TERZA PART VOCABOLI GRE 703 PAGINE PDF Vocabulary List

cantata a story set to music to be sung by a chorus (shorter than an oratorio) -- 2 q canter a slow gallop; V. CF. trot -- 3 q canto a division of a long poem -- 4 q canvass a determine or seek opinions, votes, etc.; go through (a region) to solicit votes or orders; conduct a survey; N. -...

cantata a story set to music to be sung by a chorus (shorter than an oratorio) -- 2 q canter a slow gallop; V. CF. trot -- 3 q canto a division of a long poem -- 4 q canvass a determine or seek opinions, votes, etc.; go through (a region) to solicit votes or orders; conduct a survey; N. -- 5 q capacious a spacious -- 6 q capacity a mental or physical ability; role; position or duty; ability to accommodate; Ex. in my capacity as president -- 7 q capillary a having a very fine bore; resembling a hair; fine and slender; Ex. capillary attraction; N: very fine hairlike tube; CF. capillarity -- 8 q capitulate a surrender; give up all resistance -- 9 q caprice a whim; sudden change of mind without any real cause -- 10 q capricious a unpredictable; fickle -- 11 q caption a title; chapter heading; text under illustration -- 12 q captious a faultfinding; too critical -- 13 q carafe a glass water bottle; decanter -- 14 q carapace a shell covering the back (of a turtle, tortoise, crab, etc.) -- 15 q carat(karat) a unit of weight for precious stones; measure of the purity of gold -- 16 q carcinogenic a causing cancer; N. carcinogen -- 17 q cardinal a chief; most important; N: priest; cardinal number: number that shows quantity rather thatn order -- 18 q cardiologist a doctor specializing in ailments of the heart -- 19 q careen a lurch; sway from side to side; move with irregular swinging movement; stagger -- 20 q career a rush wildly; go at full speed -- 21 q sway a swing from side to side; influence (someone) to change one’s opinion; N. -- 22 q caricature a distortion; burlesque -- 23 q carillon a a set of bells (often in a tower) capable of being played -- 24 q carnage a destruction of life; slaughter; killing of large numbers of people or animals -- 25 q carnal a fleshly; sensual; concerning the desires of the body -- 26 q carnivorous a meat-eating; N. carnivore; CF. herbivore -- 27 q carousal a drunken revel; V. carouse -- 28 q carping a petty criticism; fault-finding; fretful complaining; quibble -- 29 q carrion a rotting flesh of a dead body; CF. vulture -- 30 q cartographer a map-maker -- 31 q cascade a small waterfall -- 32 q caste a one of the hereditary classes in Hindu society; social stratification; prestige -- 33 q castigation a punishment; severe criticism or disapproval -- 34 q casualty a serious or fatal accident; person killed or wounded in an accident or battle -- 35 q casual a happening by chance; irregular; occasional; informal; showing or feeling little interest; Ex. casual reader/labor/remark -- 36 q cataclysm a deluge; upheaval; earthquake; violent and sudden event or change -- 37 q catalyst a agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged; CF. catalysis -- 38 q catapult a slingshot; hurling machine; V: fire from catapult -- 39 q hurl a throw forcefully; shout out violently -- 40 q cataract a great waterfall; eye abnormality (causing a gradual loss of eyesight) -- 41 q catastrophe a calamity ; disaster -- 42 q catcall a shout of disapproval or displeasure (made at the theater or a sports match); boo; V. -- 43 q catechism a book for religious instruction in question-and-answer form; religious instruction by question and answer; V. catechize -- 44 q categorical a without exceptions; made without any doubt in mind; unqualified; absolute -- 45 q qualify a reach a necessary standard; limit the meaning of something stated -- 46 q catharsis a purging or cleansing of any passage of the body; purging and weakening of strong emotions as a result of experiencing a dramatic work of art -- 47 q cathartic a purgative; medicine that causes the bowels to empty; ADJ. -- 48 q catholic a (of likings and interests) universal; general; broad; including many different parts; wide-ranging liberal; Ex. catholic opinions/tastes -- 49 q caucus a private meeting of a group of people in a political party to select officers or determine policy; CF. the Caucus club of Boston -- 50 q caulk(calk) a make watertight (by blocking up cracks as in a ship) -- 51 q causal a implying a cause-and-effect relationship; N. causality -- 52 q caustic a burning; corrosive; able to burn by chemical action; sarcastically biting; (of remarks) intended to hurt; bitter; harmful; OP. harmless -- 53 q cauterize a burn (a wound or snakebite, etc.) with hot iron or caustic substance to stop bleeding and prevent infection -- 54 q cavalcade a procession of riders or horse-drawn carriages; parade; CF. cavalry -- 55 q cavalier a casual and offhand; arrogant; N: knight -- 56 q cavil a quibble; make frivolous objections; find fault unnecessarily -- 57 q cede a yield (title or territory) to (esp. after losing a war); surrender formally; N. cession -- 58 q celerity a speed; rapidity -- 59 q celestial a heavenly -- 60 q hereafter a life after death -- 61 q afterlife a life after death; later part of one’s life -- 62 q celibate a abstaining from sexual intercourse; unmarried; N. celibacy -- 63 q censor a (in ancient Rome) overseer of morals (also taking the census); person who eliminates inappropriate matter; V. -- 64 q censorious a severely critical -- 65 q censure a blame; criticize; express strong disapproval; N: severe criticism; strong disapproval -- 66 q centaur a mythical figure, half man and half horse -- 67 q centigrade a denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius) -- 68 q centrifugal a radiating; departing from the center -- 69 q centrifuge a machine that separates substances by whirling them -- 70 q centripetal a tending toward the center -- 71 q centurion a Roman army officer (commanding a company of about 100 soldiers) -- 72 q cerebral a pertaining to the brain or intellect; intellectual rather than emotional; CF. cerebrum -- 73 q cerebration a thought; working of the brain -- 74 q ceremonious a marked by formality; extremely formal and polite; CF. ceremony: conventional social courtesy -- 75 q unceremonious a not done politely without due formalities -- 76 q certitude a certainty -- 77 q cessation a stoppage -- 78 q cession a yielding to another; ceding -- 79 q chafe a warm by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; N. -- 80 q chaff a worthless products of an endeavor; husk(outer seed cover) separated from grain; Ex. separate the wheat from the chaff -- 81 q chaffing a bantering; joking -- 82 q chagrin a annoyance and disappointment; vexation (caused by humiliation or injured pride) -- 83 q chalice a goblet; consecrated cup -- 84 q chameleon a lizard that changes color in different situations -- 85 q champion a support militantly; fight for; N: person who fights for or supports strongly (a principle, movement, person, etc.) -- 86 q championship a position of champion; defense or support; competition held to determine a champion -- 87 q chaotic a in utter disorder -- 88 q charisma a divine gift; great popular charm or appeal; magnetism -- 89 q charlatan a quack; pretender to knowledge (esp. in medicine) -- 90 q chary a cautious; unwilling to take risks; sparing or restrained about giving; OP. bold -- 91 q chase a ornament a metal surface by indenting; follow rapidly to catch -- 92 q chasm a abyss; very deep crack -- 93 q chassis a framework and working parts of an automobile; framework to which components are attached -- 94 q chaste a morally pure; virginal; abstaining from illicit sexual acts; modest; simple (of a style of writing); not highly decorated; austere -- 95 q chasten a discipline; punish in order to correct; CF. castigate -- 96 q chastise a punish as by beating; criticize severely -- 97 q chauvinist a blindly devoted patriot; zealous adherent of a group, cause, or sex; ADJ. chauvinistic; CF. chauvinism; Nicolas Chauvin -- 98 q check a stop motion; curb or restrain -- 99 q checkered (chequered) a marked by great changes in fortune; with many changes of fortuene; CF. checked: having a pattern of squares -- 100 q cherubic a angelic; innocent-looking; N. cherub; CF. seraph: winged angel of the highest order -- 101 q chicanery a trickery; deception -- 102 q chide a scold; rebuke (someone who has done wrong) -- 103 q chimerical a fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; N. chimera: unreal fancy; fire-breathing female creature -- 104 q chisel a swindle or cheat; N: wedgelike tool for cutting -- 105 q chip a lose a small piece from the surface or edge; N: small piece broken off something; CF. French fry; Potato chip/crisp -- 106 q chivalrous a courteous; faithful; brave; N. chivalry -- 107 q choleric a hot-tempered; bad-tempered; irritable; easily angered; CF. cholera -- 108 q choreography a art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances -- 109 q chore a daily domestic task (such as cleaning, cooking, and shopping); unpleasant task -- 110 q chortle a chuckle with delight; N. -- 111 q chuckle a laugh quietly -- 112 q chronic a long established as a disease -- 113 q chronicle a report; record (in chronological order) -- 114 q churlish a boorish; rude; N. churl: boor; yahoo -- 115 q ciliated a having minute hairs; CF. cilium; CF. cilia: eyelash -- 116 q cipher a nonentity; worthless person or thing; zero; secret code; V. -- 117 q circlet a small ring; band of gold, silver, jewel, etc. (worn on the head, arms, or neck as decoration) -- 118 q circuitous a roundabout -- 119 q circuit a closed circular line around an area; circumference; regularly repeated journey from place to place -- 120 q circumlocution a indirect or roundabout expression (by using an uncecessarily large number of words esp. when trying to avoid answering a difficult question directly) -- 121 q circumscribe a limit; confine; draw a line around -- 122 q circumspect a prudent; cautious; acting after careful thought -- 123 q circumvent a outwit; defeat by behaving more cleverly; outsmart; baffle; avoid; get around -- 124 q cistern a reservoir or water tank -- 125 q citadel a fortress -- 126 q cite a quote; commend; Ex. cited for bravery in an official record -- 127 q civil a having to do with citizens; not military or religious; courteous and polite; Ex. married in a civil ceremony; Ex. civil strife/disorder/law; N. civility; CF. civic -- 128 q clairvoyant a having foresight; fortuneteller; N. clairvoyance -- 129 q hindsight a understanding the nature of an event after it has actually happened -- 130 q clamber a climb by crawling with difficulties; scramble -- 131 q clamor a loud continous noise; continuous demand or complaint made by a large number of people; V: make a clamor; express (a demand) continually and loudly; ADJ. clamorous -- 132 q clandestine a secret -- 133 q chaperon a older person who accompanies and supervises a young unmarried woman -- 134 q clangor a loud resounding noise; sound of repeated clanging -- 135 q clapper a striker (tongue) of a bell -- 136 q clap a strike the palms of the hands together with a sudden explosive sound; come together suddenly with a sharp sound; put or send promptly; Ex. clap the thief in jail; N: clapping; loud or explosive sound; CF. applause -- 137 q clarion a shrill, trumpetlike sound; kind of trumpet used in former times -- 138 q claustrophobia a fear of being locked in -- 139 q clavicle a collarbone -- 140 q scrimmage a disorderly fight between two or more people -- 141 q cleave a split or sever; cling to; remain faithful to; N. cleavage; ADJ. cloven -- 142 q cleft a N: split -- 143 q clemency a disposition to be lenient in deciding punishments; mildness as of the weather; ADJ. clement -- 144 q cliché a phrase dulled in meaning by repetition; platitude; ADJ. clichéd -- 145 q bromide a platitude; chemical compound used to calm excitement -- 146 q clientele a body of customers -- 147 q climactic a relating to the highest point; N. climax; CF. climatic -- 148 q clime a climate -- 149 q clique a small exclusive group of people -- 150 q cloister a monastery or convent -- 151 q clout a great influence (especially political or social); hard blow with fist -- 152 q cloying a distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental; V. cloy: become unpleasant through too much sweetness or excess -- 153 q coagulate a congeal; thicken; clot; N. coagulant -- 154 q clot a half-solid lump formed from a liquid (or blood); V. -- 155 q pudding a hot sweet dish -- 156 q coalesce a combine; fuse; N. coalescence -- 157 q coalition a partnership; league; union of separate political parties -- 158 q coda a concluding section of a musical or literary composition -- 159 q coddle a treat gently; indulge excessively; pamper; mollycoddle; baby; cook in water just below boiling point; Ex. coddled eggs -- 160 q codicil a supplement to the body of a will; later addition to a will -- 161 q codify a arrange (laws or rules) as a code; classify; N. code: system of words used instead of ordinary writing; collection of laws, rules, established social customs -- 162 q coercion a use of force to get someone to object; compelling; V. coerce -- 163 q coeval a living at the same time as; existing during the same period of time; contemporary; of the same age -- 164 q cog a tooth projecting from a wheel -- 165 q cogent a convincing -- 166 q cogitate a think over; ponder -- 167 q cognate a having a common origin; related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature; Ex. cognate languages; N. -- 168 q cognitive a having to do with knowing or perceiving related to the mental processes; N. cognition: the mental process of knowing -- 169 q cognizance a knowledge; ADJ. cognizant; having knowledge; aware -- 170 q cohabit a live together -- 171 q cohere a stick together -- 172 q cohesion a tendency to keep together -- 173 q cohorts a group of people who share some common quality; armed band; a group of between 300 and 600 soldiers under one commander (in the ancient Rome) -- 174 q coiffure a hairstyle -- 175 q coin a make coins; invent or fabricate (a word or phrase); N. coinage: word or phrase recently invented -- 176 q coincidence a the chance occurrence, at the same time, of two or more seemingly connected events; V. coincide: happen at the same time; be in agreement; CF. coincident; CF. coincidental -- 177 q colander a utensil with perforated bottom used for straining -- 178 q collaborate a work together; cooperate treasonably with the enemy -- 179 q collage a work of art put together from fragments -- 180 q scrap a small bit or fragment; discarded waste material; fight; Ex. a scrap of paper/cloth; V: break into parts for disposal; discard as worthless; fight; quarrel -- 181 q scraps a leftover food -- 182 q scrappy a quarrelsome -- 183 q collate a examine and compare in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order (the sheets of a book before they are bound) -- 184 q collateral a security given for loan; ADJ: secondary; descended from the same person but through different sons or daughters -- 185 q collation a a light meal; collating -- 186 q colloquial a pertaining to conversational or common speech; informal; N. colloquialism: colloquial expression -- 187 q colloquy a informal discussion; conversation -- 188 q collusion a conspiring in a fraudulent scheme to cheat or deceive others; V. collude -- 189 q colossal a huge -- 190 q colossus a gigantic statue; person or thing of great size or importance -- 191 q comatose a in a coma; extremely sleepy -- 192 q coma a deep prolonged unconsciousness caused by disease, poison, or a severe blow -- 193 q combustible a easily burned; N. CF. combustion -- 194 q comely a attractive; agreeable; having a pleasing appearance -- 195 q homely a not good-looking; unattractive -- 196 q comestible a something fit to be eaten -- 197 q comeuppance a deserts; well-deserved punishment or misfortune; rebuke -- 198 q deserts a what someone deserves -- 199 q comity a courtesy; civility; Ex. comity of nations -- 200 q commandeer a take (private property) for military use without needing permission or giving payment; draft for military purposesdraft a first rough form; conscription; draught; V: make a draft of; conscript -- 2 q draught a current of air (through a room or to a fire); act of pulling roads; act of swallowing liquid or amount of liquid swallowed at a time -- 3 q commemorative a remembering; honoring the memory of; Ex. commemorative stamp -- 4 q commemorate a honor the memory of; serve as a memorial to; Ex. commemorate the 100th anniversary/those who died in the war -- 5 q commensurate a equal in extent; of the same size -- 6 q commiserate a feel or express pity or sympathy for -- 7 q commodious a spacious and comfortable -- 8 q communal a held in common; public; of a group of people; of a commune -- 9 q commune a small (often rural) community whose members share work and income; V: exchange thoughts or feelings; Ex. commune with nature -- 10 q compact a agreement; contract; ADJ: tightly packed; firm; brief; concise; Ex. compact statement -- 11 q compatible a harmonious; in harmony with; able to exist together -- 12 q compelling a overpowering; irresistible in effect; holding one’s attention; that compels one to do something; Ex. a compelling adventure story; V. compel -- 13 q compulsion a compelling; strong desire that is difficult to control; irresistible impulse -- 14 q compulsory a obligatory; that must be done -- 15 q compulsive a resulting from compulsion -- 16 q compendium a brief, comprehensive summary; ADJ. compendious -- 17 q compensatory a making up for; repaying -- 18 q compilation a listing of information in tabular or book form; compiling -- 19 q compile a assemble; gather; accumulate; make (a report or a book) from facts and information found in various places; Ex. compile a dictionary -- 20 q complacency a self-satisfaction; smugness; ADJ. complacent -- 21 q smug a self-satisfied; complacent -- 22 q complaisant a trying to please; obliging; willing to please others -- 23 q complement a complete; consummate; make perfect; N. -- 24 q complementary a serving to complete something -- 25 q compliance a conformity in fulfilling requirements; readiness to yield; disposition to yield to others; V. comply -- 26 q compliant a readily acting in accordance with a rule, order, or the wishes or others; yielding; comforming to requirements -- 27 q complicity a participation; involvement (in a questionable act or a crime) -- 28 q component a element; ingredient -- 29 q comport a bear one’s self; behave; Ex. comport oneself; N. comportment -- 30 q deport a send out of the country; behave; N. deportation, deportment -- 31 q bearing a deportment; connection -- 32 q composure a mental calmness -- 33 q compound a combine; produce by combining; increase; make worse by adding to or increasing; exacerbate; Ex. compound an error; ADJ: consisting of two or more parts; N: combination of two or more parts; area enclosed by a wall containing a group of buildings; Ex. factory compound; CF. complex -- 34 q comprehensive a broad; including a lot or everything; thorough; inclusive -- 35 q compress a force into less space; squeeze; contract; put into fewer words; N: thick mass of cloth pressed to part of the body to stop bleeding or swelling, reduce fever, etc. -- 36 q comprise a include; consist of -- 37 q compromise a adjust or settle by making mutual concessions; endanger the interests or reputation of; put into danger, disrepute, or a dishonorable position; Ex. compromise one’s principle; N. -- 38 q compunction a remorse; strong uneasiness caused by guilt -- 39 q compute a reckon; calculate -- 40 q reckon a count; calculate; regard as; think; suppose -- 41 q concatenate a link as in a chain -- 42 q concave a hollow; curved inwards; OP. convex -- 43 q concede a admit; acknowledge as being true (often reluctantly); yield; grant; Ex. concede a goal -- 44 q conceit a vanity or self-love; too high opinion of one’s own value; extravagant metaphor (in poetry) -- 45 q vain a full of self-admiration; conceited; without result; unsuccessful; N. vanity -- 46 q concentric a having a common center -- 47 q conception a beginning; forming of an idea; fertilization; V. conceive: form an idea in the mind; devise; become pregnant; CF. inception -- 48 q concerted a mutually agreed on; done together by agreement; Ex. concerted effort; CF. in concert: working together -- 49 q concession a an act of yielding; conceding; something conceded; point, right, etc. given unwillingly; privilege of maintaining a business in a certain place; Ex. oil concessions in the North sea; CF. concessionaire -- 50 q conciliatory a reconciling; soothing; V. conciliate: reconcile; soothe; win the friendly feelings (by removing anger) -- 51 q concise a brief and compact -- 52 q conclave a private secret meeting -- 53 q conclusive a decisive; ending all debate -- 54 q concoct a prepare by mixing or combining; make up in concert; devise (something false) so as to deceive; Ex. concoct an elaborate excuse for being late; N. concoction -- 55 q concomitant a that which accompanies; Ex. Deafnes is a frequent concommitant of old age; ADJ: existing or happening together with something else -- 56 q concord a harmony; accord -- 57 q concordat a formal agreement -- 58 q concur a agree; coincide; happen at the same time -- 59 q concurrent a happening at the same time; in agreement -- 60 q condescend a (derog.) bestow courtesies with a superior air; descend to the level of one considered inferior -- 61 q condign a adequate; (of punishment) severe and well deserved -- 62 q condiments a seasonings; spices -- 63 q condole a express condolences; N. condolence: sympathy for someone who has experienced great sorrow -- 64 q condone a overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse -- 65 q conducive a helpful; contributive; V. conduce; Ex. conduce to/towards -- 66 q conduit a aqueduct; passageway for fluids -- 67 q confidant(confidante) a trusted friend (to whom one tells one’s secret) -- 68 q confide a tell in confidence (to a person one trusts); be confident about -- 69 q confidence a self-assurance; calm unworried feeling based on a strong belief in one’s abilities; strong belief in the ability of a person or plan; trust or faith in a person or thing; something confided; secret; Ex. confidence in your ability; Ex. I’m telling you this in confidence; Ex. exchange confidences about their boyfriends; ADJ. confident -- 70 q confidential a spoken or written in secret; trusted with private matters; Ex. confidential secretary -- 71 q confine a shut in an enclosed space; restrict; keep within limits; N. confinement -- 72 q confiscate a seize; take possession of (private property) by official order (usu. as a punishment); commandeer -- 73 q conflagration a great fire -- 74 q confluence a flowing together; the place where two rivers flow together; crowd; gathering together -- 75 q conformity a harmony; agreement with established rules or customs; similarity; Ex. behave in conformity with; V. conform: be similar; act in agreement; comply; Ex. conform to the rule; CF. conformance -- 76 q confound a confuse; puzzle -- 77 q congeal a freeze; coagulate -- 78 q congenial a pleasant; friendly; in agreement with one’s tastes and nature; Ex. congenial weather -- 79 q congenital a existing at birth -- 80 q conglomeration a mass of material sticking together -- 81 q conglomerate a corporation made up of several different companies in diversified fields; mass of various material gathered together; rock consisting of small stones held together by clay; V. -- 82 q congruence a correspondence of parts; harmonious relationship; CF. congruity -- 83 q congruent a in agreement; harmonious; corresponding; coinciding exactly; CF. congruous -- 84 q conifer a pine tree (usu. evergreen); cone-bearing tree; ADJ. coniferous; CF. deciduous; CF. evergreen -- 85 q conjecture a surmise; guess; V. -- 86 q conjugal a pertaining to marriage -- 87 q conjure a cause to appear by magic; summon (a devil or a spirit) by magical power; practice magic (esp. by very quick movement of the hands); evoke; conjure up: bring into the mind; Ex. The magician conjured a rabbit out of his hat. -- 88 q connivance a pretense of ignorance of something wrong; assistance; permission to offend; V. connive: feign ignorance (of a wrong); cooperate secretly in an illegal action; conspire -- 89 q connoisseur a person competent to act as a judge of art, etc. (whose judgments are respected); a lover of an art -- 90 q connotation a suggested or implied meaning of an expression; V. connote -- 91 q connubial a pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state -- 92 q matrimony a state of being married -- 93 q patrimony a property inherited from a father -- 94 q consanguinity a kinship; relationship by birth -- 95 q consanguineous(consanguine) a having a common ancestor -- 96 q conscientious a scrupulous; through and careful; Ex. conscientious worker -- 97 q conscript a draftee; person forced into military service; V. -- 98 q consecrate a dedicate; sanctify; declare as sacred; Ex. consecrate one’s life to helping the poor -- 99 q consensus a general agreement; opinion reached by a group -- 100 q consequential a self-important; significant; consequent; following as a result; Ex. consequential air; CF. subsequent -- 101 q conservatory(conservatoire) a school of the fine arts (especially music or drama); glass-enclosed area; CF. conservancy -- 102 q consign a send to a person or place for sale; deliver officially; entrust; put into the care of another; set apart (for a special purpose); N. consignment; CF. consignor, consignee -- 103 q consistency a absence of contradictions; uniformity; degree of thickness or firmness; Ex. consistency of thick cream; CF. viscous -- 104 q console a lessen sadness or disappointment; give comfort; allay the sorrow of; N. consolation -- 105 q consolidation a unification; process of becoming firmer or stronger; V. consolidate: merge; strengthen -- 106 q consonance a harmony; agreement -- 107 q consonant a harmonious; in agreement; N. -- 108 q consort a associate with; keep company; N: husband or wife (or a ruler) -- 109 q conspiracy a treacherous plot; secret plan against the law (by two or more people) -- 110 q conspire a take part in a conspiracy; (of events) work together; combine; Ex. Events conspired to produce great difficulties. -- 111 q consternation a great shock; dismay -- 112 q constituent a supporter; voter; member of a constituency; component -- 113 q constituency a voters represented by an elected official; district so represented; group of supporters (or constituents) -- 114 q constitution a constituting; system of laws; composition of something; physical makeup or structure of a person; Ex. men with strong constitutions -- 115 q constraint a restraint; compulsion; repression of feelings; reticence; V. constrain: hold back; restrain; compel; oblige; confine forcibly; imprison -- 116 q construe a explain; interpret; Ex. construe her silence as meaning that she agreed; CF. misconstrue -- 117 q consummate a complete; V. -- 118 q contagion a infection (by contact); ADJ. contagious; CF. infectious: that can be passed by infection in the air -- 119 q drastic a strong; violent and severe; Ex. drastic changes/measures -- 120 q contaminate a pollute -- 121 q contempt a scorn; disdain; ADJ. contemptuous; CF. contemptible -- 122 q contend a struggle; compete; assert earnestly; state strongly -- 123 q contention a assertion; claim; thesis; struggling; competition -- 124 q thesis a opinion put forward and supported by reasoned arguments -- 125 q boost a lift by pushing up from below; increase; raise; N: push upward; increase -- 126 q contentious a quarrelsome; controversial; likely to cause arguments -- 127 q contest a dispute; argue about the rightness of; compete for; try to win; Ex. contest the election results; Ex. contest a seat in Parliament; N. -- 128 q context a writings preceding and following the passage quoted; circumstance in which an event occurs -- 129 q contiguous a adjacent to; touching upon -- 130 q continence a self-restraint; sexual chastity; sexual abstinence; voluntary control over bladder and bowel functions; ADJ. continent -- 131 q contingent a dependent on something uncertain or in the future; conditional; happening by chance; accidental; N: a group of soldiers, ships to a larger force; CF. contingency: future event that may or may not occur; possibility; Ex. prepare for every contingency -- 132 q contortions a twistings; distortions; V. contort: twist violently out of shape; CF. contortionist -- 133 q contraband a illegal trade; smuggling; smuggled goods; ADJ. -- 134 q contravene a contradict; oppose; violate (a rule, law, or custom); N. contravention -- 135 q contrite a penitent; repentant; N. contrition -- 136 q contrived a unnatural and forced; artificial; not spontaneous; Ex. The ending was rather contrived. -- 137 q contrive a invent or fabricate in a clever way (by improvisation); manage; Ex. contrive to attract his attention -- 138 q contrivance a something contrived; machine or apparatus; clever deceitful plan; scheme -- 139 q controvert a oppose with arguments; attempt to refute; contradict; ADJ. controversial; N. controversy -- 140 q contumacious a stubborn and disobedient; resisting authority (esp. disobedient to an order made by a court) -- 141 q contusion a bruise -- 142 q bruise a injure without breaking the skin; N. -- 143 q conundrum a riddle; difficult problem -- 144 q convene a come together; assemble; call to meet; Ex. convene the council -- 145 q convention a social or moral custom; established practice; formal meeting; international agreement -- 146 q conventional a ordinary; typical; not nuclear; Ex. conventional weapons -- 147 q converge a approach; tend to meet; come together -- 148 q conversant a familiar with; having knowledge of -- 149 q converse a opposite; ADJ. -- 150 q convert a one who has adopted a different religion or opinion; V: change into another form; (persuade to) adopt a particular religion or belief -- 151 q convex a curving outward -- 152 q conveyance a vehicle; transfer; act of conveying; Ex. public conveyance -- 153 q conviction a judgment that someone is guilty of a crime; strongly held belief -- 154 q convivial a pleasantly merry; festive; joyous; gay; characterized by joviality; jovial -- 155 q convoke a call together; Ex. convoke Parliament; N. convocation -- 156 q convoluted a coiled around; twisted; involved; complicated; intricate; complex; N. convolution: twist; one of the convex folds of the surface of the brain -- 157 q convulsion a violent uncontrollable shaking movement (caused by illness); V. convulse; ADJ. convulsive -- 158 q copious a plentiful -- 159 q coquette a flirt; flirtatious woman; woman who tries to attract the admiration of men without sincere feelings; V. -- 160 q flirt a behave in a way that attracts (sexual) attention; deal triflingly with; N: one (or woman) given to flirting; ADJ. flirtatious -- 161 q cordial a warmly friendly; gracious; heartfelt; Ex. cordial welcome -- 162 q cordon a extended line of men or fortifications to prevent access or egress; -- 163 q cornice a projecting molding on building (usually above columns or pillars) -- 164 q cornucopia a horn (or horn-shaped container) overflowing with fruit and grain; symbol of abundance; horn of plenty -- 165 q corollary a natural consequence (which naturally follows from something else) -- 166 q corporeal a bodily (rather than spiritual); of a bodily form; material; tangible -- 167 q corpulent a very fat; N. corpulence -- 168 q corpus a collection (of writings or information); Ex. the corpus of Shakespear’s works; Cf. corpse -- 169 q corpuscle a red or white cell in the blood -- 170 q correlation a mutual relationship -- 171 q correlate a either of the correlated things; V. -- 172 q corroborate a confirm; support; strengthen -- 173 q corrode a destroy or wear away gradually by chemical action (over a long period) -- 174 q corrosive a eating away by chemicals or disease; (of language) fierce -- 175 q corrugated a wrinkled; ridged -- 176 q wrinkle a small ridge on a smooth surface (face or cloth); V. -- 177 q crinkle a wrinkle -- 178 q cosmic a pertaining to the universe; vast -- 179 q coterie a group that meets socially; select circle; close group of people with shared interests -- 180 q countenance a approve; support; tolerate; Ex. countenance his rude behavior; N: face; appearance -- 181 q countermand a cancel; revoke (an order) -- 182 q counterpart a thing that completes another; things very much alike; thing that has the same purpose in a different system -- 183 q coup a highly successful action or sudden attack; coup(s) d’'etat; CF. coup de gr\^ace: deathblow or shot which kills -- 184 q couple a join; unite; OP. uncouple -- 185 q courier a messenger -- 186 q covenant a binding agreement between two groups or people; compact; V: enter into a covenant; promise -- 187 q bargain a agreement between two groups or people; something for sale at a price advantageous to the buyer; V: negotiate; trade; Ex. bargaining power -- 188 q covert a secret; hidden; implied; OP. overt -- 189 q covetous a avaricious; desirous of (someone else’s possessions); V. covet: desire eagerly (someone else’s possessions) -- 190 q cow a terrorize; intimidate -- 191 q cower a shrink quivering as from fear; cringe -- 192 q coy a shy (flirtatiously); showing a (pretended) lack of self-confidence; modest; coquettish; CF. job offer -- 193 q cozen a cheat; hoodwink; swindle -- 194 q crabbed a sour; bad-tempered; peevish; difficult to read as handwriting -- 195 q peevish a bad-tempered; irritable; V. peeve: make angry -- 196 q crass a very unrefined; grossly insensible; crude and undiscriminating; Ex. crass behavior -- 197 q craven a cowardly -- 198 q credence a belief -- 199 q credo a creed -- 200 q credulity a belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naivet'e; ADJ. credulousview (200) Browse (200) 1 q creed a system of religious or ethical belief -- 2 q crescendo a increase in the volume or intensity as in a musical passage; climax; CF. crescent -- 3 q far-fetched a too improbable to be believed; implausible; Ex. far-fetched story -- 4 q overture a musical introduction to a long musical piece; first offer or proposal (to begin talks in the hope of reaching an agreement); Ex. overtures for peace -- 5 q crestfallen a dejected; dispirited -- 6 q crest a top (as of a hill or wave); showy feathers on the head of a bird -- 7 q crevice a crack; fissure -- 8 q cringe a shrink back as if in fear; cower -- 9 q criteria a standards used in judging; CF. criterion -- 10 q crone a hag; ugly old woman -- 11 q crotchety a (of someone old) eccentric; odd; whimsical; bad-tempered; N. crotchet: odd or whimsical notion -- 12 q crux a essential or main point; Ex. the crux of the problem; ADJ. crucial: of deciding importance -- 13 q crypt a secret recess or vault usually used for burial; underground room (under a church) -- 14 q cryptic a mysterious; hidden; secret -- 15 q cubicle a small chamber used for sleeping or work -- 16 q compartment a one of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided -- 17 q cuisine a style of cooking; Ex. French cuisine -- 18 q culinary a relating to cooking or kitchen -- 19 q cull a pick out from others (to kill the weakest members); reject; select; collect (information); N. -- 20 q culmination a highest point; climax; V. culminate in: reach the highest point in; end in; Ex. a series of minor clashes culminating in war -- 21 q culpable a deserving blame; blameworthy -- 22 q culprit a one guilty of a crime -- 23 q culvert a artificial channel for water; drain crossing under a road -- 24 q cumbersome a heavy and awkward to carry or wear; burdensome; Ex. cumbersome parcel/uniform -- 25 q cumulative a growing by addition; accumulative -- 26 q cupidity a greed (for wealth); CF. cupid; CF. Cupid -- 27 q curator a superintendent; manager (in charge of a museum or a library) -- 28 q curmudgeon a churlish, miserly individual; bad-tempered old person -- 29 q cursive a (of writing) flowing; running; having the successive letters joined -- 30 q cursory a casual; hastily done with little attention to detail -- 31 q curtail a shorten; reduce -- 32 q cynical a skeptical or distrustful of human motives; N. cynicism; CF. cynic: person who believes all people are motivated by selfishness -- 33 q cynosure a object of general attention; person or thing that is a center of attention; CF. Ursa Minor -- 34 q dabble a work at in a nonserious fashion; splash around; move noisily in a liquid -- 35 q dais a raised platform for speakers or other important people -- 36 q dally a trifle with; toy with; treat without the necessary seriousness; procrastinate; waste time -- 37 q dank a damp; unpleasantly wet -- 38 q dapper a neat and trim (in appearance); (of small men) neat in appearance and quick in movements; neat; spry -- 39 q dappled a spotted -- 40 q daub a smear (as with paint); cover with something sticky; Ex. daub one’s clothes with mud/paint; N: small bit of sticky substance; Ex. a daub of paint -- 41 q smear a spread or cover with a sticky substance; N: mark made by smearing -- 42 q smudge a dirty mark with unclear edges made by rubbing; V. -- 43 q daunt a intimidate; frighten; discourage; dishearten -- 44 q dauntless a bold; fearless -- 45 q dawdle a loiter; hang around; waste time doing nothing -- 46 q deadlock a standstill resulting from the opposition of two unrelenting forces; stalemate -- 47 q standstill a condition of no movement or activity; stop -- 48 q deadpan a wooden; impassive; with no show of feeling; with an expressionless face -- 49 q dearth a scarcity -- 50 q d'eb\^acle a sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster -- 51 q debase a degrade; reduce in quality or value; degenerate; lower in esteem; disgrace; N. debasement -- 52 q kneel a go down on one’s knee(s) -- 53 q debauch a corrupt morally; seduce from virtue; N. debauchery: wild behavior (with sex and alcohol) -- 54 q seduce a lead away from proper conduct; entice; ADJ. seductive -- 55 q debilitate a weaken (esp. through heat, hunger, illness); enfeeble -- 56 q bout a match; short period of great activity; Ex. wrestling bout; bout of drinking/flu -- 57 q debonair a (of men) friendly, charming, and fashionably dressed; aiming to please; CF. of good disposition -- 58 q d'ebris a rubble; wreckage; scattered remains of something broken or destroyed -- 59 q debunk a expose as false, exaggerated, worthless, etc.; ridicule -- 60 q debutante a young woman making formal entrance into society -- 61 q debut a d'ebut; first public appearance; formal presentation of a young woman to society -- 62 q decadence a decay; fall to a lower level (of morality, civilization, or art); ADJ. decadent -- 63 q decant a pour off gently (wine or liquid) -- 64 q decapitate a behead -- 65 q decelerate a slow down -- 66 q deciduous a falling off at a specific season or stage of growth as of leaves; Ex. deciduous tree/teeth -- 67 q decimate a kill (usually one out of ten or every tenth man); destroy or kill a large part of -- 68 q decipher a decode; CF. indecipherable -- 69 q declivity a downward slope -- 70 q d'ecollet'e a (of a dress) having a low-cut neckline; CF. d'ecolletage: low neckline (on a dress) -- 71 q decree a authoritative order; edict; judgment of a court of law; V: order or judge by decree -- 72 q decomposition a decay; V. decompose: decay; break and separate into simple parts -- 73 q decorum a propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners; appropriateness of behavior or conduct -- 74 q decorous a proper (in behavior, conduct, or appearance) -- 75 q decoy a lure or bait; V. -- 76 q decrepitude a state of collapse or weakness caused by illness or old age -- 77 q decrepit a weak and in bad condition from old age or hard use; Ex. decrepit old chair/man -- 78 q decry a express strong disapproval of; condemn openly (something dangerous to the public); disparage; Ex. decry the violence of modern films -- 79 q deducible a derived by reasoning; V. deduce: infer; derive by reasoning -- 80 q deface a mar; disfigure -- 81 q mar a spoil the appearance of -- 82 q defame a harm someone’s reputation; malign; speak evil of; slander; N. defamation; ADJ. defamatory -- 83 q default a failure to act; failure to perform a task or be present; V. -- 84 q defeatist a resigned to defeat or failure; accepting defeat or failure as a natural outcome; N. CF. defeatism -- 85 q defection a desertion -- 86 q defect a shortcoming; V: desert (in order to join the opposite one) -- 87 q defer a give in respectfully; submit; delay till later; exempt temporarily; N. deferment; CF. show respect, comply with, courteous -- 88 q deference a courteous regard for another’s wish; courteous yielding to another’s wish or opinion (showing respect); ADJ. deferential; OP. effrontery -- 89 q defiance a refusal to yield; resistance; V. defy; ADJ. defiant -- 90 q defile a pollute; make filthy or dirty; corrupt morally; profane; desecrate; N: narrow passage or gorge through mountains -- 91 q definitive a most reliable; authorative and complete; that cannot be improved; conclusive; decisive; definite; Ex. definitive decision by the supreme court -- 92 q deflect a turn aside; turn away from a straight course -- 93 q defoliate a destroy leaves; deprive of leaves (by the use of chemicals); N. defoliant -- 94 q defray a provide for the payment of; undertake the payment of; pay -- 95 q defrock a strip a priest or minister of church authority; unfrock -- 96 q frock a long loose garment (worn by monks) -- 97 q deft a neat; skillful -- 98 q defunct a dead; no longer in use or existence -- 99 q degenerate a become worse in quality; deteriorate; ADJ: having become worse; Ex. a degenerate species; N: depraved or corrupt person -- 100 q degradation a humiliation; debasement; degeneration; V. degrade: debase; disgrace; degenerate; reduce (something) in worth; demote (someone); reduce in rank -- 101 q dishonor a disgrace; N. ADJ. dishonorable -- 102 q dehydrate a remove water from; dry out -- 103 q deify a turn into a god; make a god of; idolize; Ex. Kings were deified; CF. deity -- 104 q deign a condescend; stoop -- 105 q stoop a bend forward and down; lower or debase oneself; fall to a lower standard of behavior by doing something; condescend; Ex. stoop to lying -- 106 q delete a erase; strike out -- 107 q deleterious a harmful -- 108 q deliberate a consider; ponder; ADJ: done on purpose; slow -- 109 q delineate a portray; depict; sketch; describe; N. delineation -- 110 q delirium a mental disorder marked by confusion; uncontrolled excitement; ADJ. delirious -- 111 q delta a flat plain of mud or sand between branches of a river -- 112 q delude a deceive -- 113 q deluge a flood; rush; V. -- 114 q delusion a false belief; hallucination; deluding; Ex. delusions of grandeur; Ex. under the delusion that -- 115 q delusive a deceptive; likely to delude; misleading; raising vain hopes; Ex. delusive promises -- 116 q delve a dig; search deeply; investigate -- 117 q demagogue a person who appeals to people’s prejudice; false leader of people; CF. demagoguery -- 118 q demean a disgrace; humiliate; debase in dignity; behave -- 119 q demeanor a behavior; bearing -- 120 q demented a insane -- 121 q demise a death -- 122 q demographic a related to population balance; N. demography: statistical study of human population -- 123 q demolition a destruction; V. demolish -- 124 q demoniac(demoniacal) a fiendish; cruel; N. demon: evil supernatural being; devil -- 125 q fiend a evil spirit; devil -- 126 q demotic a of or pertaining to the people -- 127 q demur a object (because of doubts, scruples); raise an objection (showing qualms); hesitate; Ex. demur at the idea of working on Sunday -- 128 q demure a (of a woman or child) grave; quiet and serious; coy; pretending to be demure -- 129 q denigrate a blacken; defame -- 130 q denizen a (animal, person, or plant) inhabitant or resident of a particular place; regular visitor -- 131 q denotation a meaning; distinguishing by name; V. denote: indicate; refer to directly; mean; CF. connotation -- 132 q d'enouement a final outcome; final development of the plot of a play or other literary work; the end of a story when everything is explained -- 133 q denounce a condemn; criticize; N. denunciation -- 134 q depict a portray -- 135 q expos'e a public revelation of something discreditable -- 136 q deplete a reduce; exhaust -- 137 q deplore a regret; express sorrow and severe disapproval for something bad; Ex. deplore their violent behavior; ADJ. deplorable: very bad; deserving severe disapproval; Ex. deplorable living condition -- 138 q deploy a spread out (troops) in an extended though shallow battle line; distribute (persons or forces) systematically or strategically -- 139 q battalion a army unit made up of four or more companies -- 140 q depose a dethrone; remove from office; give a deposition; testify -- 141 q deposition a testimony under oath; deposing; dethroning -- 142 q depravity a extreme corruption; wickedness; V. deprave -- 143 q deprecate a express disapproval of; deplore; protest against; belittle; ADJ. deprecatory -- 144 q depreciate a lessen in value; belittle; represent as of little value -- 145 q depredation a plundering; destruction -- 146 q deranged a insane -- 147 q institute a organization for a special purpose; V: establish -- 148 q institution a instituting; (building for the) organization; established custom, practice, or relationship in a society; mental hospital; Ex. institution of marriage -- 149 q institutionalize a make into an institution; put or confine in an institution -- 150 q derelict a negligent; (of someone) neglectful of duty; (of something) deserted by an owner; abandoned; N: abandoned property; homeless or vagrant person -- 151 q dereliction a neglect of duty; abandonment -- 152 q deride a ridicule; treat with contempt; make fun of; OP. respect -- 153 q derision a ridicule; ADJ. derisive; CF. derisory -- 154 q derivative a unoriginal; obtained from another source; Ex. derivative prose style; N. -- 155 q derivation a deriving; origin or source of something; Ex. the derivation of the word -- 156 q dermatologist a one who studies the skin and its diseases -- 157 q acne a skin disease (on the face) -- 158 q derogatory a expressing a low opinion; disparaging; V. derogate: detract; disparage -- 159 q descry a catch sight of (something distant) -- 160 q desecrate a profane; violate the sanctity of -- 161 q violate a break (a law); defile; desecrate; assault sexually; Ex. violate graves -- 162 q desiccate a dry up -- 163 q desolate a (of a place) deserted; unpopulated; (of a person) lonely; forlorn; joyless -- 164 q desolate a make desolate; forsake; abandon and desert -- 165 q desperado a reckless, desperate outlaw -- 166 q desperate a having lost all hope; despairing; reckless and violent because of loss of hope or despair; undertaken as a last resort -- 167 q despise a look on with scorn; regard as worthless or distasteful; ADJ. despicable: contemptible -- 168 q despoil a plunder; sack; Ex. despoil the village -- 169 q despondent a without hope and courage; depressed; gloomy; N. despondency: loss of hope with gloom; dejection -- 170 q despot a tyrant; harsh, authoritarian ruler; CF. despotism -- 171 q destitute a extremely poor; lacking means of subsistence; utterly lacking; devoid; Ex. destitute of any experience -- 172 q impoverish a make poor; deprive of natural strength or something important; Ex. impoverished soil -- 173 q desultory a aimless; haphazard; digressing at random -- 174 q detached a emotionally removed; free from emotional involvement; calm and objective; physically separate; N. detachment; CF. attachment -- 175 q detain a keep waiting; prevent from leaving or going; N. detention -- 176 q determinate a having a fixed order of procedure; precisely defined; invariable; fixed; conclusive; final -- 177 q determination a resolve; firmness of purpose; measurement or calculation; decision -- 178 q deterrent a something that discourages or deters -- 179 q detonation a explosion -- 180 q detraction a slandering; aspersion; detracting; CF. detractor -- 181 q detrimental a harmful; damaging; N. detriment -- 182 q deviate a turn away from (a principle, norm); move away from an accepted standard; swerve; depart; diverge; N. deviation; Ex. deviation of the path of light by a prism -- 183 q devious a roundabout; erratic; deviating from the straight course; not straightforward; not completely honest; Ex. devious route -- 184 q devise a think up; invent; plan; bequeath; N: bequest -- 185 q devoid a empty; lacking -- 186 q devolve a deputize; pass or be passed to others (power, work, or property); Ex. devolve on/upon/to -- 187 q deputize a work or appoint as a deputy; N. deputy: person who has the power to take charge when the leading person is away -- 188 q devotee a enthusiastic follower; enthusiast; Ex. devotee of Bach -- 189 q devout a pious; deeply religious; sincere; earnest; Ex. my devout hope -- 190 q dexterous a skillful; skill in using hands or mind; N. dexterity -- 191 q diabolical a diabolic; devilish; fiendish -- 192 q diadem a crown -- 193 q dialectical a relating to the art of debate; mutual or reciprocal; Ex. dialectical situation; N. dialectic: art of arriving at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments -- 194 q diaphanous a sheer; transparent -- 195 q diatribe a bitter scolding or denunciation; invective; abuse -- 196 q dichotomy a division into two opposite parts; split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones) -- 197 q dictum a authoritative and weighty statement (made by a judge in court); saying; maxim; CF. obiter dictum: incidental, nonbinding remark (something said in passing) -- 198 q didactic a (of speech or writing) intended to teach a moral lesson; teaching; instructional; N. didacticism -- 199 q die a metal block used for shaping metal or plastic; device for stamping or impressing; mold; CF. dice -- 200 q diffidence a shyness; lack of self-confidence; timidity; ADJ. diffidencediffuse a wordy; verbose; rambling; spread out (like a gas); V: spread out in all directions; disperse; N. diffusion; CF. suffuse -- 2 q digression a wandering away from the subject; V. digress -- 3 q dilapidated a falling to pieces; in a bad condition; ruined because of neglect; Ex. dilapidated old car/castle; N. dilapidation -- 4 q dilate a expand; dilate on/upon: speak or write at length on (a subject) -- 5 q dilatory a delaying; tending to delay -- 6 q dilemma a situation that requires a choice between equally unfavorable options; problem; choice of two unsatisfactory alternatives -- 7 q dilettante a aimless follower of an art or a field of knowledge (not taking it seriously); amateur; dabbler; CF. delight -- 8 q diligence a steadiness of effort; persistent hard work -- 9 q dilute a make (a liquid) less concentrated; reduce in strength; Ex. dilute the influence of the president -- 10 q diminution a lessening; reduction in size; V. diminish -- 11 q din a continued loud noise; V: make a din; instill by wearying repetition -- 12 q weary a tired after long work; V. -- 13 q dinghy a small boat (often ship’s boat) -- 14 q maroon a leave helpless on a deserted island or coast; ADJ. red brown -- 15 q dingy a (of things and place) dirty and dull; Ex. dingy street/curtain -- 16 q dull a (of colors or surfaces) not bright; cloudy; overcast; boring; (of edge or sound) not sharp; not rapid; sluggish; slow in thinking and understanding; stupid; V. -- 17 q dint a means; effort; Ex. by dint of hard work -- 18 q diorama a life-size, three-dimensional scene from nature or history; three-dimensional scene with modeled figures against a painted background -- 19 q dire a warning of disaster; disastrous; (of needs and dangers) very great; urgent; Ex. dire prediction/need of food -- 20 q dirge a funeral song; slow mournful piece of music (sung over a dead person) -- 21 q disabuse a correct a false impression; undeceive; free from a wrong belief -- 22 q disaffected a disloyal; lacking loyality; V. disaffect: cause to lose affection or loyalty -- 23 q disapprobation a disapproval; condemnation -- 24 q disarray a state of disorder; a disorderly or untidy state; Ex. with her clothes in disarray -- 25 q disavowal a denial; disclaiming; repudiating; disowning; V. disavow; CF. disclaim -- 26 q disband a dissolve; disperse; (of a group) break up and separate; Ex. The club has disbanded. -- 27 q disburse a pay out (as from a fund); N. disbursement; CF. purse -- 28 q discernible a distinguishable; perceivable; Ex. discernible improvement -- 29 q discerning a mentally quick and observant; having insight; perceptive; able to make good judgments; V. discern: perceive -- 30 q disclaim a disown; renounce claim to; deny; CF. disclaimer -- 31 q disclose a reveal; N. disclosure -- 32 q discombobulated a discomposed; confused -- 33 q discompose a disturb the composure of; confuse -- 34 q discomfit a frustrate; put to rout; defeat; disconcert; embarrass; perturb -- 35 q disconcert a confuse; upset; embarrass; perturb -- 36 q disconsolate a hopelessly sad (at the loss of something) -- 37 q discord a conflict; lack of harmony; dissonance (when musical notes are played) -- 38 q discordant a not harmonious; conflicting -- 39 q discount a disregard; regard (a story or news) as unimportant; deduct from a cost -- 40 q discourse a serious speech, writing, or conversation; formal discussion (either written or spoken); conversation; V. -- 41 q discredit a defame; disgrace; destroy confidence in; disbelieve; N. CF. discreditable: causing discredit; shameful -- 42 q discrepancy a lack of consistency or agreement as between facts; difference; Ex. discrepancy between two descriptions -- 43 q discrete a separate; unconnected -- 44 q discretion a prudence; ability to adjust actions to circumstances; freedom of action or judgment; ADJ. discreet; CF. discretionary -- 45 q discriminating a able to see differences; discerning; prejudiced; N. discrimination -- 46 q discriminate a distinguish; make distinctions on the basis of preference -- 47 q brisk a quick and active; marked by liveliness and vigor -- 48 q discursive a (of a person or writing) digressing; rambling (without any clear plan) -- 49 q disdain a treat with scorn or contempt -- 50 q disembark a debark; go ashore (from a ship); unload cargo from a ship; CF. embark -- 51 q disenfranchise a disfranchise; deprive of a civil right; OP. enfranchise -- 52 q disengage a uncouple; separate; disconnect; stop fighting; OP. engage -- 53 q disfigure a mar the appearance of; spoil -- 54 q disgorge a surrender something (stolen); eject; vomit; OP. gorge -- 55 q disgruntle a make discontented -- 56 q dishearten a discourage -- 57 q disheveled a untidy (of hair or clothing); V. dishevel -- 58 q disinclination a unwillingness -- 59 q disingenuous a not naive; not candid; sophisticated; worldly wise; OP. ingenuous -- 60 q disinter a dig up; unearth; OP. inter -- 61 q disinterested a unprejudiced; free from bias and self-interest; objective -- 62 q disjointed a disconnected; lacking coherence; V. disjoint: disconnect; disjoin -- 63 q disjunction a act or state of separation; disunity; CF. disjunctive: expressing a choice between two ideas; CF. conjunction; CF. conjunctive -- 64 q dislodge a remove (forcibly); force out of a position; Ex. dislodge the food caught in his throat; CF. lodge -- 65 q dismantle a take apart; disassemble -- 66 q mantle a loose sleeveless outer garment; cloak; something that covers or envelops; the layer of the earth between the crust and the core -- 67 q crust a hard outer covering (as of earth or snow) -- 68 q dismember a cut into small parts; cut (a body) apart limb from limb -- 69 q dismiss a eliminate from consideration; no longer consider; put out of court without further hearing; reject; discharge from employment; direct to leave; ADJ. dismissive; N. dismissal -- 70 q disparage a belittle -- 71 q maneuver(manoeuver) a strategic military or naval movement (done for training purposes); carefully planned process; stratagem; V: carry out a military maneuver; use maneuvers in gaining an end -- 72 q disparate a basically different; impossible to compare; unrelated -- 73 q disparity a difference; condition of inequality; OP. parity -- 74 q dispassionate a calm; impartial; not influenced by personal feelings -- 75 q dispatch a speediness; prompt execution; message sent with all due speed; V: send to a specified destination; finish promptly; kill -- 76 q dispel a scatter; drive away; cause to vanish -- 77 q dispense a distribute; prepare and give out (medicines); N. dispensation: dispensing; religious system; official exemption from an obligation or a rule -- 78 q disperse a scatter; Ex. disperse the cloud/crowd -- 79 q dispirited a lacking in spirit -- 80 q disport a amuse; Ex. disport oneself; CF. divert -- 81 q disputatious a argumentative; fond of argument -- 82 q disquietude a uneasiness; anxiety; V. disquiet: make anxious -- 83 q disquisition a formal systematic inquiry; explanation of the results of a formal inquiry; long formal speech or written report -- 84 q dissection a analysis; cutting apart in order to examine -- 85 q dissemble a disguise; hide the real nature of; pretend -- 86 q disseminate a distribute; spread; scatter (like seeds) -- 87 q dissent a disagree -- 88 q dissertation a formal essay; treatise -- 89 q dissident a dissenting (with an opinion, a group, or a government); rebellious; N. -- 90 q dissimulate a pretend; conceal by feigning; dissemble -- 91 q dissipate a squander; waste foolishly; scatter -- 92 q dissolution a disintegration; reduction to a liquid form; looseness in morals; sensual indulgence; debauchery; ADJ. dissolute: lacking in moral restraint; leading an immoral life -- 93 q reduce a diminish; bring to a weaker or more difficult condition; demote; lower in rank; separate into components by analysis; Ex. reduced to the ranks; Ex. reduce the house to rubble; N. reduction -- 94 q dissuade a persuade not to do; discourage; N. dissuasion -- 95 q dissonance a discord -- 96 q distant a reserved or aloof; cold in manner; Ex. distant greeting; ADV. distantly -- 97 q distend a expand; swell out -- 98 q distill a refine (a liquid by evaporating and subsequent condensation); concentrate; separate the most important parts from; Ex. distill fresh water from sea water; CF. brew -- 99 q distinction a honor; excellence; difference; contrast; discrimination; Ex. graduated with distinction; Ex. a writer of real distinction -- 100 q distinct a clearly different; clearly noticed -- 101 q distinctive a clearly different from others of the same kind -- 102 q distort a twist out of shape; give a false account of; misrepresent; N. distortion -- 103 q distrait a absentminded; distracted -- 104 q distraught a upset; distracted by anxiety; very anxious and troubled almost to the point of madness; Ex. distraught with grief/worry -- 105 q distract a take (one’s attention) off something; upset emotionally; make anxious; ADJ. distracted -- 106 q diurnal a daily; occurring during the daytime -- 107 q diva a operatic singer; prima donna -- 108 q diverge a vary; go in different directions from the same point; ADJ. divergent: differing; deviating -- 109 q diverse a differing in some characteristics (from each other); various; N. diversity: variety; dissimilitude; lack of resemblance -- 110 q diversion a act of turning aside; pastime; V. divert: turn aside from a course; distract; amuse -- 111 q divest a strip (as of clothes); deprive (as of rights); dispossess; N. divestiture(divestment) -- 112 q divine a perceive intuitively (by or as if by magic); foresee the future; foretell; dowse; ADJ. N. divination -- 113 q dowse a use a divining rod to search for underground water or minerals -- 114 q divulge a reveal -- 115 q docile a obedient; easily managed; submissive -- 116 q ferocious a fierce; violent; N. ferocity -- 117 q docket a program as for trial; book where such entries are made; list of things to be done; agenda; label fixed to a package listing contents or directions; V: describe in a docket -- 118 q doctrinaire a unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding; marked by inflexible attachment to a doctrine without regard to its practical difficulties -- 119 q doctrine a teachings in general; particular principle (religious, legal, etc.) taught; dogma; tenet; ADJ. doctrinal -- 120 q indoctrinate a cause to accept a doctrine without questioning it; Ex. indoctrinated with mindless anti-communism -- 121 q document a provide written evidence (for a claim); record with documents; N. -- 122 q doddering a shaky; infirm from old age; V. dodder -- 123 q merit a deserve; ADJ. meritorious: deserving reward or praise -- 124 q doff a take off; OP. don -- 125 q dogged a determined; stubborn; stubbornly persevering; tenacious; Ex. Inspector Javert’s dogged pursuit of Jean Valjean -- 126 q persevere a continue steadily in spite of difficulties -- 127 q doggerel a poor verse -- 128 q dogmatic a opinionated; holding stubbornly to one’s opinion; arbitrary; doctrinal -- 129 q doldrums a blues; listlessness(lack of spirit or energy); slack(inactive) period; period of stagnation; ocean area near the equator where ships cannot move because there is no wind; Ex. in the doldrums -- 130 q blues a state of depression or melancholy; style of slow, mournful music (evolved from southern Black American songs) -- 131 q dolorous a sorrowful; N. dolor -- 132 q dolt a slow-thinking stupid person; CF. dull -- 133 q domicile a home; V. ADJ. domiciled: having one’s domicile; Ex. He is domiciled in Britain. -- 134 q domineer a rule over tyrannically -- 135 q dominate a control; rule; enjoy a commanding position in; overlook from a height -- 136 q dominant a exercising the most influence; high and easily seen; stronger than the other part of a system; not recessive -- 137 q don a put on; OP. doff -- 138 q outfit a clothing or equipment for a special purpose; Ex. cowboy outfit -- 139 q dormant a sleeping; temporarily inactive; lethargic; latent -- 140 q dormer a window projecting upright from roof; CF. sleeping room -- 141 q dorsal a relating to the back of an animal; Ex. dorsal fin -- 142 q dossier a file of documents on a subject or person; file; CF. bundle of papers labeled on the back -- 143 q dotage a senility; feeblemindedness of old age; Ex. In one’s dotage -- 144 q dote a be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline -- 145 q dour a sullen; gloomy; stubborn -- 146 q sullen a silently showing ill humor or resentment; dark; gloomy -- 147 q brood a sit on in order to hatch; think deeply or worry anxiously; N: the young of certain animals; group of young birds hatched at one time -- 148 q douse a plunge into water or liquid; dip; immerse; drench; wet throughly; extinguish; throw water over; dowse -- 149 q dowdy a untidy (of a woman or clothes); slovenly; dressed in an unattractive way; shabby; CF. unattractive woman -- 150 q downcast a disheartened; dejected; sad; directed downward -- 151 q drab a dull; lacking color; cheerless ; Ex. drab coat/life -- 152 q draconian a extremely severe; Ex. draconian punishment; CF. Draco: Athenian politician -- 153 q dregs a sediment in a liquid; lees; worthless residue -- 154 q drivel a nonsense; foolishness; V: talk nonsense -- 155 q nonsense a speech or writing with no meaning; foolish behavior or language; Ex. make (a) nonsense of: spoil; cause to fail -- 156 q dribble a flow or fall in drops; let saliva flow out slowly from the mouth; move a ball; N. -- 157 q drip a fall or let fall in drops; shed drops; N: action or sound of falling in drops; liquid that falls in drops -- 158 q trickle a flow in drops or in a thin stream; N. -- 159 q droll a queer and amusing -- 160 q queer a strange; eccentric; deviating from the normal -- 161 q drone a idle person who lives on other people’s work; male bee -- 162 q drone a talk dully; buzz or murmur like a bee; N. -- 163 q murmur a low, indistinct, continuous sound; V. CF. mumble -- 164 q dross a waste matter; worthless impurities -- 165 q drudgery a hard unpleasant work; menial work -- 166 q drudge a do drudgery; N: person who drudges -- 167 q dubious a questionable; (of something) causing doubt; (of someone) filled with doubt; N. dubiety -- 168 q ductile a malleable; pliable; (of metals) easily pulled into shape; flexible; (of someone) easily influenced or controlled -- 169 q dulcet a sweet sounding; pleasing to the ear; melodious -- 170 q dumbfound(dumfound) a astonish (making dumb); ADJ. dumbfounded, dumfounded, dumbstruck -- 171 q dupe a someone easily fooled or deceived; V: deceive -- 172 q duplicity a double-dealing; hypocrisy; being dishonest and deceitful; ADJ. duplicitous -- 173 q duration a length of time something lasts -- 174 q duress a forcible restraint, especially unlawfully; coercion by threat; illegal coercion; Ex. a promise made under duress -- 175 q dutiful(duteous) a (of people or their behavior) respectful; obedient (filled with a sense of duty) -- 176 q dwindle a shrink; reduce gradually -- 177 q dynamic a energetic; vigorously active -- 178 q dynamo a generator for producing electricity; energetic person -- 179 q dyspeptic a suffering from indigestion; N. dyspepsia: indigestion; difficulty in digesting food -- 180 q dys- a abnormal; impaired -- 181 q dyslexia a word blindness; learning disorder marked by impairment of the ability to read -- 182 q dysentery a inflammatory disorder of the lower intestinal tract -- 183 q earthy a unrefined; coarse; of earth; Ex. earthy remarks; OP. ethereal -- 184 q earthly a of this earth; terrestrial; worldly; not divine; possible; Ex. no earthly reason -- 185 q ebb a (of the tide) recede; lessen; diminish; N. OP. flow: rise of tide -- 186 q ebullient a showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm; boiling; N. ebullience; N. ebullition: state of boiling -- 187 q eccentric a irregular; odd; unconventional; whimsical; bizarre; not concentric -- 188 q eccentricity a oddity; idiosyncrasy -- 189 q ecclesiastic a ecclesiastical; pertaining to the church; N: minister; priest; cleric; clergyman -- 190 q chapel a small church (in a prison, college, or hospital) -- 191 q chaplain a clergyman attached to a chapel -- 192 q padre a chaplain (in the armed forces) -- 193 q eclectic a selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources; selecting individual elements from a variety of sources; N. eclecticism -- 194 q eclipse a darken; extinguish; outshine; surpass; cause an eclipse -- 195 q ecliptic a path of the sun and the planets -- 196 q ecologist a person concerned with the interrelationship between living organisms and their environment; person concerned with the detrimental effects of human civilization on the environment; CF. ecology -- 197 q ecosystem a ecological community together with its environment -- 198 q economy a efficiency or conciseness in using something; thrifty management of resources -- 199 q ecstasy a rapture; very strong feeling of joy and happiness; any overpowering emotion; ADJ. ecstatic: causing or experiencing ecstasy -- 200 q rapture a great joy and delight; ecstasy; ADJ. rapturouseddy a swirling current of water, air, etc.; V. -- 2 q edict a decree (especially one issued by a sovereign); official command -- 3 q sovereign a ruler in a monarchy; ADJ: (of a country) independent and self-governing; having supreme power; supreme; excellent -- 4 q sovereignty a complete independence and self-government (of a country); supremacy of authority; power to govern -- 5 q edify a instruct; correct morally -- 6 q edifice a building (of imposing size) -- 7 q eerie a weird; causing fear because strange -- 8 q efface a rub out; remove the surface of -- 9 q effectual a able to produce a desired effect; valid -- 10 q effective a effectual; producing a strong response; striking; in operation; in effect; Ex. effective speech/photograph -- 11 q effectuate a effect; produce; achieve; Ex. effectuate a reconciliation -- 12 q effeminate a having womanly traits -- 13 q emasculate a weaken; castrate -- 14 q castrate a remove the sex organs (of a male animal or person) -- 15 q effervescence a inner excitement or exuberance; showing high spirits; emitting bubbles forming inside; bubbling from fermentation or carbonation; ADJ. effervescent; V. effervesce -- 16 q effete a having lost one’s original power; barren; worn out; exhausted -- 17 q efficacy a power to produce desired effect; ADJ. efficacious: effectual -- 18 q effigy a dummy; likeness of a person made of wood, paper, or stone; Ex. burn an effigy of the President -- 19 q dummy a imitation of a real object used as a substitute; effigy -- 20 q effluvium a noxious(harmful) smell -- 21 q effrontery a rudeness without any sense of shame; shameless boldness; presumptousness; nerve; cheek -- 22 q effulgent a shining brightly; brilliant -- 23 q effusion a pouring forth; unrestrained outpouring of feeling; V. effuse: pour out; ADJ. effusive: pouring forth; gushing -- 24 q gush a (of liquid) pour out in large quantities from a hole; make an excessive display of feeling (without true feeling); Ex. Blood gushed from the wound. -- 25 q egoism a excessive interest in one’s self; belief that one should be interested in one’s self rather than in others; selfishness; ADJ. egoistic, egoistical -- 26 q ego a one’s opinion of oneself; self-esteem -- 27 q egotistical a egotistic; excessively self-centered(egocentric); self-important; conceited -- 28 q egotism a tendency to speak or write of oneself excessively; conceit; self-importance -- 29 q egregious a notorious; conspicuously bad or shocking -- 30 q egress a exit; opening for going out; act of going out; OP. ingress -- 31 q ejaculation a exclamation; abrupt ejection (to discharge sperm); V. ejaculate -- 32 q elaboration a addition of details; intricacy -- 33 q elaborate a work out carefully; add more detail or information; ADJ. -- 34 q elated a filled with excited joy and pride; overjoyed; in high spirits; joyful and proud; Ex. elated crowd; V. elate; N. elation -- 35 q elegy a poem or song expressing lamentation (for the dead); ADJ. elegiacal, elegiac -- 36 q elicit a draw out fact or information (by discussion or from someone) -- 37 q elixir a cure-all; panacea; something invigorating -- 38 q ellipsis a omission of words from a text; mark used to indicate an omission (when the meaning can be understood without them); PL. ellipses -- 39 q elliptical a elliptic; oval; of an ellipse; containing an ellipsis; ambiguous either purposely or because key words have been left out -- 40 q eloquence a expressiveness; persuasive speech; ADJ. eloquent: movingly expressive; expressing ideas well so that the hearers can be influeneced -- 41 q elucidate a explain; make clear; clarify; enlighten; CF. lucid -- 42 q elusive a evasive; not frank; baffling; hard to grasp, catch, or understand; V. elude: escape from; escape the understanding or grasp of; Ex. elude the hunter; Ex. His name eludes me. -- 43 q elysian a relating to paradise; blissful -- 44 q Elysium a place or condition of bliss -- 45 q emaciated a thin and wasted (from hunger or illness) -- 46 q emanate a issue forth; come out -- 47 q emancipate a set free; liberate -- 48 q embargo a ban on commerce or other activity -- 49 q embark a commence; go on board a boat; begin a journey -- 50 q embed(imbed) a enclose; place in something; fix firmly in a surrounding mass -- 51 q embellish a adorn; ornament; enhance as a story (by adding fictitious details) -- 52 q embezzlement a taking for one’s own use in violation of trust; stealing (of money placed in one’s care) -- 53 q emblazon a ornament richly (a shield or flag); N. emblazonment -- 54 q embody a give a bodily form to; incorporate; include -- 55 q emboss a produce a design in raised relief; decorate with a raised design -- 56 q embrace a hug; clasp with the arms; adopt or espouse; accept readily; encircle; include; Ex. embrace the cause/socialism; Ex. all-embracing; CF. brace; CF. bracelet -- 57 q encircle a surround -- 58 q embroider a decorate with needlework; ornament (a story) with fancy or fictitious details; embellish -- 59 q embroil a throw into confusion; involve in strife, dispute, or quarrel; entangle; CF. imbroglio -- 60 q embryonic a undeveloped; rudimentary; N. embryo: organism in the early stage of development -- 61 q emend a correct (usually a text); N. emendation: correction of errors; improvement -- 62 q emetic a substance causing vomiting; ADJ. -- 63 q eminent a rising above others; high; lofty; distinguished; Ex. eminent position -- 64 q emissary a agent (sent on a mission to represent another); messenger -- 65 q emollient a soothing or softening remedy (for the skin); ADJ. -- 66 q emolument a salary; payment for an office; compensation -- 67 q empathy a ability to identify with another’s feelings, ideas, etc.; identification with and understanding of another’s feelings; V. empathize; CF. sympathy -- 68 q compassion a sympathy for the suffering of others; ADJ. compassionate -- 69 q empirical a based on experience -- 70 q emulate a imitate; rival; try to equal or excel (through imitation) -- 71 q enamored a in love; Ex. enamored of his own beauty; V. enamor: inspire with love -- 72 q encipher a encode; convert a message into code; put into cipher -- 73 q enclave a territory enclosed within an alien land -- 74 q encomiastic a praising; eulogistic; N. encomium: very high praise; eulogy -- 75 q encompass a surround; include; Ex. His activities encompass publishing and computers. -- 76 q encroachment a gradual intrusion; Ex. I resent all these encroachments on my valuable time; V. encroach: take another’s possessions or right gradually or stealthily; intrude; Ex. encroach on/upon -- 77 q encumber a burden; N. encumbrance -- 78 q endearment a fond word or act; expression of affection -- 79 q endear a make beloved; Ex. endear her to everyone; ADJ. dear: loved; cherished; high-priced -- 80 q endemic a prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country; peculiar to a particular region or people; CF. pandemic -- 81 q endorse a approve; support; write one’s signature on the back of; N. endorsement; CF. dorsal -- 82 q endue a provide with some quality; endow -- 83 q enduring a lasting; surviving; V. endure: bear (pain or suffering) for a long time; remain alive (in spite of difficulties); last; survive -- 84 q energize a invigorate; give energy to; make forceful and active -- 85 q enervate a weaken; take away energy from -- 86 q enfranchise a admit to the rights of citizenship (especially the right to vote); CF. franchise -- 87 q engage a attract; employ; hire; pledge oneself; confront; fight; enter into confliction; interlock; lock together; participate; N. engagement: agreement to marry; arrangement to meet someone or to do something; battle -- 88 q engaging a charming; attractive -- 89 q engaged a employed; busy; betrothed; involved in conflict -- 90 q engender a cause; produce; give rise to -- 91 q engross a occupy fully; absorb -- 92 q enhance a increase; make greater (as in value, reputation, or usefulness); improve -- 93 q enigma a puzzle; mystery; ADJ. enigmatic: obscure; puzzling -- 94 q puzzle a baffle or confuse by a difficult problem; ponder over a problem in an effort to solve; clarify or solve by reasoning; Ex. puzzle out the answer; N. -- 95 q enjoin a command; order; forbid -- 96 q enmity a ill will; hatred; hostility -- 97 q ennui a boredom; listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; CF. annoy -- 98 q enormity a hugeness (in a bad sense); excessive wickedness; Ex. enormity of the crime; ADJ. enormous -- 99 q enrapture a please intensely; fill with rapture and delight -- 100 q ensconce a settle comfortably; place comfortably (in a secure place) -- 101 q ensue a follow (as a result) -- 102 q entail a make necessary; require; necessitate; involve; limit the inheritance of (property) to a specified succession of heirs; Ex. entail A on/upon B -- 103 q enterprising a full of initiative; showing enterprise -- 104 q enterprise a willingness to take new ventures; initiative; business organization; plan (that is difficult or daring); Ex. their latest enterprise to sail round the world in a small boat -- 105 q enthrall a capture; enslave; captivate; hold the complete attention of (as if magic); hold spellbound -- 106 q entice a lure; persuade to do (something wrong); attract; tempt -- 107 q mischief a behavior (of children) causing trouble with no serious harm; damage; harm; Ex. mischief to the crops; ADJ. mischievous: causing mischief; playfully troublesome -- 108 q entity a real being -- 109 q entomology a study of insects -- 110 q entrance a put under a spell(condition caused by magical power); carry away(fill with strong feeling) with emotion; put into a trance; fill with delight -- 111 q trance a hypnotic state; ecstatic state; detachment from one’s physical surrounding (as in contemplation or daydreaming); CF. transition -- 112 q hypnosis a induced sleeping state; ADJ. hypnotic; V. hypnotize -- 113 q entreat a plead; ask earnestly -- 114 q entree(entr'ee) a entrance; a way in; right to enter; main dish of a meal; Ex. entree into the exclusive circle -- 115 q entrepreneur a businessperson (who assumes the risk of a business venture); contractor; ADJ. entrepreneurial -- 116 q enumerate a list; mention one by one -- 117 q enunciate a announce; proclaim; utter or speak, especially distinctly; pronounce clearly; articulate; Ex. This theory was first enunciated by him. -- 118 q environ a enclose; surround; N. environs: surrounding area (as of a city) -- 119 q eon(aeon) a long period of time; an age; longest division of geologic time containing two or more eras -- 120 q epaulet(epaulette) a ornament worn on the shoulder (of a uniform, etc.) -- 121 q fringe a decorative edge of hanging threads; edge -- 122 q ephemeral a short-lived; fleeting -- 123 q fleet a fast; rapid; N. ADJ. fleeting: passing quickly; ephemeral -- 124 q epic a long heroic poem, novel, or similar work of art (celebrating the feats of a hero); ADJ: (of stories or events) resembling an epic; grand -- 125 q epicure a connoisseur of food and drink; gourmet; ADJ. epicurean; CF. Epicurus -- 126 q Epicurean a believing that pleasure is good and suffering is bad and should be avoided; N. -- 127 q epigram a witty thought or saying, usually short -- 128 q epilogue a short speech at conclusion of dramatic work -- 129 q episodic a (of a story or play) loosely connected; made up of separate and loosely connected parts; N. episode: incident in the course of an experience -- 130 q epistemologist a philosopher who studies the nature of knowledge; N. epistemology -- 131 q epitaph a inscription in memory of a dead person (as on a tombstone) -- 132 q epithet a word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing; descriptive phrase to characterize a person (often contemptous) -- 133 q epitome a perfect example or embodiment; brief summary; Ex. epitome of good manners; V. epitomize: make an epitome of; be an epitome of; embody -- 134 q epoch a period of time -- 135 q equable a tranquil; of even calm temper; (of temperature) steady; uniform -- 136 q equanimity a calmness of temperament; composure -- 137 q equestrian a rider on horseback; ADJ. -- 138 q equilibrium a balance of opposing forces; balance of the mind; equanimity -- 139 q equine a resembling a horse; Ex. equine face -- 140 q equinox a period of equal days and nights; the beginning of spring and autumn; Ex. vernal/autumnal equinox; ADJ. equinoctial -- 141 q equipoise a balance; balancing force; equilibrium -- 142 q equitable a fair; impartial; OP. inequitable -- 143 q equity a fairness; justice; OP. inequity -- 144 q equivocal a (of words or statements) ambiguous; intentionally misleading; (of behavior) questionable; OP. unequivocal -- 145 q equivocate a use equivocal language to deceive people; lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth; N. equivocation -- 146 q erode a eat away; wear away gradually by abrasion; Ex. The sea erodes the rocks. -- 147 q erotic a pertaining to passionate love or sexual love -- 148 q errant a wandering (esp. in search of adventure); straying from proper moral standards; Ex. knight-errant -- 149 q erratic a odd; irregular in movement or behavior; unpredictable -- 150 q erroneous a mistaken; wrong; incorrect -- 151 q erudite a (of a person or book) learned; full of learning; scholarly; N. erudition -- 152 q escapade a prank; flighty conduct; reckless adventure that disobeys rules -- 153 q prank a mischievous trick -- 154 q flighty a (esp. of a woman’s behavior) capricious; often changing, esp. from one lover to another; impulsive -- 155 q eschew a avoid habitually; Ex. eschew alcoholic drinks -- 156 q esoteric a hard to understand; known only to the chosen few, esp. initiates; N. esoterica -- 157 q espionage a spying -- 158 q espouse a adopt; support (an idea or aim); marry; N. espousal -- 159 q esteem a respect; value; judge; N. -- 160 q estranged a separated; alienated; V. estrange: alienate (people in a family); N. estrangement -- 161 q ethereal a like a spirit or fairy; unearthly light; heavenly; unusually refined; Ex. She has an ethereal beauty; CF. ether: upper air -- 162 q airy a of air; high in the air; lofty; immaterial; unreal -- 163 q ethnic a relating to races -- 164 q ethnology a study of humankind; study of the different races of human beings; CF. anthropology -- 165 q ethos a underlying character of a culture, group, etc.; character or ideas peculiar to a specific person, group, or culture; Ex. the company ethos -- 166 q etymology a study of word parts; study of the origins of words -- 167 q eugenic a pertaining to the improvement of race; N. eugenics: study of hereditary improvement of the human race -- 168 q eulogistic a praising; full of eulogy -- 169 q eulogy a expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone’s death; V. eulogize -- 170 q euphemism a mild expression in place of an unpleasant one; ADJ. euphemistic -- 171 q euphony a sweet sound; ADJ. euphonious -- 172 q euphoria a feeling of exaggerated or unfounded(ungrounded; baseless) well-being; feeling of great happiness or well-being (when unreasonable); ADJ. euphoriaric -- 173 q euthanasia a mercy killing -- 174 q evanescent a fleeting; vanishing; soon disappearing; V. evanesce -- 175 q evasive a not frank; trying to hide the truth; eluding; evading; V. evade: avoid (a duty or responsibility) or escape from by deceit -- 176 q evince a show clearly -- 177 q evenhanded a impartial; fair -- 178 q evocative a tending to call up (emotions, memories) -- 179 q evoke a call forth (memory or feeling); Ex. That old film evoked memories of my childhood; N. evocation -- 180 q ewe a female sheep -- 181 q ram a male sheep; V. strike or drive against with a heavy impact -- 182 q exacerbate a worsen; aggravate; embitter -- 183 q embitter a make bitter; fill with painful or bitter feelings; make sad and angry; Ex. He was embittered by many disappointments. -- 184 q exacting a extremely demanding; Ex. exacting standard of safety -- 185 q exact a demand and obtain by force; Ex. exact a promise from him; N. exaction -- 186 q exalt a raise in rank or dignity; praise highly; inspire; Ex. exalt the imagination; ADJ. exalted; N. exaltation -- 187 q exasperate a vex; annoy or make angry (by testing the patience) -- 188 q exceptionable a objectionable; likely to cause dislike; offensive; CF. unexceptionable: entirely acceptable -- 189 q except a exclude; N. exception: objection; exclusion; ADJ. exceptional: unusual; of unusually high quality -- 190 q excerpt a selected passage (written or musical) taken from a longer work; V. -- 191 q exchequer a treasury; Ex. Chancellor of the exchequer -- 192 q chancellor a legal official of high rank; CF. chancellery(chancellory): position of a chancellor -- 193 q treasure a keep as precious; cherish -- 194 q excise a cut away; cut out; N: government tax on good produced and used inside a country; N. excision -- 195 q exclaim a cry out suddenly; N. exclamation; ADJ. exclamatory -- 196 q excoriate a scold with biting harshness; censure strongly; strip the skin off -- 197 q exculpate a clear from blame or guilt -- 198 q execrable a very bad; detestable -- 199 q execrate a curse; express abhorrence for; detest -- 200 q execute a put into effect; carry out; kill as a lawful punishment; N. execution -- executor a person designated to execute the terms of a will -- 2 q executioner a person administering capital punishment -- 3 q executive a person having administrative authority; one branch of government executing laws; ADJ: relating to executing -- 4 q legislature a legislating branch of government; CF. legislate: make laws -- 5 q judiciary a judicial branch of government -- 6 q exegesis a explanation, especially of biblical(of the bible) passages -- 7 q exemplary a serving as a model; outstanding; Ex. exemplary punishment/behavior; N. exemplar: typical example; model -- 8 q exemplify a show by example; furnish an example; serve as an example of; Ex. His pictures exemplify that sort of painting. -- 9 q exempt a not subject to a duty or obligation; free from a duty; V. -- 10 q exertion a effort; expenditure of much physical work; V. exert oneself: make a great effort -- 11 q exhale a breathe out; OP. inhale -- 12 q exhilarating a invigorating and refreshing; cheering; V. exhilarate: make cheerful and excited; Ex. exhilarated by the ride in the sports car -- 13 q exhort a urge (by strong argument or advice); Ex. The general exhorted his men to fight bravely; N. exhortation -- 14 q urge a drive or force forward (by causing impulses); drive to take action; impel; entreat earnestly; Ex. urge horses; N: impulse that prompts action -- 15 q urgent a compelling immediate action; pressing; persistent; importunate; Ex. urgent in his demands -- 16 q exhume a dig out of the ground; remove from a grave -- 17 q exigency a urgent situation; ADJ. exigent -- 18 q exiguous a small in amount; minute -- 19 q existential a pertaining to existence; pertaining to the philosophy of existentialism -- 20 q exodus a departure (of a large number of people) -- 21 q exonerate a acquit; exculpate; free from blame or guilt -- 22 q exorbitant a (of costs or demands) excessive; exceeding reasonable bounds -- 23 q exorcise a drive out evil spirits -- 24 q exotic a not native; from another part of the world; strange; intriguingly unusual; Ex. exotic flower/dress -- 25 q intrigue a make secret plans; plot; arouse the curiosity of; N: secret scheme; plot; secret love affair -- 26 q expansive a (of a person) outgoing and sociable; broad and extensive; able to increase in size -- 27 q outgoing a sociable; eager to mix socially with others -- 28 q expatiate a talk at length; speak or write in detail -- 29 q expatriate a exile; someone who has withdrawn from his native land; V: exile; banish; leave one’s country -- 30 q expedient a suitable (for a particular purpose although not necessarily morally correct); practical; politic(prudent); N: something expedient -- 31 q expedite a hasten; make go faster -- 32 q expeditious a done with speed; quick; N. expedition -- 33 q expenditure a payment or expense; expending; something expended; output; Ex. receipt for the expenditure; Ex. expenditure of all the energy -- 34 q expertise a specialized knowledge (in a particular field); expert skill -- 35 q expiate a make amends for (a sin) -- 36 q expletive a meaningless word; interjection; profane oath; swear-word -- 37 q interjection a exclamation; Ex. “Ouch’’ -- 38 q swear a vow; promise; use profane oaths; use offensive words -- 39 q swear-word a word considered offensive; Ex. “bloody’’ -- 40 q oath a solemn promise; blasphemous use of sacred words to express strong feelings; swear-word; Ex. “For Christ’s sake’’ -- 41 q explicate a explain in detail; interpret; clarify; CF. explicable -- 42 q explicit a totally clear; definite; outspoken -- 43 q exploit a brave and successful act; deed or action, particularly a brave deed; CF. crossing the Atlantic ocean -- 44 q exploit a make use of, sometimes unjustly; N. exploitation -- 45 q expository a explanatory; serving to explain; N. exposition: explaining; exhibition -- 46 q expostulation a protest; remonstrance; reasoning with someone to correct or dissuade; V. expostulate -- 47 q exposure a risk, particularly of being exposed to disease or to the elements; unmasking; act of laying something open; Ex. exposure of governmental corruption -- 48 q expound a explain -- 49 q expropriate a take possession of (often for public use and without payment) -- 50 q expunge a cancel; remove a word or name (from a book or list); erase -- 51 q expurgate a clean; remove offensive parts of a book -- 52 q extant a (of something written or painted) still in existence -- 53 q extemporaneous a not planned; impromptu; extempore -- 54 q extenuate a weaken; mitigate; lessen the seriousness of (bad behavior) -- 55 q extirpate a root up; uproot; destroy completely -- 56 q extol a praise very highly; glorify -- 57 q extort a wring from; get money by threats, etc.; obtain by force or threats; CF. extortionate: exorbitant -- 58 q wring a twist (to extract liquid); extract by twisting; wrench painfully (necks or hands) -- 59 q extradition a surrender of prisoner by one state to another; Ex. extradition treaty; V. extradite -- 60 q extraneous a not essential; irrelevant; superfluous; external; coming from the outside; Ex. extraneous details/noise/to the subject -- 61 q extrapolation a projection; conjecture; V. extrapolate: infer (unknown information) from known information -- 62 q extricate a free from an entanglement or difficulty; disentangle -- 63 q extrinsic a external; not essential or inherent; extraneous; OP. intrinsic -- 64 q extrovert a person interested mostly in external objects and actions -- 65 q mingle a mix together in close association -- 66 q extrude a force or push out; thrust out; shape (plastic or metal) by forcing through a die -- 67 q exuberance a overflowing abundance; joyful enthusiasm; flamboyance; lavishness; ADJ. exuberant: high-spirited and lively; growing abundantly and strongly -- 68 q glow a shine brightly without a flame (as of eyes or metals); show redness and heat (in the face) after hard work or because of strong feelings; N: light produced by a heated body; brilliance of a color -- 69 q exude a flow out slowly; discharge (gradually); give forth; N. exudation -- 70 q ooze a (of a thick liquid) pass or flow slowly; N: mud or thick liquid as at the bottom of a river -- 71 q exult a rejoice -- 72 q fabricate a build; lie; make up (a story) in order to deceive; Ex. fabricate the whole story; CF. fabric: underlying structure; Ex. fabric of society -- 73 q facade(fa\c{c}ade) a front or face (of building); superficial or false appearance -- 74 q facet a small plane surface (of a gem(precious stone)); a side -- 75 q facetious a joking (often inappropriately); unserious; humorous -- 76 q facile a easily accomplished; ready or fluent; superficial; not deep; Ex. facile solution to a complex problem; Ex. facile speaker; N. facility: ability to do something easily and well; ease in doing resulting from skill or aptitude; something that facilitates an action; amenity; Ex. with great facility -- 77 q facilitate a help bring about; make less difficult -- 78 q facsimile a copy -- 79 q faction a party; clique (within a large group); dissension -- 80 q dissension a disagreement of opinions causing strife within a group -- 81 q factious a inclined to form factions; causing dissension -- 82 q factitious a artificial; produced artificially; sham; false; Ex. factitious tears -- 83 q factotum a handyman; person who does all kinds of work; CF. do everything -- 84 q faculty a mental or bodily powers; teaching staff -- 85 q fallacious a false; based on a fallacy; misleading; N. fallacy: false idea or notion; false reasoning; Ex. popular fallacy; Ex. fallacy of the argument -- 86 q fallible a liable to err -- 87 q falsify a make (something written) false by changing -- 88 q fallow a (of land) plowed but not sowed (to improve the quality); uncultivated -- 89 q sow a plant or scatter seed -- 90 q falter a hesitate; weaken in purpose or action; walk or move unsteadily through weakness; N. -- 91 q stumble a trip and almost fall; proceed unsteadily; act falteringly; N. -- 92 q fanaticism a excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause; N. fanatic; ADJ. fanatic -- 93 q fancied a imagined; unreal -- 94 q fancier a breeder or dealer of animals; one who has a special interest, as for raising specific plant or animal -- 95 q fanciful a whimsical; visionary; imaginary; produced by imagination; Ex. fanciful scheme -- 96 q fancy a imagination (of a whimsical or fantastic nature); capricious liking; V: imagine; be fond of; ADJ. decorative; elaborate -- 97 q fanfare a call by bugles or trumpets; showy display; spectacular public display -- 98 q farce a broad comedy; mockery; humorous play full of silly things happening; ADJ. farcical -- 99 q fastidious a difficult to please; squeamish; fussy; finicky -- 100 q squeamish a easily shocked or sickened by unpleasant things; fastidious; Ex. A nurse should not be squeamish. -- 101 q fatalism a belief that events are determined by forces or fates beyond one’s control; ADJ. fatalistic; CF. fatal: causing death -- 102 q fathom a comprehend; investigate; determine the depth of; N. unit of measurement for the depth of water -- 103 q fathomless a too deep to be measured or understood; unfathomable -- 104 q fatuous a smugly and unconsciously foolish; inane; silly; N. fatuity, fatuousness -- 105 q fauna a animals of a period or region; CF. flora -- 106 q fawning a courting favor by cringing and flattering; V. fawn: exhibit affection as a dog; seek favor or attention by obsequiousness -- 107 q court a attempt to gain; seek; woo; risk; behave so as to invite; attempt to gain the favor of by attention; Ex. court disaster -- 108 q faze a disconcert; dismay; embarrass -- 109 q feasible a practical; able to be carried out; practicable -- 110 q febrile a feverish -- 111 q fecundity a fertility; fruitfulness; ADJ. fecund: very productive of crops or young -- 112 q fertile a producing many young, fruits, or seeds; (of land) producing good crops; V. fertilize -- 113 q fruitful a producing results; profitable; prolific; producing in abundance -- 114 q feign a pretend -- 115 q feint a trick; shift; sham blow; feigned attack to draw away defensive action; V. -- 116 q shift a change position or place; exchange (one thing) for another; change in direction or position; Ex. shift the stolen goods; N. group of workers which takes turns with other groups; working period of such a group -- 117 q felicitous a (of a word or remark) apt; suitably expressed; well chosen -- 118 q felicity a happiness; appropriateness (of a remark, choice, etc.); quality of being felicitous -- 119 q feline a of a member of the cat family; N. -- 120 q fell a cruel; (of a disease) deadly -- 121 q fell a cut or knock down (a tree or a person); bring down (with a missile) -- 122 q felon a person convicted of a grave crime; CF. felony: serious crime -- 123 q feral a (of an animal) not domestic; wild -- 124 q ferment a agitation; commotion(noisy and excited activity); unrest (of a political kind); V. produce by fermentation; undergo fermentation; cause (a state of trouble) -- 125 q fermentation a chemical reaction that splits complex organic compounds; unrest; agitation -- 126 q ferret a drive or hunt out of hiding; hunt with ferrets; drive out (as from a hiding place); expel; uncover or discover by searching; Ex. ferret out the secret; N. small fierce animal which catches rats and rabbits by going into their holes -- 127 q fervent a ardent; zealous; hot -- 128 q fervid a ardent; zealous; hot -- 129 q impassioned a (of speech) filled with passion; fervent -- 130 q fervor a glowing ardor; intensity of feeling; quality of being fervent or fervid; zeal; intense heat -- 131 q fester a rankle; produce irritation or resentment; (of a cut or wound) generate pus or rot; Ex. His insult festered in my mind for days. -- 132 q festive a joyous; celebratory; relating to a feast or festival -- 133 q fete(f\^ete) a honor at a festival; celebrate or honor with a feast; N. (outdoor)