate
 Definition
To use words of double meaning.
Term
eradicate
 Definition
To destroy thoroughly.
Term
errant
 Definition
Roving or wandering, as in search of adventure or opportunity for gallant deeds.
Term
erratic
 Definition
Irregular.
Term
erroneous
 Definition
Incorrect.
Term
erudite
 Definition
Very-learned.
Term
erudition
 Definition
Extensive knowledge of literature, history, language, etc.
Term
eschew
 Definition
To keep clear of.
Term
espy
 Definition
To keep close watch.
Term
esquire
 Definition
A title of dignity, office, or courtesy.
Term
essence
 Definition
That which makes a thing to be what it is.
Term
esthetic
 Definition
Pertaining to beauty, taste, or the fine arts.
Term
estimable
 Definition
Worthy of respect.
Term
estrange
 Definition
To alienate.
Term
estuary
 Definition
A wide lower part of a tidal river.
Term
et_cetera
 Definition
And so forth.
Term
eugenic
 Definition
Relating to the development and improvement of race.
Term
eulogize
 Definition
To speak or write a laudation of a person's life or character.
Term
eulogy
 Definition
A spoken or written laudation of a person's life or character.
Term
euphemism
 Definition
A figure of speech by which a phrase less offensive is substituted.
Term
euphonious
 Definition
Characterized by agreeableness of sound.
Term
euphony
 Definition
Agreeableness of sound.
Term
eureka
 Definition
I have found it.
Term
evade
 Definition
To avoid by artifice.
Term
evanesce
 Definition
To vanish gradually.
Term
evanescent
 Definition
Fleeting.
Term
evangelical
 Definition
Seeking the conversion of sinners.
Term
evangelist
 Definition
A preacher who goes from place to place holding services.
Term
evasion
 Definition
Escape.
Term
eventual
 Definition
Ultimate.
Term
evert
 Definition
To turn inside out.
Term
evict
 Definition
To dispossess pursuant to judicial decree.
Term
evidential
 Definition
Indicative.
Term
evince
 Definition
To make manifest or evident.
Term
evoke
 Definition
To call or summon forth.
Term
evolution
 Definition
Development or growth.
Term
evolve
 Definition
To unfold or expand.
Term
exacerbate
 Definition
To make more sharp, severe, or virulent.
Term
exaggerate
 Definition
To overstate.
Term
exasperate
 Definition
To excite great anger in.
Term
excavate
 Definition
To remove by digging or scooping out.
Term
exceed
 Definition
To go beyond, as in measure, quality, value, action, power, skill, etc.
Term
excel
 Definition
To be superior or distinguished.
Term
excellence
 Definition
Possession of eminently or unusually good qualities.
Term
excellency
 Definition
A title of honor bestowed upon various high officials.
Term
excellent
 Definition
Possessing distinguished merit.
Term
excerpt
 Definition
An extract or selection from written or printed matter.
Term
excess
 Definition
That which passes the ordinary, proper, or required limit, measure, or experience.
Term
excitable
 Definition
Nervously high-strung.
Term
excitation
 Definition
Intensified emotion or action.
Term
exclamation
 Definition
An abrupt or emphatic expression of thought or of feeling.
Term
exclude
 Definition
To shut out purposely or forcibly.
Term
exclusion
 Definition
Non-admission.
Term
excrescence
 Definition
Any unnatural addition, outgrowth, or development.
Term
excretion
 Definition
The getting rid of waste matter.
Term
excruciate
 Definition
To inflict severe pain or agony upon.
Term
excursion
 Definition
A journey.
Term
excusable
 Definition
Justifiable.
Term
execrable
 Definition
Abominable.
Term
execration
 Definition
An accursed thing.
Term
executor
 Definition
A person nominated by the will of another to execute the will.
Term
exegesis
 Definition
Biblical exposition or interpretation.
Term
exemplar
 Definition
A model, pattern, or original to be copied or imitated.
Term
exemplary
 Definition
Fitted to serve as a model or example worthy of imitation.
Term
exemplify
 Definition
To show by example.
Term
exempt
 Definition
Free, clear, or released, as from some liability, or restriction affecting others.
Term
exert
 Definition
To make an effort.
Term
exhale
 Definition
To breathe forth.
Term
exhaust
 Definition
To empty by draining off the contents.
Term
exhaustible
 Definition
Causing or tending to cause exhaustion.
Term
exhaustion
 Definition
Deprivation of strength or energy.
Term
exhaustive
 Definition
Thorough and complete in execution.
Term
exhilarate
 Definition
To fill with high or cheerful spirits.
Term
exhume
 Definition
To dig out of the earth (what has been buried).
Term
exigency
 Definition
A critical period or condition.
Term
exigent
 Definition
Urgent.
Term
existence
 Definition
Possession or continuance of being.
Term
exit
 Definition
A way or passage out.
Term
exodus
 Definition
A going forth or departure from a place or country, especially of many people.
Term
exonerate
 Definition
To relieve or vindicate from accusation, imputation, or blame.
Term
exorbitance
 Definition
Extravagance or enormity.
Term
exorbitant
 Definition
Going beyond usual and proper limits.
Term
exorcise
 Definition
To cast or drive out by religious or magical means.
Term
exotic
 Definition
Foreign.
Term
expand
 Definition
To increase in range or scope.
Term
expanse
 Definition
A continuous area or stretch.
Term
expansion
 Definition
Increase of amount, size, scope, or the like.
Term
expatriate
 Definition
To drive from one's own country.
Term
expect
 Definition
To look forward to as certain or probable.
Term
expectancy
 Definition
The act or state of looking forward to as certain or probable.
Term
expectorate
 Definition
To cough up and spit forth.
Term
expediency
 Definition
Fitness to meet the requirements of a particular case.
Term
expedient
 Definition
Contributing to personal advantage.
Term
expedite
 Definition
To hasten the movement or progress of.
Term
expeditious
 Definition
Speedy.
Term
expend
 Definition
To spend.
Term
expense
 Definition
The laying out or expending or money or other resources, as time or strength.
Term
expiate
 Definition
To make satisfaction or amends for.
Term
explicate
 Definition
To clear from involvement.
Term
explicit
 Definition
Definite.
Term
explode
 Definition
To cause to burst in pieces by force from within.
Term
explosion
 Definition
A sudden and violent outbreak.
Term
explosive
 Definition
Pertaining to a sudden and violent outbreak.
Term
exposition
 Definition
Formal presentation.
Term
expository
 Definition
Pertaining to a formal presentation.
Term
expostulate
 Definition
To discuss.
Term
exposure
 Definition
An open situation or position in relation to the sun, elements, or points of the compass.
Term
expressive
 Definition
Full of meaning.
Term
expulsion
 Definition
Forcible ejection.
Term
extant
 Definition
Still existing and known.
Term
extemporaneous
 Definition
Done or made without much or any preparation.
Term
extempore
 Definition
Without studied or special preparation.
Term
extensible
 Definition
Capable of being thrust out.
Term
extension
 Definition
A reaching or stretching out, as in space, time or scope.
Term
extensive
 Definition
Extended widely in space, time, or scope.
Term
extensor
 Definition
A muscle that causes extension.
Term
extenuate
 Definition
To diminish the gravity or importance of.
Term
exterior
 Definition
That which is outside.
Term
external
 Definition
Anything relating or belonging to the outside.
Term
extinct
 Definition
Being no longer in existence.
Term
extinguish
 Definition
To render extinct.
Term
extol
 Definition
To praise in the highest terms.
Term
extort
 Definition
To obtain by violence, threats, compulsion, or the subjection of another to some
Term
extortion
 Definition
The practice of obtaining by violence or compulsion.
Term
extradite
 Definition
To surrender the custody of.
Term
extradition
 Definition
The surrender by a government of a person accused of crime to the justice of another government.
Term
extrajudicial
 Definition
Happening out of court.
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