CSS Solved Pair of Words (1972-2019)  Drown: to (cause to) die by being unable to breathe under water

 Altar: a type of table used in ceremonies in a Christian church or in

other religious buildings
 Consciousness: the state of understanding and realizing something
 Alter: to change something
 Conscientiousness: putting a lot of effort into your work/ controlled by
 Apposite: suitable and right for the occasion
or done according to conscience
 Opposite: completely different
 Ingenious: very clever and skillful
 Bear: to accept, tolerate or endure especially something unpleasant
 Ingenuous: honest, sincere and trusting/ showing innocent or childlike
 Bare: without any clothes or not covered by anything
simplicity and candidness
 Complacent: Satisfied
 Fantastic: extremely good
 Complaisant: willing to please; affably agreeable; obliging
 Fanatical: describes someone whose admiration for something is
 Confident: having confidence
considered to be extreme or unreasonable
 Confidant: a person you trust and share your feelings and secrets with
 Honorable: a title used before the name of some government officials
 Disease: illness of people, animals, plants, etc.
 Honorary: given as an honor to someone recognition of her work for
 Decease: a person's death
the homeless.
 Gate: a part of a fence or outside wall that is fixed at one side and opens
 Politician: a member of a government or law-making organization
and closes like a door
 Statesman: an experienced politician, especially one who is respected
 Gait: a particular way of walking
for making good judgments
 Judicial: involving a court of law
 Grateful: showing or expressing thanks, especially to another person
 Judicious: having or showing reason and good judgment in making
 Gratified: to please someone, or to satisfy a wish or need
decisions
 Imaginary: describes something that is created by and exists only in the
 Ingenious: very clever and skillful
mind; that is not real
 Ingenuous: honest, sincere and trusting/ showing innocent or childlike
 Imaginative: of, relating to, or characterized by imagination
simplicity and candidness
 Negligent: not being careful or giving enough attention to people or
 Yoke: a wooden bar which is fastened over the necks of two animals,
things that are your responsibility
especially cattle, and connected to the vehicle or load that they are
 Negligible: too slight or small in amount to be of importance
pulling
 Placable: to stop from being angry
 Yolk: the yellow, middle part of an egg
 Placeable: capable of being recognized
 Affection: a feeling of liking for a person or place
 Restive: unwilling to be controlled or be patient
 Affectation: behavior or speech that is not sincere
 Restless: unwilling or unable to stay still or to be quiet and calm,
 Urban: of or in a city or town
because you are worried or bored
 Urbane: confident, comfortable and polite in social situations
 Amiable: describes a person or their behavior that is pleasant and
 Official: relating to a position of responsibility
friendly
 Officious: too eager to tell people what to do and having too high an
 Amicable: relating to behavior between people that is pleasant often
opinion of your own importance
despite a difficult situation
 Beside: at the side of, next to
 Considerable: large or of noticeable importance
 Besides: in addition to; also
 Considerate: kind and helpful
 Casual: describes clothes that are not formal or not suitable for special
 Ingenious: very clever and skillful
occasions
 Ingenuous: honest, sincere and trusting/ showing innocent or childlike
 Causal: a relationship, link, etc. between two things in which one causes
simplicity and candidness
the other
 Momentary: lasting for a very short time
 Pour: to make a substance flow from a container, especially into another
 Momentous: very important because of effects on future events
container, by raising just one side of the container that the substance is
 Virtuous: having good moral qualities and behavior
in
 Virtual: describes something that can be done or seen using a computer
 Pore: a very small hole in the skin of people or other animals, or a
and therefore without going anywhere or talking to anyone
similar hole on the surface of plants or rocks
 Par: the same as or equal to someone or something
 Humiliation: to make someone feel ashamed or lose their respect for
 At a par: A term that refers to a bond, preferred stock or other debt
themselves
obligation that is trading at its face value.
 Humility: the quality of not being proud because you are conscious of
 Compliment: remark that expresses approval, admiration or respect
your bad qualities
 Complement: to make something else seem better or more attractive
 Wreck: to destroy or badly damage something
when combining with it
 Reek: to have a strong unpleasant smell
 Complacent: Satisfied
 Temporal: relating to practical matters or physical things, rather than
 Complaisant: willing to please other; affably agreeable; obliging
spiritual ones
 State: a country or its government
 Temporary: not lasting or needed for very long
 Government: the group of people who officially control a country
 Cession: a ceding or giving up (of rights, property, territory, etc.) to
 Eminent: famous, respected or important
another
 Prominent: very well-known and important
 Session: a formal meeting or series of meetings of an organization such
 Below: in a lower position
as a parliament or a law court
 Beneath: in or to a lower position
 Canon: a Christian priest with special duties in a cathedral
 Portly: fat and round
 Cannon: a large, mounted piece of artillery; sometimes, specif., a large
 Comely: describes a woman who is attractive in appearance
gun with a relatively short barrel, as a howitzer
 Setup: the way in which something is set up
 Barbarism: extremely cruel and unpleasant behavior
 Set upon: to attack someone
 Barbarity: behavior that is very cruel, or a very cruel act
 Shall: used instead of 'will' when the subject is 'I' or 'we'
 Artist: someone who paints, draws or makes sculptures
 Will: used to talk about what is going to happen in the future, especially
 Artisan: a person who does skilled work with his or her hands
things that you are certain about or things that are planned
 Antic: funny, silly or strange behavior
 Sink: to (cause something or someone to) go down below the surface or
 Antique: something made in an earlier period and collected and valued
to the bottom of a liquid or soft substance
because it is beautiful, rare, old or of high quality
 Illusion: an idea or belief which is not true  Illusion: an idea or belief which is not true
 Allusion: something that is said or written that is intended to make you  Allusion: something that is said or written that is intended to make you
think of a particular thing or person think of a particular thing or person
 Aspire: to have a strong want or hope to do or have something  Ardor: great enthusiasm or love
 Expire: If something which lasts for a fixed length of time expires, it  Order: the way in which people or things are arranged
comes to an end or stops being in use  Conquer: to take control or possession of foreign land, or a group of
 Collision: an accident that happens when two vehicles hit each other people, by force
with force  Concur: to agree with someone or have the same opinion as someone
 Collusion: agreement between people to act together secretly or illegally else
in order to deceive or cheat someone  Cite: to mention something as proof for a theory or as a reason why
 Counsel: to give advice, especially on social or personal problems something has happened
 Council: Meaning: a group of people elected or chosen to make  Site: a place where something is, was, or will be built, or where
decisions or give advice on a particular subject something happened, is happening, or will happen
 Expedient: adj sth serving to promote your interest.  Addict: a person who cannot stop doing or using something, especially
 Expeditious: adj quick, efficient, sth marked by speed & efficiency something harmful
 Cession: act of ceding, to surrender or relinquish the physical control  Edict: an official order, especially one which is given in a forceful and
 Session: a formal meeting or series of meetings of an organization such unfair way
as a parliament or a law court  Proceed: to continue as planned
 Canvas: a piece of cloth used by artists for painting on, usually with oil  Precede: to be or go before something or someone in time or space
paints, or the Painting itself  Right: correct
 Canvass: to try to get political support or votes, especially by visiting  Rite: a set of fixed words and actions
all the houses in an area  Weather: the conditions in the air above the Earth such as wind, rain or
 Cast: to choose actors to play particular parts in a play, film or show temperature, especially at a particular time over a particular area
 Caste: a system of dividing Hindu society into classes, or any of these  Whether: if, or not
classes  Eminent: famous, respected or important
 Appraise: to examine someone or something in order to judge their  Imminent: coming or likely to happen very soon
qualities, success or needs  Deference: respect and politeness
 Apprise: to tell someone about something  Difference: the way in which two or more things which you are
 Ingenious: very clever and skilful comparing are not the same
 Ingenuous: honest, sincere and trusting/ showing innocent or childlike  Eligible: having the necessary qualities or satisfying the necessary
simplicity and candidness stranger to look after his luggage. conditions
 Continual: happening repeatedly, usually in an annoying or not  Illegible: impossible or almost impossible to read because of being very
convenient way untidy or not clear
 Continuous: without a pause or interruption  Judicial: involving a court of law
 Berth: a bed in a boat, train, etc., or a place for a ship or boat to stay in a  Judicious: having or showing reason and good judgment in making
port decisions
 Birth: Child’s birth  President: the person who has the highest political position in a country
 Apposite: suitable and right for the occasion which is republic and who, in some of these countries, is the leader of
 Opposite: completely different the government
 Artist: someone who paints, draws or makes sculptures  Precedent: an action, situation or decision which has already happened
 Artiste: a skilled performer, especially a dancer, singer or actor  Superficial: never thinking about things that are serious or important
 Adapt: to change something to suit different conditions or uses  Superfluous: more than is needed or wanted
 Adopt: to choose or take as your own  Immigrant: a person who has come to a different country in order to
 Mitigate: to make something less harmful, unpleasant or bad live there permanently
 Alleviate: to make something bad such as pain or problems less severe  Emigrant: a person who emigrates
 Persecute: to treat someone unfairly or cruelly over a long period of  Rightful: A rightful position or claim is one which is morally or legally
time because of their race, religion, or political beliefs or to annoy correct
someone by refusing to leave them alone  Righteous: morally correct
 Prosecute: to officially accuse someone of committing a crime in a  Contemptible: deserving contempt
court of law, or (of a lawyer) to try to prove that a person accused of  Contemptuous: expressing contempt
committing a crime is guilty of that crime  Ingenious: very clever and skillful
 Popular: liked, enjoyed or supported by many people  Ingenuous: honest, sincere and trusting/ showing innocent or childlike
 Populace: the ordinary people who live in a particular country or place simplicity and candidness
 Compliment: remark that expresses approval, admiration or respect  Compliment: remark that expresses approval, admiration or respect
 Complement: to make something else seem better or more attractive  Complement: to make something else seem better or more attractive
when combining with-it when combining with-it
 Excite: to make someone have strong feelings of happiness and  Outbreak: a time when something suddenly begins, especially a disease
enthusiasm or something else dangerous or unpleasant
 Incite: to encourage someone to do or feel something unpleasant or  Breakout: a violent escape, especially by a group, from prison
violent  Facilitate: to make possible or easier
 Voracity: excessive desire to eat  Felicitate: to wish happiness to; congratulate
 Veracity: the quality of being true, honest or accurate  Proceed: to continue as planned
 Virtuous: having good moral qualities and behavior  Precede: to be or go before something or someone in time or space
 Virtual: describes something that can be done or seen using a computer  Layout: the way that something is arranged
and therefore without going anywhere or talking to anyone  Outlay: an amount of money spent for a particular purpose, especially
 Exceptional: much greater than usual, especially in skill, intelligence, as a first investment in something
quality, etc  Cease: to stop something
 Exceptionable: offensive or upsetting  Seize: to take something quickly and keep or hold it
 Career: a profession or occupation which one trains for and pursues as a  Felicitate: to wish happiness to; congratulate
lifework  Consciousness: the state of understanding and realizing something.
 Carrier: a person or thing that carries something  Meaning: putting a lot of effort into your work/ controlled by or done
 Acculturate: to undergo, or alter by acculturation communities according to conscience
surrounding the reservations.  Wave: to raise your hand and move it from side to side as a way of
 Acclimatize: to (cause to) change to suit different conditions of life, greeting someone
weather, etc  Waive: to give up or forgo (a right, claim, privilege, etc.)
 Disclosure: the act of making something known or the fact that is made  Wreck: to destroy or badly damage something
known  Wreak: to cause something to happen in a violent and often
 Exposure: Meaning: when something bad that someone has done is uncontrolled way
made public  Virtuous: having good moral qualities and behavior
 Rigorous: very strict or harsh  Virtual: describes something that can be done or seen using a computer
 Vigorous: very forceful or energetic and therefore without going anywhere or talking to anyone
 Custom: a way of behaving or a belief which has been established for a  Flatter: to praise someone in order to make them feel attractive or
long time important, sometimes in a way that is not sincere
 Habit: something which you do often and regularly, sometimes without  Flutter: to make a series of quick delicate movements up and down or
knowing that you are doing it from side to side, or to cause something to do this
 Peculiar: unusual and strange, sometimes in an unpleasant way  Deference: respect and politeness
 Particular: Special, or this and not any other  Difference: the way in which two or more things which you are
 Prescribe: to say what medical treatment someone should have comparing are not the same
 Proscribe: to not allow something  Humiliation: to make someone feel ashamed or lose their respect for
 Accident: something bad which happens that is not expected or themselves
intended, and which often damages something or injures someone  Humility: the quality of not being proud because you are conscious of
 Incident: something that happens; happening; occurrence your bad qualities
 Choice: an act or the possibility of choosing  Adept: having a natural ability to do something that needs skill
 Preference: when you like something or someone more than another  Adapt: to change something to suit different conditions or uses
person or thing  Adopt: to choose or take as your own
 Ascent: when someone or something climbs or moves upwards  Alleged: said or thought by some people to be the stated bad or illegal
 Assent: official agreement to or approval of an idea, plan or request thing
 Immigrant: a person who has come to a different country in order to  Accused: the person who is on trial in a court or the people on trial in a
live there permanently court
 Emigrant: a person who emigrates  Suspected: to think or believe something to be true or probable
 Continual: happening repeatedly, usually in an annoying or not  Bear: to accept, tolerate or endure especially something unpleasant
convenient way  Borne: past participle of bear
 Continuous: without a pause or interruption  Born: brought into life by birth
 Custom: a way of behaving or a belief which has been established for a  Raise: to lift something to a higher position
long time  Rise: to move upwards
 Habit: something which you do often and regularly, sometimes without  Raze: to completely destroy a city, building, etc
knowing that you are doing it  Smell: to have a particular quality that others can notice with their noses
 Deface: to damage and spoil the appearance of something by writing or  Stink: to smell very unpleasant
drawing on it  Scent: a pleasant natural smell
 Efface: to remove something intentionally  Least: less than anything or anyone else; the smallest amount or number
 Differ: to be not like something or someone else, either physically or in  Less: a smaller amount (of); not so much, or to a smaller degree
another way  Lest: in order to prevent any possibility that something will happen
 Defer: to delay something until a later time; to postpone  Quiet: making very little noise
 Conduct: to behave in a particular way, especially in a public or a  Quite: a little or a lot but not completely
formal situation, or to organize the way in which you live in a particular  Their: of or belonging to them
way  There: that place
 Character: the particular combination of qualities in a person or place  They’re: they are
that makes them different from others  Access: the method or possibility of getting near to a place or person, or
 Considerable: large or of noticeable importance the right to use or look at something
 Considerate: kind and helpful  Excess: an amount which is more than acceptable, expected or
 Compliment:: remark that expresses approval, admiration or respect reasonable
 Feet: plural of foot  Ascent: when someone or something climbs or moves upwards
 Feat: something difficult needing a lot of skill, strength, bravery, etc. to  Accent: the way in which people in a particular area, country or social
achieve it group pronounce words
 Fair: just and honest; impartial  Resources: a useful or valuable possession or quality of a country,
 Fare: the money that you pay for a journey on a vehicle such as a bus or organization or person
train  Recourse: using something or someone as a way of getting help,
 Enviable: good enough to be envied or desired especially in a difficult or dangerous situation
 Envious: wishing you had what another person has  Weather: the conditions in the air above the Earth such as wind, rain or
 Collision: an accident that happens when two vehicles hit each other temperature, especially at a particular time over a particular area
with force  Whether: if, or not
 Collusion: agreement between people to act together secretly or illegally  Premier: best or most important
in order to deceive or cheat someone  Premiere: the first public performance of a play or any other type of
 Verbal: spoken rather than written entertainment
 Verbose: using or containing more words than are necessary  Ingenious: very clever and skillful
 Facilitate: to make possible or easier
 Ingenuous: honest, sincere and trusting/ showing innocent or childlike  Jury: a group of people who have been chosen to listen to all the facts in
simplicity and candidness a trial in a law court and to decide whether a person is guilty or not
 Facilitate: to make possible or easier guilty
 Felicitate: to wish happiness to; congratulate  Functional: designed to be practical and useful rather than attractive
 Conscious: to notice that a particular thing or person exists or is present  Dysfunctional: not behaving or working normally
 Conscientious: putting a lot of effort into your work/ controlled by or  Yew: an evergreen tree with flat leaves like needles and small red cones,
done according to conscience or the wood from this tree
 Disease: illness of people, animals, plants, etc.  Eue: Unable to find this word in dictionaries
 Decease: a person's death  Allusive: containing a lot of allusions
 Ascent: when someone or something climbs or moves upwards  Elusive: difficult to describe, find, achieve or remember
 Assent: official agreement to or approval of an idea, plan or request  Ladylike: graceful, controlled and behaving in a way that is socially
 Ballot: a system or occasion of secret voting acceptable for a woman
 Ballet: a type of dancing where carefully organized movements tell a  Ladyship: a respectful way of referring to or talking to a woman or girl
story orexpress an idea who has the rank of a peer or knight without using her title
 Corps: a military unit trained to perform particular duties  Altogether: completely or in total
 Corpse: a dead body, usually of a person  All together: all at the same time
 Due: expected to happen, arrive, etc. at a particular time  Ambiguous: having or expressing more than one possible meaning,
 Dew: drops of water that form on the ground and other surfaces outside sometimes intentionally
during the night  Ambivalent: having two opposing feelings at the same time, or being
 Diary: a book with a separate space or page for each day, in which you uncertain about how you feel
write down your future arrangements, meetings, etc., or one used to  Appraise: to examine someone or something in order to judge their
record your thoughts and feelings or what has happened on that day qualities, success or needs
 Dairy: A commercial establishment for processing or selling milk and  Apprise: to tell someone about something
milk products.  Bad: unpleasant; causing difficulties or harm
 Momentary: lasting for a very short time  Badly: in a severe and harmful way
 Momentous: very important because of effects on future events  Compare: to examine or look for the difference between two or more
 Route: a particular way or direction between places things
 Rout: to defeat an enemy completely and force them to run away  Contrast: an obvious difference between two or more things
 Veil: a piece of thin material worn by women to cover the face or head  Deduce: to reach an answer or a decision by thinking carefully about the
 Vale: used in the name of some valleys known facts
 Queue: a line of people, usually standing or in cars, waiting for  Imply: to communicate an idea or feeling without saying it directly
something  Differ from: to be not like something or someone else, either physically
 Cue: a signal for someone to do something or in another way
 Differ: to be not like something or someone else, either physically or in  Differ with: to disagree
another way  Farther: to a greater distance
 Defer: to delay something until a later time; to postpone  Further: to a greater distance or degree; at a more advanced level
 Conscious: to notice that a particular thing or person exists or is present  Occlude: to close, shut, or block
 Conscience: the part of you that judges how moral your own actions are  Occult: relating to magical powers and activities, such as those of
and makes you feel guilty about bad things that you have done witchcraft and astrology
 Confidant: a person you trust and share your feelings and secrets with  Practical: relating to experience, real situations or actions rather than
 Confidante: a woman or girl confidant ideas or imagination
 Atheist: someone who believes that God or gods do not exist  Practicable: able to be done or put into action
 Agnostic: someone who does not know, or believes that it is impossible  Raze: to completely destroy a city, building, etc.
to know, whether a god exists  Raise: to lift something to a higher position
 Loose: not firmly fixed in place  Canon: a Christian priest with special duties in a cathedral
 Lose: to no longer have something because you do not know where it is,  Cannon: a large, mounted piece of artillery; sometimes, specif., a large
or because it has been taken away from you gun with a relatively short barrel, as a howitzer
 Briefing: information that is given to someone just before they do  Avenge: to do harm to or punish the person responsible for something
something or a meeting where this happens bad done to you
 Debriefing: to question someone in detail about work they have done  Revenge: harm done to someone as a punishment for harm that they
for you have done to someone else
 Dual:: with two parts, or combining two things  Caret: a mark used in writing or in correcting proof, to show where
 Duel: a formal fight in the past, using guns or swords, arranged between something is to be inserted
two people as a way of deciding an argument  Carat: a unit for measuring the weight of jewels
 Compliment: remark that expresses approval, admiration or respect  Revel: to separate the parts, esp. threads
 Complement: to make something else seem better or more attractive  Reveal: to make known or show something that is surprising or that was
when combining with it previously secret
 All: every one (of), or the complete amount or number (of), or the whole  Aviary: a large cage or closed space in which birds are kept as pets
(of)  Apiary: a place where people keep bees, especially a collection of hives
 Awl: a small, pointed tool for making holes in wood, leather, etc. kept to provide honey
 Boy: a male child  Demesne: possession of real property in one's own right.
 Buoy: a floating object on the top of the sea, which is used for directing  Demean: to cause someone to become less respected
ships and warning them of possible danger  Brooch: a small piece of jewelry with a pin at the back that is fastened
 Fallow: describes land that is not planted with crops, in order to to a woman's clothes
improve the quality of the soil  Broad: very wide
 Fellow: describes someone who has the same job or interests as you, or  Collision: an accident that happens when two vehicles hit each other
is in the same situation as you with force
 Jewry: all the Jews
 Collusion: agreement between people to act together secretly or illegally  Canvass: to try to get political support or votes, especially by visiting
in order to deceive or cheat someone all the houses in an area
 Fain: glad; ready  Voracity: excessive desire to eat
 Feign: to pretend to feel something, usually an emotion  Veracity: the quality of being true, honest or accurate
 Hoard: to collect large amounts of something and keep it in a safe, often  Persecute: to treat someone unfairly or cruelly over a long period of
secret, place time because of their race, religion, or political beliefs or to annoy
 Horde: a large group of people someone by refusing to leave them alone
 Illusion: an idea or belief which is not true  Prosecute: to officially accuse someone of committing a crime in a
 Delusion: when someone believes something that is not true court of law, or (of a lawyer) to try to prove that a person accused of
 Persecute: to treat someone unfairly or cruelly over a long period of committing a crime is guilty of that crime
time because of their race, religion, or political beliefs or to annoy  Moat: a long wide hole which is dug all the way around a place such as
someone by refusing to leave them alone a castle, and usually filled with water, to make it more difficult to attack
 Prosecute: to officially accuse someone of committing a crime in a  Mote: something, especially a bit of dust, that is so small it is almost
court of law, or (of a lawyer) to try to prove that a person accused of impossible to see
committing a crime is guilty of that crime  Loath: to be unwilling to do something
 Prescribe: to say what medical treatment someone should have  Loathe: to hate someone or something
 Proscribe: to not allow something  Ingenious: very clever and skillful
 Respectfully: in a way that shows you want to be polite or honor  Ingenuous: honest, sincere and trusting/ showing innocent or childlike
someone simplicity and candidness
 Respectively: relating or belonging to each of the separate people or  Fain: glad; ready
things you have just mentioned  Feign: to pretend to feel something, usually an emotion
 Complacent: Satisfied  Immigrant: a person who has come to a different country in order to
 Complaisant: willing to please; affably agreeable; obliging live there permanently
 Auger: a tool consisting of a twisted rod of metal fixed to a handle, used  Emigrant: a person who emigrates
for making large holes in wood or in the ground  Wreck: to destroy or badly damage something
 Augur: to be a sign of especially good or bad things in the future  Wreak: to cause something to happen in a violent and often
 Fain: glad; ready uncontrolled way
 Feign: to pretend to feel something, usually an emotion  Affluence: having a lot of money or owning a lot of things
 Emigrate: to leave a country permanently and go to live in another one  Effluence: a thing that flows out or forth
 Immigrate: to come to live in a different country  Wretch: a person who experiences something unpleasant
 Envy: to wish that you had something that another person has  Retch: to react in a way as if you are vomiting
 Jealousy: a feeling of unhappiness and anger because someone has  Euphemistic: a word or phrase used to avoid saying an unpleasant or
something thatyou want offensive word
 Invade: to enter an area of activity in a forceful and noticeable way  Euphuistic: Affected elegance of language.
 Attack: to try to hurt or defeat using violence  Amoral: without moral principles
 Trifling: A trifling matter or amount of money is small or not important  Immoral: morally wrong
 Trivial: having little value or importance  Imperial: belonging or relating to an empire or the person or country
 Simulation: a model of a set of problems or events that can be used to that rules it
teach someone how to do something  Imperious: unpleasantly proud and expecting obedience
 Dissimulation: To conceal one's true feelings or intentions.  Degrade: to lower in rank or status
 Venal: A venal person is willing to behave in a way that is not honest or  Denigrate: to say that someone or something is not good or important
moral in exchange for money  Temporal: relating to practical matters or physical things, rather than
 Venial: describes a wrong action that is not serious and therefore easy to spiritual ones
forgive  Temporary: not lasting or needed for very long
 Counsel: to give advice, especially on social or personal problems  Precipitate: to make something happen suddenly or sooner than
 Council: a group of people elected or chosen to make decisions or give expected
advice on a particular subject, to represent a particular group of people,  Precipitous: sheer
or to run a particular organization  Mitigate: to make something less harmful, unpleasant or bad
 Distinct: clearly noticeable; that certainly exists  Alleviate: to make something bad such as pain or problems less severe
 Distinctive: Something that is distinctive is easy to recognize because it  Persecute: to treat someone unfairly or cruelly over a long period of
is different from other things time because of their race, religion, or political beliefs or to annoy
 Apposite: suitable and right for the occasion someone by refusing to leave them alone
 Opposite: completely different  Prosecute: to officially accuse someone of committing a crime in a
 Deprecate: to not approve of something court of law, or (of a lawyer) to try to prove that a person accused of
 Depreciate: to (cause something to) lose value, especially over time committing a crime is guilty of that crime
 Punctual: arriving, doing something or happening at the expected,  Popular: liked, enjoyed or supported by many people
correct time  Populace: the ordinary people who live in a particular country or place
 Punctilious: very careful to behave correctly or to give attention to  Compliment: remark that expresses approval, admiration or respect
details  Complement: to make something else seem better or more attractive
 Judicial: involving a court of law when combining with it
 Judicious: having or showing reason and good judgment in making  Excite: to make someone have strong feelings of happiness and
decisions enthusiasm
 Salutary: causing improvement of behavior or character  Incite: to encourage someone to do or feel something unpleasant or
 Salubrious: describes a place that is pleasant, clean, and healthy to live violent
in  Voracity: excessive desire to eat
 Canvas: a piece of cloth used by artists for painting on, usually with oil  Veracity: the quality of being true, honest or accurate
paints, or the painting itself  Virtuous: having good moral qualities and behavior
 Virtual: describes something that can be done or seen using a computer  Whet: to sharpen
and therefore without going anywhere or talking to anyone  Adjoin: be next to and joined with
 Exceptional: much greater than usual, especially in skill, intelligence,  Adjourn: break off (a meeting, legal case, or game) with the intention
quality, etc. of resuming it later
 Exceptionable: offensive or upsetting  Allay: diminish or put at rest (fear, suspicion, or worry)
 Persecute: to treat someone unfairly or cruelly over a long period of  Ally: a person or organization that cooperates with or helps another in a
time because of their race, religion, or political beliefs or to annoy particular activity
someone by refusing to leave them alone  Bases: plural form of basis
 Prosecute: to officially accuse someone of committing a crime in a  Basis: the underlying support or foundation for an idea, argument, or
court of law, or (of a lawyer) to try to prove that a person accused of process; status
committing a crime is guilty of that crime  Click: a short, sharp sound as of a switch being operated or of two hard
 Luxuriant: growing thickly, strongly and well objects coming quickly into contact
 Luxurious: very comfortable and expensive  Clique: a small group of people, with shared interests, who spend time
 Mean: to express or represent something such as an idea, thought, or together and do not readily allow others to join them; Circle
fact  Distract: prevent (someone) from giving full attention to something
 Mien: a person's appearance, especially the typical expression on their  Detract:: reduce or take away the value of
face  Liable: responsible by law contract in avariety of ways.
 Observation: when you observe something or someone  Libel: a published false statement that is damaging to a person's
 Observance: when someone obeys a law or follows a religious custom reputation
 Naughty: not behaving properly; mischievous or disobedient  Plaintive: adj mournful, sorrowful, sounding sad
 Knotty: complicated and difficult to solve  Plaintiff: n, complainant/ a person who lodges a formal complaint in
 Ghostly: pale and transparent court of law
 Ghastly: unpleasant and shocking.  Valet: A man's personal male attendant
 Hew: to cut a large piece out of rock, stone or another hard material in a  Varlet: A king's personal male attendant
rough way  Monitor: Observer
 Hue: a particular shade or tint of a given color  Mentor: Adviser
 Adverse: having a negative or harmful effect on something  Complacent: adj self-satisfied, contented, content.
 Averse: strongly disliking or opposed to  Complaisant: adj willingness to do favor for others
 Maize: a tall plant grown in many parts of the world for its yellow seeds  Penitence: repentance
which are eaten as food, made into flour or fed to animals  Penance: Punishment inflicted on oneself as an outward expression of
 Maze: An intricate, usually confusing network of interconnecting repentance for wrongdoing.
pathways  Crevice: A narrow opening or fissure, especially in a rock or wall
 Medal: a small, flat piece of metal with a design or inscription stamped  Crevasse: A deep open crack, especially one in a glacier
or inscribed on it, made to commemorate some event, or awarded for  Beneficent: (of a person) generous or doing well. "A beneficent
some distinguished action landowner"
 Meddle: to concern oneself with or take part in other people's affairs  Beneficial: Resulting in good; favorable or advantageous. "The
without being asked or needed beneficial effect on the economy"
 Imperial: belonging or relating to an empire or the person or country  Adverse: having a negative or harmful effect on something
that rules it  Averse: strongly disliking or opposed to
 Imperious: unpleasantly proud and expecting obedience  Altogether: Completely, Entirely
 Voracity: excessive desire to eat  All together: In a group
 Veracity: the quality of being true, honest or accurate  Allude: To make indirect reference
 Illusion: an idea or belief which is not true  Elude: To evade or escape from.
 Allusion: something that is said or written that is intended to make you  Braise: Fry (food) lightly and then stew it slowly in a closed container.
think of particular thing or person  Braze: Form, fix, or join by soldering with an alloy of copper and zinc
 Ordinance: a law or rule made by a government or authority at high temperature.
 Ordnance: all military weapons together with ammunition, combat  Kerb: The edge of a raised path nearest the road
vehicles, etc. and the equipment and supplies used in servicing these  Curb: To control or to limit.
 Willing: to be happy to do something if it is needed  Faze: To disturb, bother, or embarrass, To disrupt the composure of
 Willful: said or done deliberately or intentionally  Phase: Any distinct time period in a sequence of events
 Capital: a city which is the center of government of a country or smaller  Maybe: An adverb meaning "perhaps" or "possibly.
political area  May be: A verb phrase meaning "might be" or "could be."
 Capitol: the building in which a state legislature meets  Moat: Ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
 Assay: To examine sth  Mote: A tiny piece of anything
 Essay: A short piece of writing on a particular subject  Wrath(intense anger): He hid his pipe for fear of incurring his father’s
 Envelop: to cover or surround something completely wrath
 Envelope: a flat, usually square or rectangular, paper container for a  Wroth (angry): It was plain to see that Ali was now extremely wroth.
letter  Veracity: (accuracy, truthfulness): Officials expressed doubts
 Decree: an official statement that something must happen concerning the veracity of the story.
 Degree: amount or level of something  Voracity (avarice, rapacity): There is a higher thirst and voracity for a
 Desolate: describes a place that is empty and not attractive variety of pertinent content.
 Dissolute: immoral  Subtler (elusive, knotty): Graham Taylor’s approach at Watford was far
 Species: a set of animals or plants in which the members have similar subtler than the critics portrayed.
characteristics to each other  Sutler (victualed a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army):
 Spice: Flavor, zest, interest Essentially a sutler was a camp follower who sold provisions to the
 Tortuous: Twisted, winding soldiers, part of early logistics.
 Torturous: causing torture  Retenue (Restraint, Self-control): She smiled and some of her natural
 Wet: covered in water or damp retenue melted.
 Retinue (Suite, Entourage): And then his retinue of friends arrived, and  Enfranchise: Granting voting rights
he floated away.  Salutary: Good, Healthful, remedial, producing a beneficial effect
 Minute (Extremely small): He will have no more than a minute chance  Inane: Showing a lack of intelligence, stupid, silly
 Denigrate: to belittle, minimize
of exercising influence.
 Strident: Blatant, clamant, clamorous, vociferous, noisy
 Minuet (A slow, stately ballroom dance): Louie, who dances a shaky  Convoluted: Highly complex, intricate, knotty, byzantine, labyrinthine,
minuet if properly guided, was a shoo-in. tortuous
 Furor (fury; rage; madness): The killing was captured on cameras and  Scurrilous: Abusive, offensive, opprobrious, offensive
caused an Internet furor.  Melancholy: A feeling of thoughtful sadness
 Furore (frenzy, uproar, and commotion, turmoil): He always follows the  Anomaly: Deviation from the normal
latest furores.  Obliterate: Reduced to nothingness, efface, remove completely
 Oxidize:
 Dinghy (A small inflatable rubber boat): Take a bulk spool of line and a
 Pusillanimous: Contemptible fearfulness
dinghy with you on the beach.  Sabbatical: Leave that is generally taken every 7th year, any authorized
 Dingy (Gloomy and drab): A dark, dingy little shop that always smelt leave for one’s job for one’s study
faintly of cigarettes.  Charlatan: Mountebank, a flamboyant deceiver
 Bony (Of or like bone): The head contains bony plates with short spines  Vacillate: oscillate, vibrate
at the tip of the snout  Bellicose: Aggressive, combative
 Bonny (Attractive or beautiful): Aleeha is my niece and a bonny little  Tumult: violent agitation, turmoil, a state of commotion, noise
 Sleazy: Morally degraded, unpleasant, offensive, sordid, squalid.
thing she is.
 –
 Callous: cruel, insensitive, harsh, hardened, and thickened. Figurative  –
 Callus: coarse, hardening of skin  Nabob: a person of great wealth or importance, or a bigwig
 Born: birth pp of bear  Pall: To pall can mean to deprive of pleasure in something by satiating
 Borne: to bear  Sacrosanct: means the most sacred, or holy
 Faint: Dim, dull, weak  Louchel: means not reputable, or indecent
 Feint: Deceit, trick  Stentorian: means loud and is usually used to imply a voice of great
 Lose: be deprived of, be defeated, fail power and range
 Loose: not tight, unconstrained  Loquacious: means excessively talkative, or garrulous
 Waver: flicker, tremble, blink  Chimera: chimera is a fabrication of the mind, or an illusion
 Waiver: Surrender, relinquish, give up  Temerity: means unreasonable contempt for danger or recklessness, or
 Resister: one who resists/opposes audacity
 Resistor: an instrument used in electronics  Propinquity: means nearness in place or time
 Shear: to cut or clip hair or wool.  Vociferous: means loud and insistent, often in presentation of demands
 Sheer: Pure, transparent, plain or requests; strident also means loud and insistent
 Fudge: to manipulate, tamper, fake, falsify  Germane: means to be appropriate or relevant, therefore irrelevant is the
 Levitate: Rise or cause to rise and hover in the air opposite
 Nicety: Refinement, Subtlety, Nuance, justness, rightness  Irascible: means easily angered; placid means calm or serene
 Occult: Hidden, difficult to see  Approbate: to approbate means to approve or sanction; to condemn
 Peroration: The concluding part of a speech means to declare wrong or to convict
 Trice: an instant, a very short time  Supercilious: means coolly or patronizingly haughty; meek means
 Wanton: unmotivated---sluttish, slutty, unchaste—to waste time enduring injury with patience and without resentment
 Wilted: without energy or will, weakened, diminished.  Fatuous: means inanely foolish; sensible is its nearest opposite
 Venial: pardonable punishment, excusable, forgivable  Quiescent: means marked by inactivity or repose, therefore active is the
 Numismatics: of or relating to coins or money opposite
 Awry: nonfunctional, in the wrong position  Sartorial: means of or relating to tailored clothes; homespun means
 Crass: Showing no intelligence or sensitivity homemade
 Condign: Punishment esp appropriate to the crime or wrong doing  Mutational : mutational means of or relating to the morning;
 Dastard: Dishonorable and despicable man crepuscular means relating to or resembling twilight
 Occlude: To close up, to block passage through  Impecunious : means having little or no money, therefore wealthy is the
 Buxom: Having a large bosom and pleasing curves opposite
 Revile: To criticize abusively or angrily  Sapient: means possessing great wisdom, or sage; one meaning of
 Seedy: Shabby and untidy, worn simple is deficient in intelligence
 Tortuous: Highly complex or intricate
 Vociferous: Conspicuously & offensively loud, Blatant, Clamorous
 Snippet: A small piece of anything
 Pummel: To strike usually with a fist
 Insuperable: impossible to surmount, unconquerable.
 Crude: Rough, Unskilled—unconditional--indecent
 Cagey: smart, clever, showing self-interest & shrewdness
 Baleful: Deadly or sinister, maleficent
 Lax: Lacking in firmness—negligent.
 Mesh: net—to keep engaged,
 Placid: Quiet, smooth, calm—not easily irritated—good tempered
 Zealot: A militant proponent of something—partisan
 Inception: origin, origination
 Picket:
 Disgorge: To eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth,
regurgitate, retch, --to cause or allow to flow or run out or over
 Lapse: oversight, a mistake resulting from inattention, a failure to
maintain a higher state
 Heresy: unorthodoxy, a belief that reject the orthodox tenants f a
religion
 Unfazed: free form emotional agitation or nervous tension, composed
 Underling: an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
 Slack: loose, lax, negligent
 Thwart: To hinder or prevent
 Tiff: A quarrel about petty points, squabble