1 | abase | v. | To lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade. |
2 | abbess | n. | The lady superior of a nunnery. |
3 | abbey | n. | The group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns. |
4 | abbot | n. | The superior of a community of monks. |
5 | abdicate | v. | To give up (royal power or the like). |
6 | abdomen | n. | In mammals, the visceral cavity between the diaphragm and the pelvic floor; the belly. |
7 | abdominal | n. | Of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen. |
8 | abduction | n. | A carrying away of a person against his will, or illegally. |
9 | abed | adv. | In bed; on a bed. |
10 | aberration | n. | Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course. |
11 | abet | v. | To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense). |
12 | abeyance | n. | A state of suspension or temporary inaction. |
13 | abhorrence | n. | The act of detesting extremely. |
14 | abhorrent | adj. | Very repugnant; hateful. |
15 | abidance | n. | An abiding. |
16 | abject | adj. | Sunk to a low condition. |
17 | abjure | v. | To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath. |
18 | able-bodied | adj. | Competent for physical service. |
19 | ablution | n. | A washing or cleansing, especially of the body. |
20 | abnegate | v. | To renounce (a right or privilege). |
21 | abnormal | adj. | Not conformed to the ordinary rule or standard. |
22 | abominable | adj. | Very hateful. |
23 | abominate | v. | To hate violently. |
24 | abomination | n. | A very detestable act or practice. |
25 | aboriginal | adj. | Primitive; unsophisticated. |
26 | aborigines | n. | The original of earliest known inhabitants of a country. |
27 | aboveboard | adv. | & adj. Without concealment, fraud, or trickery. |
28 | abrade | v. | To wear away the surface or some part of by friction. |
29 | abrasion | n. | That which is rubbed off. |
30 | abridge | v. | To make shorter in words, keeping the essential features, leaning out minor particles. |
31 | abridgment | n. | A condensed form as of a book or play. |
32 | abrogate | v. | To abolish, repeal. |
33 | abrupt | adj. | Beginning, ending, or changing suddenly or with a break. |
34 | abscess | n. | A Collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body. |
35 | abscission | n. | The act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation. |
36 | abscond | v. | To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest. |
37 | absence | n. | The fact of not being present or available. |
38 | absent-minded | adj. | Lacking in attention to immediate surroundings or business. |
39 | absolution | n. | Forgiveness, or passing over of offenses. |
40 | absolve | v. | To free from sin or its penalties. |
41 | absorb | v. | To drink in or suck up, as a sponge absorbs water. |
42 | absorption | n. | The act or process of absorbing. |
43 | abstain | v. | To keep oneself back (from doing or using something). |
44 | abstemious | adj. | Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food. |
45 | abstinence | n. | Self denial. |
46 | abstruse | adj. | Dealing with matters difficult to be understood. |
47 | absurd | adj. | Inconsistent with reason or common sense. |
48 | abundant | adj. | Plentiful. |
49 | abusive | adj. | Employing harsh words or ill treatment. |
50 | abut | v. | To touch at the end or boundary line. |
51 | abyss | n. | Bottomless gulf. |
52 | academic | adj. | Of or pertaining to an academy, college, or university. |
53 | academician | n. | A member of an academy of literature, art, or science. |
54 | academy | n. | Any institution where the higher branches of learning are taught. |
55 | accede | v. | To agree. |
56 | accelerate | v. | To move faster. |
57 | accept | v. | To take when offered. |
58 | access | n. | A way of approach or entrance; passage. |
59 | accessible | adj. | Approachable. |
60 | accession | n. | Induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government. |
61 | accessory | n. | A person or thing that aids the principal agent. |
62 | acclaim | v. | To utter with a shout. |
63 | accommodate | v. | To furnish something as a kindness or favor. |
64 | accompaniment | n. | A subordinate part or parts, enriching or supporting the leading part. |
65 | accompanist | n. | One who or that which accompanies. |
66 | accompany | v. | To go with, or be associated with, as a companion. |
67 | accomplice | n. | An associate in wrong-doing. |
68 | accomplish | v. | To bring to pass. |
69 | accordion | n. | A portable free-reed musical instrument. |
70 | accost | v. | To speak to. |
71 | account | n. | A record or statement of receipts and expenditures, or of business transactions. |
72 | accouter | v. | To dress. |
73 | accredit | v. | To give credit or authority to. |
74 | accumulate | v. | To become greater in quantity or number. |
75 | accuracy | n. | Exactness. |
76 | accurate | adj. | Conforming exactly to truth or to a standard. |
77 | accursed | adj. | Doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune. |
78 | accusation | n. | A charge of crime, misdemeanor, or error. |
79 | accusatory | adj. | Of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation. |
80 | accuse | v. | To charge with wrong doing, misconduct, or error. |
81 | accustom | v. | To make familiar by use. |
82 | acerbity | n. | Sourness, with bitterness and astringency. |
83 | acetate | n. | A salt of acetic acid. |
84 | acetic | adj. | Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of vinegar. |
85 | ache | v. | To be in pain or distress. |
86 | Achillean | adj. | Invulnerable. |
87 | achromatic | adj. | Colorless, |
88 | acid | n. | A sour substance. |
89 | acidify | v. | To change into acid. |
90 | acknowledge | v. | To recognize; to admit the genuineness or validity of. |
91 | acknowledgment | n. | Recognition. |
92 | acme | n. | The highest point, or summit. |
93 | acoustic | adj. | Pertaining to the act or sense of hearing. |
94 | acquaint | v. | To make familiar or conversant. |
95 | acquiesce | v. | To comply; submit. |
96 | acquiescence | n. | Passive consent. |
97 | acquire | v. | To get as one's own. |
98 | acquisition | n. | Anything gained, or made one's own, usually by effort or labor. |
99 | acquit | v. | To free or clear, as from accusation. |
100 | acquittal | n. | A discharge from accusation by judicial action. |
101 | acquittance | n. | Release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility. |
102 | acreage | n. | Quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land. |
103 | acrid | adj. | Harshly pungent or bitter. |
104 | acrimonious | adj. | Full of bitterness. |
105 | acrimony | n. | Sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper. |
106 | actionable | adj. | Affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words. |
107 | actuality | n. | Any reality. |
108 | actuary | n. | An officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums. |
109 | actuate | v. | To move or incite to action. |
110 | acumen | n. | Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination. |
111 | acute | adj. | Having fine and penetrating discernment. |
112 | adamant | n. | Any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability. |
113 | addendum | n. | Something added, or to be added. |
114 | addle | v. | To make inefficient or worthless; muddle. |
115 | adduce | v. | To bring forward or name for consideration. |
116 | adhere | v. | To stick fast or together. |
117 | adherence | n. | Attachment. |
118 | adherent | adj. | Clinging or sticking fast. |
119 | adhesion | n. | The state of being attached or joined. |
120 | adieu | inter. | Good-by; farewell. |
121 | adjacency | n. | The state of being adjacent. |
122 | adjacent | n. | That which is near or bordering upon. |
123 | adjudge | v. | To award or bestow by formal decision. |
124 | adjunct | n. | Something joined to or connected with another thing, but holding a subordinate place. |
125 | adjuration | n. | A vehement appeal. |
126 | adjutant | adj. | Auxiliary. |
127 | administrator | n. | One who manages affairs of any kind. |
128 | admissible | adj. | Having the right or privilege of entry. |
129 | admittance | n. | Entrance, or the right or permission to enter. |
130 | admonish | v. | To warn of a fault. |
131 | admonition | n. | Gentle reproof. |
132 | ado | n. | unnecessary activity or ceremony. |
133 | adoration | n. | Profound devotion. |
134 | adroit | adj. | Having skill in the use of the bodily or mental powers. |
135 | adulterant | n. | An adulterating substance. |
136 | adulterate | v. | To make impure by the admixture of other or baser ingredients. |
137 | adumbrate | v. | To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem. |
138 | advent | n. | The coming or arrival, as of any important change, event, state, or personage. |
139 | adverse | adj. | Opposing or opposed. |
140 | adversity | n. | Misfortune. |
141 | advert | v. | To refer incidentally. |
142 | advertiser | n. | One who advertises, especially in newspapers. |
143 | advisory | adj. | Not mandatory. |
144 | advocacy | n. | The act of pleading a cause. |
145 | advocate | n. | One who pleads the cause of another, as in a legal or ecclesiastical court. |
146 | aerial | adj. | Of, pertaining to, or like the air. |
147 | aeronaut | n. | One who navigates the air, a balloonist. |
148 | aeronautics | n. | the art or practice of flying aircraft |
149 | aerostat | n. | A balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air. |
150 | aerostatics | n. | The branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties. |
151 | affable | adj. | Easy to approach. |
152 | affect | v. | To act upon |
153 | affectation | n. | A studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt. |
154 | affiliate | n. | Some auxiliary person or thing. |
155 | affirmative | adj. | Answering yes; to a question at issue. |
156 | affix | v. | To fasten. |
157 | affluence | n. | A profuse or abundant supply of riches. |
158 | affront | n. | An open insult or indignity. |
159 | afire | adv. | & adj. On fire, literally or figuratively. |
160 | afoot | adv. | In progress. |
161 | aforesaid | adj. | Said in a preceding part or before. |
162 | afresh | adv. | Once more, after rest or interval. |
163 | afterthought | n. | A thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time. |
164 | agglomerate | v. | To pile or heap together. |
165 | aggrandize | v. | To cause to appear greatly. |
166 | aggravate | v. | To make heavier, worse, or more burdensome. |
167 | aggravation | n. | The fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc. |
168 | aggregate | n. | The entire number, sum, mass, or quantity of something. |
169 | aggress | v. | To make the first attack. |
170 | aggression | n. | An unprovoked attack. |
171 | aggrieve | v. | To give grief or sorrow to. |
172 | aghast | adj. | Struck with terror and amazement. |
173 | agile | adj. | Able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally. |
174 | agitate | v. | To move or excite (the feelings or thoughts). |
175 | agrarian | adj. | Pertaining to land, especially agricultural land. |
176 | aide-de-camp | n. | An officer who receives and transmits the orders of the general. |
177 | ailment | n. | Slight sickness. |
178 | airy | adj. | Delicate, ethereal. |
179 | akin | adj. | Of similar nature or qualities. |
180 | alabaster | n. | A white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum. |
181 | alacrity | n. | Cheerful willingness. |
182 | albeit | conj. | Even though. |
183 | albino | n. | A person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris. |
184 | album | n. | A book whose leaves are so made to form paper frames for holding photographs or the like. |
185 | alchemy | n. | Chemistry of the middle ages, characterized by the pursuit of changing base metals to gold. |
186 | alcohol | n. | A volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste. |
187 | alcoholism | n. | A condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages. |
188 | alcove | n. | A covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room. |
189 | alder | n. | Any shrub or small tree of the genus Alumnus, of the oak family. |
190 | alderman | n. | A member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions. |
191 | aldermanship | n. | The dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman. |
192 | alias | n. | An assumed name. |
193 | alien | n. | One who owes allegiance to a foreign government. |
194 | alienable | adj. | Capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands. |
195 | alienate | v. | To cause to turn away. |
196 | alienation | n. | Estrangement. |
197 | aliment | n. | That which nourishes. |
198 | alkali | n. | Anything that will neutralize an acid, as lime, magnesia, etc. |
199 | allay | v. | To calm the violence or reduce the intensity of; mitigate. |
200 | allege | v. | To assert to be true, especially in a formal manner, as in court. |
201 | allegory | n. | The setting forth of a subject under the guise of another subject of aptly suggestive likeness. |
202 | alleviate | v. | To make less burdensome or less hard to bear. |
203 | alley | n. | A narrow street, garden path, walk, or the like. |
204 | alliance | n. | Any combination or union for some common purpose. |
205 | allot | v. | To assign a definite thing or part to a certain person. |
206 | allotment | n. | Portion. |
207 | allude | v. | To refer incidentally, or by suggestion. |
208 | allusion | n. | An indirect and incidental reference to something without definite mention of it. |
209 | alluvion | n. | Flood. |
210 | ally | n. | A person or thing connected with another, usually in some relation of helpfulness. |
211 | almanac | n. | A series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information. |
212 | aloof | adv. | Not in sympathy with or desiring to associate with others. |
213 | altar | n. | Any raised place or structure on which sacrifices may be offered or incense burned. |
214 | alter | v. | To make change in. |
215 | alteration | n. | Change or modification. |
216 | altercate | v. | To contend angrily or zealously in words. |
217 | alternate | n. | One chosen to act in place of another, in case of the absence or incapacity of that other. |
218 | alternative | n. | Something that may or must exist, be taken or chosen, or done instead of something else. |
219 | altitude | n. | Vertical distance or elevation above any point or base-level, as the sea. |
220 | alto | n. | The lowest or deepest female voice or part. |
221 | altruism | n. | Benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest. |
222 | altruist | n. | One who advocates or practices altruism. |
223 | amalgam | n. | An alloy or union of mercury with another metal. |
224 | amalgamate | v. | To mix or blend together in a homogeneous body. |
225 | amateur | adj. | Practicing an art or occupation for the love of it, but not as a profession. |
226 | amatory | adj. | Designed to excite love. |
227 | ambidextrous | adj. | Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease. |
228 | ambiguous | adj. | Having a double meaning. |
229 | ambitious | adj. | Eagerly desirous and aspiring. |
230 | ambrosial | adj. | Divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious. |
231 | ambulance | n. | A vehicle fitted for conveying the sick and wounded. |
232 | ambulate | v. | To walk about |
233 | ambush | n. | The act or state of lying concealed for the purpose of surprising or attacking the enemy. |
234 | ameliorate | v. | To relieve, as from pain or hardship |
235 | amenable | adj. | Willing and ready to submit. |
236 | Americanism | n. | A peculiar sense in which an English word or phrase is used in the United States. |
237 | amicable | adj. | Done in a friendly spirit. |
238 | amity | n. | Friendship. |
239 | amorous | adj. | Having a propensity for falling in love. |
240 | amorphous | adj. | Without determinate shape. |
241 | amour | n. | A love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature. |
242 | ampere | n. | The practical unit of electric-current strength. |
243 | ampersand | n. | The character &; and. |
244 | amphibious | adj. | Living both on land and in water. |
245 | amphitheater | n. | An edifice of elliptical shape, constructed about a central open space or arena. |
246 | amplitude | n. | Largeness. |
247 | amply | adv. | Sufficiently. |
248 | amputate | v. | To remove by cutting, as a limb or some portion of the body. |
249 | amusement | n. | Diversion. |
250 | anachronism | n. | Anything occurring or existing out of its proper time. |
251 | anagram | n. | The letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase. |
252 | analogous | adj. | Corresponding (to some other) in certain respects, as in form, proportion, relations. |
253 | analogy | n. | Reasoning in which from certain and known relations or resemblance others are formed. |
254 | analyst | n. | One who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method. |
255 | analyze | v. | To examine minutely or critically. |
256 | anarchy | n. | Absence or utter disregard of government. |
257 | anathema | n. | Anything forbidden, as by social usage. |
258 | anatomy | n. | That branch of morphology which treats of the structure of organisms. |
259 | ancestry | n. | One's ancestors collectively. |
260 | anecdote | n. | A brief account of some interesting event or incident. |
261 | anemia | n. | Deficiency of blood or red corpuscles. |
262 | anemic | adj. | Affected with anemia. |
263 | anemometer | n. | An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind. |
264 | anesthetic | adj. | Pertaining to or producing loss of sensation. |
265 | anew | adv. | Once more. |
266 | angelic | adj. | Saintly. |
267 | Anglophobia | n. | Hatred or dread of England or of what is English. |
268 | Anglo-Saxon | n. | The entire English race wherever found, as in Europe, the United States, or India. |
269 | angular | adj. | Sharp-cornered. |
270 | anhydrous | adj. | Withered. |
271 | animadversion | n. | The utterance of criticism or censure. |
272 | animadvert | v. | To pass criticism or censure. |
273 | animalcule | n. | An animal of microscopic smallness. |
274 | animate | v. | To make alive. |
275 | animosity | n. | Hatred. |
276 | annalist | n. | Historian. |
277 | annals | n. | A record of events in their chronological order, year by year. |
278 | annex | v. | To add or affix at the end. |
279 | annihilate | v. | To destroy absolutely. |
280 | annotate | v. | To make explanatory or critical notes on or upon. |
281 | annual | adj. | Occurring every year. |
282 | annuity | n. | An annual allowance, payment, or income. |
283 | annunciation | n. | Proclamation. |
284 | anode | n. | The point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like. |
285 | anonymous | adj. | Of unknown authorship. |
286 | antagonism | n. | Mutual opposition or resistance of counteracting forces, principles, or persons. |
287 | Antarctic | adj. | Pertaining to the south pole or the regions near it. |
288 | ante | v. | In the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt. |
289 | antecede | v. | To precede. |
290 | antecedent | n. | One who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality. |
291 | antechamber | n. | A waiting room for those who seek audience. |
292 | antedate | v. | To assign or affix a date to earlier than the actual one. |
293 | antediluvian | adj. | Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah. |
294 | antemeridian | adj. | Before noon. |
295 | antemundane | adj. | Pertaining to time before the world's creation. |
296 | antenatal | adj. | Occurring or existing before birth. |
297 | anterior | adj. | Prior. |
298 | anteroom | n. | A room situated before and opening into another, usually larger. |
299 | anthology | n. | A collection of extracts from the writings of various authors. |
300 | anthracite | n. | Hard coal. |
301 | anthropology | n. | The science of man in general. |
302 | anthropomorphous | adj. | Having or resembling human form. |
303 | antic | n. | A grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action. |
304 | Antichrist | n. | Any opponent or enemy of Christ, whether a person or a power. |
305 | anticlimax | n. | A gradual or sudden decrease in the importance or impressiveness of what is said. |
306 | anticyclone | n. | An atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward. |
307 | antidote | n. | Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, disease, or the like. |
308 | antilogy | n. | Inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas. |
309 | antipathize | v. | To show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike. |
310 | antiphon | n. | A response or alteration of responses, generally musical. |
311 | antiphony | n. | An anthem or other composition sung responsively. |
312 | antipodes | n. | A place or region on the opposite side of the earth. |
313 | antiquary | n. | One who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc. |
314 | antiquate | v. | To make old or out of date. |
315 | antique | adj. | Pertaining to ancient times. |
316 | antiseptic | n. | Anything that destroys or restrains the growth of putrefactive micro-organisms. |
317 | antislavery | adj. | Opposed to human slavery. |
318 | antispasmodic | adj. | Tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections. |
319 | antistrophe | n. | The inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home". |
320 | antitoxin | n. | A substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms. |
321 | antonym | n. | A word directly opposed to another in meaning. |
322 | anxious | adj. | Distressed in mind respecting some uncertain matter. |
323 | apathy | n. | Insensibility to emotion or passionate feeling. |
324 | aperture | n. | Hole. |
325 | apex | n. | The highest point, as of a mountain. |
326 | aphorism | n. | Proverb. |
327 | apiary | n. | A place where bees are kept. |
328 | apogee | n. | The climax. |
329 | apology | n. | A disclaimer of intentional error or offense. |
330 | apostasy | n. | A total departure from one's faith or religion. |
331 | apostate | adj. | False. |
332 | apostle | n. | Any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority. |
333 | apothecary | n. | One who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions. |
334 | apotheosis | n. | Deification. |
335 | appall | v. | To fill with dismay or horror. |
336 | apparent | adj. | Easily understood. |
337 | apparition | n. | Ghost. |
338 | appease | v. | To soothe by quieting anger or indignation. |
339 | appellate | adj. | Capable of being appealed to. |
340 | appellation | n. | The name or title by which a particular person, class, or thing is called. |
341 | append | v. | To add or attach, as something accessory, subordinate, or supplementary. |
342 | appertain | v. | To belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation. |
343 | apposite | adj. | Appropriate. |
344 | apposition | n. | The act of placing side by side, together, or in contact. |
345 | appraise | v. | To estimate the money value of. |
346 | appreciable | adj. | Capable of being discerned by the senses or intellect. |
347 | apprehend | v. | To make a prisoner of (a person) in the name of the law. |
348 | apprehensible | adj. | Capable of being conceived. |
349 | approbation | n. | Sanction. |
350 | appropriate | adj. | Suitable for the purpose and circumstances. |
351 | aqueduct | n. | A water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance. |
352 | aqueous | adj. | Of, pertaining to, or containing water. |
353 | arbiter | n. | One chosen or appointed, by mutual consent of parties in dispute, to decide matters. |
354 | arbitrary | adj. | Fixed or done capriciously. |
355 | arbitrate | v. | To act or give judgment as umpire. |
356 | arbor | n. | A tree. |
357 | arboreal | adj. | Of or pertaining to a tree or trees. |
358 | arborescent | adj. | Having the nature of a tree. |
359 | arboretum | n. | A botanical garden or place devoted to the cultivation of trees or shrubs. |
360 | arboriculture | n. | The cultivation of trees or shrubs. |
361 | arcade | n. | A vaulted passageway or street; a roofed passageway having shops, etc., opening from it. |
362 | archaic | adj. | Antiquated |
363 | archaism | n. | Obsolescence. |
364 | archangel | n. | An angel of high rank. |
365 | archbishop | n. | The chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the Greek, Roman, and Anglican church. |
366 | archdeacon | n. | A high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese. |
367 | archaeology | n. | The branch of anthropology concerned with the systematic investigation of the relics of man. |
368 | archetype | n. | A prototype. |
369 | archipelago | n. | Any large body of water studded with islands, or the islands collectively themselves. |
370 | ardent | adj. | Burning with passion. |
371 | ardor | n. | Intensity of passion or affection. |
372 | arid | adj. | Very dry. |
373 | aristocracy | n. | A hereditary nobility |
374 | aristocrat | n. | A hereditary noble or one nearly connected with nobility. |
375 | armada | n. | A fleet of war-vessels. |
376 | armful | n. | As much as can be held in the arm or arms. |
377 | armory | n. | An arsenal. |
378 | aroma | n. | An agreeable odor. |
379 | arraign | v. | To call into court, as a person indicted for crime, and demand whether he pleads guilty or not. |
380 | arrange | v. | To put in definite or proper order. |
381 | arrangement | n. | The act of putting in proper order, or the state of being put in order. |
382 | arrant | adj. | Notoriously bad. |
383 | arrear | n. | Something overdue and unpaid. |
384 | arrival | n. | A coming to stopping-place or destination. |
385 | arrogant | adj. | Unduly or excessively proud, as of wealth, station, learning, etc. |
386 | arrogate | v. | To take, demand, or claim, especially presumptuously or without reasons or grounds. |
387 | Artesian | well | n. A very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure |
388 | artful | adj. | Characterized by craft or cunning. |
389 | Arthurian | adj. | Pertaining to King Arthur, the real or legendary hero of British poetic story. |
390 | artifice | n. | Trickery. |
391 | artless | adj. | Ingenuous. |
392 | ascendant | adj. | Dominant. |
393 | ascension | n. | The act of rising. |
394 | ascent | n. | A rising, soaring, or climbing. |
395 | ascetic | adj. | Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion. |
396 | ascribe | v. | To assign as a quality or attribute. |
397 | asexual | adj. | Having no distinct sexual organs. |
398 | ashen | adj. | Pale. |
399 | askance | adv. | With a side or indirect glance or meaning. |
400 | asperity | n. | Harshness or roughness of temper. |
401 | aspirant | n. | One who seeks earnestly, as for advancement, honors, place. |
402 | aspiration | n. | An earnest wish for that which is above one's present reach. |
403 | aspire | v. | To have an earnest desire, wish, or longing, as for something high and good, not yet attained. |
404 | assailant | n. | One who attacks. |
405 | assassin | n. | One who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly. |
406 | assassinate | v. | To kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person. |
407 | assassination | n. | Murderer, as by secret assault or treachery. |
408 | assay | n. | The chemical analysis or testing of an alloy ore. |
409 | assent | v. | To express agreement with a statement or matter of opinion. |
410 | assess | v. | To determine the amount of (a tax or other sum to be paid). |
411 | assessor | n. | An officer whose duty it is to assess taxes. |
412 | assets | n. | pl. Property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts. |
413 | assiduous | adj. | Diligent. |
414 | assignee | n. | One who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests. |
415 | assimilate | v. | To adapt. |
416 | assonance | n. | Resemblance or correspondence in sound. |
417 | assonant | adj. | Having resemblance of sound. |
418 | assonate | v. | To accord in sound, especially vowel sound. |
419 | assuage | v. | To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or disease. |
420 | astringent | adj. | Harsh in disposition or character. |
421 | astute | adj. | Keen in discernment. |
422 | atheism | n. | The denial of the existence of God. |
423 | athirst | adj. | Wanting water. |
424 | athwart | adv. | From side to side. |
425 | atomizer | n. | An apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc. |
426 | atone | v. | To make amends for. |
427 | atonement | n. | Amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury. |
428 | atrocious | adj. | Outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel. |
429 | atrocity | n. | Great cruelty or reckless wickedness. |
430 | attache | n. | A subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy. |
431 | attest | v. | To certify as accurate, genuine, or true. |
432 | attorney-general | n. | The chief law-officer of a government. |
433 | auburn | adj. | Reddish-brown, said usually of the hair. |
434 | audacious | adj. | Fearless. |
435 | audible | adj. | Loud enough to be heard. |
436 | audition | n. | The act or sensation of hearing. |
437 | auditory | adj. | Of or pertaining to hearing or the organs or sense of hearing. |
438 | augment | v. | To make bigger. |
439 | augur | v. | To predict. |
440 | Augustinian | adj. | Pertaining to St. Augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him. |
441 | aura | n. | Pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons |
442 | aural | adj. | Of or pertaining to the ear. |
443 | auricle | n. | One of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins. |
444 | auricular | adj. | Of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing. |
445 | auriferous | adj. | Containing gold. |
446 | aurora | n. | A luminous phenomenon in the upper regions of the atmosphere. |
447 | auspice | n. | favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance. |
448 | austere | adj. | Severely simple; unadorned. |
449 | autarchy | n. | Unrestricted power. |
450 | authentic | adj. | Of undisputed origin. |
451 | authenticity | n. | The state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed. |
452 | autobiography | n. | The story of one's life written by himself. |
453 | autocracy | n. | Absolute government. |
454 | autocrat | n. | Any one who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence. |
455 | automaton | n. | Any living being whose actions are or appear to be involuntary or mechanical. |
456 | autonomous | adj. | Self-governing. |
457 | autonomy | n. | Self-government. |
458 | autopsy | n. | The examination of a dead body by dissection to ascertain the cause of death. |
459 | autumnal | adj. | Of or pertaining to autumn. |
460 | auxiliary | n. | One who or that which aids or helps, especially when regarded as subsidiary or accessory. |
461 | avalanche | n. | The fall or sliding of a mass of snow or ice down a mountain-slope, often bearing with it rock. |
462 | avarice | n. | Passion for getting and keeping riches. |
463 | aver | v. | To assert as a fact. |
464 | averse | adj. | Reluctant. |
465 | aversion | n. | A mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing. |
466 | avert | v. | To turn away or aside. |
467 | aviary | n. | A spacious cage or enclosure in which live birds are kept. |
468 | avidity | n. | Greediness. |
469 | avocation | n. | Diversion. |
470 | avow | v. | To declare openly. |
471 | awaken | v. | To arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like. |
472 | awry | adv. | & adj. Out of the proper form, direction, or position. |
473 | aye | adv. | An expression of assent. |
474 | azalea | n. | A flowering shrub. |
475 | azure | n. | The color of the sky. |
Friday, 7 May 2010
Vocabulary Builder A
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