A:

• Admonish - (v.) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly to remind of a duty
• Adjourn - (v.) to stop proceedings temporarily; move to another place
• Alien - (n.) a citizen of another country; (adj.) foreign, strange
• Abridge - (v.) to make shorter
• Adherent - (n.) a follower, supporter; (adj.) attached, sticking to
• Altercation - (n.) an angry argument
• Abscond - (v.) to run off and hide
• Access - (n.) approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; (v.) to get at, obtain
• Anarchy - (n.) a lack of government and law; confusion
• Arduous - (adj.) hard to do, requiring much effort
• Auspicious - (adj.) favorable; fortunate
• Annihilate - (v.) to destroy completely
• Arbitrary - (adj.) unreasonable; based on one's wishes or whims without regard for reason or fairness
• Atone - (v.) to make up for
• Adieu - (int.) "Farewell!"; (n.) a farewell
• Advent - (n.) an arrival; a coming into place or view
• Apex - (n.) the highest point, tip
• Assimilate - (v.) to absorb fully or make one's own; to adopt as one's own; to adapt fully
• Assurance - (n.) a pledge; freedom from doubt, self-confidence
• Asylum - (n.) an institution for the care of children, elderly people, etc.; a place of safety
• Auxiliary - (adj.) giving assistance or support; (n.) a helper, aid
• Adept - (adj.) thoroughly skilled; (n.) an expert
• Aspire - (v.) to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly; to ascend
• Appreciable - (adj.) sufficient to be noticed or measured
• Autocratic - (adj.) absolute in power or authority
• Ad inifinitum - (adv.) endlessly
• Apportion - (v.) to divide and give out in shares
• Annex - (v.) to add to, attach; to incorporate; (n.) an attachment or addition
• Abase - (v.) to lower in esteem, degrade; to humble
• Actuate - (v.) to move to action; to impel
• Avert - (v.) to turn aside, turn away; to prevent, avoid

B:

• Breach - (n.) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; (v.) to create an opening, break through
• Brigand - (n.) a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman
• Biased - (adj.) favoring one side unduly; prejudiced
• Brazen - (adj.) shameless, impudent; made of brass
• Bondage - (n.) slavery; any state of being bound or held down
• Bogus - (adj.) false, counterfeit
• Bleak - (adj.) bare, dreary, dismal
• Brevity - (n.) shortness
• Blanch - (v.) to remove the color form; to make or turn pale; to parboil
• Blasphemy - (n.) an act, utterance, or writing showing contempt for something sacred
• Brawny - (adj.) strong, muscular
• Bona fide - (adj.) genuine, sincere
• Buoyant - (adj.) able to float easily; able to hold things up; cheerful, hopeful
• Boorish - (adj.) rude, unrefined; clumsy
• Brunt - (n.) the main impact, force, or burden

C:

• Circumspect - (adj.) careful, cautious
• Commandeer - (v.) to seize for military or official use
• Cumbersome - (adj.) clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving
• Comely - (adj.) having a pleasing appearance
• Compensate - (v.) to make up for; to repay for services
• Cherubic - (adj.) resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet and innocent
• Condone - (v.) to pardon or overlook
• Catalyst - (n.) a substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction; any agent that causes change
• Credible - (adj.) believable
• Console - (v.) to comfort; (n.) the keyboard of an organ; a control panel for an electrical or mechanical device
• Candid - (adj.) frank, sincere; impartial; unposed
• Cubicle - (n.) a small room or compartment
• Chide - (v.) to blame; scold
• Comport - (v.) to conduct or bear oneself, behave; to be in agreement
• Concise - (adj.) expressing much in a few words
• Concerted - (adj.) planned or performed in cooperation with others
• Contend - (v.) to right, struggle; to compete; to argue
• Clique - (n.) a small, exclusive group of people
• Concede - (v.) to admit as true; to yield, submit
• Congenial - (adj.) getting on well with others; agreeable, pleasant
• Cleave - (v.) to cut or split open; to cling to
• Cordial - (adj.) in a firnedly manner, hearty; cheery; (n.) a liqueur
• Cornerstone - (n.) the starting point of a building; a fundamental principle or element
• Combatant - (n.) a fighter; (adj.) engaged in fighting

D:

• Deadlock - (n.) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions; (v.) to bring to such a standstill
• Debris - (n.) scattered fragments, wreckage
• Diffuse - (v.) to spread or scatter freely or widely; (adj.) wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread
• Dilemma - (n.) a difficult or perplexing situation or problem
• Dissolute - (adj.) loose in one's morals or behavior
• Dissent - (v.) to disagree; (n.) disagreement
• Daunt - (v.) to overcome with fear, intimdate; to dishearten, discourage
• Disentangle - (v.) to free from tangles or complications
• Defray - (v.) to pay for
• Diligent - (adj.) hardworking, industrious, not lazy
• Doleful - (adj.) sad; dreary
• Dilate - (v.) to make or become larger or wider; to expand upon
• Dross - (n.) refuse, waste products
• Dwindle - (v.) to lessen, diminish
• Drudgery - (n.) work that is hard and tiresome
• Despicable - (adj.) worthy of scorn, contemptible
• Diminutive - (adj.) small, smaller than most others of the same type
• Demure - (adj.) sober or serious in manner, modest
• Depreciation - (n.) a lessening in value; a belittling
• Deteriorate - (v.) to lower in quality or value; to wear away
• Divulge - (v.) to tell, reveal; to make public
• Debacle - (n.) an overwhelming defeat, rout; a complete collapse or failure
• Devitalize - (v.) to make weak or lifeless
• Dormant - (adj.) inactive; in a state of suspension; sleeping
• Dubious - (adj.) causing uncertainty or suspicion; in a doubtful or uncertain state of mind, hesitant

E:

• Efface - (v.) to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed
• Erratic - (adj.) not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinarily expected; undependable
• Expulsion - (n.) the process of driving or forcing out
• Eminent - (adj.) famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting
• Exorcise - (v.) to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive
• Exodus - (n.) a large-scale departure or flight
• Exorbitant - (adj.) unreasonably high; excessive
• Envoy - (n.) a representative or messenger (as of a government)
• Escalate - (v.) to elevate; to increase in intensity
• Expedient - (n.) a means to an end; (adj.) advantageous, useful
• Emancipate - (v.) to free from slavery; to release or liberate
• Erroneous - (adj.) incorrect, containing mistakes
• Exploit - (v.) to make use of, develop; to make improper use of for personal profit; (n.) a feat, deed
• Extemporaneous - (adj.) made or delivered on the spur of the moment
• Enlightened - (adj.) free from ignorance and false ideas; possessing sound understanding
• Embroil - (v.) to involve in a conflict or difficulty; to throw into confusion
• Exonerate - (v.) to clear from a charge or accusation

F:

• Feint - (n.) a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense; (v.) to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of
• Fodder - (n). food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose
• Fortify - (v.) to strengthen, build up
• Fabricate - (v.) to make, manufacture; to make up, invent
• Fated - (adj.) determined in advance by some destiny or fortune
• Facilitate - (v.) to make easier or assist
• Flippant - (adj.) lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy
• Feign - (v.) to pretend
• Flair - (n.) a natural quality, talent, or skill; a distinctive style
• Forestall - (v.) to prevent by acting first

G:

• Ghastly - (adj.) frightful, horrible; deathly pale
• Grievous - (adj.) causing sorrow or pain; serious
• Garble - (v.) to distort in such a way as to make unintelligible
• Glib - (adj.) ready and fluent in speech; thoughtless, insincere

H:

• Hoodwink - (v.) to mislead by a trick, decieve
• Hamper - (v.) to hold back
• Hew - (v.) to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to
• Heterogeneous - (adj.) composed of different kinds, diverse
• Horde - (n.) a vast number (as of people); a throng
• Humane - (adj.) kind, merciful
• Haphazard - (adj.) by chance, not planned lacking order
• Harangue - (v.) to deliver a loud, ranting speech; (n.) a loud speech
• Harry - (v.) to make a destructive raid on; to torment, harass

I:

• Illegible - (adj.) difficult or impossible to read
• Irate - (adj.) angry
• Inanimate - (adj.) not having life; without energy or spirit
• Incinerate - (v.) to burn to ashes
• Intrepid - (adj.) very brave, fearless, unshakable
• Incorrigible - (adj.) not able to be corrected; beyond control
• Impoverished - (adj.) poor, in a state of poverty; depleted
• Incessant - (adj.) never stopping, going on all the time
• Intricate - (adj.) complicated; difficult to understand
• Interim - (n.) the time between; (adj.) temporary, coming between two points in time
• Inundate - (v.) to flood, overflow; to overwhelm by numbers or size
• Immunity - (n.) resistance to disease; freedom from some charge or obligation
• Institute - (v.) to establish, set up; (n.) an organization for the promotion of learning
• Impel - (v.) to force out, drive forward
• Incredulous - (adj.) disbelieving, skeptical
• Inscribe - (v.) to write or engrave; to enter a name on a list
• Impair - (v.) to make imperfect, damage, harm
• Invincible - (adj.) not able to be defeated, unbeatable
• Illustrious - (adj.) very famous; distinguished
• Intolerable - (adj.) unberable
• Irrelevant - (adj.) disrespectuful
• Improvise - (v.) to compose or perform without preparation; to construct from available materials
• Incite - (v.) to rouse, stir up, urge on
• Influx - (n.) a coming in, inflow
• Impenitent - (adj.) not feeling remorse or sorrowfor errors or offenses

J:

• Jeer - (v.) to make fun of rudely or unkindly; (n.) a rude remark of derision

K:

• Knave - (n.) a tricky, unprincipled, or deceitful fellow

L:

• Lucrative - (adj.) bringing in money, profitable
• Larcenty - (n.) theft
• Latent - (adj.) hidden, present but not realized
• Lucid - (adj.) easy to understand, clear; rational, sane
• Liability - (n.) a debt; something disadvantageous
• Languid - (adj.) drooping; without energy, sluggish
• Laborious - (adj.) not easy, requiring hard work; hardworking
• Lithe - (adj.) bending easily, limber
• Lofty - (adj.) very high; noble
• Legion - (n.) a large military force; any large group or numbers; (adj.) many, numerous
• Liberality - (n.) generosity, generous act; breath of mind or outlook

M:

• Muddle - (v.) to make a mess of; muddle through: to get by; (n.) a hopeless mess
• Mediocre - (adj.) average, ordinary, undistinguished
• Marauder - (n.) a raider, plunderer
• Militant - (adj.) given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause; (n.) an activist
• Morose - (adj.) having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable
• Malign - (v.) to speak evil of, slander; (adj.) evil
• Meander - (v.) to wander about, wind about; (n.) a sharp turn or twist
• Metropolis - (n.) a large city; the chief city of an area
• Momentous - (adj.) very important
• Monologue - (n.) a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person
• Mire - (n.) mud; wet, swampy ground; a tough situation; (v.) to get stuck
• Maltreat - (v.) to abuse, use roughly or crudely
• Migration - (n.) a movement from one country or region to another

N:

O:

• Opinionated - (adj.) stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind
• Obesity - (n.) excessive fatness
• Opaque - (adj.) not letting light through; not clear or lucid; dense, stupid
• Obstreperous - (adj.) noisy; unruly, disorderly
• Obtrusive - (adj.) forward; undesirably prominent; thrust out

P:

• Perennial - (adj.) lasting for a long time, persistent; (n.) a plant that lives for many years
• Predispose - (v.) to incline to beforehand
• Proliferate - (v.) to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly
• Pauper - (n.) an extremely poor person
• Pilfer - (v.) to steal in small quantities
• Paramount - (adj.) chief in importance, above others
• Prattle - (v.) to talk in an aimless, foolish, or simple way; to babble (n.) baby talk; babble
• Posthumous - (adj.) occurring or published after death
• Prim - (adj.) overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; prudish
• Pensive - (adj.) thoughtful; melancholy
• Perilous - (adj.) dangerous
• Preposterous - (adj.) ridiculous, senseless
• Pugnacious - (adj.) quarrelsome, fond of fighting
• Prognosis - (n.) a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation
• Preamble - (n.) an introduction to a speech or piece of writing
• Proponent - (n.) one who puts forward a proposal; one who supports a cause or belief
• Ponder - (v.) to consider carefully, reflect on
• Perceive - (v.) to be aware of through the sense, observe; to grasp mentally
• Perverse - (adj.) inclined to go against what is expected; stubborn; turned away from what is good and proper
• Prelude - (n.) an introduction; that which comes before or leads off
• Pallor - (n.) an extreme or unnatural paleness
• Pedigree - (n.) a list of ancestors, family tree; the history or origins of something
• Precipitous (adj.) very steep
• Profuse - (adj.) very abundant; given or flowing freely
• Plaintiff - (n.) one who begins a lawsuit
• Probe - (v.) to examine, investigate thoroughly; (n.) an investigation; a device used to explore or examine
• Protract - (v.) to draw out or lengthen in space or time

Q:

• Quaver - (v.) to shake, tremble; to trill
• Quarry - (v.) to cut or take from (or as if from) a quarry; (n.) a place from which stone is taken; something that is hunted or pursued

R:

• Relinquish - (v.) to let go, give up
• Rift - (n.) a split, break, breach
• Rebut - (v.) to offer arguments or evidence that contradicts an assertion; to refute
• Reprimand - (v.) to scold; find fault with; (n.) a rebuke
• Rabid - (adj.) furious, violently intense, unreasonably extreme; mad; infected with rabies
• Realm - (n.) a kingdom; a region or field of study
• Rejuvenate - (v.) to make young again; to make like new
• Remunerate - (v.) to reward, pay, reimburse
• Rasping - (adj.) with a harsh, grating sound; (n.) a harsh sound
• Repugnant - (adj.) offensive, disagreeable, distasteful
• Render - (v.) to cause to become; to perform; to deliver officially; to process, extract
• Rugged - (adj.) rough, irregular; severe, stern; strong; stormy
• Recoil - (v.) to spring back, shrink; (n.) the act of springing back
• Recoup - (v.) to make up for; regain
• Reek - (n.) an unpleasant smell; (v.) to give off unpleasant smells; to give a strong impression
• Relentless - (adj.) unyielding, harsh, withou pity
• Rivulet - (n.) a small stream
• Rancid - (adj.) stale, spoiled
• Rustic - (adj.) country-like; simple, plain; awkward; (n.) one who lives in the country
• Reconcile - (v.) to restore to friendship; to settle; to resign (oneself)

S:

• Salvage - (v.) to save from fire or shipwreck; (n.) property thus saved a few from the fire
• Spasmodic - (adj.) sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent
• Spurious - (adj.) not genuine, not true, not valid
• Subjugate - (v.) to conquer by force, bring under complete control
• Sully - (v.) to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch
• Semblance - (n.) a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition
• Surmount - (v.) to overcome, rise above
• Servitude - (n.) slavery, forced labor
• Slapdash - (adj.) careless and hasty
• Stagnant - (adj.) not running or flowing; foul from standing still; inactive, sluggish, dull
• Succumb - (v.) to give way to superior force, yield
• Sardonic - (adj.) grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic
• Superfluous - (adj.) exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess
• Supplant - (v.) to take the place of, supersede
• Shoddy - (adj.) of poor quality; characterized by inferior workmanship
• Sprightly - (adj.) lively, full of life; spicy, flavorful
• Surly - (adj.) angry and bad-tempered; rude
• Sparse - (adj.) meager, scant; scattered
• Sterling - (adj.) genuine, excellent; made of silver of standard fineness
• Scuttle - (v.) to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; to get rid of something in a decisive way; to run hastily, scurry; (n.) a pail
• Skeptical - (adj.) inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true
• Slipshod - (adj.) untidy in dress, personal habits, etc.; careless sloppy
• Squander - (v.) to spend foolishly, waste
• Staccato - (adj.) detached or disconnected in sound or style
• Statute - (n.) a law
• Subversive (adj.) intended to undermine or overthrow; (n.) one who advocates or attempts to undermine a political system
• Synthetic - (adj.) made or put together by people; (n.) something artificial
• Sever - (v.) to separate, divide into parts
• Sordid - (adj.) wretchedly poor; rundown; mean or selfish
• Shackle - (v.) to put into chains; (n., usually pl.) a chain, fetter
• Spurn - (v.) to refuse with scorn, disdain
• Subterfuge - (n.) an excuse or trick for escaping or hiding something

T:

• Tantalize - (v.) to tease, torment by teasing
• Terse - (adj.) brief and to the point
• Terminate - (v.) to bring an end
• Trite - (adj.) commonplace; overused, stale
• Taunt - (v.) to jeer at; (n.) an insulting or mocking remark
• Tenacious - (adj.) holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent
• Tirade - (n.) a long, angry speech, usually very critical
• Temperate - (adj.) mild, moderate
• Threadbare - (adj.) shabby, old and worn

U:

• Unbridled - (adj.) uncontrolled, lacking in restraint
• Unflinching - (adj.) firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back
• Usurp - (v.) to seize and hold a position by force or without right
• Untenable - (adj.) not capable of being held or defended; impossible to maintain

V:

• Vagrant - (n.) an idle wanderer, tramp; (adj.) wandering aimlessly
• Venture - (n.) a risky or daring undertaking; (v.) to expose to danger, to dare
• Venomous - (adj.) poisonous; spiteful, mean
• Versatile - (adj.) able to do many things well; capable of many uses
• Vindicate - (v.) to clear from hint or charge of wrongdoing; to defend successfully against opposition; to justify

W:

• Warp - (v.) to twist out of shape; (n.) an abnormality
• Wily - (adj.) sly, shrewd, cunning
• Wane - (v.) to lose size, strength, or power

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