.

Aberration straying away from what is normal

2. Abeyance - suspended action

3. Abhor - to hate, to detest

4. Abide - be faithful to; endure

5. Abjure - promise or swear, to give up

6. Abet - help/encourage somebody (in doing wrong)

7. Abraded - rubbed off, worn away by friction

8. Abrasion - rubbing, scraping, wearing off

9. Abrogate - repeal or annul by authority

10. Abscond - to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest)

11. Abstruse - difficult to comprehend; obscure

12. Abundant - plentiful

13. Abut - border on

14. Abysmal - bottomless, extreme

15. Acarpous - effete, no longer fertile, worn out

16. Accentuate - give more force or attention to

17. Acclaimed - welcomed with shouts and approval

18. Accolade - praise, approval

19. Accretion - the growing of separate things into one

20. Acquiesce in - agree (without protest)

21. Acquisition - something acquired, acquiring

22. Adamant - kind of stone; inflexible

23. Adhere - remain faithful, stick fast to

24. Adhesion - adhering, support

25. Adjacent - lying near, next

26. Admonitory - containing warning

27. Adorn - add beauty; decorate

28. Adulteration - making unpure, poorer in quality

29. Affable - polite and friendly

30. Affinity - close connection, relationship

31. Aggravate - make worse; irritate

32. Agile - active, quick-moving

33. Agog - eager/excited

34. Ail - trouble; be ill

35. Alacrity - eager and cheerful readiness

36. Alcove - recess/partially enclosed place

37. Alienate - estrange

38. Allegiance - duty, support, loyalty

39. Alleviate - make (pain) easier to bear

40. Alloy - to debase by mixing with something inferior

41. Aloof - reserved, indifferent

42. Amalgamate - mix, combine, unite societies

43. Ambidextrous - able to use the left hand or the right equally well

44. Ambiguous - doubtful, uncertain

45. Ambivalent - having both of two contrary meanings

46. Ameliorate - improve, make better

47. Amendment - improving

48. Amicable - friendly

49. Amortize - end (a debt) by setting aside money

50. Amplify - make large or fuller, increase the strength

51. Anguish - severe suffering

52. Animosity - strong dislike

53. Annul - put an end to

54. Anticlimax - sudden fall

55. Antidote - medicine used against a poison or a disease

56. Antithetical - direct opposing

57. Apartheid - brutal racial discrimination

58. Apathetic - indifference

59. Aplomb - self-confidence

60. Apostate - one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions

61. Apotheosis - deification, glorification to godliness

62. Appease - make quiet or calm

63. Apprehensive - grasping, understanding; fear, unhappy feeling about future

64. Apprise - give notice to, inform

65. Approbation - approval

66. Appropriate - take for one's own use, acquire, set aside

67. Apropos - appropriate to the situation; apt

68. Apt - well-suited, quick-witted

69. Arabesque - whimsical

70. Arbitrate - decide by arbitration

71. Arboreal - of connected with trees

72. Ardently - with full of ardor

73. Ardor - enthusiasm

74. Arduous - steep, difficult ascent; laborious

75. Argot - jargon, slang

76. Arrant - in the highest degree

77. Arrogance - proud, superior manner of behaviour

78. Articulate - speak distinctly, connect by joints

79. Ascend - go or come up

80. Ascent - the act of ascending

81. Ascertain - get to know

82. Ascetic - practicing self-denial, austere, stark

83. Ascribe - consider to be the origin of or belonging to

84. Aseptic - surgically clean

85. Asperity - roughness, harshness, ill temper, irritability

86. Aspersion - slander

87. Assail with - attack violently

88. Asset - valuable quality, something that has money value

89. Assiduous - diligent, hard-working, sedulous

90. Assuage - make something (pain, desire) less

91. Assumption - something supposed but not proved

92. Asterisk - the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters)

93. Astringent - substance that shrinks

94. Astute - clever; quick at seeing to get an advantage

95. Atonement - repayment; death of Jesus

96. Attenuate - make thin. weaken, enervate

97. Attune - bring into harmony

98. Audacious - daring, foolishly bold, impudent

99. Augury - omen, sign

100. August - majestic, venerable

101. Auspice - protection or support, patronage

102. Auspicious - favorable, successful, prosperous

103. Austere - severely moral and strict; simple and plain

104. Auxiliary - helping, supporting

105. Aver - affirm, assert, prove, justify

106. Aversion - strong dislike

107. Avid - eager, greedy

108. Avow - admit. Declare openly

109. Babble - talk in a way that is difficult to understand

110. Baleful - harmful, ominous, causing evil

111. Balk - obstacle; purposely to get on the way of

112. Balloon - swell out like balloon

113. Balm - sweet-smelling oil; consolation

114. Banal - uninteresting

115. Band - flat, thin strip of material; range of frequencies

116. Bane - cause of injury, poison, source of harm

117. Baneful - causing harm or ruin, pernicious, destructive

118. Barrage - artificial obstacle built across a river

119. Barren - not good enough, unable to have young ones, without value

120. Bask in - enjoy warmth and light

121. Bazaar - market

122. Be irreconcilable - cannot be brought into harmony

123. Beatify - to bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to

124. Bedizen - to adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner

125. Belabor - beat hard

126. Belie - contradict, give a false impression

127. Belittle - cause to seem unimportant

128. Bellicose - belligerent, pugnacious, warlike

129. Belligerent - (person, nation) waging war

130. Belligerently - waging war

131. Bend - cause something to be out of a straight line

132. Benefactor - person who has given help

133. Benevolence - wish or activity in doing good

134. Benign - kind and gentle; mild (climate)

135. Bequest - arrangement to give something at death

136. Berate - scold sharply

137. Bereft - rob or dispossess of something (material)

138. Bewilder - puzzle, confuse

139. Biased - prejudice

140. Bigot - stubborn, narrow-minded person

141. Bilge - bulge, the protuberance of a cask

142. Blandishment - flattery, coaxing

143. Blandness - polite manner, comforting, uninteresting

144. Blatant - noisy and rough

145. Blithe - gay and joyous

146. Blueprint plan, scheme, photographic print

147. Blunt - plain, not troubling to be polite

148. Boggle - be alarmed, hesitate, amazed

149. Bogus - sham, counterfeit, not genuine

150. Boisterous - loud, noisy, rough, lacking restraint

151. Bolster - give greatly needed support

152. Boor - ill-mannered person

153. Boorish - crude, offensive, rude

154. Braid - strands of hair woven together, something edging sloth

155. Brash - hasty, rush; cheeky, saucy

156. Brass - yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc)

157. Brazen - made of brass

158. Breach - opening broken place, breaking

159. Brigant - brigand, bandit

160. Brisk - active, lively

161. Brisket - breast of an animal

162. Brittle - easily broken

163. Broach - bring up, announce, begin to talk about

164. Brook - to tolerate, endure

165. Buoyant - able to float; light-hearted

166. Burgeon - grow forth, send out buds

167. Burnish - to polish, rub to a shine

168. Bust - run out of money

169. Cabal - a scheme or plot, a group of plotters

170. Cadge - to beg, to get by begging

171. Cajolers - flattery or deceit to persuade

172. Calf - young of the domestic cow

173. Calipers - metal supports attached to the legs, measuring instrument

174. Calumniate - to slander, present false accusal

175. Calumny - slander, aspersion

176. Candid - frank straight-forward

177. Cantankerous - bad-tempered/quarrelsome

178. Cantin - sincere talk/jargon

179. Canvass - discuss thoroughly; sort of touting

180. Capricious - fickle, whimsical, given to change, unpredictable

181. Castigate - to chastise, correct by punishing

182. Castigation - severe punishment

183. Casual - happening by chance, careless

184. Catalyst - substance that causes speeding up

185. Caustic - biting, sarcastic

186. Censure - expression of blame or disapproval; a rebuke

187. Census - official counting of the population

188. Centurion - leader of a unit of 100 soldiers

189. Chary - cautious, wary

190. Chastened - corrected, punished

191. Chastisement - punishment

192. Chauvinist a blindly devoted patriot

193. Chicanery - legal trickery/false argument

194. Chisel - steel tool for shaping materials

195. Churl - bad-tempered person

196. Cite - give as an example

197. Clamor - shout complain with a lot of noise

198. Cleanse - make pure, thoroughly clean

199. Clientele - customers

200. Clinch - come to grips/settle conclusively

201. Cling - to resist separation

202. Clot - half-solid lump formed from liquid

203. Cloture - closing, device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting

204. Coalescing - coming together and uniting into one substance

205. Coax - get somebody to do something by kindness

206. Coda - passage that completes a piece of music

207. Coddle - treat with care and tenderness

208. Coerce - compel to force to make obedient

209. Coeval - of the same period, coexisting

210. Cogent strong convincing

211. Cogitate think deeply, mediate

212. Cognition - knowing, awareness (emotionless)

213. Cognizant being fully aware of

214. Coherent sticking together

215. Colander - bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water

216. Collaborate - work in partnership

217. Collusion - secret agreement for a deceitful purpose

218. Combustion - process of burning

219. Commemorate - keep the memory of

220. Commend - praise

221. Commendable - worthy of praise

222. Commingle - mingle together

223. Commodious - having plenty of space for what is needed

224. Commuter - person who travels regularly

225. Complacently with self-satisfaction

226. Complaisance - tending to comply, obliging, willingness to please

227. Comply - act in accordance

228. Compound - mix or combine

229. Comprise - be composed of

230. Compunction - feeling of regret for one's action

231. Conceal - hide, keep secret

232. Conceit - over-high opinion of, too much pride

233. Conciliatory - reconciling, soothing, comforting, mollifying

234. Concord - agreement or harmony

235. Concur - agree in opinion, happen together

236. Condense - increase in density, strength, make laconic

237. Condone - forgive

238. Congeal - make or become stiff and solid

239. Conjoin to join together

240. Connoisseur - a person with good judgment (e.g.. in art)

241. Connotation - suggestion in addition to

242. Consent - give agreement or permission

243. Consequential - pompous, self important

244. Consolation - consoling or being consoled

245. Console - give comfort or sympathy to

246. Conspicuous - easily seen; remarkable

247. Consternation - surprise and fear, dismay

248. Constrain - compel

249. Constrict - make tight or smaller

250. Consume - get to the end of

251. Consummate - perfect/make perfect/complete

252. Contemn - to scorn or despise

253. Contentious - argumentative, pugnacious, combative, quarrelsome

254. Contiguous - touching, neighboring, near

255. Contrite - filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing

256. Contumacious - insubordinate, rebellious

257. Conundrum - a riddle, dilemma, enigma

258. Conviction - convincing; firm belief

259. Convoke - call together, summon

260. Convoluted - complicated; coiled, twisted

261. Cord - twisted strands

262. Cordial - warm and sincere

263. Cordon line of police acting as a guard

264. Cornucopia - abundant supply

265. Corporeal - physical; of or for the body

266. Correlate - have a mutual relation

267. Corroboration - additional, strengthening evidence

268. Countenance to - favor or approve of

269. Counterfeit - forgery

270. Countervail - counterbalance

271. Covert - disguised

272. Covetous - eagerly desirous

273. Cower - crouch; shrink back

274. Coy shy/modest (esp of a girl)

275. Crass - very great (es. stupidity)

276. Cravat - piece of linen worn as a necktie

277. Craven cowardly

278. Crease - line made by crushing; white line on the ground in cricket

279. Credulity - too great a readiness to believe things

280. Credulous - ready to believe things

281. Crush - press, lose shape, subdue, overwhelm

282. Cryptic - secret, with a hidden meaning

283. Cumbersome - burdensome, heavy and awkward to carry

284. Curmudgeon - bad-tempered person

285. Curriculum - course of study

286. Cursory - quick, hurried

287. Curtail - make shorter then was planned

288. Cynic - person who see no good in anything

289.

290. Dainty - pretty/delicate(food)/difficult to please

291. Dart - quick movement; missile in darts

292. Daunt - intimidate, make fearful

293. Dawdler - person who is slow; waste of time

294. Dearth - shortage

295. Debacle - a breakup, overthrow, sudden disaster

296. Decorous - polite, decent

297. Decorum - propriety, properness

298. Decree - order given by authority

299. Decry - disapprove of

300. Defer - postpone; give way (to show respect)

301. Deference - respect

302. Deferential - showing respect

303. Defiance - open disobedience or resistance

304. Deflect - turn aside

305. Defy - resist openly

306. Degrade - reduce in rank or status

307. Delineate - to portray, depict, sketch out

308. Deluge - great flood, heavy rush of water

309. Delusion - false belief

310. Demagogue - person appealing not to reasons

311. Demur - to hesitate, raise objections

312. Denigrate - blacken, belittle, sully, defame

313. Denouement - an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot

314. Denounce - give information against

315. Dent - hollow, depression mad by a blow

316. Deplete - use until none remains

317. Deposition - dethronement, depositing

318. Deprave - make morally bad; corrupt

319. Deprecate - protest against, express disapproval of

320. Dereliction - deserting and leaving to fall into ruins

321. Derision - ridicule, mockery, deriding

322. Derivative - unoriginal, obtained from another source

323. Derogatory - insulting; tending to damage

324. Descry - catch sight of, see something in the distance

325. Desiccant - substance used to absorb moisture

326. Desiccate - dry out all the moisture

327. Desuetude - cessation of use; disuse

328. Desultory - aimless, haphazard, digressing at random

329. Detach - separate

330. Deter - discourage, hinder

331. Detraction - slandering, verbal attack, aspersion

332. Detumescence - diminishing or lessening of swelling

333. Deviance - being different in moral standards (from normal)

334. Dexterity - skill (esp. in handling)

335. Dexterous - clever, skillful with hands

336. Diaphanous - transparent, gauzy

337. Diatribe - bitter and violent attack in words

338. Dictate - order

339. Diffidence - shyness

340. Diffident - lacking in self-confidence

341. Dilate - speak comprehensively, become wider, large

342. Dilatory - causing delay, procrastinating

343. Din - loud noise that continues

344. Disabuse - to undeceive, correct a false impression

345. Disallow - refuse to allow or accept as a correct

346. Discern - see with an effort but clearly

347. Discomfit - to defeat, put down

348. Disconcert - upset the self-possession of

349. Discountenance - refuse to approve of

350. Discourse - speech, lecture,

351. Discredit - refuse to believe

352. Discreet - careful/prudent

353. Discrete - individually distinct

354. Disdain - look on with contempt

355. Disencumber - free from encumbrance

356. Encumbrance - burden; things that get on the way of

357. Endearing - making dear or liked

358. Endemic - epidemic

359. Endorse - write one's name on the back of

360. Enduring - lasting

361. Enervate - weaken, deprive of strength, attenuate

362. Engender - cause, produce, give rise to

363. Engrave - impress deeply

364. Engrossing - taken up all the time or attention; writing in large or formal

365. Engulf - swallow up

366. Enigma - something that is puzzling

367. Enmity - hatred; being an enemy

368. Enormity - excessive wickedness; evilness

369. Enormousness - great size

370. Ensign - flag/badge

371. Entangle - put into difficulties

372. Enthral - please greatly/enslave (fig)

373. Entice - tempt or persuade

374. Entreat - ask earnestly

375. Enunciate - pronounce (words)/express a theory

376. Enzyme - catalyst

377. Epicure food lover, a connoisseur of food

378. Epicurean - devoted to pleasure (sensuous enjoyment)

379. Epistle letter

380. Epithet adjective

381. Epitome - brief summary; representative example; a typical model

382. Equable - steady, regular

383. Equanimity - calmness of temperament

384. Equilibrium - state of being balanced

385. Equipoise - equal distribution of weight; equilibrium

386. Equivocal - having a double or doubtful meaning; suspicious

387. Equivocate - try to deceive by equivocal language

388. Eradicate - get rid of; pull up by the roots

389. Erasure erasing, removing all traces

390. Erode - wear away, eat into

391. Erratic - irregular in behaviour or opinion

392. Erudite - learned, scholarly

393. Escalate - increase, develop

394. Eschew - avoid

395. Esoteric - abstruse; intended only for a small circle of

396. Espouse - marry; give one's support to

397. Eulogy - formal praise; panegyric

398. Euphoria - elation; state of pleasant excitement

399. Euthanasia - easy and painless death

400. Evaluating - finding out the value

401. Evaporate - change into vapor, disappear, die

402. Evasive - tending to evade

403. Evince - to show clearly, to indicate

404. Evoke - call up, bring out

405. Evolve - unfold, develop naturally and gradually

406. Excoriate - to flay, stip off the skin; to denounce sharply

407. Excoriation - severe criticism

408. Exculpate - to clear from a charge of guilt

409. Exert - thrust out, push forth

410. Exertion - instance of exerting

411. Exhaustive - complete, thorough

412. Exigency - emergency, an urgent situation

413. Exonerate - free; clear

414. Exoneration - set somebody clear, free (e.g.. from blame)

415. Exorbitant - much too high or great

416. Expatiate - to roam, wander freely

417. Expedient - likely to be useful for a purpose

418. Expiation - ending; expiring

419. Exploit brilliant achievement; develop; use selfishly

420. Expostulate - argue earnestly to dissuade, correct, or protest

421. Expurgate - to remove obscenity, purify, censor

422. Exscind - to cut out, cut away

423. Extant - still in existence

424. Extempore - without previous thought or preparation

425. Extensive - far-reaching

426. Extenuate - reduce the strength of, lessen seriousness, partially excuse

427. Extinct - no longer active

428. Extinguish - end the existence of/wipe or put out

429. Extirpate - to destroy, exterminate, cut out, exscind

430. Extol - praise highly

431. Extort - obtain by threats, violence

432. Extralegal - outside the law

433. Extricable that can be freed

434. Extrovert - cheerful person

435. Exuberance - state of growing vigorously; being full of life

436.

437. Facetious - humorous, funny, jocular

438. Facile - easily done

439. Facilitate - make easy (e.g.. a process of smth)

440. Fallacious - based on error

441. Fallacy - false or mistaken belief

442. Falter - waver/move in an uncertain manner

443. Fatuous - without sense, foolish self-satisfaction

444. Faucet - device for controlling the outflow of a liquid

445. Fawn - young deer, try to win somebody's favor

446. Feckless - lacking purpose or vitality; ineffective; careless

447. Fecund - fertile

448. Feint - pretend

449. Felicitous - apt; suitably expressed, well chosen, apropos

450. Felon - person guilty of murder

451. Ferment - substance; become excited

452. Ferocity - savage cruelty

453. Ferret - discover by searching; search

454. Fertile - producing much, full of ideas

455. Fertilize - make fertile or productive

456. Fervid - showing earnest feeling

457. Fervor - warmth of feelings; earnestness

458. Fetid - stinking

459. Fetter - to shackle, put in chains

460. Feud - bitter quarrel over a long period of time

461. Fidelity - loyalty, accuracy

462. Fidget - move restlessly, make nervous

463. Figurehead carved image on the prow of a ship

464. Finesse - delicate way of dealing with a situation

465. Finical - too fussy about food, clothing, etc.

466. Finicky - finical

467. Finite - limited, having bounds

468. Fission - splitting or division (esp. of cells)

469. Fix at - stare at

470. Flak - criticism/anti-aircraft guns

471. Flamboyant - brightly colored, florid

472. Flammable - having tendency to burst into flames

473. Flaunting - show off complacently

474. Flaw - crack, lessen value

475. Flax - pale yellow (hair); a plant

476. Fledged - able to fly, trained, experienced

477. Fleet number of ships, quick-moving

478. Fleeting - passing quickly

479. Flexibility - easily bent without braking

480. Flinch - draw, move back, wince

481. Flop - fail/move/fall clumsily

482. Florid - very much ornamented; naturally red (e.g.. of face)

483. Floridness - ruddiness; heavily decorated; ornateness

484. Flout - reject, mock, to go against (as in going against tradition)

485. Fluke - lucky stroke

486. Fluster make nervous or confused

487. Foible - defect of character (a person is wrongly proud)

488. Foil - prevent from carrying out; contrast

489. Foment - put something warm (to lessen the pain)

490. Foolproof - incapable of failure or error

491. Foppish - like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes

492. Forage - food for horses and cattle

493. Forbear - refrain from, be patient; ancestor

494. Forbearance - patience, willingness to wait

495. Ford - shallow place in a river (to cross)

496. Forestall - prevent by taking action in advance, preempt

497. Forethought - foresight, planned in advance

498. Forfeit suffer the loss of something

499. Forge - workshop for the shaping of metal; to shape metal; lead

500. Forgery - counterfeit

501. Forswear - renounce, disallow, repudiate

502. Fortify - strengthen

503. Fortuitous - happening by chance

504. Foster - nurture, care for

505. Fracas noisy quarrel

506. Fragile - easily injured, broken or destroyed

507. Fragrant - sweet-smelling

508. Franchise - special right given by authority

509. Frantic - wildly excited with joy, pain, anxiety

510. Frenetic - frantic, frenzied

511. Fret - worry; irritation; wear away

512. Friction - the rubbing of one thing against another, difference of opinion

513. Fringe - edge; ornamental border; part of hair over the forehead

514. Froward - intractable, not willing to yield or comply, stubborn

515. Frugal - careful, economical

516. Fulminate - berate, vituperate, to thunder out, to explode

517. Fulmination - bitter protest

518. Fulsome - disgusting, offensive due to excessiveness

519. Gainsay - to deny, declare false, to oppose

520. Gambol - quick, playful jumping

521. Garble - make unfair selection from facts

522. Garment - article of clothing

523. Garner - to gather and save; to store up

524. Garrulity - talkativeness

525. Garrulous too talkative

526. Gaucherie - socially awkward, tactless behavior

527. Germane - relevant; pertinent to

528. Gist - the point, general sense

529. Glean - gather facts in small quantities

530. Glib - ready and smooth but not sincere

531. Glimmer - weak/unsteady light

532. Gloat - over look at with selfish delight

533. Glut - supply to much, fill to excess

534. Gnaw - waste away; bite steadily

535. Goad - something urging a person to action

536. Gorge - eat greedily/narrow opening with a stream

537. Gossamer - soft light, delicate material

538. Gouge - tool for cutting grooves in wood

539. Grace favor

540. Grandiloquent - using pompous words

541. Grave - serious, requiring consideration

542. Graze - touch or scrape lightly in passing

543. Gregarious - living in societies; liking the company

544. Grievance - cause for complaint or protest

545. Grievous - causing grief or pain; serious, dire, grave

546. Grimace - twisted expression of a face

547. Grind - crush, polish

548. Grooves - long channel in the surface, habitual way of living

549. Grovel - crawl, humble oneself

550. Guile - deceit, cunning

551. Guileless - straight-forward, candid

552. Gull - cheat, deceive

553. Gullible - easily gulled

554. Gush - burst out suddenly/talk ardently

555. Gust - outburst of feeling; sudden rain, wind, fire, etc.

556. Hack - cut roughly; hired horse

557. Halcyon - calm and peaceful

558. Hallow - to make holy; consecrate

559. Hamper - basket with a lid, prevent free movement or activity

560. Hapless - unlucky, unfortunate

561. Harangue - a long, passionate speech

562. Harbinger - something or somebody that foretells the coming

563. Harrow - to distress, create stress or torment

564. Harsh - rough, cruel, stern

565. Haughty - arrogant; conceited

566. Haven harbor, safety place

567. Heed - attention/give notice to

568. Heinous - odious (of crime)

569. Heresy - belief contrary to what is generally accepted

570. Hermetic - sealed by fusion

571. Heterogeneous - made up of different kinds

572. Hew - make by hard work; cut (by striking)

573. Highbrow - (person) with superior tastes

574. Hirsute - hairy, shaggy

575. Hoax - mischievous trick played on somebody for a joke

576. Hoipolloi - the masses; the rabble

577. Hollow - not soled, with hole

578. Holster - leather case for a pistol

579. Homiletics - act of preaching

580. Hone - stone used for sharpening tools

581. Hoodwink - trick, mislead

582. Hospitable - liking to give hospitality

583. Hubris - arrogant pride

584. Hurdle - light frame, fence to be jumped over

585. Hush - make or become silent

586. Husk - worthless outside part of anything

587. Hypocrisy - falsely making oneself appear to be good

588. Iconoclast - person who attacks popular beliefs

589. Iconoclastic - attacking cherished beliefs

590. Idiosyncrasy - personal mannerism

591. Idolatrous - worshipping idols \

592. Idolatry - excessive admiration of

593. Ignoble - dishonorable, common, undignified

594. Ignominious - shameful, dishonorable, undignified, disgraceful

595. Illicit - unlawful, forbidden

596. Illusory - deceptive; an illusion

597. Imbroglio - complicated and embarrassing situation

598. Immaculate - pure, faultless

599. Immerse - absorb; put under the surface of

600. Imminent - likely to come or happen soon

601. Immutable - that cannot be changed

602. Impair - worsen, diminish in value

603. Impaired - damaged, weakened

604. Impassive - unmoved; feeling no sign of passion

605. Impecunious - having little or no money

606. Impede - hinder; get in the way of

607. Impediment - something that hinders (e.g. stammer)

608. Impending - imminent, being about to happen, expected

609. Imperative - urgent, essential

610. Imperious - commanding, haughty, arrogant

611. Impermeable that cannot be permeated

612. Imperturbable - calm; not capable of being excited

613. Impervious - not allowing to pass through (of materials)

614. Imperviousness - arrogance, commanding presence, over bearingness

615. Impetuous - having sudden energy, impulsive, thrusting ahead, forceful

616. Impiety - lack of reverence or dutifulness

617. Implacable - incapable of being placated, unpleasable

618. Implausibility incredibility

619. Implicate - show that somebody has a share

620. Implicit - implied though not plainly expressed

621. Implosion - collapse; bursting inward

622. Imply - make a suggestion

623. Importune - beg urgently; solicit (of a prostitute)

624. Imprecation - an invocation of evil; a curse

625. Impromptu - without preparation

626. Impudence - being rash, indiscreet

627. Impudent - rash, indiscreet

628. Impugned - challenged, to be doubted

629. Impute - to attribute to a cause or source, ascribe

630. Inadvertent - done thoughtlessly

631. Inane - silly, senseless

632. Inasmuch - since, because

633. Incense - make angry

634. Incessant - often repeated, continual

635. Inchoate -not yet fully formed, rudimentary, elementary

636. Incipient - beginning

637. Incise - engrave, make a cut in

638. Incite stir up, rouse

639. Inclined - directing the mind in a certain direction

640. Incoherently - not consistently, unclearly

641. Incongruous - out of place, not in harmony or agreement

642. Incorrigibility - cannot be cured or corrected

643. Incredulous - skeptical, unwilling to believe

644. Inculcate - fix firmly by repetition

645. Incumbents - official duties

646. Incursion - a raid, a sudden attack

647. Indefatigability - not easily exhaustible; tirelessness

648. Indelible - that cannot be rubbed out

649. Indelicate - immodest; lacking in refinement

650. Indigence - poverty

651. Indigenous - native

652. Indistinct - not easily heard, seen, clearly marked

653. Indolence - laziness

654. Indomitable - not easily discouraged or subdued

655. Indulge - gratify, give way to, satisfy; allow oneself

656. Indulgent - inclined to indulge

657. Ineffable to great to be described in words

658. Ineluctable - certain, inevitable

659. Inept - unskillful; said or done at the wrong time

660. Ineptitude - quality of being unskillful

661. Inferno - hell

662. Infertile - not fertile, barren

663. Inflame - become red, angry

664. Inflammatory - tending to inflame

665. Infuriate - fill with fury or rage

666. Infuse - put, pour, fill

667. Ingenuous - naive, young, artless, frank, honest, sincere

668. Ingest - take in by swallowing

669. Inherent - existing as a natural part

670. Inhibit - hinder, restrain

671. Inimical - harmful or friendly

672. Inimitable - defying imitation, unmatchable

673. Innocuous - causing no harm

674. Inscrutable - incapable of being discovered or understood

675. Insensible - unconscious, unresponsive, unaffected

676. Insinuate - suggest unpleasantly; make a way for something gently

677. Insipid -without taste or flavor

678. Insouciant - unconcerned, carefree

679. Insularity - narrow-mindedness, isolated

680. Insurrection - rising of people to open resistance to

681. Interdict - prohibit, forbid

682. Interim - as an installment

683. Intersperse - place here and there

684. Intervene - come between; interfere to change the result

685. Intractable - unruly, refractory, stubborn

686. Intransigence - unwillingness to compromise, stubbornness, intractability

687. Intransigent - uncompromising

688. Intrepid fearless, brave, undaunted

689. Introspection - examining one's own thoughts and feelings

690. Inundate - flood; cover by overflowing

691. Inured - accustomed to, adapted

692. Invective - abusive language, curses

693. Inveigh - to attack verbally, denounce, deprecate

694. Inveterate - deep-rooted. long-established

695. Invincible - too strong to be defeated

696. Involute - complex

697. Irascible - irritable, easily angered

698. Irate - angry

699. Ire - anger

700. Irksome tiresome

701. Irrelevant - not relevant, not connected

702. Irresolute - hesitating; undecided

703. Irrevocable - final and unalterable

704. Itinerary - plan for a journey, details or records of a route

705. Itinerate - to travel from place to place, to peregrinate

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706. Jabber -talk excitedly; utter rapidly

707. Jeopardize - put in danger

708. Jibe - gibe, make fun of

709. Jocular - meant as a joke

710. Judicious - sound in judgment; wise

711. Knit - draw together, unite firmly

712. Labyrinthine - to entangle the state of affairs

713. Lachrymose - causing tears, tearful

714. Lackluster - (of eyes) dull, without bright

715. Laconic - brief, to the point, terse

716. Lag - go too slow

717. Lament - show, feel great sorrow

718. Lassitude - weariness, tiredness

719. Latent - present but not yet active, developed or visible

720. Laudatory - expressing or giving praise

721. Lavish - giving or producing freely, liberally or generously

722. Leakage - the process of leaking

723. Legacy - something handed down from ancestors

724. Levee - formal reception/embankment

725. Levity - lack of seriousness

726. Libel - statement that damages reputation

727. Liberality - free giving; generosity

728. Libertine - immoral person

729. Lien - legal claim until a debt on it is repaid

730. Limn - paint, portray

731. Limp - lacking strength, walking unevenly

732. Lionize - treat as a famous person

733. Lithe - bending, twisting

734. Loll - rest, to sit or stand in a lazy way; hang (dog's tongue)

735. Lope - move along with long strides

736. Loquacious - talkative, garrulous

737. Lubricant - substance that makes work easier

738. Lubricate - put oil to make work easily

739. Lubricious - lewd, wanton, greasy, slippery

740. Lucubrate - write in scholarly fashion

741. Luculent - easily understood, lucid, clear

742. Lugubrious - mournful, excessively sad

743. Lull - become quiet or less active

744. Lumber - move in a clumsy/noisy way

745. Luminary - star, light-giving body

746. Lurk - be out of view ready to attack

747. Lustrous - being bright, polished

748. Macabre - gruesome, suggesting death

749. Macerate - make or become soft by soaking in water

750. Machination - plot, scheme (esp. evil)

751. Maladroit - tactless, clumsy

752. Malapropism - misuse of a word (for one that resembles it)

753. Malevolence - wishing to do evil

754. Malign - injurious, speak ill of somebody, tell lie

755. Malinger - to fake illness or injury, in order to shirk a duty

756. Malleable - yielding; easily shaped; moldable; adapting

757. Manacle - chains for the hands or feet

758. Martial - brave, of associated with war

759. Massacre - cruel killing of a large number of people

760. Matriculation - be admitted, enter a university as a student

761. Mature - come to full development, to a state ready for use

762. Maudlin - sentimental in a silly or tearful way

763. Maul - hurt by rough handling

764. Maverick rebel, nonconformist

765. Mellifluous - sweetly flowing

766. Mendacious - false

767. Mendacity - dishonesty

768. Mendicant - a beggar

769. Mercurial - quick, changeable in character, fleeting

770. Meretricious - attractive on the surface but of little value

771. Mesmerize - hypnotize

772. Meticulous - giving great attention to details

773. Mettle - quality of endurance or courage

774. Mettlesome - courageous, high-spirited

775. Middling -fairly good but not very good

776. Minatory - menacing, threatening

777. Mince - pronounce or speak affectedly, euphemize

778. Misanthrope - person who hates mankind

779. Mischievous - harmful, causing mischief

780. Miser - person who loves wealth and spends little

781. Misogynist - one who hates women/females

782. Missile - something that is thrown or shot

783. Mitigate - make less severe or painful

784. Moderation - quality of being limited, not extreme

785. Mollify - make calmer or quieter

786. Molt - moult, lose hair, feathers before new growing

787. Morbid - diseased, unhealthy (e.g.. about ideas)

788. Morose - ill-tempered, unsociable

789. Mortuary - place where dead bodies are taken to be kept until burial

790. Muffler - cloth worn round the neck/silencer

791. Multifarious - varied, motley, greatly diversified

792. Mundane - worldly as opposed to spiritual; commonplace, everyday

793. Myriad - very great number

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794. Nadir -lowest, weakest point

795. Nascent - coming into existence, emerging

796. Nebulous - cloud-like; hazy; vague; indistinct

797. Negligent - taking too little care

798. Neophyte - person who has been converted to a belief

799. Nexus - a connection, tie, or link

800. Nibble - show some inclination to accept (an offer)

801. Nice - precise, sensitive to subtleness

802. Noisome - offensive, disgusting (smell)

803. Nonchalant - not having interest

804. Nonplused - greatly surprised

805. Nostrum - a quack remedy, an untested cure

806. Notion - nominal, token

807. Noxious - harmful

808. Nugatory trifling/worthless

809. Nullify - make void and null

810. Numb without ability to feel or move

811. Numbness - without ability to move a finger

812. Obdurate - hardened and unrepenting; stubborn, inflexible

813. Obfuscate - to darken, make obscure, muddle

814. Oblivious - unaware, having no memory

815. Obloquy - abusively detractive language, sharp criticism, vituperation

816. Obsequious - too eager to obey or serve

817. Obsolete - no longer used

818. Obstreperous - noisy, loud

819. Obtain - to be established, accepted, or customary

820. Obtrusive - projecting, prominent, undesirably noticeable

821. Obtuse - blunt/stupid

822. Obviate to make unnecessary, get rid of

823. Occluded - blocked up

824. Occult - hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension

825. Odious - repulsive, hateful

826. Odium - contempt, dislike, aversion

827. Odor - smell; favor; reputation

828. Officious - too eager or ready to help, offer advice

829. Ominous - threatening

830. Opaqueness - dullness/not allowing light to pass through

831. Opprobrious - showing scorn or reproach

832. Ossify - to turn to bone; to settle rigidly into an idea

833. Ostensible - seeming, appearing as such, professed

834. Ostentation - display to obtain admiration or envy

835. Ostentatious - fond of showing ostentation

836. Ostracism - shut out from society, refuse to meet, talk

837. Ostrich - fast-running bird unable to fly

838. Outset - start

839. Overhaul - examine thoroughly to learn about the condition

840. Overweening - presumptuously arrogant, overbearing, immoderate, being a jerk

841. Overwhelm - weigh down, submerge

842. Paean - song of praise or triumph

843. Palate - roof of the mouth; sense of taste

844. Palatial - magnificent

845. Palliate - to make something appear less serious, to alleviate, to gloss over

846. Palpability - can be felt, touched, understood

847. Palpitate - tremble, beat rapidly and irregularly

848. Pan - flat/zoom

849. Panegyric - formal praise, eulogy

850. Paradigm - a model, example, or pattern

851. Parenthesis - sentence within another one, something separated

852. Pariah - an outcast, a rejected and despised person

853. Parsimonious - too economical, miserly

854. Partisan - one-sided, committed to a party, biased or prejudiced

855. Patron - regular customer; person who gives support

856. Paucity - scarcity, a lacking of

857. Peccadillo - small sin; small weakness in one's character

858. Pedantic - bookish, showing off learning

859. Pedestrian - commonplace, trite, unremarkable

860. Pellucid - transparent, easy to understand

861. Penchant - strong inclination, a liking

862. Penitent - feeling or showing regret

863. Penurious - poor/stingy

864. Penury - extreme poverty

865. Peregrination - traveling about, wandering

866. Peremptory - urgent, imperative, unchallengeable, ending debate

867. Perennial - lasting for a long time (e.g.. a year)

868. Perfidious - treacherous, faithless

869. Perfidy - treachery; breaking of faith

870. Perfunctory - done as a duty without care

871. Perilous - dangerous

872. Peripatetic - wandering

873. Perish - be destroyed; decay

874. Perjury - willful false statement, unlawful act

875. Permeate - spread into every part of

876. Pernicious - harmful, injurious

877. Perpetrate - be guilty; commit (a crime)

878. Persevere - keep on steadily, continue

879. Personable - pleasing in appearance, attractive

880. Perspicacity - quick judging and understanding

881. Pertain - belong as a part, have reference

882. Pest - destructive thing or a person who is nuisance

883. Petrified - taken away power (to think, feel, act)

884. Petrify - to make hard, rocklike

885. Petrous - like a rock, hard, stony

886. Petulant - unreasonably impatient

887. Philistine - a smug ignorant person; one who lacks knowledge

888. Phlegmatic - calm, sluggish temperament; unemotional

889. Picaresque - involving clever rogues or adventurers

890. Pied - of mixed colors

891. Pinch - be too tight, take between the thumb and finger

892. Pine - waste away through sorrow or illness

893. Pious - dutiful to parents; devoted to religion

894. Piquant - agreeably pungent, stimulating

895. Pique - hurt the pride or self-respect, stir (curiosity)

896. Pitfall - covered hole as a trap, unsuspected danger

897. Pith - essential part, force, soft liquid substance

898. Pivotal - of great importance (others depend on it)

899. Placate - soothe, pacify, calm

900. Plaintive - mournful, melancholy, sorrowful

901. Plaque - flat metal on a wall as a memorial

902. Platitude - a trite or banal statement; unoriginality

903. Plea - request

904. Plead - address a court of law as an advocate

905. Plethora glut

906. Pliant - pliable, easily bent, shaped or twisted

907. Plod - continue doing something without resting

908. Pluck - pull the feathers off, pick (e.g.. flowers)

909. Plumb - get to the root of

910. Plummet - fall, plunge, steeply

911. Plunge - move quickly, suddenly and with force

912. Poignant - deeply moving; keen

913. Poise - be ready, be balanced, self-possession

914. Polemical - controversial, argued

915. Poncho - large piece of cloth

916. Ponderous - heavy, bulky, dull

917. Portent - omen; marvelous; threatening

918. Poseur - someone taking on airs to impress others; a phony

919. Posture - state, attitude; adopt a vain

920. Poverty - state of being poor

921. Pragmatic - practical, favoring utility

922. Precarious - uncertain, risky, dangerous

923. Precept - moral instruction

924. Precepts - rules establishing standards of conduct

925. Precipitate - throw something violently down from a height

926. Preclude - prevent, make impossible

927. Precursory - preliminary, anticipating

928. Predilection - special liking, mental preference

929. Predominate - have more power than others

930. Preempt - obtain by preemption or in advance

931. Preen - tidy/show self-satisfaction

932. Premature - doing or happening something before the right time

933. Preponderance - greatness in number, strength, weight

934. Presage - warning sign

935. Presumption - arrogance

936. Preternatural - not normal or usual

937. Prevalent - common

938. Prevaricate - to equivocate, to stray from the truth

939. Prim - neat; formal

940. Pristine - primitive, unspoiled, pure, as in earlier times unadulterated

941. Probity - uprightness, incorruptibility, principle

942. Proclivity - inclination

943. Procrast - ination keeping on putting off

944. Prodigal - wasteful, reckless with money

945. Prodigious - enormous, wonderful

946. Profane - worldly, having contempt for God

947. Profligacy - shameless immorality

948. Profligate - wasteful, prodigal, licentious, extravagant

949. Profundity - depth

950. Profuse - abundant/lavish

951. Proliferate - grow, reproduce by rapid multiplication

952. Prolix - tiring because too long

953. Prone - prostrate; inclined to (undesirable things)

954. Propagation - increasing the number, spreading, extending

955. Propinquity - nearness in time or place, affinity of nature

956. Propitiate - do something to take away the anger of

957. Propitiatory - conciliatory, appeasing, mitigating

958. Propitious - auspicious, presenting favorable circumstances

959. Prosaic - everyday, mundane, commonplace, trite, pedestrian

960. Proscribe - denounce as dangerous

961. Protracted prolonged

962. Provident - frugal; looking to the future

963. Provisional - of the present time only

964. Provoke - make angry; vax

965. Prudence - careful forethought

966. Prudish - easily shocked, excessively modest

967. Prune - dried plum, silly person

968. Pry - get smth; inquire too curiously

969. Pucker - wrinkle

970. Pugnacious - fond of, in the habit of fighting

971. Puissance - strength

972. Punch - strike with the fist; tool for cutting holes; alc. drink

973. Punctilious precise, paying attention to trivialities

974. Pundit - pedant, authority on a subject

975. Pungency - sharpness; stinging quality

976. Purvey - provide, supply

977. Pusillanimous cowardly, craven

978. Putrefaction - becoming rotten

979. Pyre - large pile of wood for burning

980. Quack - person dishonestly claiming to smth

981. Quaff - drink deeply

982. Quail - lose courage, turn frightened

983. Qualm - feeling of doubt, temporary feeling of sickness

984. Quandary - state of doubt or perplexity

985. Quell - suppress, subdue

986. Quibble - try to avoid by sophistication

987. Quiescence - state of being passive/motionless

988. Quiescent - at rest, dormant, torpid

989. Quirk - habit or action peculiar to somebody or smth

990. Quixotic - generous, unselfish

991. Quotidian - banal; everyday

992. Rabble -mob, crowd; the lower classes of populace

993. Raconteur - person who tells anecdotes

994. Radiant - bright, shining

995. Raffish - low, vulgar, base, tawdry

996. Rail at - find fault, utter reproaches

997. Ramify - to be divided or subdivided; to branch out

998. Rancorous - feeling bitterness, spitefulness

999. Rant - use extravagant language

1000. Rapacious - greedy (especially for money)

1001. Rarefy - to make thin, to make less dense, to purify or refine

1002. Rave - act with excessive enthusiasm

1003. Reactionary - opposing progress

1004. Rebuff - snub

1005. Recalcitrant - disobedient

1006. Recant - take back as being false; give up

1007. Recast - cast or fashion anew

1008. Recidivism - relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior

1009. Reciprocity - granting of privileges in return for similar

1010. Recital - performance of music

1011. Recluse - person who lives alone and avoids people

1012. Recompense - make payment to; reward, punish

1013. Reconcile - settle a quarrel; restore peace

1014. Recondite - little known; abstruse

1015. Recourse - something turned to for help

1016. Recreancy - cowardice, a cowardly giving up

1017. Recuperate - become strong after illness, loss, exhaustion

1018. Redeem - get back by payment; compensate

1019. Redemptive - serving to redeem

1020. Redoubtable - formidable, causing fear

1021. Refine - make or become pure, cultural

1022. Refractory - stubborn, unmanageable, intractable

1023. Refulgent - shining, brilliant

1024. Regale - to delight or entertain; to feast

1025. Regicide - crime of killing a king

1026. Reiterate - say or do again several times

1027. Rejuvenation - becoming young in nature or appearance

1028. Relapse -fall back again

1029. Relinquish - give up

1030. Reluctant - unwilling or disinclined

1031. Remonstrate - to protest, object

1032. Render - deliver, provide, represent

1033. Renovate - restore something to better condition

1034. Renowned - celebrated, famous

1035. Rent - regular payment for the use of smth, division or split

1036. Repast - meal

1037. Repel - refuse to accept/cause dislike

1038. Repine at be discontented with

1039. Reproach - scold, upbraid

1040. Reprobate - person hardened in sin; one devoid of decency

1041. Repudiate - disown, refuse to accept or pay

1042. Repulsive - causing a feeling of disgust

1043. Requite - repay, give in return

1044. Rescind - repeal/annul/cancel

1045. Resigned - unresisting, submissive

1046. Resilience - quality of quickly recovering the original shape

1047. Resolve - determine

1048. Resort to - frequently visit

1049. Restive - refusing to move; reluctant to be controlled

1050. Resurrect - bring back into use

1051. Resuscitation - coming back to consciousness

1052. Retard - check, hinder

1053. Reticent - reserved, untalkative, silent, taciturn

1054. Revere - have deep respect for

1055. Reverent - feeling or showing deep respect

1056. Riddle - puzzling person or thing

1057. Rift - split, crack, dissension

1058. Rivet - fix, take up, secure; metal pin

1059. Roll call - calling of names

1060. Rope - thick strong cord made by twisting

1061. Rotund - rich and deep; plump and round

1062. Rubric - heading, title, or category

1063. Ruffian - violent, cruel man

1064. Rumple - make rough

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1065. Sagacious - having sound judgment; perceptive, wise; like a sage

1066. Salacious - obscene

1067. Salient - prominent, protruding, conspicuous, highly relevant

1068. Salubrious - healthful

1069. Salutary - remedial, wholesome, causing improvement

1070. Sanctimony - Self-righteousness, hypocritical, with false piety

1071. Sanction - approval (by authority); penalty

1072. Sanguine - cheerful, confident, optimistic

1073. Sanity - health of mind; soundness of judgement

1074. Sap - weaken

1075. Sash - long strip worn round the waist

1076. Sate - satiate

1077. Satiate - satisfy fully

1078. Saturnine - gloomy, dark, sullen, morose

1079. Savant - person of great learning

1080. Savor - taste, flavor smth

1081. Sawdust - tiny bits of wood

1082. Scabbards - heath for the blade

1083. Scent - smell (especially pleasant)

1084. Scorch - become discolored/dry up/go at high speed

1085. Scribble - write hastily

1086. Scurvy - mean, contemptible

1087. Seal - piece of wax, lead, etc stamped on the document

1088. Secular - material (not spiritual); living outside monasteries

1089. Sedulous - persevering

1090. Seminal - like a seed; constituting a source, originative

1091. Sententious - short and pithy, full of maxims/proverbs

1092. Sequence - succession, connected line of

1093. Sere - make hard and without feeling/mouldy flower.

1094. Sermon - reproving a person for his faults

1095. Serrated - having a toothed edge

1096. Serration - having a toothed edge

1097. Servile - like a slave, lacking independence

1098. Sever - break off

1099. Severance - severing

1100. Shaft - arrow or spear, something long and narrow

1101. Shallow - little depth; not earnest

1102. Shard - piece of broken earthenware

1103. Sheath - cover for the blade of a weapon or a tool

1104. Shove - push

1105. Shrewd - astute; showing sound judgement

1106. Shrill - sharp, piercing

1107. Shun - keep away from; avoid

1108. Shunt - send from one track to another; lay aside; evade discussion

1109. Sidestep - step to one side

1110. Simper - (give a) silly/self-conscious smile

1111. Sinuous - winding, undulating, serpentine

1112. Skiff - small boat

1113. Skit - short piece of humorous writing

1114. Slack - sluggish; dull; not tight

1115. Slake - to assuage, to satisfy, allay

1116. Slate - king of blue-grey stone; propose; criticize

1117. Sluggard - lazy, slow-moving person

1118. Slur - join sounds/words (indistinct)