| A | B |
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| to caution or advise against something; to scold midly; to remind of a duty | admonish |
| an opening gap; a violation or infraction; to create an opening, break through | breach |
| a bandit | brigand |
| careful, cautious | circumspect |
| to seize for military or official use | commandeer |
| clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving | cumbersome |
| a complete standstill; to bring to a standstill | deadlock |
| scattered fragments, wreckage | debris |
| to spread or scatter freely or widely; wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread | diffuse |
| a difficult or perplexing situation or problem | dilemma |
| to wipe out; to keep oneself from bieng noticed | efface |
| to make a mess of; muddle through: to get by; a hopeless mess | muddle |
| stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind | opinionated |
| lasting for a long time, persistant; a plant that lives for many years | perennial |
| to incline to beforehand | predispose |
| to let go, give up | relinguish |
| to save from fire or shipwreck; property thus saved | salvage |
| sudden and violent but brief; fitful, intermittent | spasmodic |
| not genuine, not true, not valid | spurious |
| uncontrolled, lacking in restraint | unbridled |
| to stop proceedings for a time; to move to another place | adjourn |
| a citizen of another country; forign, strange | alien |
| having a pleasing appearance | comely |
| to make up for; to repay for services | compensate |
| loose in one's morals or behaiver | dissolute |
| not regular or consistant; different from what is ordinary excepted; undependable | erratic |
| the process of driving or forcing out | expulsion |
| a delibrately deceptive movement; a pretense; to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of | feint |
| food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose | fodder |
| to strengthen, build up | fortify |
| difficult or impossibe to read | illegible |
| to make fun of rudely or unkindy; a rude remark or derision | jeer |
| bringing in money, profitable | lucrative |
| average, ordinary, undistinguished | mediocre |
| to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly | proliferate |
| to conquer by force, bring under complete control | subjagate |
| to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch | sully |
| to tease, torment by teasing | tantilize |
| brief and to the point | terse |
| firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back | unflinching |
| to make shorter | abridge |
| a follower, supporter; attached, sticking to | adherent |
| an angry argument | altercation |
| resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet and innocent | cherubic |
| to pardon or overlook | condone |
| to disagree; disagreement | dissent |
| famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting | eminent |
| to drive out by magic; to disspose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppresive | exorcise |
| to make, manufacture; make up, invent | fabricate |
| angry | irate |
| a raider, plunderer | mauauder |
| extreme fatness | obesity |
| an extreme poor person | pauper |
| to steal in small quantities | pilfer |
| a split, break, breach | rift |
| a likeness; an outward appearence; an appartioin | semblance |
| to overcome, rise above | surmount |
| to bring to an end | terminate |
| commonplace; overused, stale | trite |
| to seize and hold a position by force or without right | usurp |
| to run off and hide | abscond |
| approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; to get at, obtain | access |
| a lack of government | anarchy |
| hard to do, reguiring much effort | arduous |
| favorable; fortunate | auspicious |
| favoring one side unduly; prejudiced | biased |
| to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage | daunt |
| to free from tangles or complications | disentangle |
| determined in advance by destiny or fortune | fated |
| to mislead by a trick, deceive | hoodwink |
| not having life; without energy or spirit | inanimate |
| to burn to ashes | incinerate |
| very brave, fearless, unshakable | intrepid |
| theft | larceny |
| bending readily; easily influinced | pliant |
| overly self-important in speech or manner; excessively stately or ceremonious | pompous |
| a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster | precipice |
| to make right, correct | rectify |
| a temporary relief or delay; to grant a postponement | reprieve |
| to attack with words, call bad names | revile |
| A person who takes part in a crime | accomplice |
| to destroy completely | annihilate |
| unreasonable; based on one's own wishes or whims without regard for reason or fairness | arbitrary |
| made of brass; shameless, impudent | brazen |
| a substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction; any agent that causes change | catalyst |
| a large-scale departure or flight | exodus |
| to make easier, assist | facilitate |
| not able to be corrected, beyond control | incorrigible |
| hidden, present but not realized | latent |
| given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause; activist | militant |
| having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable | morose |
| not having light through; not clear or lucid; dense, stupid | opaque |
| chief in importance, above all others | paramount |
| to talk in an aimless, foolish, or simple way; baby talk | prattle |
| to offer arguments or evidense that contradict an assertion to refute | rebut |
| to scold, find fault with; a rebuke | reprimand |
| slavery, forced labor | servitude |
| careless and hasty | slapdash |
| not running or flowing; foul from standing still; inactive, sluggish, dull | stagnant |
| to give way to superior force, yield | succumb |
| to make up for | atone |
| slavery; any state of being bound or held down | bondage |
| believable | credible |
| to pay for | defray |
| hardworking, industrious, not lazy | dilligent |
| sad, dreary | doleful |
| frightful, horrible; deathly pale | ghastly |
| to hold back | hamper |
| to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to | hew |
| poor, in a state of poverty; depleted | impoverished |
| never stopping, going on all the time | incessant |
| complicated, difficult to understand | intricate |
| easy to understand, clear; rational, sane | lucid |
| occuring or published after death | posthumous |
| overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; prudish | prim |
| grimly or scornfuly mocking, bitterly sarcastic | sardonic |
| excedding what is sufficient or required, excess | superfluous |
| to take the place of, supersede | supplant |
| to jeer at, mock; an insulting or mocking remark | taunt |
| holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent | tenacious |
| "Farewell!" a farewell | adieu |
| an arrival; a coming into place or view | advent |
| the highest point, tip | apex |
| to absorb fully or make one's own; to adopt as one's own; to adapt fully | assimilate |
| false, counterfeit | bogus |
| unreasonably high; excessive | exorbitant |
| the time between; temporary, coming between two points in time | interim |
| to flood, overflow; to overwhelm by numbers or size | inundate |
| to speak evil of, slander; evil | malign |
| to wander about, wind about; a sharp turn or twist | meander |
| a large city; the chief city of an | metropolis |
| very important | momentous |
| noisy; unruly, disorderly | obstreperous |
| thoughtful; melancholy | pensive |
| dangerous | perilous |
| of poor quality; characterized by inferior, dishonest workmanship | shoddy |
| lively, full of life; spicy, flavorful | sprightly |
| angry and bad-tempered; rude | surly |
| a long, angry speech, usually very critical | tirade |
| an idle wanderer, tramp; wandering aimlessly | vagrant |
| a pledge; freedom from doubt, self-confidence | assurance |
| an institute for care of children, elderly people, etc.; a place of saftey | asylum |
| to comfort; the keyboard of an organ; a control panel for an electrical or mechanical device | console |
| to make or become larger or wider; to expand upon | dilate |
| refuse, waste products | dross |
| to lessen, diminish | dwindle |
| lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy | flippant |
| resistance to disease; freedom from some charge or obligation | immunity |
| to establish, set up; an organization for the promotion of learning | institute |
| a debt; something disadvantageous | liability |
| ridiculous, senseless | preposterous |
| quarrelsome, fond of fighting | pugnacious |
| furious, violently intense, unreasonably extreme; mad; infected with rabies | rabid |
| a kingdom; a region or field of study | realm |
| to make young agian, to renew | rejuvenate |
| to reward, pay, reimburse | remunerate |
| meager, scant; scattered | sparse |
| genuine, exellent; of standard quality | sterling |
| a risky or daring undertaking; to expose to danger; to dare | venture |
| to twist out of shape; an abnormality | warp |
| giving assistance or support; a helper, aid | auxiliary |
| frank, sincere; imparitial; unposed | candid |
| a small room or compartment | cubicle |
| work that is hard and tiresome | drudgery |
| a representative or messanger (as of a government) | envoy |
| to elevate; to increase in intensity | escalate |
| a means to an end; advantageous, useful | expedient |
| to pretend | feign |
| a natural quality, talent, or skill; a distinctive style | flair |
| causing sorrow or pain; serious | grievous |
| composed of different kinds, diverse | heterogeneous |
| a vast number (as of people); a throng | horde |
| to force, drive forward | impel |
| disbelieving, skeptical | incredulous |
| to write or engrave; to enter a name on a list | inscribe |
| a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person | monologue |
| a forcast of the probable couse and outcome of a disease or situation | prognosis |
| with a harsh; grating sound; a harsh sound | rasping |
| offensive, disagreeable, distasteful | repugnant |
| to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; to get rid of something in a decisive way; to run hastily, scurry; a pail | scuttle |
| thorougly skilled; an expert | adept |
| to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly; to ascend | aspire |
| bare, dreary, dismal | bleak |
| to blame, scold | chide |
| worthy of scorn, contemptible | despicable |
| small, smaller than most others of the same type | diminutive |
| to free from slavery; to release or liberate | emancipate |
| incorrect, containing mistakes | erroneous |
| to make use of, develop; to make improper use of fro personal profit; a feat, deed | exploit |
| made or delivered on the spur of the moment | extemporaneous |
| to make imperfect, damage, harm | impair |
| not able to be defeated, unbeatable | invincible |
| drooping; without energy, sluggish | languid |
| mud; wet, swampy ground; a tough situation; to get stuck | mire |
| forward; undesirably prominent; thrust out | obtrusive |
| an introduction to a speech or piece of writing | preamble |
| to cause to become; to perform; to deliver officially; to process, extract | render |
| rough, irregular; severe, stern; strong; stormy | rugged |
| inclined to dought, slow to accept something as true | skeptical |
| untidy in dress, personal habits, etc.; careless, sloppy | slipshod |
| shortness | brevity |
| to conduct or bear oneself, behave; to be in agreement | comport |
| expressing much in a few words | concise |
| sober or serious in manner, modest | demure |
| a lessening in value; a belittling | depreciation |
| to lower in quality or value; to wear away | deteriorate |
| to tell, reveal; to make public | divulge |
| free from ignorance and false ideas; possessing sound understanding | enlightened |
| to prevent by acting first | forestall |
| to distort in such a way as to make unintelligible | garble |
| one who puts forward a proposal; one who supports a cause or belief | proponent |
| to shake, tremble; to trill | quaver |
| to spring back, shrink; the act of springing back | recoil |
| to make up for, regain | recoup |
| an unpleasent smell; to give off unpleasent smells; to give a strong impression | reek |
| unyielding, harsh, without pity | relentless |
| a small stream | rivulet |
| to spend foolishly, waste | squander |
| detached or disconnected in sound or style | staccato |
| a law | statute |
| sufficient to be noticed or measured | appreciable |
| absolute in power or authority | autocratic |
| to remove the color from; to make or turn pale; to parboil | blanch |
| an act, utterance, or writing showing contempt for something sacred | blasphemy |
| strong, muscular | brawny |
| planned or pewrformed in cooperation with others | concerted |
| to fight; struggle; to compete; to argue | contend |
| kind, merciful | humane |
| very famous, distinguished | illustrious |
| unbearable | intolerable |
| disrespectful | irreverent |
| not easy, requiring hard work; hardworking | laborious |
| bending easily, limber | lithe |
| to abuse, use roughly or cruelly | maltreat |
| to consider carefully, reflect on | ponder |
| intended to undermine or overthrow; one who advocates or attemps to undermine a political system | subversive |
| made or put together by people; something artificial | synthetic |
| mild, moderate | temperate |
| poisonous; spiteful, mean | venomous |
| sly, shrewd, cunning | wily |
| endlessly | ad infinitum |
| to divide and give out in shares | apportion |
| genuine; sincere | bona fide |
| able to float easily; able to hold things up; cheerful, hopeful | buoyant |
| a small, exclusive group of people | clique |
| to admit as true; to yield, submit | concede |
| getting on well with others; agreeable, pleasant | congenial |
| very high; noble | lofty |
| a movement from one country or region to another | migration |
| to be aware of through the senses, observe; to grasp mentally | perceive |
| inclined to go against what is expected; stubborn; turned away from what is good or proper | perverse |
| an introduction; that which comes before or leads off | preclude |
| stale, spoiled | rancid |
| countrylike; simple, plan; awkward | rustic |
| to seperate, divide into parts | sever |
| wretchedly poor; run-down; mean or selfish | sordid |
| not capable of being held or defended; impossible to maintain | untenable |
| able to do many things well; capable of many uses | versatile |
| to clear from hint or charge of wrongdoing; to defend successfully against opposition; to justify | vindicate |
| to lose size, strength, or power | wane |
| to add to, attach; to incorporate; an attachment or addition | annex |
| to cut or split open; to cling to | cleave |
| cordial | in a friendly manner, hearty; cheery; a liqeur |
| cornerstone | the starting point of a building; a fundamental principle or element |
| debacle | an overwhelming defeat, rout; a complete collapse or failure |
| devitalize | to make weak or lifeless |
| embroil | to involve in a conflict or diffuculty; to throw into confusion |
| exonerate | to clear from a charge or accusation |
| glib | ready and fluent in speech; thoughtless, insincere |
| haphazard | by chance, not planned; lacking in order |
| improvise | to compose or perform without preparation; to construct from avaliabe materials |
| incite | to rouse, stir up, urge on |
| influx | a coming in, inflow |
| pallor | an extreme or unnatural paleness |
| pedigree | a list of ancestors, family tree; the history or origin of something |
| precipitous | very steep |
| profuse | very abundant; given or flowing freely |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship; to settle; to resign (oneself) |
| shackle | to put into chains; a chain, fetter |
| threadbare | shabby, old and worn |
| abase | to lower in esteem, degrade; to humble |
| actuate | to move to action; to impel |
| avert | to turn aside, turn away; to prevent, avoid |
| boorish | rude, unrefined; clumsy |
| brunt | the main impact, force, or burden |
| combatant | a fighter; engaged in fighting |
| dormant | inactive; in state of suspension; sleeping |
| dubious | causing uncertanty or suspicion; in a doughtful or uncertain state of mind, hesitant |
| harangue | to deliver a loud, ranting speech; a loud speech |
| harry | to make a desructive raid on; to tormant, harass |
| impenitent | not feeling remorse or sorrow for errors or offenses |
| knave | a tricky, deceitful, or unprincipled fellow |
| legion | a large military force; any large group or number; many, numerous |
| liberality | generosity, generous act; breadth of mind or outlook |
| plaintiff | one who begins a lawsuit |
| probe | to examine, investigate throughly; an investigation; a device used to explore or examine |
| protract | to draw or lengthen in time or space |
| quarry | a place from which stone is taken; something that is hunted or pursued; to cut or take from (or as if from) a quarry |
| spurn | to refuse with scorn, disdain |
| subterfuge | an excuse or trick for escaping or hiding something |
