A:

• Adulterate - (v.) to corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value
• Ambidextrous - (adj.) able to use both hands equally well; very skillful; deceitful, hypocritical
• Augment - (v.) to make larger, increase
• Adroit - (adj.) skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind
• Amicable - (adj.) peaceable, friendly
• Averse - (adj.) having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling
• Adversary - (n.) an enemy, opponent
• Alienate - (v.) to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey
• Artifice - (n.) a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery
• Affiliated - (adj., part.) associated, connected
• Ascertain - (v.) to find out
• Attainment - (n.) an accomplishment, the act of achieving
• Altruistic - (adj.) unselfish, concerned with the welfare of others
• Assent - (v.) to express agreement; (n.) agreement
• Accede - (v.) to yield to; to assume an office or dignity
• Abhor - (v.) to regard with honor or loathing; to hate deeply
• Amend - (v.) to change in a formal way; to change for the better
• Animosity - (n.) strong dislike; bitter hostility
• Apathy - (n.) a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest
• Apprehensive - (adj.) fearful or anxious, especially about the future
• Allocate - (v.) to set apart or designate for a special purpose; to distribute
• Ardent - (adj.) very enthusiastic, impassioned
• Assiduous - (adj.) persistent, attentive, diligent
• Acquiesce - (v.) to accept without protest; to agree or submit
• Allure - (v.) to entice, tempt; to be attractive to; (n.) a strong attraction; the power to attract, charm
• Askew - (adj., adv.) twisted to one side, crooked; disapprovingly
• Allude - (v.) to refer to casually or indirectly
• Abjure - (v.) to renounce, repudiate under oath; to avoid, shun
• Acrid - (adj.) harsh in taste or odor; sharp in manner or temper
• August - (adj.) majestic, inspiring admiration and respect
• Antipathy - (n.) a strong dislike, hostile feeling
• Applicable - (adj.) capable of being applied; relevant, suitable
• Asset - (n.) something of value; a resource; an advantage
• Alacrity - (n.) a cheerful readiness; brisk and eager action
• Alleviate - (v.) to relieve, make more bearable
• Antithesis - (n.) the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
• Appall - (v.) to fill with dismay or horror
• Abrasive - (adj.) causing irritation, harsh; grinding or wearing down; (n.) a substance used to smooth or polish
• Acclimate - (v.) to adapt to a new climate, environment, or situation

B:

• Bereft - (adj., part.) deprived of; made unhappy through a loss
• Belligerent - (adj.) given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; (n.) one at war, one engaged in war
• Benevolent - (adj.) kindly, charitable
• Bequeath - (v.) to give or pass on as an inheritance
• Benefactor - (n.) one who does good to others
• Brandish - (v.) to wave or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion
• Buffet - (v.) to slap or cuff; to strike repeatedly; to drive or force with blows; to force one's way with difficulty; (n.) a slap, blow
• Brash - (adj.) prone to act in a hasty manner; impudent
• Blithe - (adj.) cheerful, lighthearted; casual, unconcerned
• Beset - (v.) to attack from all sides; to surround, hem in; (adj., part.) harassed, troubled; studded (as with jewels)
• Bellicose - (adj.) warlike in manner or temperament; quarrelsome

C:

• Cursory - (adj.) hasty, not thorough
• Coerce - (v.) to compel, force
• Craven - (adj.) cowardly; (n.) a coward
• Culinary - (adj.) of or related to cooking or the kitchen
• Cogent - (adj.) forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point
• Converge - (v.) to move toward one point, approach nearer together
• Chivalrous - (adj.) marked by honor, courtesy, and courage; knightly
• Clemency - (n.) mercy, humaneness; mildness, moderateness
• Comprise - (v.) to include or contain; to be made up of
• Chaos - (n.) great confusion, disorder
• Commodious - (adj.) roomy, spacious
• Corrosive - (adj.) eating away gradually, acidlike; bitterly sarcastic
• Commend - (v.) to praise, express approval; to present as worthy of attention; to commit to the care of
• Compatible - (adj.) able to get along or work well together; capable of use with some other model or system
• Condolence - (n.) an expression of sympathy
• Consecrate - (v.) to make sacred, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose
• Capricious - (adj.) subject to whims or passing fancies
• Chastise - (v.) to inflict physical punishment as a means of correction; to scold severely
• Copious - (adj.) abundant; plentiful; wordy, verbose
• Contentious - (adj.) quarrelsome, inclined to argue
• Covet - (v.) to desire something belonging to another
• Crestfallen - (adj.) discouraged, dejected, downcast
• Clairvoyant - (adj.) supernaturally perceptive; (n.) one who possesses extrasensory powers, seer
• Conclusive - (adj.) serving to settle an issue; final
• Callous - (adj.) emotionally hardened, unfeeling
• Clandestine - (adj.) secret, concealed; underhanded
• Compunction - (n.) remorse, regret
• Conflagration - (n.) a large destructive fire
• Compassion - (n.) sympathy for another's suffering; pity
• Chagrin - (n.) irritation or humiliation caused by disappointment or frustration; (v.) to cause such a feeling
• Complacent - (adj.) self-satisfied; overly content
• Concur - (v.) to express agreement, approve

D:

• Deploy - (v.) to position or arrange; to utilize; to form up
• Dour - (adj.) stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill-humored
• Duplicity - (n.) treachery, deceitfulness
• Delete - (v.) to erase, wipe out, cut out
• Demise - (n.) a death, especially of a person in a lofty position
• Disperse - (v.) to scatter, spread far and wide
• Dearth - (n.) a lack, scarcity, inadequate supply; a famine
• Diffident - (adj.) shy, lacking self-confidence; modest, reserved
• Discrepancy - (n.) a difference; a lack of agreement
• Deft - (adj.) skillful, nimble
• Destitute - (adj.) deprived of the necessities of life; lacking in
• Discern - (v.) to see clearly, recognize
• Decrepit - (adj.) old and feeble; worn-out, ruined
• Deride - (v.) to ridicule, laugh at wit contempt
• Deviate - (v.) to turn aside; to stay away from a norm; (n.) one who departs from a norm; (adj.) differing from a norm, heterodox, unconventional
• Disheveled - (adj.) rumpled, mussed; hanging in disorder
• Disreputable - (adj.) not respectable, not esteemed
• Decorum - (n.) proper behavior, good taste; orderliness
• Duress - (n.) compulsion by threat; forcible confinement
• Disparage - (v.) to belittle, speak slightingly of; to undervalue
• Dissonant - (adj.) not in harmony; disagreeing, at odds
• Droll - (adj.) amusingly odd
• Defamation - (n.) slander or libel

E:

• Extol - (v.) to praise extravagantly
• Exhilarate - (v.) to enliven, cheer, give spirit of liveliness to
• Esteem - (v.) to regard highly; (n.) a highly favorable opinion of judgment
• Expunge - (v.) to erase, obliterate, destroy
• Embark - (v.) to go aboard; to make a start; to invest
• Explicit - (adj.) definite, clearly stated
• Extirpate - (v.) to tear up by the roots; to destroy totally
• Extant - (adj.) still existing; not exterminated, destroyed, or lost
• Emaciated - (adj., part.) unnaturally thin
• Exult - (v.) to rejoice greatly
• Exponent - (n.) one who advocates, speaks for, explains or interprets; (math) the power to which a number, symbol, or expression is to be raised
• Endemic - (adj.) native or confined to a particular region or people; characteristic of or prevalent in a field
• Exemplary - (adj.) worthy of imitation, commendable; serving as a model
• Elated - (adj., part.) in high spirits, jubilant; extremely pleasured
• Exuberant - (adj.) high-spirited, enthusiastic, unrestrained; excessive, abundant
• Edict - (n.) an order issued by someone in authority
• Elucidate - (v.) to clarify, explain
• Explicate - (v.) to make plain or clear, explain; to interpret

F:

• Fortitude - (n.) courage in facing difficulties
• Feasible - (adj.) possible; able to be done
• Fallow - (adj.) plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow; (n.) land left unseeded; (v.) to plow but not seed
• Finite - (adj.) having limits; lasting for a limited time
• Facile - (adj.) easily done or attained; superficial; ready, fluent; easily shown but not sincerely felt
• Fathom - (v.) to understand, get to the bottom of; to determine the depth of; (n.) a measure of depth in water
• Facsimile - (n.) an exact copy
• Fracas - (n.) a noisy quarrel or brawl

G:

• Gape - (v.) to stare with open mouth; to open the mouth wide; to open wide
• Gibe - (v.) to utter taunting words; (n.) an expression of scorn
• Guise - (n.) an external appearance, cover, mask
• Grimace - (n.) a wry face, facial distortion; (v.) to make a wry face
• Gnarled - (adj.) knotted, twisted, lumpy
• Garrulous - (adj.) given to much talking, tediously chatty
• Guile - (n.) a treacherous cunning, deceit
• Grotesque - (adj.) unnatural, distorted; bizarre

H:

• Holocaust - (n.) a large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering
• Harass - (v.) to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks

I:

• Insidious - (adj.) intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous
• Impervious - (adj.) not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance
• Impetus - (n.) a moving force, impulse, stimulus
• Inclement - (adj.) stormy, harsh; sever in attitude or action
• Invulnerable - (adj.) not able to be wounded or hurt; shielded against attack
• Indomitable - (adj.) unconquerable, refusing to yield
• Infallible - (adj.) free from error; absolutely dependable
• Inopportune - (adj.) coming at a bad time; not appropriate
• Ironic - (adj.) suggesting an incongruity between what might be expected and what actually happens; given to irony. sarcastic
• Implicate - (v.) to involve in; to connect with or be related to
• Inter - (v.) to bury, commit to the earth; to consign to oblivion
• Ingenuous - (adj.) innocent, simple; frank, sincere
• Indemnity - (n.) a payment for damage or loss
• Inkling - (n.) a hint; a vague notion
• Insuperable - (adj.) incapable of being overcome
• Integrity - (n.) honesty, high moral standards; an unimpaired condition
• Itinerary - (n.) a route of travel; a record of travel; a guidebook
• Indelible - (adj.) not able to be erased or removed; memorable
• Indulgent - (adj.) yielding to the wishes or demands of others
• Inveterate - (adj.) firmly established, long-standing; habitual
• Irrelevant - (adj.) not to the point, not applicable or pertinent
• Imbibe - (v.) to drink; to take in, absorb
• Implacable - (adj.) not to be satisfied or pacified; unyielding
• Infinitesimal - (adj.) so small as to be almost immeasurable; minute
• Innocuous - (adj.) harmless, inoffensive; insignificant

J:

• Jeopardy - (n.) danger

K:

L:

• Limpid - (adj.) clear, transparent; readily understood
• Lamentable - (adj.) to be regretted or pitied
• Laud - (v.) to praise
• Loll - (v.) to act in a lazy manner; to lounge; to recline, droop
• Loquacious - (adj.) talkative, wordy; fond of talking

M:

• Meticulous - (adj.) extremely careful; particular about details
• Muse - (v.) to think about in a dreamy way, ponder
• Malevolent - (adj.) spiteful, showing ill will
• Musty - (adj.) stale, moldy; out-of-date
• Martinet - (n.) a strict disciplinarian; a stickler for the rules
• Multifarious - (adj.) having great variety; numerous and diverse
• Misnomer - (n.) an unsuitable or misleading name
• Misconstrue - (v.) to interpret wrongly, mistake the meaning of
• Militate - (v.) to have effect or force on or against someone or something, fight against
• Magnanimous - (adj.) generous in forgiving, above small meanness
• Mandatory - (adj.) required, obligatory

N:

• Nostalgia - (n.) a longing for something past; homesickness
• Negligible - (adj.) so unimportant that it can be disregarded
• Nonchalant - (adj.) cool and confident, unconcerned
• Nocturnal - (adj.) of or occurring in the night; under cover of darkness
• Nondescript - (adj.) ordinary, not outstanding; not easily classified

O:

• Opulent - (adj.) wealthy, luxurious; ample; grandiose
• Omniscient - (adj.) knowing everything; having unlimited awareness or understanding
• Officious - (adj.) meddling; excessively forward in offering services or assuming authority
• Ominous - (adj.) unfavorable, threatening, of bad omen
• Obviate - (v.) to anticipate and prevent; to remove, dispose of
• Obsolete - (adj.) out-of-date, no longer in use
• Omnivorous - (adj.) eating every kind of food; eagerly taking in everything, having a wide variety of tastes
• Omnipotent - (adj.) almighty, having unlimited power or authority
• Obnoxious - (adj.) highly offensive, arousing strong dislike

P:

• Pliable - (adj.) easily bent, flexible; easily influenced
• Perpetuate - (v.) to make permanent or long lasting
• Precedent - (n.) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
• Panacea - (n.) a remedy for all ills; cure-all; an answer to all problems
• Plod - (v.) to walk heavily or slowly; to work slowly
• Pungent - (adj.) causing a sharp sensation; stinging, biting
• Pinnacle - (n.) a high peak or point
• Premeditated - (adj., part.) considered beforehand, deliberately planned
• Parsimonious - (adj.) stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small
• Palatable - (adj.) agreeable to the taste or one's sensibilities; suitable for consumption
• Poignant - (adj.) deeply affecting, touching; keen or sharp in taste or smell
• Profess - (v.) to affirm openly; to state belief in; to claim, pretend
• Placate - (v.) to appease, soothe, pacify
• Placid - (adj.) calm, peaceful
• Plagiarism - (n.) passing off or using as one's own the writing (or other materials) of another person
• Potent - (adj.) powerful; highly effective
• Pretext - (n.) a false reason deceptive excuse
• Protrude - (v.) to stick out, thrust forth
• Platitude - (n.) a commonplace, stale, or trite remark
• Patent - (n.) exclusive rights over an invention; copyright; (v.) to arrange or obtain such rights; (adj.) plain, open to view; copyrighted
• Prowess - (n.) distinguished bravery; superior skill or ability
• Phlegmatic - (adj.) slow-moving, sluggish; unemotional
• Pandemonium - (n.) a wild uproar, din, or commotion

Q:

• Quintessence - (n.) the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example
• Quandary - (n.) a state of perplexity or doubt
• Quell - (v.) to subdue, put down forcibly
• Quiescent - (adj.) inactive; at rest

R:

• Reiterate - (v.) to say again, repeat
• Retrogress - (v.) to move backwards; to return to an earlier condition
• Redress - (v.) to set right, remedy; (n.) relief from wrong or injury
• Remiss - (adj.) neglectful in performance of one's duty, careless
• Repose - (v.) to rest; lie; place; (n.) relaxation, peace of mind, calmness
• Rampant - (adj.) growing without check, running wild
• Renegade - (n.) one who leaves a group; a deserter, outlaw; (adj.) traitorous; unconventional, unorthodox
• Reprehensible - (adj.) deserving blame or punishment
• Recalcitrant - (adj.) stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority
• Reprisal - (n.) an injury done in return for injury
• Revel - (v.) to take great pleasure in; (n.) a wild celebration
• Rancor - (n.) better resentment or ill-will
• Respite - (n.) a period of relief or rest
• Retribution - (n.) a repayment; a deserved punishment
• Ruminate - (v.) to meditate, think about length; to chew the cud
• Rescind - (v.) to repeal, cancel
• Raucous - (adj.) disagreeably harsh-sounding; disorderly '
• Receptive - (adj.) open and responsive to ideas or suggestive
• Renounce - (v.) to give up or resign everything
• Repress - (v.) to hold back; to put down or check by force
• Reticent - (adj.) not inclined to speak; reserved; reluctant

S:

• Stolid - (adj.) not easily moved mentally or emotionally; dull, unresponsive
• Scrutinize - (v.) to examine closely
• Sojourn - (n.) a temporary stay; (v.) to stay for a time
• Scrupulous - (adj.) exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details; having high moral standards, principled
• Skulk - (v.) to move about stealthily; to lie in hiding
• Supercilious - (adj.) proud and contemptuous; showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority
• Solace - (n.) comfort, relief; (v.) to comfort, console
• Stately - (adj.) dignified, majestic
• Supple - (adj.) bending easily; bending with agility; readily adaptable servile
• Suppress - (v.) to stop by force, put down
• Somber - (adj.) dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit
• Squalid - (adj.) filthy, wretched, debased
• Stultify - (v.) to make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on
• Suave - (adj.) smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses
• Sophomoric - (adj.) immature and overconfident; conceited
• Spontaneous - (adj.) arising naturally; not planned or engineered in advanced
• Sinuous - (adj.) winding, having many curves; lithe and flexible
• Sonorous - (adj.) full, deep, or rich in sound; impressive in style
• Stark - (adj.) harsh, unrelieved, desolate; (adv.) utterly
• Superficial - (adj.) on or near the surface; concerned with or understanding only what is on the surface, shallow
• Sedate - (adj.) quiet, settled, sober; (v.) to administer a tranquilizer
• Stentorian - (adj.) extremely loud
• Stipulate - (v.) to arrange specifically; to require as a condition of agreement
• Savory - (adj.) tasty, appetizing; pungent or salyt, not sweet; inoffensive, respectable
• Somnolent - (adj.) sleepy, drowsy; inducing sleep

T:

• Tentative - (adj.) experimental in nature; uncertain, hesitant
• Tepid - (adj.) lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest
• Temerity - (n.) rashness, boldness
• Truculent - (adj.) fierce and cruel; aggressive; deadly, destructive; scathingly harsh
• Turbulent - (adj.) disorderly, riotous, violent; stormy
• Tacit - (adj.) unspoken, silent; implied, inferred
• Tangible - (adj.) capable of being touched; real, concrete
• Trenchant - (adj.) incisive, keen; forceful, effective; cutting, caustic; distinct, clear-out

U:

• Unkempt - (adj.) not combed; untidy; not properly maintained; unpolished, rude
• Urbane - (adj.) refined manner or style, suave
• Uncanny - (adj.) strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation
• Unfeigned - (adj.) sincere, real, without pretense
• Ultimatum - (n.) a final proposal or statement of conditions

V:

• Verbatim - (adj., adv.) word for word; exactly as written or spoken
• Venial - (adj.) easily excused; pardonable
• Virulent - (adj.) extremely poisonous; full of malice; spiteful
• Venal - (adj.) to open or marked by bribery or corruption
• Vociferous - (adj.) loud and noisy; compelling attention
• Voluminous - (adj.) of great size; numerous; writing or speaking at great length
• Vanguard - (n.) the foremost part of an army; the leading position in any field
• Vivacious - (adj.) lively, sprightly, full of energy
• Vehement - (adj.) intense, forceful, powerful
• Voluble - (adj.) characterized by a ready flow of words; glib, fluent

W:

• Warily - (adv.) cautiously, with great care
• Waive - (v.) to do without, give up voluntarily; to put off temporarily, defer
• Wastrel - (n.) a wasteful person, spendthrift; a good-for-nothing
• Whet - (v.) to sharpen, put an edge on; to make keen or eager

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Y:

Z:

• Zealous - (adj.) eager, earnest, devoted