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Name: | Englisch - SAT |
Erstellt von: | Jörg-Michael Grassau |
Erstellt am: | 11.06.2002 |
Copyright: | wichtiger Copyright-Hinweis zu den Wortschätzen auf vokabeln.de |
Inhalt: | Anspruchsvolle englische Begriffe mit anspruchsvollen englischen Erklärungen, ursprünglich für (muttersprachliche) US-amerikanische College-Bewerber zur Vorbereitung des Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT). |
Kommentar: | Die Reihenfolge der Vokabeln ist zufällig. |
Kategorie: | Wortart (3 Einträge) |
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impunity | Freedom from punishment. |
alteration | Change or modification. |
intuition | Instinctive knowledge or feeling. |
hideous adj | Appalling. |
tantamount adj | Having equal or equivalent value, effect, or import. |
to conspire | To plot. |
resonance adj | Able to reinforce sound by sympathetic vibrations. |
unbearable adj | Unendurable. |
diligence | Careful and persevering effort to accomplish what is undertaken. |
truthful adj | Veracious. |
expanse | A continuous area or stretch. |
treachery | Violation of allegiance, confidence, or plighted faith. |
destitute adj | Poverty-stricken. |
covey | A flock of quails or partridges. |
controller | One who or that which regulates or directs. |
hysteria | A nervous affection occurring typically in paroxysms of laughing and crying. |
homage | Reverential regard or worship. |
felonious adj | Showing criminal or evil purpose. |
cameo | Any small engraved or carved work in relief. |
submersible adj | Capable of being put underwater. |
successful adj | Having reached a high degree of worldly prosperity. |
diverse adj | Capable of various forms. |
indelible adj | That can not be blotted out, effaced, destroyed, or removed. |
omnivorous adj | Eating or living upon food of all kinds indiscriminately. |
derrick | An apparatus for hoisting and swinging great weights. |
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caricature | a picture or description in which natural characteristics are exaggerated or distorted. |
conjugate adj | Joined together in pairs. |
precursor | A forerunner or herald. |
ligature | Anything that constricts, or serves for binding or tying. |
zephyr | Any soft, gentle wind. |
non-resident adj | Not residing within a given jurisdiction. |
monstrosity | Anything unnaturally huge or distorted. |
hospitality | The practice of receiving and entertaining strangers and guests with kindness. |
to emblazon | To set forth publicly or in glowing terms. |
precision | Accuracy of limitation, definition, or adjustment. |
to donate | To bestow as a gift, especially for a worthy cause. |
plural adj | Containing or consisting of more than one. |
juvenile adj | Characteristic of youth. |
finally adv | At last. |
to resuscitate | To restore from apparent death. |
octagon | A figure with eight sides and eight angles. |
needlework | Embroidery. |
profession | Any calling or occupation involving special mental or other special disciplines. |
menace | A threat. |
to condescend | To come down voluntarily to equal terms with inferiors. |
to elicit | To educe or extract gradually or without violence. |
to participate | To receive or have a part or share of. |
committal | The act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being |
efficient adj | Having and exercising the power to produce effects or results. |
progeny | Offspring. |
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propeller | One who or that which propels. |
pathos | The quality in any form of representation that rouses emotion or sympathy. |
flora | The aggregate of plants growing without cultivation in a district. |
hazard | Risk. |
prehension | The act of laying hold of or grasping. |
criterion | A standard by which to determine the correctness of a judgment or conclusion. |
reproof | An expression of disapproval or blame personally addressed to one censured. |
dissuasion | The act of changing the purpose of or altering the plans of through persuasion, or pleading. |
sacrilegious adj | Impious. |
decency | Moral fitness. |
lingo | Language. |
solecism | Any violation of established rules or customs. |
retrospective adj | Looking back on the past. |
handwriting | Penmanship. |
medicine | A substance possessing or reputed to possess curative or remedial properties. |
supine adj | Lying on the back. |
toilsome adj | Laborious. |
burgess | In colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of Maryland or Virginia. |
atrocious adj | Outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel. |
motto | An expressive word or pithy sentence enunciating some guiding rule of life, or faith. |
saline adj | Constituting or consisting of salt. |
invective | An utterance intended to cast censure, or reproach. |
pillory | A wooden framework in which an offender is fastened to boards and is exposed to public scorn. |
to prophesy | To predict or foretell, especially under divine inspiration and guidance. |
indulgence | The yielding to inclination, passion, desire, or propensity in oneself or another. |
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systematic adj | Methodical. |
evidential adj | Indicative. |
to exorcise | To cast or drive out by religious or magical means. |
assassin | One who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly. |
to grapple | To take hold of. |
specimen | One of a class of persons or things regarded as representative of the class. |
to misunderstand | To Take in a wrong sense. |
scintilla | The faintest ray. |
shrinkage | A contraction of any material into less bulk or dimension. |
diplomatist | One remarkable for tact and shrewd management. |
plenteous adj | Abundant. |
sequent adj | Following in the order of time. |
atrocity | Great cruelty or reckless wickedness. |
lifelike adj | Realistic. |
ordinal | That form of the numeral that shows the order of anything in a series, as first, second, third. |
non-existent | That which does not exist. |
decoy | Anything that allures, or is intended to allures into danger or temptation. |
reducible adj | That may be reduced. |
conjecture | A guess. |
abstinence | Self denial. |
kingship | Royal state. |
clangor | Clanking or a ringing, as of arms, chains, or bells; clamor. |
conversion | Change from one state or position to another, or from one form to another. |
lordling | A little lord. |
expressive adj | Full of meaning. |
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eligible adj | Qualified for selection. |
to connote | To mean; signify. |
to atone | To make amends for. |
levity | Frivolity. |
covenant | An agreement entered into by two or more persons or parties. |
athwart adv | From side to side. |
physique | The physical structure or organization of a person. |
to query | To make inquiry. |
nominal adj | Trivial. |
judicature | Distribution and administration of justice by trial and judgment. |
beneficial adj | Helpful. |
to discipline | To train to obedience. |
compulsion | Coercion. |
foresail | A square sail. |
exorbitance | Extravagance or enormity. |
therefor adv | For that or this. |
verbiage | Use of many words without necessity. |
veracious adj | Habitually disposed to speak the truth. |
perspicacious adj | Astute. |
inexperience | Lack of or deficiency in experience. |
shiftless adj | Wanting in resource, energy, or executive ability. |
definite adj | Having an exact signification or positive meaning. |
to rejoin | To reunite after separation. |
rationalism | The formation of opinions by relying upon reason alone, independently of authority. |
to irritate | To excite ill temper or impatience in. |
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frigid adj | Lacking warmth. |
cursive adj | Writing in which the letters are joined together. |
prescription | An authoritative direction. |
palpable | perceptible by feeling or touch. |
curio | A piece of bric-a-brac. |
to placate | To bring from a state of angry or hostile feeling to one of patience or friendliness. |
treacherous adj | Perfidious. |
pastoral adj | Having the spirit or sentiment of rural life. |
overtone | A harmonic. |
to excavate | To remove by digging or scooping out. |
fretful adj | Disposed to peevishness. |
unicellular adj | Consisting of a single cell. |
collector | One who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like. |
odious adj | Hateful. |
remiss adj | Negligent. |
submarine adj | Existing, done, or operating beneath the surface of the sea. |
impure adj | Tainted. |
overproduction | Excessive production. |
hexapod adj | Having six feet. |
expeditious adj | Speedy. |
ridicule | Looks or acts expressing amused contempt. |
to bemoan | To lament |
ichthyology | The branch of zoology that treats of fishes. |
pendulous adj | Hanging, especially so as to swing by an attached end or part. |
negligee | A loose gown worn by women. |
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mobocracy | Lawless control of public affairs by the mob or populace. |
impassible adj | Not moved or affected by feeling. |
submergence | The act of submerging. |
moderator | The presiding officer of a meeting. |
imbroglio | A misunderstanding attended by ill feeling, perplexity, or strife. |
requisite adj | Necessary. |
luminescence | Showing increase. |
credible adj | Believable. |
inedible adj | Not good for food. |
course | Line of motion or direction. |
abomination | A very detestable act or practice. |
narration | The act of recounting the particulars of an event in the order of time or occurrence. |
indistinct adj | Vague. |
paramount adj | Supreme in authority. |
prudery | An undue display of modesty or delicacy. |
to compliment | To address or gratify with expressions of delicate praise. |
semiconscious adj | Partially conscious. |
subconscious adj | Being or occurring in the mind, but without attendant consciousness or conscious perception. |
abstemious adj | Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food. |
unanimous adj | Sharing the same views or sentiments. |
discord | Absence of harmoniousness. |
finesse | Subtle contrivance used to gain a point. |
omniscience | Unlimited or infinite knowledge. |
subsistence | Sustenance. |
conscious adj | Aware that one lives, feels, and thinks. |
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to vociferate | To utter with a loud and vehement voice. |
odoriferous adj | Having or diffusing an odor or scent, especially an agreeable one. |
caption | A heading, as of a chapter, section, document, etc. |
emergence | A coming into view. |
lexicography | The making of dictionaries. |
repellent adj | Having power to force back in a manner, physically or mentally. |
euphony | Agreeableness of sound. |
to overreach | To stretch out too far. |
cornucopia | The horn of plenty, symbolizing peace and prosperity. |
privity | Knowledge shared with another or others regarding a private matter. |
sluggard | A person habitually lazy or idle. |
summary | An abstract. |
philanthropist | One who endeavors to help his fellow men. |
tilth | Cultivation. |
malefactor | One who injures another. |
dissent | Disagreement. |
miser | A person given to saving and hoarding unduly. |
indefensible adj | Untenable. |
satyr | A very lascivious person. |
diversity | Dissimilitude. |
pillage | Open robbery, as in war. |
factious adj | Turbulent. |
to depopulate | To remove the inhabitants from. |
improvident adj | Lacking foresight or thrift. |
fungous adj | Spongy. |
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reservoir | A receptacle where a quantity of some material, especially of a liquid or gas, may be kept. |
trident | The three-pronged fork that was the emblem of Neptune. |
facetious adj | Amusing. |
armful | As much as can be held in the arm or arms. |
to minimize | To reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree. |
demeanor | Deportment. |
variance | Change. |
reverent adj | Humble. |
acetic adj | Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of vinegar. |
incessant adj | Unceasing. |
to transfigure | To give an exalted meaning or glorified appearance to. |
to bequeath | To give by will. |
authentic adj | Of undisputed origin. |
retroactive adj | Operative on, affecting, or having reference to past events, transactions, responsibilities. |
dissimilar adj | Different. |
continuous adj | Connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence. |
to liberate | To set free or release from bondage. |
prodigy | A person or thing of very remarkable gifts or qualities. |
to preempt | To secure the right of preference in the purchase of public land. |
duteous adj | Showing submission to natural superiors. |
dead-heat | A race in which two or more competitors come out even, and there is no winner. |
aghast adj | Struck with terror and amazement. |
scythe | A long curved blade for mowing, reaping, etc. |
hawthorn | A thorny shrub much used in England for hedges. |
crustacean adj | Pertaining to a division of arthropods, containing lobsters, crabs, crawfish, etc. |
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decameter | A length of ten meters. |
Neolithic adj | Pertaining to the later stone age. |
to garrote | To execute by strangling. |
judiciary | That department of government which administers the law relating to civil and criminal justice. |
divertible adj | Able to be turned from the accustomed course or a line of action already established. |
to devise | To invent. |
sapience | Deep wisdom or knowledge. |
archbishop | The chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the Greek, Roman, and Anglican church. |
wiry adj | Thin, but tough and sinewy. |
infinite adj | Measureless. |
exclusion | Non-admission. |
bromine | A dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor. |
choleric adj | Easily provoked to anger. |
pantomime | Sign-language. |
to emaciate | To waste away in flesh. |
modish adj | Fashionable. |
to boycott | To place the products or merchandise of under a ban. |
acid | A sour substance. |
to transfuse | To pour or cause to pass, as a fluid, from one vessel to another. |
advocate | One who pleads the cause of another, as in a legal or ecclesiastical court. |
noisy adj | Clamorous. |
lithe adj | Supple. |
intramural adj | Situated within the walls of a city. |
tableau | An arrangement of inanimate figures representing a scene from real life. |
inmost adj | Deepest within. |
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potion | A dose of liquid medicine. |
hard-hearted adj | Lacking pity or sympathy. |
to perambulate | To walk about. |
to relent | To yield. |
myriad | A vast indefinite number. |
epidemic | Wide-spread occurrence of a disease in a certain region. |
hilarious adj | Boisterously merry. |
corrigible adj | Capable of reformation. |
inconceivable adj | Incomprehensible. |
whereupon adv | After which. |
pendulum | A weight hung on a rod, serving by its oscillation to regulate the rate of a clock. |
subordinate adj | Belonging to an inferior order in a classification. |
trivial adj | Of little importance or value. |
apostasy | A total departure from one's faith or religion. |
explosive adj | Pertaining to a sudden and violent outbreak. |
to extinguish | To render extinct. |
academician | A member of an academy of literature, art, or science. |
unaccountable adj | Inexplicable. |
precession | The act of going forward. |
to overstride | To step beyond. |
siren | A sea-nymph, described by Homer as dwelling between the island of Circe and Scylla. |
irruption | Sudden invasion. |
diversion | Pastime. |
mirage | An optical effect looking like a sheet of water in the desert. |
discomfort | The state of being positively uncomfortable. |
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conceit | Self-flattering opinion. |
transference | The act of conveying from one person or place to another. |
to involve | To draw into entanglement, literally or figuratively. |
corpulent adj | Obese. |
bitterness | Acridity, as to the taste. |
to vegetate | To live in a monotonous, passive way without exercise of the mental faculties. |
insipid adj | Tasteless. |
transparent adj | Easy to see through or understand. |
to squabble | To quarrel. |
to recoil | To start back as in dismay, loathing, or dread. |
gourmand | A connoisseur in the delicacies of the table. |
sensuous adj | Having a warm appreciation of the beautiful or of the refinements of luxury. |
to intimidate | To cause to become frightened. |
piccolo | A small flute. |
to discover | To get first sight or knowledge of, as something previously unknown or unperceived. |
to abjure | To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath. |
sardonic adj | Scornfully or bitterly sarcastic. |
pyx | A vessel or casket, usually of precious metal, in which the host is preserved. |
skiff | Usually, a small light boat propelled by oars. |
to acknowledge | To recognize; to admit the genuineness or validity of. |
to console | To comfort. |
improper adj | Not appropriate, suitable, or becoming. |
physiology | The science of organic functions. |
wizen-faced adj | Having a shriveled face. |
socialist adj | One who advocates reconstruction of society by collective ownership of land and capital. |
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to liquefy | To convert into a liquid or into liquid form. |
introductory adj | Preliminary. |
regimen | A systematized order or course of living with reference to food, clothing and personal habits. |
ascension | The act of rising. |
philately | The study and collection of stamps. |
isle | An island. |
to captivate | To fascinate, as by excellence. eloquence, or beauty. |
to propel | To drive or urge forward. |
sapient adj | Possessing wisdom. |
dearth | Scarcity, as of something customary, essential ,or desirable. |
to preclude | To prevent. |
to recapitulate | To repeat again the principal points of. |
insignificant adj | Without importance, force, or influence. |
canto | One of the divisions of an extended poem. |
to annihilate | To destroy absolutely. |
tutelar adj | Protective. |
assessor | An officer whose duty it is to assess taxes. |
deference | Respectful submission or yielding, as to another's opinion, wishes, or judgment. |
foreman | The head man. |
quarterly adj | Occurring or made at intervals of three months. |
laxative adj | Having power to open or loosen the bowels. |
linguist | One who is acquainted with several languages. |
vegetal adj | Of or pertaining to plants. |
antemundane adj | Pertaining to time before the world's creation. |
licentious adj | Wanton. |
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artless adj | Ingenuous. |
sensual adj | Pertaining to the body or the physical senses. |
close-hauled adj | Having the sails set for sailing as close to the wind as possible. |
demulcent | Any application soothing to an irritable surface |
gravity | Seriousness. |
domesticity | Life in or fondness for one's home and family. |
stationary adj | Not moving. |
finality | The state or quality of being final or complete. |
notorious adj | Unfavorably known to the general public. |
nimble adj | Light and quick in motion or action. |
intercessor | A mediator. |
respondent adj | Answering. |
Christ | A title of Jesus |
inarticulate adj | Speechless. |
eulogy | A spoken or written laudation of a person's life or character. |
vista | A view or prospect. |
pantoscope | A very wide-angled photographic lens. |
specious adj | Plausible. |
monopoly | The control of a thing, as a commodity, to enable a person to raise its price. |
introspection | The act of observing and analyzing one's own thoughts and feelings. |
piece | A loose or separated part, as distinguished from the whole or the mass. |
torpor | Apathy. |
epicycloid | A curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle which rolls upon another circle. |
to deride | To ridicule. |
antistrophe | The inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home". |
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infirmity | A physical, mental, or moral weakness or flaw. |
to contaminate | To pollute. |
to designate | To select or appoint, as by authority. |
contradiction | The assertion of the opposite of that which has been said. |
emblem | A symbol. |
to enervate | To render ineffective or inoperative. |
digraph | A union of two characters representing a single sound. |
indigence | Poverty. |
captious adj | Hypercritical. |
syllabus | Outline of a subject, course, lecture, or treatise. |
punctual adj | Observant and exact in points of time. |
to mutilate | To disfigure. |
oral adj | Uttered through the mouth. |
intrepid adj | Fearless and bold. |
prejudice | A judgment or opinion formed without due examination of the facts. |
chronology | The science that treats of computation of time or of investigation and arrangement of events. |
indignant adj | Having such anger and scorn as is aroused by meanness or wickedness. |
pertinacious adj | Persistent or unyielding. |
to reprimand | To chide or rebuke for a fault. |
facial adj | Pertaining to the face. |
to gnash | To grind or strike the teeth together, as from rage. |
declamation | A speech recited or intended for recitation from memory in public. |
to infest | To be present in such numbers as to be a source of annoyance, trouble, or danger. |
pecuniary adj | Consisting of money. |
cardiac adj | Pertaining to the heart. |
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icily adv | Frigidly. |
to beck | To give a signal to, by nod or gesture. |
expectancy | The act or state of looking forward to as certain or probable. |
to outdo | To surpass. |
obdurate adj | Impassive to feelings of humanity or pity. |
man-eater | An animal that devours human beings. |
forthright adv | With directness. |
devious adj | Out of the common or regular track. |
cadenza | An embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument. |
duplex adj | Having two parts. |
abnormal adj | Not conformed to the ordinary rule or standard. |
agile adj | Able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally. |
abstruse adj | Dealing with matters difficult to be understood. |
meddlesome adj | Interfering. |
blockade | The shutting up of a town, a frontier, or a line of coast by hostile forces. |
secant adj | Cutting, especially into two parts. |
to intermit | To cause to cease temporarily. |
aerostat | A balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air. |
incompressible adj | Resisting all attempts to reduce volume by pressure. |
irksome adj | Wearisome. |
inane adj | Silly. |
squalid adj | Having a dirty, mean, poverty-stricken appearance. |
to obtrude | To be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence. |
verification | The act of proving to be true, exact, or accurate. |
appellate adj | Capable of being appealed to. |
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centimeter | A length of one hundredth of a meter. |
refractory adj | Not amenable to control. |
advocacy | The act of pleading a cause. |
treble adj | Multiplied by three. |
fresco | The art of painting on a surface of plaster, particularly on walls and ceilings. |
to liquidate | To deliver the amount or value of. |
out-of-the-way adj | Remotely situated. |
ominous adj | Portentous. |
option | The right, power, or liberty of choosing. |
privy adj | Participating with another or others in the knowledge of a secret transaction. |
to exemplify | To show by example. |
anterior adj | Prior. |
to proffer | To offer to another for acceptance. |
populace | The common people. |
seance | A meeting of spirituals for consulting spirits. |
outskirt | A border region. |
imaginable adj | That can be imagined or conceived in the mind. |
deficient adj | Not having an adequate or proper supply or amount. |
maternal adj | Pertaining or peculiar to a mother or to motherhood. |
to concur | To agree. |
pentathlon | The contest of five associated exercises in the great games and the same contestants. |
to perturb | To disturb greatly. |
peccable adj | Capable of sinning. |
microcosm | The world or universe on a small scale. |
sleight | A trick or feat so deftly done that the manner of performance escapes observation. |
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oblique adj | Slanting; said of lines. |
prehensible adj | Capable of being grasped. |
gallant adj | Possessing a brave or chivalrous spirit. |
to bereave | To make desolate with loneliness and grief. |
deponent adj | Laying down. |
haggard adj | Worn and gaunt in appearance. |
to undercharge | To make an inadequate charge for. |
allegory | The setting forth of a subject under the guise of another subject of aptly suggestive likeness. |
iridescence | A many-colored appearance. |
benefit | Helpful result. |
left-handed adj | Using the left hand or arm more dexterously than the right. |
instance | A single occurrence or happening of a given kind. |
separable adj | Capable of being disjoined or divided. |
heptarchy | A group of seven governments. |
septennial adj | Recurring every seven years. |
lapse | A slight deviation from what is right, proper, or just. |
faun | One of a class of deities of the woods and herds represented as half human, with goats feet. |
referrer | One who refers. |
to alienate | To cause to turn away. |
reciprocity | Equal mutual rights and benefits granted and enjoyed. |
pervert | One who has forsaken a doctrine regarded as true for one esteemed false. |
reaction | Tendency towards a former, or opposite state of things, as after reform, revolution, or inflation. |
chromatic adj | Belonging, relating to, or abounding in color. |
to accomplish | To bring to pass. |
principle | A general truth or proposition. |
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divination | The pretended forecast of future events or discovery of what is lost or hidden. |
melodious adj | Characterized by a sweet succession of sounds. |
imprudent adj | Heedless. |
clan | A tribe. |
overture | An instrumental prelude to an opera, oratorio, or ballet. |
isothermal adj | Having or marking equality of temperature. |
to impugn | To assail with arguments, insinuations, or accusations. |
locative adj | Indicating place, or the place where or wherein an action occurs. |
to assuage | To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or disease. |
parity | Equality, as of condition or rank. |
sentinel | Any guard or watch stationed for protection. |
egoist | One who advocates or practices egoism. |
to misrepresent | To give a wrong impression. |
opulence | Affluence. |
concord | Harmony. |
alternate | One chosen to act in place of another, in case of the absence or incapacity of that other. |
coincident adj | Taking place at the same time. |
gamut | The whole range or sequence. |
overhang | A portion of a structure which projects or hangs over. |
suasion | The act of persuading. |
fez | A brimless felt cap in the shape of a truncated cone, usually red with a black tassel. |
zodiac | An imaginary belt encircling the heavens within which are the larger planets. |
inexorable adj | Unrelenting. |
misanthropic adj | Hating mankind. |
counterpart | Something taken with another for the completion of either. |
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default | The neglect or omission of a legal requirement. |
humane adj | Compassionate. |
intention | That upon which the mind is set. |
deportment | Demeanor. |
potential | Anything that may be possible. |
to ante | In the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt. |
voracious adj | Eating with greediness or in very large quantities. |
inexpressible adj | Unutterable. |
radix | That from or on which something is developed. |
obsolescent adj | Passing out of use, as a word. |
octavo | A book, or collection of paper in which the sheets are so folded as to make eight leaves. |
transcript | A copy made directly from an original. |
automaton | Any living being whose actions are or appear to be involuntary or mechanical. |
casualty | A fatal or serious accident or disaster. |
accusatory adj | Of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation. |
esquire | A title of dignity, office, or courtesy. |
folio | A sheet of paper folded once, or of a size adapted to folding once. |
to idealize | To make to conform to some mental or imaginary standard. |
resemblance | Similarity in quality or form. |
to interrogate | To examine formally by questioning. |
to desist | To cease from action. |
propitious adj | Kindly disposed. |
termination | The act of ending or concluding. |
radical | One who holds extreme views or advocates extreme measures. |
to satirize | To treat with sarcasm or derisive wit. |
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abusive adj | Employing harsh words or ill treatment. |
thrall | One controlled by an appetite or a passion. |
unbridled adj | Being without restraint. |
Sol | The sun. |
derivation | That process by which a word is traced from its original root or primitive form and meaning. |
inroad | Forcible encroachment or trespass. |
monarchy | Government by a single, sovereign ruler. |
to depress | To press down. |
defamation | Malicious and groundless injury done to the reputation or good name of another. |
pollen | The fine dust-like grains or powder formed within the anther of a flowering plant. |
excellency | A title of honor bestowed upon various high officials. |
to retrench | To cut down or reduce in extent or quantity. |
dialect | Forms of speech collectively that are peculiar to the people of a particular district. |
purgatory | An intermediate state where souls are made fit for paradise or heaven by expiatory suffering. |
to forejudge | To judge of before hearing evidence. |
indivisible adj | Not separable into parts. |
irrefrangible adj | That can not be broken or violated. |
to acidify | To change into acid. |
to commingle | To blend. |
monotony | A lack of variety. |
cosmos | The world or universe considered as a system, perfect in order and arrangement. |
symphonic adj | Characterized by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds. |
to retouch | To modify the details of. |
odium | A feeling of extreme repugnance, or of dislike and disgust. |
infamy | Total loss or destitution of honor or reputation. |
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spinster | A woman who has never been married. |
miscreant | A villain. |
unction | The art of anointing as with oil. |
presentiment | Foreboding. |
glacier | A field or stream of ice. |
insurgent | One who takes part in forcible opposition to the constituted authorities of a place. |
to nauseate | To cause to loathe. |
opinion | A conclusion or judgment held with confidence, but falling short of positive knowledge. |
kinsfolk | pl. Relatives. |
to repress | To keep under restraint or control. |
recessive adj | Having a tendency to go back. |
effrontery | Unblushing impudence. |
monograph | A treatise discussing a single subject or branch of a subject. |
to contuse | To bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin. |
sonnet | A poem of fourteen decasyllabic or octosyllabiclines expressing two successive phrases. |
gentile adj | Belonging to a people not Jewish. |
tenet | Any opinion, principle, dogma, or doctrine that a person believes or maintains as true. |
to wizen | To become or cause to become withered or dry. |
reprehensible adj | Censurable. |
to loathe | To abominate. |
auspice | favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance. |
militant adj | Of a warlike or combative disposition or tendency. |
luxuriant adj | Abundant or superabundant in growth. |
ambiguous adj | Having a double meaning. |
gusto | Keen enjoyment. |
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confluent | A stream that unites with another. |
Stoicism | The principles or the practice of the Stoics-being very even tempered in success and failure. |
mercantile adj | Conducted or acting on business principles; commercial. |
raillery | Good-humored satire. |
ampere | The practical unit of electric-current strength. |
to decapitate | To behead. |
exemplary adj | Fitted to serve as a model or example worthy of imitation. |
pledgeor | One who gives a pledge. |
cursory adj | Rapid and superficial. |
to exclude | To shut out purposely or forcibly. |
to countercharge | To accuse in return. |
landlord | A man who owns and lets a tenement or tenements. |
inadequate adj | Insufficient. |
iconoclast | An image-breaker. |
proscription | Any act of condemnation and rejection from favor and privilege. |
to ruminate | To chew over again, as food previously swallowed and regurgitated. |
to reinstate | To restore to a former state, station, or authority. |
to unyoke | To separate. |
corpse | A dead body. |
fealty | Loyalty. |
to delude | To mislead the mind or judgment of. |
despicable adj | Contemptible. |
unspeakable adj | Abominable. |
tack | A small sharp-pointed nail. |
incomprehensible adj | Not understandable. |
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repulse | The act of beating or driving back, as an attacking or advancing enemy. |
askance adv | With a side or indirect glance or meaning. |
deceitful adj | Fraudulent. |
consistency | A state of permanence. |
cadence | Rhythmical or measured flow or movement, as in poetry or the time and pace of marching troops. |
prosody | The science of poetical forms. |
unsophisticated adj | Showing inexperience. |
cosmopolitanism | A cosmopolitan character. |
to accustom | To make familiar by use. |
tacit adj | Understood. |
inference | The derivation of a judgment from any given material of knowledge on the ground of law. |
dissentious adj | Contentious. |
quandary | A puzzling predicament. |
pungent adj | Affecting the sense of smell. |
analogy | Reasoning in which from certain and known relations or resemblance others are formed. |
puissant adj | Possessing strength. |
nevertheless conj | Notwithstanding. |
omission | Exclusion. |
plebeian adj | Common. |
to bawl | To proclaim by outcry. |
ambidextrous adj | Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease. |
breaker | One who trains horses, dogs, etc. |
mountaineer | One who travels among or climbs mountains for pleasure or exercise. |
optometry | Measurement of the powers of vision. |
adulterant | An adulterating substance. |
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propulsion | A driving onward or forward. |
ire | Wrath. |
to emigrate | To go from one country, state, or region for the purpose of settling or residing in another. |
Baconian adj | Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon or his system of philosophy. |
to arraign | To call into court, as a person indicted for crime, and demand whether he pleads guilty or not. |
hussar | A light-horse trooper armed with saber and carbine. |
nuptial adj | Of or pertaining to marriage, especially to the marriage ceremony. |
stanza | A group of rimed lines, usually forming one of a series of similar divisions in a poem. |
to appall | To fill with dismay or horror. |
contemptible adj | Worthy of scorn or disdain. |
corrosive | That which causes gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration. |
man-trap | A place or structure dangerous to human life. |
limitation | A restriction. |
cession | Surrender, as of possessions or rights. |
cataclysm | Any overwhelming flood of water. |
hibernal adj | Pertaining to winter. |
verdant adj | Green with vegetation. |
rejuvenescence | A renewal of youth. |
typical adj | Characteristic. |
halcyon adj | Calm. |
proviso | A clause in a contract, will, etc., by which its operation is rendered conditional. |
conducive adj | Contributing to an end. |
to congregate | To bring together into a crowd. |
habitual adj | According to usual practice. |
to dehydrate | To deprive of water. |
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undersized adj | Of less than the customary size. |
erudition | Extensive knowledge of literature, history, language, etc. |
coincidence | A circumstance so agreeing with another: often implying accident. |
anxious adj | Distressed in mind respecting some uncertain matter. |
perversion | Diversion from the true meaning or proper purpose. |
courtesy | Politeness originating in kindness and exercised habitually. |
fervid adj | Intense. |
affluence | A profuse or abundant supply of riches. |
to venerate | To cherish reverentially. |
fracture | A break. |
reminiscence | The calling to mind of incidents within the range of personal knowledge or experience. |
tranquility | Calmness. |
gaseous adj | Light and unsubstantial. |
opposite adj | Radically different or contrary in action or movement. |
lassie | A little lass. |
infusion | The act of imbuing, or pouring in. |
mischievous adj | Fond of tricks. |
to whine | To utter with complaining tone. |
to cull | To pick or sort out from the rest. |
continuity | Uninterrupted connection in space, time, operation, or development. |
anagram | The letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase. |
penitence | Sorrow for sin with desire to amend and to atone. |
to accelerate | To move faster. |
fishmonger | One who sells fish. |
naphtha | A light, colorless, volatile, inflammable oil used as a solvent, as in manufacture of paints. |
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globular adj | Spherical. |
subjection | The act of bringing into a state of submission. |
effective adj | Fit for a destined purpose. |
to encroach | To invade partially or insidiously and appropriate the possessions of another. |
genealogy | A list, in the order of succession, of ancestors and their descendants. |
ebullient adj | Showing enthusiasm or exhilaration of feeling. |
enthusiastic adj | Full of zeal and fervor. |
divisible adj | Capable of being separated into parts. |
buoyancy | Power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas. |
globose adj | Spherical. |
hospitable adj | Disposed to treat strangers or guests with generous kindness. |
outrigger | A part built or arranged to project beyond a natural outline for support. |
lackadaisical adj | Listless. |
inversion | Change of order so that the first shall become last and the last first. |
to enjoin | To command. |
conjunction | The state of being joined together, or the things so joined. |
peccant adj | Guilty. |
grandiose adj | Having an imposing style or effect. |
impermissible adj | Not permissible. |
errant adj | Roving or wandering, as in search of adventure or opportunity for gallant deeds. |
imitator | One who makes in imitation. |
importation | The act or practice of bringing from one country into another. |
persecution | Harsh or malignant oppression. |
electrolysis | The process of decomposing a chemical compound by the passage of an electric current. |
to parse | To describe, as a sentence, by separating it into its elements and describing each word. |
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providential adj | Effected by divine guidance. |
truculent adj | Having the character or the spirit of a savage. |
fixture | One who or that which is expected to remain permanently in its position. |
personnel | The force of persons collectively employed in some service. |
to modulate | To vary in tone, inflection, pitch or other quality of sound. |
execration | An accursed thing. |
nocturnal adj | Of or pertaining to the night. |
inadvisable adj | Unadvisable. |
to adumbrate | To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem. |
metaphysics | The principles of philosophy as applied to explain the methods of any particular science. |
collusion | A secret agreement for a wrongful purpose. |
emphasis | Any special impressiveness added to an utterance or act, or stress laid upon some word. |
to abnegate | To renounce (a right or privilege). |
day-man | A day-laborer. |
valedictory | A parting address. |
to sequestrate | To confiscate. |
gosling | A young goose. |
meretricious adj | Alluring by false or gaudy show. |
momentous adj | Very significant. |
contradictory adj | Inconsistent with itself. |
interposition | A coming between. |
convalescence | The state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease. |
to contrive | To manage or carry through by some device or scheme. |
to deviate | To take a different course. |
to disallow | To withhold permission or sanction. |
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to exonerate | To relieve or vindicate from accusation, imputation, or blame. |
affable adj | Easy to approach. |
to qualify | To endow or furnish with requisite ability, character, knowledge, skill, or possessions. |
protomartyr | The earliest victim in any cause. |
to transmit | To send trough or across. |
conciliatory adj | Tending to reconcile. |
salvo | A salute given by firing all the guns, as at the funeral of an officer. |
to encourage | To inspire with courage, hope, or strength of mind. |
amenable adj | Willing and ready to submit. |
came | A leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows. |
suggestive adj | Stimulating to thought or reflection. |
logic | The science of correct thinking. |
to overleap | To leap beyond. |
to loot | To plunder. |
exotic adj | Foreign. |
cranium | The skull of an animal, especially that part enclosing the brain. |
to aspire | To have an earnest desire, wish, or longing, as for something high and good, not yet attained. |
insight | Intellectual discernment. |
flection | The act of bending. |
trepidation | Nervous uncertainty of feeling. |
collision | Violent contact. |
manumission | Emancipation. |
necessity | That which is indispensably requisite to an end desired. |
fulcrum | The support on or against which a lever rests, or the point about which it turns. |
diatomic adj | Containing only two atoms. |
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ghastly adj | Hideous. |
vindicative adj | Revengeful. |
machinist | One who makes or repairs machines, or uses metal-working tools. |
pudgy adj | Small and fat. |
to mitigate | To make milder or more endurable. |
pitiless adj | Hard-hearted. |
penury | Indigence. |
nihilist | An advocate of the doctrine that nothing either exists or can be known. |
amalgam | An alloy or union of mercury with another metal. |
tutorship | The office of a guardian. |
accordion | A portable free-reed musical instrument. |
contiguity | Proximity. |
leisure | Spare time. |
intricate adj | Difficult to follow or understand. |
hexangular adj | Having six angles. |
second-rate adj | Second in quality, size, rank, importance, etc. |
epicure | One who cultivates a delicate taste for eating and drinking. |
prohibition | A decree or an order forbidding something. |
to incinerate | To reduce to ashes. |
legitimate adj | Having the sanction of law or established custom. |
stolid adj | Expressing no power of feeling or perceiving. |
to intromit | To insert. |
insuppressible adj | Incapable of being concealed. |
hypnotism | An artificially induced somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestion. |
Titanic adj | Of vast size or strength. |
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magnificent adj | Grand or majestic in appearance, quality, or action. |
loath adj | Averse. |
transverse adj | Lying or being across or in a crosswise direction. |
typographical adj | Pertaining to typography or printing. |
treasonable adj | Of the nature of betrayal, treachery, or breech of allegiance. |
to reign | To hold and exercise sovereign power. |
salutary adj | Beneficial. |
to comport | To conduct or behave (oneself). |
invincible adj | Not to be conquered, subdued, or overcome. |
fraternal adj | Brotherly. |
to repeal | To render of no further effect. |
illiberal adj | Stingy. |
to resonate | To have or produce resonance. |
to foreordain | To predetermine. |
passive adj | Unresponsive. |
service | Any work done for the benefit of another. |
alien | One who owes allegiance to a foreign government. |
to bombard | To assail with any missile or with abusive speech. |
irradiance | Luster. |
torturous adj | Marked by extreme suffering. |
melodrama | A drama with a romantic story or plot and sensational situation and incidents. |
to consecrate | To set apart as sacred. |
junction | The condition of being joined. |
to recruit | To enlist men for military or naval service. |
to eradicate | To destroy thoroughly. |
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to convulse | To cause spasms in. |
meditation | The turning or revolving of a subject in the mind. |
debonair adj | Having gentle or courteous bearing or manner. |
excusable adj | Justifiable. |
dilemma | A situation in which a choice between opposing modes of conduct is necessary. |
attorney-general | The chief law-officer of a government. |
perhaps adv | Possibly. |
glimpse | A momentary look. |
stallion | An uncastrated male horse, commonly one kept for breeding. |
enigma | A riddle. |
cornice | An ornamental molding running round the walls of a room close to the ceiling. |
aristocracy | A hereditary nobility |
animalcule | An animal of microscopic smallness. |
metal | An element that forms a base by combining with oxygen, is usually hard, heavy, and lustrous. |
abhorrent adj | Very repugnant; hateful. |
pedestal | A base or support as for a column, statue, or vase. |
to rehabilitate | To restore to a former status, capacity, right rank, or privilege. |
to expedite | To hasten the movement or progress of. |
cardinal adj | Of prime or special importance. |
specie | A coin or coins of gold, silver, copper, or other metal. |
autobiography | The story of one's life written by himself. |
stingy adj | Cheap, unwilling to spend money. |
operetta | A humorous play in dialogue and music, of more than one act. |
aspiration | An earnest wish for that which is above one's present reach. |
carnivorous adj | Eating or living on flesh. |
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prodigious adj | Immense. |
to mediate | To effect by negotiating as an agent between parties. |
exhaustive adj | Thorough and complete in execution. |
to replenish | To fill again, as something that has been emptied. |
brazier | An open pan or basin for holding live coals. |
ruminant adj | Chewing the cud. |
to nominate | To designate as a candidate for any office. |
antilogy | Inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas. |
to demobilize | To disband, as troops. |
Newtonian adj | Of or pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, the English philosopher. |
perseverance | A persistence in purpose and effort. |
to cohere | To stick together. |
antemeridian adj | Before noon. |
thermomelectric adj | Denoting electricity produced by heat. |
abed adv | In bed; on a bed. |
univalence | Monovalency. |
aqueduct | A water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance. |
symphonious adj | Marked by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds. |
preamble | A statement introductory to and explanatory of what follows. |
to educe | To draw out. |
catholicity | Universal prevalence or acceptance. |
adjunct | Something joined to or connected with another thing, but holding a subordinate place. |
to abrogate | To abolish, repeal. |
incisor | A front or cutting tooth. |
bray | A loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn. |
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ductile adj | Capable of being drawn out, as into wire or a thread. |
statics | The branch of mechanics that treats of the relations that subsist among forces in order. |
to dissipate | To disperse or disappear. |
to dissolve | To liquefy or soften, as by heat or moisture. |
dissolution | A breaking up of a union of persons. |
impulsion | Impetus. |
speculator | One who makes an investment that involves a risk of loss, but also a chance of profit. |
competitive adj | characterized by rivalry. |
avocation | Diversion. |
disunion | Separation of relations or interests. |
to domineer | To rule with insolence or unnecessary annoyance. |
severance | Separation. |
incoherent adj | Not logically coordinated, as to parts, elements, or details. |
lea | A field. |
qualification | A requisite for an employment, position, right, or privilege. |
novellette | A short novel. |
frontier | The part of a nation's territory that abuts upon another country. |
dolesome adj | Melancholy. |
superintendence | Direction and management. |
probate adj | Relating to making proof, as of a will. |
equity | Fairness or impartiality. |
numeration | The act or art of reading or naming numbers. |
to knead | To mix and work into a homogeneous mass, especially with the hands. |
apposition | The act of placing side by side, together, or in contact. |
chastity | Sexual or moral purity. |
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emergent adj | Coming into view. |
bullock | An ox. |
superlative | That which is of the highest possible excellence or eminence. |
winsome adj | Attractive. |
inviolable adj | Incapable of being injured or disturbed. |
assonance | Resemblance or correspondence in sound. |
evanescent adj | Fleeting. |
foreigner | A citizen of a foreign country. |
to hypnotize | To produce a somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestions. |
profuse adj | Produced or displayed in overabundance. |
to surfeit | To feed to fullness or to satiety. |
hereditary adj | Passing naturally from parent to child. |
to denude | To strip the covering from. |
to accompany | To go with, or be associated with, as a companion. |
to succeed | To accomplish what is attempted or intended. |
recluse | One who lives in retirement or seclusion. |
sinus | An opening or cavity. |
usury | The demanding for the use of money as a loan, a rate of interest beyond what is allowed by law. |
volition | An act or exercise of will. |
rookery | A place where crows congregate to breed. |
rudimentary adj | Being in an initial, early, or incomplete stage of development. |
peccadillo | A small breach of propriety or principle. |
travail | Hard or agonizing labor. |
assay | The chemical analysis or testing of an alloy ore. |
logician | An expert reasoner. |
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collective adj | Consisting of a number of persons or objects considered as gathered into a mass, or sum. |
instant | A very brief portion of time. |
petulance | The character or condition of being impatient, capricious or petulant. |
nutriment | That which nourishes. |
eventual adj | Ultimate. |
likelihood | A probability. |
cantata | A choral composition. |
approbation | Sanction. |
casual adj | Accidental, by chance. |
secretary | One who attends to correspondence, keeps records. or does other writing for others. |
stipend | A definite amount paid at stated periods in compensation for services or as an allowance. |
to complicate | To make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with. |
morality | Virtue. |
to theorize | To speculate. |
tact | Fine or ready mental discernment shown in saying or doing the proper thing. |
convex adj | Curving like the segment of the globe or of the surface of a circle. |
financier | One skilled in or occupied with financial affairs or operations. |
shrewd adj | Characterized by skill at understanding and profiting by circumstances. |
monomania | The unreasonable pursuit of one idea. |
nomination | The act or ceremony of naming a man or woman for office. |
luminary | One of the heavenly bodies as a source of light. |
forecourt | A court opening directly from the street. |
lawgiver | A legislator. |
ecstasy | Rapturous excitement or exaltation. |
literal adj | Following the exact words. |
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alderman | A member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions. |
to deteriorate | To grow worse. |
to legalize | To give the authority of law to. |
nurture | The process of fostering or promoting growth. |
harangue | A tirade. |
derision | Ridicule. |
Gordian knot | Any difficulty the only issue out of which is by bold or unusual manners. |
to check | To hold back. |
gradation | A step, degree, rank, or relative position in an order or series. |
to instigate | To provoke. |
expedient adj | Contributing to personal advantage. |
complacent adj | Pleased or satisfied with oneself. |
topography | The art of representing on a map the physical features of any locality or region with accuracy. |
presumptuous adj | Assuming too much. |
to transgress | To break a law. |
aborigines | The original of earliest known inhabitants of a country. |
devilry | Malicious mischief. |
mettle | Courage. |
genesis | Creation. |
pagan | A worshiper of false gods. |
meager adj | scanty. |
volitive adj | Exercising the will. |
armada | A fleet of war-vessels. |
by-law | A rule or law adopted by an association, a corporation, or the like. |
indigestion | Difficulty or failure in the alimentary canal in changing food into absorptive nutriment. |
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scholastic adj | Pertaining to education or schools. |
to butt | To strike with or as with the head, or horns. |
ichthyic adj | Fish-like. |
kingling | A petty king. |
Pan-American adj | Including or pertaining to the whole of America, both North and South. |
quackery | Charlatanry |
to prevaricate | To use ambiguous or evasive language for the purpose of deceiving or diverting attention. |
barcarole | A boat-song of Venetian gondoliers. |
ripplet | A small ripple, as of water. |
rampart | A bulwark or construction to oppose assault or hostile entry. |
navigable adj | Capable of commercial navigation. |
physiocracy | The doctrine that land and its products are the only true wealth. |
premonition | Foreboding. |
humbug | Anything intended or calculated to deceive or mislead. |
flatulence | Accumulation of gas in the stomach and bowels. |
monogram | A character consisting of two or more letters interwoven into one, usually initials of a name. |
heredity | Transmission of physical or mental qualities, diseases, etc., from parent to offspring. |
to disapprove | To regard with blame. |
crematory adj | A place for cremating dead bodies. |
prevalence | Frequency. |
imperceptible adj | Indiscernible. |
to cauterize | To burn or sear as with a heated iron. |
ambitious adj | Eagerly desirous and aspiring. |
righteousness | Rectitude. |
cathode | The negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery. |
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to nettle | To excite sensations of uneasiness or displeasure in. |
to disappoint | To fail to fulfill the expectation, hope, wish, or desire of. |
anticyclone | An atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward. |
to assonate | To accord in sound, especially vowel sound. |
submittal | The act of submitting. |
sidereal adj | Pertaining to stars or constellations. |
technicality | Something peculiar to a particular art, trade, or the like. |
proctor | An agent acting for another. |
to fluctuate | To pass backward and forward irregularly from one state or degree to another. |
light-hearted adj | Free from care. |
immoral adj | Habitually engaged in licentious or lewd practices. |
wampum | Beads strung on threads, formerly used among the American Indians as currency. |
to understate | To fail to put strongly enough, as a case. |
defensive adj | Carried on in resistance to aggression. |
rampant adj | Growing, climbing, or running without check or restraint. |
dyne | The force which, applied to a mass of one gram for 1 second, would give it a velocity of 1 cm/s. |
successor | One who or that which takes the place of a predecessor or preceding thing. |
to detrude | To push down forcibly. |
to sanction | To approve authoritatively. |
doublet | One of a pair of like things. |
conspicuous adj | Clearly visible. |
jugular adj | Pertaining to the throat. |
to debase | To lower in character or virtue. |
to ration | To provide with a fixed allowance or portion, especially of food. |
papyrus | The writing-paper of the ancient Egyptians, and later of the Romans. |
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sidelong adj | Inclining or tending to one side. |
happy-go-lucky adj | Improvident. |
apparent adj | Easily understood. |
sentence | A related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought. |
bravo interj | Well done. |
to accommodate | To furnish something as a kindness or favor. |
clarion | A small shrill trumpet or bugle. |
sociable adj | Inclined to seek company. |
posterior | The hinder part. |
stringency | Strictness. |
protuberant adj | Bulging. |
to repel | To force or keep back in a manner, physically or mentally. |
crass adj | Coarse or thick in nature or structure, as opposed to thin or fine. |
to remunerate | To pay or pay for. |
conformance | The act or state or conforming. |
monition | Friendly counsel given by way of warning and implying caution or reproof. |
invariable adj | Unchangeable. |
paradox | A statement or doctrine seemingly in contradiction to the received belief. |
docket | The registry of judgments of a court. |
culprit | A guilty person. |
to telescope | To drive together so that one slides into the another like the sections of a spy-glass. |
aloof adv | Not in sympathy with or desiring to associate with others. |
guise | The external appearance as produced by garb or costume. |
tricolor adj | Of three colors. |
inseparable adj | That can not be separated. |
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laggard adj | Falling behind. |
version | A description or report of something as modified by one's character or opinion. |
to aggrieve | To give grief or sorrow to. |
observance | A traditional form or customary act. |
brethren | pl. Members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like. |
infallible adj | Exempt from error of judgment, as in opinion or statement. |
to inscribe | To enter in a book, or on a list, roll, or document, by writing. |
manlike adj | Like a man. |
azure | The color of the sky. |
to remonstrate | To present a verbal or written protest to those who have power to right or prevent a wrong. |
insufficiency | Inadequacy. |
prelacy | A system of church government. |
battalion | A body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment. |
vegetative adj | Pertaining to the process of plant-life. |
heinous adj | Odiously sinful. |
forth adv | Into notice or view. |
mongrel | The progeny resulting from the crossing of different breeds or varieties. |
succinct adj | Concise. |
betrothal | Engagement to marry. |
velvety adj | Marked by lightness and softness. |
despotism | Any severe and strict rule in which the judgment of the governed has little or no part. |
conduit | A means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid. |
repartee | A ready, witty, or apt reply. |
affront | An open insult or indignity. |
brooch | An article of jewelry fastened by a hinged pin and hook on the underside. |
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earnest adj | Ardent in spirit and speech. |
illuminant | That which may be used to produce light. |
observant adj | Quick to notice. |
hypocrite | One who makes false professions of his views or beliefs. |
invulnerable adj | That can not be wounded or hurt. |
to reestablish | To restore. |
subjacent adj | Situated directly underneath. |
diatribe | A bitter or malicious criticism. |
fief | A landed estate held under feudal tenure. |
proverb | A brief, pithy saying, condensing in witty or striking form the wisdom of experience. |
mettlesome adj | Having courage or spirit. |
tendency | Direction or inclination, as toward some objector end. |
to distend | To stretch out or expand in every direction. |
Augustinian adj | Pertaining to St. Augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him. |
absent-minded adj | Lacking in attention to immediate surroundings or business. |
obsolescence | The condition or process of gradually falling into disuse. |
philogynist | One who is fond of women. |
efficacious adj | Effective. |
reliant adj | Having confidence. |
wantonness | Recklessness. |
voluble adj | Having great fluency in speaking. |
disciple | One who believes the teaching of another, or who adopts and follows some doctrine. |
niggardly adj | Stingy. (no longer acceptable to use) |
liquor | Any alcoholic or intoxicating liquid. |
illusion | An unreal image presented to the senses. |
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to revise | To examine for the correction of errors, or for the purpose of making changes. |
to disengage | To become detached. |
aggregate | The entire number, sum, mass, or quantity of something. |
anemic adj | Affected with anemia. |
laudation | High praise. |
continuation | Prolongation. |
countryman | A rustic. |
redound | Rebound. |
epic | A poem celebrating in formal verse the mythical achievements of great personages, heroes, etc. |
steppe | One of the extensive plains in Russia and Siberia. |
exhaustible adj | Causing or tending to cause exhaustion. |
evolution | Development or growth. |
inopportune adj | Unsuitable or inconvenient, especially as to time. |
to antecede | To precede. |
irritancy | The quality of producing vexation. |
facility | Ease. |
advisory adj | Not mandatory. |
knavery | Deceitfulness in dealing. |
datum | A premise, starting-point, or given fact. |
anathema | Anything forbidden, as by social usage. |
durance | Confinement. |
pestilential adj | having the nature of or breeding pestilence. |
mentality | Intellectuality. |
impecunious adj | Having no money. |
to pamphleteer | To compose or issue pamphlets, especially controversial ones. |
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parlor | A room for reception of callers or entertainment of guests. |
to classify | To arrange in a class or classes on the basis of observed resemblance's and differences. |
decimal adj | Founded on the number 10. |
salience | The condition of standing out distinctly. |
to conceive | To form an idea, mental image or thought of. |
to decorate | To embellish. |
commodity | Something that is bought and sold. |
pact | A covenant. |
paucity | Fewness. |
seditious adj | Promotive of conduct directed against public order and the tranquillity of the state. |
unanimity | The state or quality of being of one mind. |
personage | A man or woman as an individual, especially one of rank or high station. |
incidentally adv | Without intention. |
diplomacy | Tact, shrewdness, or skill in conducting any kind of negotiations or in social matters. |
hypodermic adj | Pertaining to the area under the skin. |
to aver | To assert as a fact. |
sinecure | Any position having emoluments with few or no duties. |
vicissitude | A change, especially a complete change, of condition or circumstances, as of fortune. |
solicitude | Uneasiness of mind occasioned by desire, anxiety, or fear. |
veto | The constitutional right in a chief executive of refusing to approve an enactment. |
abrupt adj | Beginning, ending, or changing suddenly or with a break. |
to protuberate | To swell or bulge beyond the surrounding surface. |
packet | A bundle, as of letters. |
dermatology | The branch of medical science which relates to the skin and its diseases. |
legging | A covering for the leg. |
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stagnation | The condition of not flowing or not changing. |
to malign | To speak evil of, especially to do so falsely and severely. |
alchemy | Chemistry of the middle ages, characterized by the pursuit of changing base metals to gold. |
pretension | A bold or presumptuous assertion. |
sergeant | A non-commissioned military officer ranking next above a corporal. |
turgid adj | Swollen. |
physiography | Description of nature. |
principal adj | Most important. |
skirmish | Desultory fighting between advanced detachments of two armies. |
testament | A will. |
refringency | Power to refract. |
uncommon adj | Rare. |
distensible adj | Capable of being stretched out or expanded in every direction. |
to conscript | To force into military service. |
legislator | A lawgiver. |
centiliter | A hundredth of a liter. |
injunction | Mandate. |
convoy | A protecting force accompanying property in course of transportation. |
lunacy | Mental unsoundness. |
to engender | To produce. |
sophism | A false argument understood to be such by the reasoner himself and intentionally used to deceive |
delirious adj | Raving. |
repulsive adj | Grossly offensive. |
abscission | The act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation. |
rendition | Interpretation. |
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to relapse | To suffer a return of a disease after partial recovery. |
gratification | Satisfaction. |
supplicant | One who asks humbly and earnestly. |
grandiloquent adj | Speaking in or characterized by a pompous or bombastic style. |
to satiate | To satisfy fully the appetite or desire of. |
non-combatant | One attached to the army or navy, but having duties other than that of fighting. |
bulrush | Any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water. |
to cant | To talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity. |
regent | One who is lawfully deputized to administer the government for the time being in the name of the ruler. |
obstruction | Hindrance. |
Hibernian adj | Pertaining to Ireland, or its people. |
to empower | To delegate authority to. |
regicide | The killing of a king or sovereign. |
to supplant | To take the place of. |
bric-a-brac | Objects of curiosity or for decoration. |
incomparable adj | Matchless. |
perceptible adj | Cognizable. |
contender | One who exerts oneself in opposition or rivalry. |
valediction | A bidding farewell. |
caprice | A whim. |
sediment | Matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid. |
resistive adj | Having or exercising the power of resistance. |
possessor | One who owns, enjoys, or controls anything, as property. |
to dismount | To throw down, push off, or otherwise remove from a horse or the like. |
to regale | To give unusual pleasure. |
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authenticity | The state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed. |
incongruous adj | Unsuitable for the time, place, or occasion. |
missal | The book containing the service for the celebration of mass. |
to upbraid | To reproach as deserving blame. |
spasmodic adj | Convulsive. |
florist | A dealer in flowers. |
to conquer | To overcome by force. |
magisterial adj | Having an air of authority. |
extensible adj | Capable of being thrust out. |
culpable adj | Guilty. |
to extradite | To surrender the custody of. |
flamboyant adj | Characterized by extravagance and in general by want of good taste. |
to exhale | To breathe forth. |
debatable adj | Subject to contention or dispute. |
sterling adj | Genuine. |
prophecy | Any prediction or foretelling. |
diaphanous adj | Transparent. |
intrusion | The act of entering without warrant or invitation; encroachment. |
obstetrics | The branch of medical science concerned with the treatment and care of women during pregnancy. |
caitiff adj | Cowardly. |
disciplinary adj | Having the nature of systematic training or subjection to authority. |
supramundane adj | Supernatural. |
fickle adj | Unduly changeable in feeling, judgment, or purpose. |
precipitant adj | Moving onward quickly and heedlessly. |
confidence | The state or feeling of trust in or reliance upon another. |
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obsequies | Funeral rites. |
partition | That which separates anything into distinct parts. |
to negotiable | To bargain with others for an agreement, as for a treaty or transfer of property. |
illimitable adj | Boundless. |
noticeable adj | Perceptible. |
brittle adj | Fragile. |
drought | Dry weather, especially when so long continued as to cause vegetation to wither. |
nutritive adj | Having nutritious properties. |
resplendent adj | Very bright. |
to itinerate | To wander from place to place. |
rustic adj | Characteristic of dwelling in the country. |
homophone | A word agreeing in sound with but different in meaning from another. |
spectrum | An image formed by rays of light or other radiant energy. |
irrational adj | Not possessed of reasoning powers or understanding. |
utilitarianism | The ethical doctrine that actions are right because they are useful or of beneficial tendency. |
to addle | To make inefficient or worthless; muddle. |
deplorable adj | Contemptible. |
mockery | Ridicule. |
senile adj | Peculiar to or proceeding from the weakness or infirmity of old age. |
prospector | One who makes exploration, search, or examination, especially for minerals. |
soliloquy | A monologue. |
longevity | Unusually prolonged life. |
compliant adj | Yielding. |
outrage | A gross infringement of morality or decency. |
scabbard | The sheath of a sword or similar bladed weapon. |
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forecastle | That part of the upper deck of a ship forward of the after fore-shrouds. |
correlative adj | Mutually involving or implying one another. |
stupor | Profound lethargy. |
principality | The territory of a reigning prince. |
resurrection | A return from death to life |
sanguineous adj | Consisting of blood. |
hoarse adj | Having the voice harsh or rough, as from a cold or fatigue. |
bigamy | The crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living. |
paragon | A model of excellence. |
to readjust | To put in order after disarrangement. |
remission | Temporary diminution of a disease. |
implausible adj | Not plausible. |
preexistence | Existence antecedent to something. |
to impel | To drive or urge forward. |
to bolster | To support, as something wrong. |
working-man | One who earns his bread by manual labor. |
entirety | A complete thing. |
flimsy adj | Thin and weak. |
to browbeat | To overwhelm, or attempt to do so, by stern, haughty, or rude address or manner. |
synod | An ecclesiastical council. |
covert adj | Concealed, especially for an evil purpose. |
sedition | Conduct directed against public order and the tranquillity of the state. |
maize | Indian corn: usually in the United States called simply corn. |
to exhaust | To empty by draining off the contents. |
perception | Knowledge through the senses of the existence and properties of matter or the external world. |
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bigamist | One who has two spouses at the same time. |
egregious adj | Extreme. |
galvanism | Current electricity, especially that arising from chemical action. |
indiscriminate adj | Promiscuous. |
to divest | To strip, specifically of clothes, ornaments, or accouterments or disinvestment. |
to dissemble | To hide by pretending something different. |
sylph | A slender, graceful young woman or girl. |
justification | Vindication. |
to distort | To twist into an unnatural or irregular form. |
epithet | Word used adjectivally to describe some quality or attribute of is objects, as in "Father Aeneas". |
neural adj | Pertaining to the nerves or nervous system. |
to antiquate | To make old or out of date. |
to upheave | To raise or lift with effort. |
tempter | An allurer or enticer to evil. |
patrician adj | Of senatorial or noble rank. |
to emancipate | To release from bondage. |
to undermine | To subvert in an underhand way. |
constituency | The inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body. |
to contort | To twist into a misshapen form. |
to abominate | To hate violently. |
impropriety | The state or quality of being unfit, unseemly, or inappropriate. |
rancor | Malice. |
interrogatory | A question or inquiry. |
to overeat | To eat to excess. |
chasm | A yawning hollow, as in the earth's surface. |
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to deforest | To clear of forests. |
to becalm | To make quiet. |
amour | A love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature. |
superabundance | An excessive amount. |
messieurs | pl. Gentlemen. |
batter | A thick liquid mixture of two or more materials beaten together, to be used in cookery. |
propellant adj | Propelling. |
counting-house | A house or office used for transacting business, bookkeeping, correspondence, etc. |
curtsy | A downward movement of the body by bending the knees. |
to effuse | To pour forth. |
untoward adj | Causing annoyance or hindrance. |
to distill | To extract or produce by vaporization and condensation. |
frivolous adj | Trivial. |
to patronize | To exercise an arrogant condescension toward. |
autonomous adj | Self-governing. |
causal adj | Indicating or expressing a cause. |
vinery | A greenhouse for grapes. |
to divulge | To tell or make known, as something previously private or secret. |
mendicant | A beggar. |
amorous adj | Having a propensity for falling in love. |
concordance | Harmony. |
to delineate | To represent by sketch or diagram. |
antispasmodic adj | Tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections. |
atonement | Amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury. |
discursive adj | Passing from one subject to another. |
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to exhume | To dig out of the earth (what has been buried). |
hydrous adj | Watery. |
poignant adj | Severely painful or acute to the spirit. |
to posit | To present in an orderly manner. |
tenor | A settled course or manner of progress. |
nit | The egg of a louse or some other insect. |
potency | Power. |
inlet | A small body of water leading into a larger. |
to deprecate | To express disapproval or regret for, with hope for the opposite. |
hesitation | Vacillation. |
venison | The flesh of deer. |
remonstrant adj | Having the character of a reproof. |
imperious adj | Insisting on obedience. |
proxy | A person who is empowered by another to represent him or her in a given matter. |
locomotion | The act or power of moving from one place to another. |
to superannuate | To become deteriorated or incapacitated by long service. |
to bide | To await. |
to dispel | To drive away by or as by scattering in different directions. |
subversion | An overthrow, as from the foundation. |
apotheosis | Deification. |
sumptuous adj | Rich and costly. |
to promulgate | To proclaim. |
Spartan adj | Exceptionally brave; rigorously severe. |
bodily adj | Corporeal. |
wearisome adj | Fatiguing. |
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genteel adj | Well-bred or refined. |
intensive adj | Adding emphasis or force. |
auxiliary | One who or that which aids or helps, especially when regarded as subsidiary or accessory. |
makeup | The arrangements or combination of the parts of which anything is composed. |
species | A classificatory group of animals or plants subordinate to a genus. |
revisal | Revision. |
to vie | To contend. |
illegible adj | Undecipherable. |
to embellish | To make beautiful or elegant by adding attractive or ornamental features. |
to deplore | To regard with grief or sorrow. |
angelic adj | Saintly. |
to alleviate | To make less burdensome or less hard to bear. |
hexagon | A figure with six angles. |
vacuous adj | Empty. |
siege | A beleaguerment. |
declamatory adj | A full and formal style of utterance. |
benefice | A church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service. |
streamlet | Rivulet. |
to overpass | To pass across or over, as a river. |
extradition | The surrender by a government of a person accused of crime to the justice of another government. |
overlord | One who holds supremacy over another. |
counter-claim | A cross-demand alleged by a defendant in his favor against the plaintiff. |
incompetence | General lack of capacity or fitness. |
to imbibe | To drink or take in. |
ingenuity | Cleverness in contriving, combining, or originating. |
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audible adj | Loud enough to be heard. |
to peter | To fail or lose power, efficiency, or value. |
ill-natured adj | Surly. |
junta | A council or assembly that deliberates in secret upon the affairs of government. |
quarantine | The enforced isolation of any person or place infected with contagious disease. |
diurnal adj | Daily. |
cholera | An acute epidemic disease. |
inchoative | That which begins, or expresses beginning. |
to amputate | To remove by cutting, as a limb or some portion of the body. |
vagabond | A wanderer. |
mystification | The act of artfully perplexing. |
colloquy | Conversation. |
regretful adj | Feeling, expressive of, or full of regret. |
endemic adj | Peculiar to some specified country or people. |
atheism | The denial of the existence of God. |
to maneuver | To make adroit or artful moves: manage affairs by strategy. |
psychic adj | Pertaining to the mind or soul. |
obligatory adj | Binding in law or conscience. |
commissariat | The department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs. |
contagious adj | Transmitting disease. |
necrosis | the death of part of the body. |
to eject | To expel. |
faction | A number of persons combined for a common purpose. |
conformity | Correspondence in form, manner, or use. |
to subsist | To be maintained or sustained. |
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inexpensive adj | Low-priced. |
bellicose adj | Warlike. |
to reciprocate | To give and take mutually. |
to instill | To infuse. |
ineligible adj | Not suitable to be selected or chosen. |
lateral adj | Directed toward the side. |
ado | unnecessary activity or ceremony. |
crockery | Earthenware made from baked clay. |
to disinherit | To deprive of an inheritance. |
dejection | Melancholy. |
unlimited adj | Unconstrained. |
conformation | General structure, form, or outline. |
retort | A retaliatory speech. |
inanimate adj | Destitute of animal life. |
earthenware | Anything made of clay and baked in a kiln or dried in the sun. |
levee | An embankment beside a river or stream or an arm of the sea, to prevent overflow. |
precocious adj | Having the mental faculties prematurely developed. |
propriety | Accordance with recognized usage, custom, or principles. |
munificence | A giving characterized by generous motives and extraordinary liberality. |
rapt adj | Enraptured. |
compressible adj | Capable of being pressed into smaller compass. |
galvanic adj | Pertaining or relating to electricity produced by chemical action. |
anonymous adj | Of unknown authorship. |
inconsequential adj | Valueless. |
positive adj | Free from doubt or hesitation. |
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accessible adj | Approachable. |
cryptogram | Anything written in characters that are secret or so arranged as to have hidden meaning. |
to humanize | To make gentle or refined. |
metonymy | A figure of speech that consists in the naming of a thing by one of its attributes. |
precarious adj | Perilous. |
malady | Any physical disease or disorder, especially a chronic or deep-seated one. |
redolent adj | Smelling sweet and agreeable. |
to repine | To indulge in fretfulness and faultfinding. |
reflector | A mirror, as of metal, for reflecting light, heat, or sound in a particular direction. |
to capitulate | To surrender or stipulate terms. |
to negate | To deny. |
redoubtable adj | Formidable. |
to singe | To burn slightly or superficially. |
facile adj | Not difficult to do. |
to sacrifice | To make an offering of to deity, especially by presenting on an altar. |
fissure | A crack or crack-like depression. |
solvent adj | Having sufficient funds to pay all debts. |
to nestle | To adjust cozily in snug quarters. |
adjutant adj | Auxiliary. |
to disquiet | To deprive of peace or tranquillity. disregard (v.) |
demonstrator | One who proves in a convincing and conclusive manner. |
enormous adj | Gigantic. |
minority | The smaller in number of two portions into which a number or a group is divided. |
reprisal | Any infliction or act by way of retaliation on an enemy. |
resistance | The exertion of opposite effort or effect. |
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forepeak | The extreme forward part of a ship's hold, under the lowest deck. |
expansion | Increase of amount, size, scope, or the like. |
to encompass | To encircle. |
secondly adv | In the second place in order or succession. |
concurrence | Agreement. |
maharaja | A great Hindu prince. |
agrarian adj | Pertaining to land, especially agricultural land. |
suave adj | Smooth and pleasant in manner. |
planisphere | A polar projection of the heavens on a chart. |
epigram | A pithy phrasing of a shrewd observation. |
lodgment | The act of furnishing with temporary quarters. |
loch | A lake. |
to redress | To set right, as a wrong by compensation or the punishment of the wrong-doer. |
periodicity | The habit or characteristic of recurrence at regular intervals. |
irreparable adj | That can not be rectified or made amends for. |
mawkish adj | Sickening or insipid. |
lithograph | A print made by printing from stone. |
to gyrate | To revolve. |
angular adj | Sharp-cornered. |
to augur | To predict. |
sapiential adj | Possessing wisdom. |
to rectify | To correct. |
irrigant adj | Serving to water lands by artificial means. |
arbor | A tree. |
to incapacitate | To deprive of power, capacity, competency, or qualification. |
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literacy | The state or condition of knowing how to read and write. |
iniquity | Gross wrong or injustice. |
capillary | A minute vessel having walls composed of a single layer of cells. |
obstreperous adj | Boisterous. |
comparison | Examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness. |
irresistible adj | That can not be successfully withstood or opposed. |
alienable adj | Capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands. |
difference | Dissimilarity in any respect. |
acerbity | Sourness, with bitterness and astringency. acetate (n.) |
lough | A lake or loch. |
octave | A note at this interval above or below any other, considered in relation to that other. |
courser | A fleet and spirited horse. |
buttress | Any support or prop. |
ponderous adj | Unusually weighty or forcible. |
foreground | That part of a landscape or picture situated or represented as nearest the spectator. |
influence | Ability to sway the will of another. |
dauntless adj | Fearless. |
loam | A non-coherent mixture of sand and clay. |
self-respect | Rational self-esteem. |
cognizant adj | Taking notice. |
comprehension | Ability to know. |
conversant adj | Thoroughly informed. |
preface | A brief explanation or address to the reader, at the beginning of a book. |
to impend | To be imminent. |
polar adj | Pertaining to the poles of a sphere, especially of the earth. |
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vindicatory adj | Punitive. |
stealth | A concealed manner of acting. |
luminous adj | Giving or radiating light. |
to ravage | To lay waste by pillage, rapine, devouring, or other destructive methods. |
caste | The division of society on artificial grounds. |
to fumigate | To subject to the action of smoke or fumes, especially for disinfection. |
matricide | The killing, especially the murdering, of one's mother. |
to forecast | To predict. |
to supplicate | To beg. |
mantle | A cloak. |
to evolve | To unfold or expand. |
mutation | The act or process of change. |
diphthong | The sound produced by combining two vowels in to a single syllable or running together the sounds. |
to disrobe | To unclothe. |
ordnance | A general name for all kinds of weapons and their appliances used in war. |
debut | A first appearance in society or on the stage. |
mastery | The attainment of superior skill. |
to contravene | To prevent or obstruct the operation of. |
isochronous adj | Relating to or denoting equal intervals of time. |
promoter | A furtherer, forwarder, or encourager. |
inert adj | Inanimate. |
to belie | To misrepresent. |
paramour | One who is unlawfully and immorally a lover or a mistress. |
to vitiate | To contaminate. |
pervious adj | Admitting the entrance or passage of another substance. |
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to refer | To direct or send for information or other purpose. |
to jeopardize | To imperil. |
hypothesis | A proposition taken for granted as a premise from which to reach a conclusion. |
feint | Any sham, pretense, or deceptive movement. |
nucleus | A central point or part about which matter is aggregated. |
feudal adj | Pertaining to the relation of lord and vassal. |
to pacify | To bring into a peaceful state. |
maintenance | That which supports or sustains. |
catastrophe | Any great and sudden misfortune or calamity. |
discussion | Debate. |
tentative adj | Done as an experiment. |
aperture | Hole. |
bursar | A treasurer. |
anesthetic adj | Pertaining to or producing loss of sensation. |
mileage | A distance in miles. |
microscopy | The art of examing objects with the microscope. |
ribald adj | Indulging in or manifesting coarse indecency or obscenity. |
subaquatic adj | Being, formed, or operating under water. |
choral adj | Pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir. |
to converge | To cause to incline and approach nearer together. |
to demonstrate | To prove indubitably. |
hesitant adj | Vacillating. |
insurgence | Uprising. |
ordeal | Anything that severely tests courage, strength, patience, conscience, etc. |
riddance | The act or ridding or delivering from something undesirable. |
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predecessor | An incumbent of a given office previous to another. |
verily adv | In truth. |
medial adj | Of or pertaining to the middle. |
effeminacy | Womanishness. |
viola | A musical instrument somewhat larger than a violin. |
sacrificial adj | Offering or offered as an atonement for sin. |
to adduce | To bring forward or name for consideration. |
prescient adj | Foreknowing. |
unbiased adj | Impartial, as judgment. |
sanguinary adj | Bloody. |
claimant | One who makes a claim or demand, as of right. |
tolerance | Forbearance in judging of the acts or opinions of others. |
drudgery | Hard and constant work in any menial or dull occupation. |
octogenarian adj | A person of between eighty and ninety years. |
frantic adj | Frenzied. |
to evanesce | To vanish gradually. |
memorable adj | Noteworthy. |
habitude | Customary relation or association. |
secession | Voluntary withdrawal from fellowship, especially from political or religious bodies. |
virtu | Rare, curious, or beautiful quality. |
palatial adj | Magnificent. |
dowry | The property which a wife brings to her husband in marriage. |
luminosity | The quality of giving or radiating light. |
to presage | To foretell. |
epizootic adj | Prevailing among animals. |
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to outlive | To continue to exist after. |
offhand adv | Without preparation. |
privilege | A right or immunity not enjoyed by all, or that may be enjoyed only under special conditions. |
to cower | To crouch down tremblingly, as through fear or shame. |
to ramify | To divide or subdivide into branches or subdivisions. |
to desert | To abandon without regard to the welfare of the abandoned |
Antarctic adj | Pertaining to the south pole or the regions near it. |
optics | The science that treats of light and vision, and all that is connected with sight. |
advent | The coming or arrival, as of any important change, event, state, or personage. |
contributor | One who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose. |
to cite | To refer to specifically. |
lifelong adj | Lasting or continuous through life. |
tyranny | Absolute power arbitrarily or unjustly administrated. |
interdict | Authoritative act of prohibition. |
conservative adj | Adhering to the existing order of things. |
to mollify | To soothe. |
trajectory | The path described by a projectile moving under given forces. |
to complement | To make complete. |
wittingly adv | With knowledge and by design. |
auditory adj | Of or pertaining to hearing or the organs or sense of hearing. |
travesty | A grotesque imitation. |
henchman | A servile assistant and subordinate. |
multiplicity | the condition of being manifold or very various. |
semicivilized adj | Half-civilized. |
eureka Greek | I have found it. |
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to simulate | Imitate. |
needy adj | Being in need, want, or poverty. |
to rescind | To make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or a superior authority. |
retinue | The body of persons who attend a person of importance in travel or public appearance. |
philologist | An expert in linguistics. |
vernacular | The language of one's country. |
aurora | A luminous phenomenon in the upper regions of the atmosphere. |
munificent adj | Extraordinarily generous. |
tirade | Harangue. |
outbreak | A sudden and violent breaking forth, as of something that has been pent up or restrained. |
differential adj | Distinctive. |
doleful adj | Melancholy. |
phonic adj | Pertaining to the nature of sound. |
ground | A pavement or floor or any supporting surface on which one may walk. |
creamy adj | Resembling or containing cream. |
studious adj | Having or showing devotion to the acquisition of knowledge. |
percipient | One who or that which perceives. |
rebellious adj | Insubordinate. |
apogee | The climax. |
fundamental adj | Basal. |
to affect | To act upon |
patriarch | The chief of a tribe or race who rules by paternal right. |
to belate | To delay past the proper hour. belay (v.) |
poetic adj | Pertaining to poetry. |
to implicate | To show or prove to be involved in or concerned |
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to transcribe | To write over again (something already written) |
to bestrew | To sprinkle or cover with things strewn. |
constable | An officer whose duty is to maintain the peace. |
outcast | One rejected and despised, especially socially. |
origin | The beginning of that which becomes or is made to be. |
to pique | To excite a slight degree of anger in. |
ludicrous adj | Laughable. |
to ameliorate | To relieve, as from pain or hardship |
inquisition | A court or tribunal for examination and punishment of heretics. |
barometer | An instrument for indicating the atmospheric pressure per unit of surface. |
invaluable adj | Exceedingly precious. |
to inhume | To place in the earth, as a dead body. |
perspicacity | Acuteness or discernment. |
occurrence | A happening. |
benediction | a solemn invocation of the divine blessing. |
moccasin | A foot-covering made of soft leather or buckskin. |
dishonest adj | Untrustworthy. |
nationality | A connection with a particular nation. |
to pommel | To beat with something thick or bulky. |
demented adj | Insane. |
divagation | Digression. |
descendant | One who is descended lineally from another, as a child, grandchild, etc. |
contumacious adj | Rebellious. |
to corrode | To ruin or destroy little by little. |
transmission | The act of sending through or across. |
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to misplace | To put into a wrong place. |
condolence | Expression of sympathy with a person in pain, sorrow, or misfortune. |
to expand | To increase in range or scope. |
tyro | One slightly skilled in or acquainted with any trade or profession. |
to fuse | To unite or blend as by melting together. |
mane | The long hair growing upon and about the neck of certain animals, as the horse and the lion. |
postgraduate adj | Pertaining to studies that are pursued after receiving a degree. |
compunction | Remorseful feeling. |
to perspire | To excrete through the pores of the skin. |
fervent adj | Ardent in feeling. |
to transfer | To convey, remove, or cause to pass from one person or place to another. |
ascendant adj | Dominant. |
to wrangle | To maintain by noisy argument or dispute. |
vogue | The prevalent way or fashion. |
ultramontane adj | Beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps (that is, on their Italian side). |
to depreciate | To lessen the worth of. |
to absolve | To free from sin or its penalties. |
symphony | A harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds. |
discreet adj | Judicious. |
to tranquilize | To soothe. |
judicial adj | Pertaining to the administration of justice. |
rein | A step attached to the bit for controlling a horse or other draft-animal. |
transient | One who or that which is only of temporary existence. |
to vaccinate | To inoculate with vaccine virus or virus of cowpox. |
toleration | A spirit of charitable leniency. |
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to antedate | To assign or affix a date to earlier than the actual one. |
sustenance | Food. |
to interpose | To come between other things or persons. |
adherent adj | Clinging or sticking fast. |
abdomen | In mammals, the visceral cavity between the diaphragm and the pelvic floor; the belly. |
anthology | A collection of extracts from the writings of various authors. |
phonogram | A graphic character symbolizing an articulate sound. |
to reconsider | To review with care, especially with a view to a reversal of previous action. |
boatswain | A subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc. |
pseudonymity | The state or character of using a fictitious name. |
sycophant | A servile flatterer, especially of those in authority or influence. |
invalid | One who is disabled by illness or injury. |
excellence | Possession of eminently or unusually good qualities. |
to sympathize | To share the sentiments or mental states of another. |
external | Anything relating or belonging to the outside. |
to muffle | To deaden the sound of, as by wraps. |
tercentenary adj | Pertaining to a period of 300 years. |
sisterhood | A body of sisters united by some bond of sympathy or by a religious vow. |
to philander | To play at courtship with a woman. |
to precede | To happen first. |
endurance | The ability to suffer pain, distress, hardship, or stress of any kind without succumbing. |
proclamation | Any announcement made in a public manner. |
demonstrable adj | Capable of positive proof. |
sufficiency | An ample or adequate supply. |
to incarcerate | To imprison. |
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waistcoat | A vest. |
intoxicant | Anything that unduly exhilarates or excites. |
to superheat | To heat to excess. |
abrasion | That which is rubbed off. |
cabal | A number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private purpose. |
separatist | A seceder. |
geology | The department of natural science that treats of the constitution and structure of the earth. |
inextensible adj | Of unchangeable length or area. |
infrequence | Rareness. |
pectoral adj | Pertaining to the breast or thorax. |
illusive adj | Deceptive. |
eccentric adj | Peculiar. |
desperate adj | Resorted to in a last extremity, or as if prompted by utter despair. |
monosyllable | A word of one syllable. |
officious adj | Intermeddling with what is not one's concern. |
personal adj | Not general or public. |
protective adj | Sheltering. |
foppery | Dandyism. |
sequence | The order in which a number or persons, things, or events follow one another in space or time. |
huckster | One who retails small wares. |
perfunctory adj | Half-hearted. |
to coincide | To correspond. |
truism | A statement so plainly true as hardly to require statement or proof. |
vulnerable adj | Capable of receiving injuries. |
prototype | A work, original in character, afterward imitated in form or spirit. |
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hiatus | A break or vacancy where something necessary to supply the connection is wanting. |
taxation | A levy, by government, of a fixed contribution. |
derisible adj | Open to ridicule. |
to denounce | To point out or publicly accuse as deserving of punishment, censure, or odium. |
to maintain | To hold or preserve in any particular state or condition. |
proscenium | That part of the stage between the curtain and the orchestra. |
momentum | An impetus. |
missive | A message in writing. |
incentive | That which moves the mind or inflames the passions. |
listless adj | Inattentive. |
mania | Insanity. |
liable adj | Justly or legally responsible. |
impervious adj | Impenetrable. |
comparable adj | Fit to be compared. |
proportionate adj | Being in proportion. |
to seethe | To be violently excited or agitated. |
to intercede | To mediate between persons. |
solder | A fusible alloy used for joining metallic surfaces or margins. |
wherever adv | In or at whatever place. |
to disarm | To deprive of weapons. |
fraudulent adj | Counterfeit. |
liturgy | A ritual. |
reproduction | The process by which an animal or plant gives rise to another of its kind. |
to parallel | To cause to correspond or lie in the same direction and equidistant in all parts. |
to disrupt | To burst or break asunder. |
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deterrent adj | Hindering from action through fear. |
photometry | The art of measuring the intensity of light. |
animosity | Hatred. |
to sibilate | To give a hissing sound to, as in pronouncing the letter s. |
pharmacopoeia | A book containing the formulas and methods of preparation of medicines for the use of druggists. |
scarcity | Insufficiency of supply for needs or ordinary demands. |
monetary adj | Financial. |
subterranean adj | Situated or occurring below the surface of the earth. |
aroma | An agreeable odor. |
trite adj | Made commonplace by frequent repetition. |
serviceable adj | Durable. |
abdominal | Of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen. |
to broach | To mention, for the first time. |
emigrant | One who moves from one place to settle in another. |
to permeate | To pervade. |
forefather | An ancestor. |
eccentricity | Idiosyncrasy. |
to condense | To abridge. |
atomizer | An apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc. |
perjury | A solemn assertion of a falsity. |
eminent adj | High in station, merit, or esteem. |
Pariah | A member of a degraded class; a social outcast. |
heifer | A young cow. |
terminus | The final point or goal. |
constellation | An arbitrary assemblage or group of stars. |
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to dissatisfy | To displease. |
to rejuvenate | To restore to youth. |
valid adj | Founded on truth. |
pyrotechnic adj | Pertaining to fireworks or their manufacture. |
indispensable adj | Necessary or requisite for the purpose. |
magician | A sorcerer. |
nunnery | A convent for nuns. |
boisterous adj | Unchecked merriment or animal spirits. |
neo-Latin | Modernized (Latin.) |
arbiter | One chosen or appointed, by mutual consent of parties in dispute, to decide matters. |
inconsiderable adj | Small in quantity or importance. |
vivisection | The dissection of a living animal. |
comestible adj | Fit to be eaten. |
to superintend | To have the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement. |
lactic adj | Pertaining to milk. |
pedant | A scholar who makes needless and inopportune display of his learning. |
to outweigh | To surpass in importance or excellence. |
to reimburse | To pay back as an equivalent of what has been expended. |
to bestride | To get or sit upon astride, as a horse. |
indulgent adj | Yielding to the desires or humor of oneself or those under one's care. |
bight | A slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line. |
to muddle | To confuse or becloud, especially with or as with drink. |
deity | A god, goddess, or divine person. |
arrival | A coming to stopping-place or destination. |
procedure | A manner or method of acting. |
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sophistry | Reasoning sound in appearance only, especially when designedly deceptive. |
irreverence | The quality showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, especially for sacred things. |
theorist | One given to speculating. |
stringent adj | Rigid. |
to aggress | To make the first attack. |
tricycle | A three-wheeled vehicle. |
miniature adj | Much smaller than reality or that the normal size. |
leaflet | A little leaf or a booklet. |
inefficient adj | Not accomplishing an intended purpose. |
inept adj | Not fit or suitable. |
blithesome adj | Cheerful. |
bombast | Inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects. |
theologian | A professor of divinity. |
incompetent adj | Not having the abilities desired or necessary for any purpose. |
to forebode | To be an omen or warning sign of, especially of evil. |
to deflect | To cause to turn aside or downward. |
to invalidate | To render of no force or effect. |
Quixotic adj | Chivalrous or romantic to a ridiculous or extravagant degree. |
suspicious adj | Inclined to doubt or mistrust. |
misogamy | Hatred of marriage. |
heritage | Birthright. |
futurist | A person of expectant temperament. |
stripling | A mere youth. |
antitoxin | A substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms. |
statecraft | The art of conducting state affairs. |
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nostrum | Any scheme or recipe of a charlatan character. |
aviary | A spacious cage or enclosure in which live birds are kept. |
anachronism | Anything occurring or existing out of its proper time. |
biennial | A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and flowers and fruit the second. |
sedentary adj | Involving or requiring much sitting. |
pellucid adj | Translucent. |
sanguine adj | Having the color of blood. |
observatory | A building designed for systematic astronomical observations. |
solar adj | Pertaining to the sun. |
parricide | The murder of a parent. |
phlegmatic adj | Not easily roused to feeling or action. |
discontinuance | Interruption or intermission. |
overweight | Preponderance. |
donator | One who makes a donation or present. |
disservice | An ill turn. |
preference | An object of favor or choice. |
promissory adj | Expressing an engagement to pay. |
to hoard | To gather and store away for the sake of accumulation. |
monogamy | The habit of pairing, or having but one mate. |
potent adj | Physically powerful. |
profligacy | Shameless viciousness. |
opprobrium | The state of being scornfully reproached or accused of evil. |
frivolity | A trifling act, thought, saying, or practice. |
telephony | The art or process of communicating by telephone. |
unutterable adj | Inexpressible. |
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to obvert | To turn the front or principal side of (a thing) toward any person or object. |
sensation | A condition of mind resulting from spiritual or inherent feeling. |
to variegate | To mark with different shades or colors. |
lyre | One of the most ancient of stringed instruments of the harp class. |
emphatic adj | Spoken with any special impressiveness laid upon an act, word, or set of words. |
reconcilable adj | Capable of being adjusted or harmonized. |
indigestible adj | Not digestible, or difficult to digest. |
to deify | To regard or worship as a god. |
aqueous adj | Of, pertaining to, or containing water. |
reflection | The throwing off or back of light, heat, sound, or any form of energy that travels in waves. |
affectation | A studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt. |
generic adj | Noting a genus or kind; opposed to specific. |
to waive | To relinquish, especially temporarily, as a right or claim. |
to terrify | To fill with extreme fear. |
repugnance | Thorough dislike. |
asperity | Harshness or roughness of temper. |
dismissal | Displacement by authority from an office or an employment. |
afterthought | A thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time. |
nautical adj | Pertaining to ships, seamen, or navigation. |
hydrodynamics | The branch of mechanics that treats of the dynamics of fluids. |
antiseptic | Anything that destroys or restrains the growth of putrefactive micro-organisms. |
to retaliate | To repay evil with a similar evil. |
perspective | The relative importance of facts or matters from any special point of view. |
to coagulate | To change into a clot or a jelly, as by heat, by chemical action, or by a ferment. |
prelude | An introductory or opening performance. |
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diffident adj | Affected or possessed with self-distrust. |
refusal | Denial of what is asked. |
dimly adv | Obscurely. |
moratorium | An emergency legislation authorizing a government suspend some action temporarily. |
recrudescent adj | Becoming raw or sore again. |
to irrigate | To water, as land, by ditches or other artificial means. |
intermission | A recess. |
to disfigure | To impair or injure the beauty, symmetry, or appearance of. |
misdeed | A wrong or improper act. |
itinerary | A detailed account or diary of a journey. |
exempt adj | Free, clear, or released, as from some liability, or restriction affecting others. |
abyss | Bottomless gulf. |
to succumb | To cease to resist. |
auricular adj | Of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing. |
poesy | Poetry. |
to wreak | To inflict, as a revenge or punishment. |
decisive adj | Conclusive. |
to prate | To talk about vainly or foolishly. |
reparation | The act of making amends, as for an injury, loss, or wrong. |
noisome adj | Very offensive, particularly to the sense of smell. |
to annex | To add or affix at the end. |
perquisite | Any profit from service beyond the amount fixed as salary or wages. |
artifice | Trickery. |
secondary adj | Less important or effective than that which is primary. |
to advert | To refer incidentally. |
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negligible adj | Transferable by assignment, endorsement, or delivery. |
reckless adj | Foolishly headless of danger. |
vociferous adj | Making a loud outcry. |
donee | A person to whom a donation is made. |
supposition | Conjecture. |
scholarly adj | Characteristic of an erudite person. |
distillation | Separation of the more volatile parts of a substance from those less volatile. |
Darwinism | The doctrine that natural selection has been the prime cause of evolution of higher forms. |
garrulous adj | Given to constant trivial talking. |
homogeneity | Congruity of the members or elements or parts. |
calculus | A concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness. |
Elizabethan adj | Relating to Elizabeth, queen of England, or to her era. |
impudence | Insolent disrespect. |
decent adj | Characterized by propriety of conduct, speech, manners, or dress. |
transferrer | One who or that which conveys from one person or place to another. |
domicile | The place where one lives. |
masquerade | A social party composed of persons masked and costumed so as to be disguised. |
legislative adj | That makes or enacts laws. |
soothsayer | One who claims to have supernatural insight or foresight. |
retrogression | A going or moving backward or in a reverse direction. |
to quadruple | To multiply by four. |
reluctance | Unwillingness. |
impersonal adj | Not relating to a particular person or thing. |
to commemorate | To serve as a remembrance of. |
to degrade | To take away honors or position from. |
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success | A favorable or prosperous course or termination of anything attempted. |
balsam | A medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing. |
callosity | The state of being hard and insensible. |
discernible adj | Perceivable. |
obstinacy | Stubborn adherence to opinion, arising from conceit or the desire to have one's own way. |
metric adj | Relating to measurement. |
decapod adj | Ten-footed or ten-armed. |
to admonish | To warn of a fault. |
to retrieve | To recover something by searching. |
fraudulence | Deceitfulness. |
to inebriate | To intoxicate. |
mandatory adj | Expressive of positive command, as distinguished from merely directory. |
up-keep | Maintenance. |
vignette | A picture having a background or that is shaded off gradually. |
to enkindle | To set on fire. |
ampersand | The character &; and. |
confectionery | The candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy. |
maidenhood | Virginity. |
credulous adj | Easily deceived. |
extortion | The practice of obtaining by violence or compulsion. |
metaphor | A figure of speech in which one object is likened to another, by speaking as if the other. |
comical adj | Funny. |
impeccable adj | Blameless. |
aspirant | One who seeks earnestly, as for advancement, honors, place. |
bountiful adj | Showing abundance. |
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solace | Comfort in grief, trouble, or calamity. |
upheaval | Overthrow or violent disturbance of established order or condition. |
excerpt | An extract or selection from written or printed matter. |
pious adj | Religious. |
to enfranchise | To endow with a privilege, especially with the right to vote. |
to peddle | To go about with a small stock of goods to sell. |
to marvel | To be astonished and perplexed because of (something). |
antiphony | An anthem or other composition sung responsively. |
to oscillate | To swing back and forth. |
repertory | A place where things are stored or gathered together. |
receivable adj | Capable of being or fit to be received - often money. |
guess | Surmise. |
illogical adj | Contrary to the rules of sound thought. |
to recreate | To refresh after labor. |
urban adj | Of, or pertaining to, or like a city. |
navel | The depression on the abdomen where the umbilical cord of the fetus was attached. |
precaution | A provision made in advance for some possible emergency or danger. |
benign adj | Good and kind of heart. |
quarrelsome adj | Irascible. |
intelligence | Capacity to know or understand. |
to predict | To foretell. |
barring prep | Apart from. |
opponent | One who supports the opposite side in a debate, discussion, struggle, or sport. |
to decamp | To leave suddenly or unexpectedly. |
magnet | A body possessing that peculiar form of polarity found in nature in the lodestone. |
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to extol | To praise in the highest terms. |
bibliography | A list of the words of an author, or the literature bearing on a particular subject. |
severely adv | Extremely. |
to disown | To refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as connected with oneself. |
impassable adj | That can not be passed through or over. |
oratorio | A composition for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra, generally taken from the Scriptures. |
maniac | a person raving with madness. |
insentient adj | Lacking the power of feeling or perceiving. |
conservatism | Tendency to adhere to the existing order of things. |
butte | A conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated. |
inquisitor | One who makes an investigation. |
polyglot adj | Speaking several tongues. |
to patter | To mumble something over and over. |
cudgel | A short thick stick used as a club. |
illegitimate adj | Unlawfully begotten. |
effusion | an outpouring. |
to lacerate | To tear rudely or raggedly. |
allusion | An indirect and incidental reference to something without definite mention of it. |
concurrent adj | Occurring or acting together. |
to elucidate | To bring out more clearly the facts concerning. |
to constrict | To bind. |
foppish adj | Characteristic of one who is unduly devoted to dress and the niceties of manners. |
material | That of which anything is composed or may be constructed. |
to bethink | To remind oneself. |
mien | The external appearance or manner of a person. |
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capacious adj | Roomy. |
cosmography | The science that describes the universe, including astronomy, geography, and geology. |
imitation | That which is made as a likeness or copy. |
sensorium | The sensory apparatus. |
seer | A prophet. |
apathy | Insensibility to emotion or passionate feeling. |
later adv | At a subsequent time. |
subtle adj | Discriminating. |
corollary | A proposition following so obviously from another that it requires little demonstration. |
circumference | The boundary-line of a circle. |
to forfeit | To lose possession of through failure to fulfill some obligation. |
irreverent adj | Showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, especially for sacred things. |
alacrity | Cheerful willingness. |
brusque adj | Somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech. |
proficient adj | Possessing ample and ready knowledge or of skill in any art, science, or industry. |
to correlate | To put in some relation of connection or correspondence. |
ogre | A demon or monster that was supposed to devour human beings. |
paly adj | Lacking color or brilliancy. |
lethargy | Prolonged sluggishness of body or mind. |
avarice | Passion for getting and keeping riches. |
pincers | An instrument having two lever-handles and two jaws working on a pivot. |
to enrapture | To delight extravagantly or intensely. |
hypnosis | An artificial trance-sleep. |
inkling | A hint. |
transposition | The act of reversing the order or changing the place of. |
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bale | A large package prepared for transportation or storage. |
conscience | The faculty in man by which he distinguishes between right and wrong in character and conduct. |
to disburse | To pay out or expend, as money from a fund. discard (v.) |
usurious adj | Taking unlawful or exorbitant interest on money loaned. |
recitation | The act of reciting or repeating, especially in public and from memory. |
manifesto | A public declaration, making announcement, explanation or defense of intentions, or motives. |
lacteal adj | Milky. |
nonchalance | A state of mind indicating lack of interest. |
to overrun | To infest or ravage. |
albino | A person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris. |
conflagration | A great fire, as of many buildings, a forest, or the like. |
to undeceive | To free from deception, as by apprising of the real state of affairs. |
liberalism | Opposition to conservatism. |
to evade | To avoid by artifice. |
trait | A distinguishing feature or quality. |
incoherence | Want of connection, or agreement, as of parts or ideas in thought, speech, etc. |
to obligate | To hold to the fulfillment of duty. |
insecure adj | Not assured of safety. |
jocular adj | Inclined to joke. |
consignor | One who entrusts. |
biology | The science of life or living organisms. |
semicircle | A half-circle. |
fungus | A plant destitute of chlorophyll, as a mushroom. |
to forfend | To ward off. |
canon | Any rule or law. |
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oblivion | The state of having passed out of the memory or of being utterly forgotten. |
merciless adj | Cruel. |
monologue | A story or drama told or performed by one person. |
skeptic | One who doubts any statements. |
lieu | Stead. |
rivulet | A small stream or brook. |
head first adv | Precipitately, as in diving. |
glorious adj | Of excellence and splendor. |
latency | The state of being dormant. |
to underrate | To undervalue. |
hydraulic adj | Involving the moving of water, of the force exerted by water in motion. |
perfectible adj | Capable of being made perfect. |
diabolic adj | Characteristic of the devil. |
verbose adj | Wordy. |
masonry | The art or work of constructing, as buildings, walls, etc., with regularly arranged stones. |
manliness | The qualities characteristic of a true man, as bravery, resolution, etc. |
to usurp | To take possession of by force. |
to dramatize | To relate or represent in a dramatic or theatrical manner. |
despondent adj | Disheartened. |
to upturn | To throw into confusion. |
to cipher | To calculate arithmetically. |
auricle | One of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins. |
anticlimax | A gradual or sudden decrease in the importance or impressiveness of what is said. |
abscess | A Collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body. |
untimely adj | Unseasonable. |
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profiteer | One who profits. |
panic | A sudden, unreasonable, overpowering fear. |
coercion | Forcible constraint or restraint, moral or physical. |
abidance | An abiding. |
to annotate | To make explanatory or critical notes on or upon. |
ingenuous adj | Candid, frank, or open in character or quality. |
revelation | A disclosing, discovering, or making known of what was before secret, private, or unknown. |
indiscernible adj | Not perceptible. |
to appertain | To belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation. |
epicycle | A circle that rolls upon the external or internal circumference of another circle. |
crevasse | A deep crack or fissure in the ice of a glacier. |
necessary adj | Indispensably requisite or absolutely needed to accomplish a desired result. |
braggart | A vain boaster. |
edible adj | Suitable to be eaten. |
opulent adj | Wealthy. |
grievance | That which oppresses, injures, or causes grief and at the same time a sense of wrong. |
virulent adj | Exceedingly noxious or deleterious. |
plenipotentiary | A person fully empowered to transact any business. |
sepulcher | A burial-place. |
corpuscle | A minute particle of matter. |
negligent adj | Apt to omit what ought to be done. |
frigidarium | A room kept at a low temperature for preserving fruits, meat, etc. |
divulgence | A divulging. |
denizen | Inhabitant. |
egotism | Self-conceit. |
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operative adj | Active. |
anatomy | That branch of morphology which treats of the structure of organisms. |
protocol | A declaration or memorandum of agreement less solemn and formal than a treaty. |
inscrutable adj | Impenetrably mysterious or profound. |
intricacy | Perplexity. |
lattice | Openwork of metal or wood, formed by crossing or interlacing strips or bars. |
chivalry | The knightly system of feudal times with its code, usages and practices. |
lyric adj | Fitted for expression in song. |
abduction | A carrying away of a person against his will, or illegally. |
antipodes | A place or region on the opposite side of the earth. |
depreciation | A lowering in value or an underrating in worth. |
brigadier | General officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general. |
death's-head | A human skull as a symbol of death. |
thesis | An essay or treatise on a particular subject. |
psychiatry | The branch of medicine that relates to mental disease. |
to enshrine | To keep sacred. |
to betroth | To engage to marry. |
kiloliter | One thousand liters. |
antenatal adj | Occurring or existing before birth. |
to meliorate | To make better or improve, as in quality or social or physical condition. |
remonstrance | Reproof. |
overdose | An excessive dose, usually so large a dose of a medicine that its effect is toxic. |
malevolent adj | Wishing evil to others. |
to animadvert | To pass criticism or censure. |
polycracy | The rule of many. |
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litigious adj | Quarrelsome. |
exit | A way or passage out. |
impertinence | Rudeness. |
foible | A personal weakness or failing. |
nugatory adj | Having no power or force. |
antiphon | A response or alteration of responses, generally musical. |
morphology | the science of organic forms. |
misanthropy | Hatred of mankind. |
grief | Sorrow. |
creed | A formal summary of fundamental points of religious belief. |
Omnipotent adj | Possessed of unlimited and universal power. |
aye adv | An expression of assent. |
inaudible adj | That can not be heard. |
diplomatic adj | Characterized by special tact in negotiations. |
intimacy | Close or confidential friendship. |
to separate | To take apart. |
pedigree | One's line of ancestors. |
unwise adj | Foolish. |
rhetoric | The art of discourse. |
exorbitant adj | Going beyond usual and proper limits. |
bronchitis | Inflammation of the bronchial tubes. |
to teem | To be full to overflowing. |
anthropology | The science of man in general. |
inexpedient adj | Unadvisable. |
egoism | The theory that places man's chief good in the completeness of self. |
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furlough | A temporary absence of a soldier or sailor by permission of the commanding officer. |
possible adj | Being not beyond the reach of power natural, moral, or supernatural. |
to sear | To burn on the surface. |
massive adj | Of considerable bulk and weight. |
narrator | One who narrates anything. |
maxim | A principle accepted as true and acted on as a rule or guide. |
evasion | Escape. |
wholly adv | Completely. |
to maltreat | To treat ill, unkindly, roughly, or abusively. |
pusilanimous adj | Without spirit or bravery. |
to relinquish | To give up using or having. |
to abrade | To wear away the surface or some part of by friction. |
hillock | A small hill or mound. |
baton | An official staff borne either as a weapon or as an emblem of authority or privilege. |
aboveboard adj / adv | Without concealment, fraud, or trickery. |
to elude | To evade the search or pursuit of by dexterity or artifice. |
immersion | The act of plunging or dipping entirely under water or another fluid. |
bureau | A chest of drawers for clothing, etc. |
codicil | A supplement adding to, revoking, or explaining in the body of a will. |
quietus | A silencing, suppressing, or ending. |
to undulate | To move like a wave or in waves. |
jocose adj | Done or made in jest. |
Artesian well | A very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure |
contingent adj | Not predictable. |
pertinent adj | Relevant. |
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consonance | The state or quality of being in accord with. |
amateur adj | Practicing an art or occupation for the love of it, but not as a profession. |
tactics | Any maneuvering or adroit management for effecting an object. |
pneumatic adj | Pertaining to or consisting of air or gas. |
to ascribe | To assign as a quality or attribute. |
to efface | To obliterate. |
to manumit | To set free from bondage. |
reprehension | Expression of blame. |
disinterested adj | Impartial. |
bomb | A hollow projectile containing an explosive material. |
to accept | To take when offered. |
to confide | To reveal in trust or confidence. |
raptorial adj | Seizing and devouring living prey. |
to reproduce | To make a copy of. |
priggish adj | Conceited. |
transitory adj | Existing for a short time only. |
to decipher | To find out the true words or meaning of, as something hardly legible. |
epitaph | An inscription on a tomb or monument in honor or in memory of the dead. |
restitution | Restoration of anything to the one to whom it properly belongs. |
thermoelectricity | Electricity generated by differences of temperature, |
gastric adj | Of, pertaining to, or near the stomach. |
opaque adj | Impervious to light. |
tutelage | The act of training or the state of being under instruction. |
psychotherapy | The treatment of mental disease. |
to narrate | To tell a story. |
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parsimonious adj | Unduly sparing in the use or expenditure of money. |
jurisprudence | The science of rights in accordance with positive law. |
disfavor | Disregard. |
purport | Intent. |
epilogue | The close of a narrative or dramatic poem. |
commitment | The act or process of entrusting or consigning for safe-keeping. |
virulence | Extreme poisonousness. |
to disagree | To be opposite in opinion. |
avalanche | The fall or sliding of a mass of snow or ice down a mountain-slope, often bearing with it rock. |
anthropomorphous adj | Having or resembling human form. |
canary adj | Of a bright but delicate yellow. |
to improvise | To do anything extemporaneously or offhand. |
finery | That which is used to decorate the person or dress. |
coronation | The act or ceremony of crowning a monarch. |
preeminence | Special eminence. |
integrity | Uprightness of character and soundness of moral principle. |
consanguineous adj | Descended from the same parent or ancestor. |
to gamble | To risk money or other possession on an event, chance, or contingency. |
jargon | Confused, unintelligible speech or highly technical speech. |
expulsion | Forcible ejection. |
to alter | To make change in. |
heedless adj | Thoughtless. |
suffrage | The right or privilege of voting. |
immeasurable adj | Indefinitely extensive. |
orthopedic adj | Relating to the correcting or preventing of deformity |
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medallion | A large medal. |
desperado | One without regard for law or life. |
assignee | One who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests. |
apology | A disclaimer of intentional error or offense. |
ligneous adj | Having the texture of appearance of wood. |
ministry | A service. |
disinfectant | A substance used to destroy the germs of infectious diseases. |
pallid adj | Of a pale or wan appearance. |
pervasive adj | Thoroughly penetrating or permeating. |
aeronautics | the art or practice of flying aircraft |
urgency | The pressure of necessity. |
witchcraft | Sorcery. |
lune | The moon. |
to frizzle | To cause to crinkle or curl, as the hair. |
to defalcate | To cut off or take away, as a part of something. |
ceremonial adj | Characterized by outward form or ceremony. |
triennial adj | Taking place every third year. |
commentary | A series of illustrative or explanatory notes on any important work. |
peevish adj | Petulant. |
dolorous adj | Expressing or causing sorrow or pain. |
perusal | The act of reading carefully or thoughtfully. |
extemporaneous adj | Done or made without much or any preparation. |
arboreal adj | Of or pertaining to a tree or trees. |
beatitude | Any state of great happiness. |
noxious adj | Hurtful. |
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abhorrence | The act of detesting extremely. |
to ache | To be in pain or distress. |
forethought | Premeditation. |
to recure | To cure again. |
homologous adj | Identical in nature, make-up, or relation. |
gambol | Playful leaping or frisking. |
to absorb | To drink in or suck up, as a sponge absorbs water. |
thermal adj | Of or pertaining to heat. |
upcast | A throwing upward. |
to seclude | To place, keep, or withdraw from the companionship of others. |
coercive adj | Serving or tending to force. |
apprehensible adj | Capable of being conceived. |
Sybarite | A luxurious person. |
investigator | One who investigates. |
to specialize | To assume an individual or specific character, or adopt a singular or special course. |
extempore adv | Without studied or special preparation. |
quibble | An utterly trivial distinction or objection. |
contemporary adj | Living or existing at the same time. |
to disenfranchise | To deprive of any right privilege or power |
pluperfect adj | Expressing past time or action prior to some other past time or action. |
dominance | Ascendancy. |
visual adj | Perceptible by sight. |
polemics | The art of controversy or disputation. |
knighthood | Chivalry. |
variation | Modification. |
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to stimulate | To rouse to activity or to quickened action. |
unavoidable adj | Inevitable. |
felony | One of the highest class of offenses, and punishable with death or imprisonment. |
to foresee | To discern beforehand. |
conjugation | The state or condition of being joined together. |
sarcasm | Cutting and reproachful language. |
tremendous adj | Awe-inspiring. |
archetype | A prototype. |
composure | Calmness. |
accomplice | An associate in wrong-doing. |
mythology | The whole body of legends cherished by a race concerning gods and heroes. |
predatory adj | Prone to pillaging. |
to confer | To bestow. |
freshness | The state, quality, or degree of being fresh. |
intestate adj | Not having made a valid will. |
stigma | A mark of infamy or token of disgrace attaching to a person as the result of evil-doing. |
to necessitate | To render indispensable. |
administrator | One who manages affairs of any kind. |
spontaneous adj | Arising from inherent qualities or tendencies without external efficient cause. |
utmost | The greatest possible extent. |
to engrave | To cut or carve in or upon some surface. |
archaeology | The branch of anthropology concerned with the systematic investigation of the relics of man. |
to defray | To make payment for. |
cartridge | A charge for a firearm, or for blasting. |
grotesque adj | Incongruously composed or ill-proportioned. |
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rotary adj | Turning around its axis, like a wheel, or so constructed as to turn thus. |
accompanist | One who or that which accompanies. |
staid adj | Of a steady and sober character. |
to enthrall | To bring or hold under any overmastering influence. |
manor | The landed estate of a lord or nobleman. |
submission | A yielding to the power or authority of another. |
to abridge | To make shorter in words, keeping the essential features, leaning out minor particles. |
deciduous adj | Falling off at maturity as petals after flowering, fruit when ripe, etc. |
distrainor | One who subjects a person to distress. |
to perform | To accomplish. |
beau | An escort or lover. |
stanchion | A vertical bar, or a pair of bars, used to confine cattle in a stall. |
benefactor | A doer of kindly and charitable acts. |
to derive | To deduce, as from a premise. |
prediction | A prophecy. |
corps | A number or body of persons in some way associated or acting together. |
piecemeal adv | Gradually. |
to digress | To turn aside from the main subject and for a time dwell on some incidental matter. |
network | Anything that presents a system of cross- lines. |
disputation | Verbal controversy. |
gossamer adj | Flimsy. |
resistless adj | Powerless. |
annual adj | Occurring every year. |
delusion | Mistaken conviction, especially when more or less enduring. |
prescriptible adj | Derived from authoritative direction. |
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rapid adj | Having great speed. |
pugnacious adj | Quarrelsome. |
to embroil | To involve in dissension or strife. |
olfactory adj | of or pertaining to the sense of smell. |
to disclaim | To disavow any claim to, connection with, or responsibility to. |
to procrastinate | To put off till tomorrow or till a future time. |
forbearance | Patient endurance or toleration of offenses. |
to repudiate | To refuse to have anything to do with. |
baize | A single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc. |
sonorous adj | Resonant. |
vulgarity | Lack of refinement in conduct or speech. |
account | A record or statement of receipts and expenditures, or of business transactions. |
tyrannical adj | Despotic. |
unconscionable adj | Ridiculously or unjustly excessive. |
to acquire | To get as one's own. |
sanctity | Holiness. |
cosmology | The general science of the universe. |
benevolence | Any act of kindness or well-doing. |
legible adj | That may be read with ease. |
to inject | To introduce, as a fluid, by injection. |
boorish adj | Rude. |
Canaanite | A member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of Canaan, or western Palestine. |
inhuman adj | Savage. |
to superadd | To add in addition to what has been added. |
dishabille | Undress or negligent attire. |
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dastard | A base coward. |
ineffable adj | Unutterable. |
inflammation | A morbid process in some part of the body characterized by heat, swelling, and pain. |
fluctuation | Frequent irregular change back and forth from one state or degree to another. |
apothecary | One who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions. |
to introspect | To look into. |
credence | Belief. |
lowly adv | Rudely. |
eloquent adj | Having the ability to express emotion or feeling in lofty and impassioned speech. |
regnant adj | Exercising royal authority in one's own right. |
exigency | A critical period or condition. |
exemplar | A model, pattern, or original to be copied or imitated. |
nausea | An affection of the stomach producing dizziness and usually an impulse to vomit |
flippant adj | Having a light, pert, trifling disposition. |
divinity | The quality or character of being godlike. |
metropolitan adj | Pertaining to a chief city. |
territorial adj | Pertaining to the domain over which a sovereign state exercises jurisdiction. |
linguistics | The science of languages, or of the origin, history, and significance of words. |
impetus | Any impulse or incentive. |
opportunity | Favorable or advantageous chance or opening. |
cosmogony | A doctrine of creation or of the origin of the universe. |
testimonial | A formal token of regard, often presented in public. |
resumption | The act of taking back, or taking again. |
luminescent adj | Showing increase of light. |
philology | The study of language in connection with history and literature. |
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sentience | Capacity for sensation or sense-perception. |
expense | The laying out or expending or money or other resources, as time or strength. |
to savor | To perceive by taste or smell. |
broadcast adj | Disseminated far and wide. |
immovable adj | Steadfast. |
to tarnish | To lessen or destroy the luster of in any way. |
to wean | To transfer (the young) from dependence on mother's milk to another form of nourishment. |
to confront | To encounter, as difficulties or obstacles. |
laudable adj | Praiseworthy. |
audacious adj | Fearless. |
spurious adj | Not genuine. |
desultory adj | Not connected with what precedes. |
to assent | To express agreement with a statement or matter of opinion. |
juridical adj | Assumed by law to exist. |
misty adj | Lacking clearness |
Calvinism | The system of doctrine taught by John Calvin. |
conveyance | That by which anything is transported. |
to endue | To endow with some quality, gift, or grace, usually spiritual. |
dogmatic adj | Making statements without argument or evidence. |
profligate adj | Abandoned to vice. |
to attest | To certify as accurate, genuine, or true. |
cynicism | Contempt for the opinions of others and of what others value. |
altruist | One who advocates or practices altruism. |
to misbehave | To behave ill. |
appellation | The name or title by which a particular person, class, or thing is called. |
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inchmeal adv | Piecemeal. |
biped | An animal having two feet. |
myth | A fictitious narrative presented as historical, but without any basis of fact. |
to suppress | To prevent from being disclosed or punished. |
to preexist | To exist at a period or in a state earlier than something else. |
afoot adv | In progress. |
incompatible adj | Discordant. |
to meander | To wind and turn while proceeding in a course. |
monolith | Any structure or sculpture in stone formed of a single piece. |
modification | A change. |
mentor | A wise and faithful teacher, guide, and friend. |
efflorescence | The state of being flowery, or a flowery appearance. |
papacy | The official head of the Roman Catholic Church. |
to isolate | To separate from others of its kind. |
protagonist | A leader in any enterprise or contest. |
termagant adj | Violently abusive and quarrelsome. |
nebula | A gaseous body of unorganized stellar substance. |
to whet | To make more keen or eager. |
vortex | A mass of rotating or whirling fluid, especially when sucked spirally toward the center. |
Americanism | A peculiar sense in which an English word or phrase is used in the United States. |
orthopedist | One who practices the correcting or preventing of deformity |
benison | Blessing. |
acquittal | A discharge from accusation by judicial action. |
loiterer | One who consumes time idly. |
actionable adj | Affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words. |
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hemorrhoids | pl. Tumors composed of enlarged and thickened blood-vessels, at the lower end of the rectum. |
grimace | A distortion of the features, occasioned by some feeling of pain, disgust, etc. |
mealy-mouthed adj | Afraid to express facts or opinions plainly. |
mendacious adj | Untrue. |
racy adj | Exciting or exhilarating to the mind. |
tremulous adj | Characterized by quivering or unsteadiness. |
precise adj | Exact. |
irrepressible adj | That can not be restrained or kept down. |
prolific adj | Producing offspring or fruit. |
to protrude | To push out or thrust forth. |
deposition | Testimony legally taken on interrogatories and reduced to writing, for use as evidence in court. |
turpitude | Depravity. |
tenure | The term during which a thing is held. |
effluvium | A noxious or ill-smelling exhalation from decaying or putrefying matter. |
to beatify | To make supremely happy. |
to portend | To indicate as being about to happen, especially by previous signs. |
fluent adj | Having a ready or easy flow of words or ideas. |
synopsis | A syllabus or summary. |
to perpetuate | To preserve from extinction or oblivion. |
incombustible adj | That can not be burned. |
brigade | A body of troops consisting of two or more regiments. |
sirocco | hot winds from Africa. |
conscientious adj | Governed by moral standard. |
deformity | A disfigurement. |
to underwrite | To issue or be party to the issue of a policy of insurance. |
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forcible adj | Violent. |
repugnant adj | Offensive to taste and feeling. |
discrepant adj | Opposite. |
to allay | To calm the violence or reduce the intensity of; mitigate. |
scoundrel | A man without principle. |
mediocre adj | Ordinary. |
theism | Belief in God. |
fanatic | A religious zealot. |
truculence | Ferocity. |
plummet | A piece of lead for making soundings, adjusting walls to the vertical. |
naval adj | Pertaining to ships. |
pleasurable adj | Affording gratification. |
to baffle | To foil or frustrate. |
pomposity | The quality of being marked by an assumed stateliness and impressiveness of manner. |
to fondle | To handle tenderly and lovingly. |
querulous adj | Habitually complaining. |
decagram | A weight of 10 grams. |
bibliophile | One who loves books. |
sequacious adj | Ready to be led. |
unlawful adj | Illegal. |
generosity | A disposition to give liberally or to bestow favors heartily. |
inverse adj | Contrary in tendency or direction. |
to agitate | To move or excite (the feelings or thoughts). |
terse adj | Pithy. |
bulbous adj | Of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb. |
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probation | Any proceeding designed to ascertain or test character, qualification, or the like. |
indiscreet adj | Lacking wise judgment. |
impregnable adj | That can not be taken by assault. |
to undervalue | To underestimate. |
insufficient adj | Inadequate for some need, purpose, or use. |
inherence | The state of being permanently existing in something. |
colleague | An associate in professional employment. |
drachma | A modern and an ancient Greek coin. |
to blaspheme | To indulge in profane oaths. |
gynecology | The science that treats of the functions and diseases peculiar to women. |
peerage | The nobility. |
to orate | To deliver an elaborate or formal public speech. |
suppression | A forcible putting or keeping down. |
repressible adj | Able to be kept under restraint or control. |
reversion | A return to or toward some former state or condition. |
to overshadow | To cast into the shade or render insignificant by comparison. |
energetic adj | Working vigorously. |
redemption | The recovery of what is mortgaged or pledged, by paying the debt. |
fiducial adj | Indicative of faith or trust. |
rendezvous | A prearranged place of meeting. |
to deliquesce | To dissolve gradually and become liquid by absorption of moisture from the air. |
metronome | An instrument for indicating and marking exact time in music. |
to altercate | To contend angrily or zealously in words. |
congenial adj | Having kindred character or tastes. |
fallacious adj | Illogical. |
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to curtail | To cut off or cut short. |
amatory adj | Designed to excite love. |
to discolor | To stain. |
fernery | A place in which ferns are grown. |
vainglory | Excessive, pretentious, and demonstrative vanity. |
herbarium | A collection of dried plants scientifically arranged for study. |
tractable adj | Easily led or controlled. |
to harass | To trouble with importunities, cares, or annoyances. |
juror | One who serves on a jury or is sworn in for jury duty in a court of justice. |
dominant adj | Conspicuously prominent. |
mordant adj | Biting. |
to percolate | To filter. |
to prefix | To attach at the beginning. |
nasal adj | Pertaining to the nose. |
to immigrate | To come into a country or region from a former habitat. |
altitude | Vertical distance or elevation above any point or base-level, as the sea. |
prim adj | Stiffly proper. |
evangelist | A preacher who goes from place to place holding services. |
lingua | The tongue. |
scruple | Doubt or uncertainty regarding a question of moral right or duty. |
diffidence | Self-distrust. |
to badger | To pester. |
to repute | To hold in general opinion. |
to conciliate | To obtain the friendship of. |
beneficiary | One who is lawfully entitled to the profits and proceeds of an estate or property. |
Abschnitt 91 bis 100: Abschnitt 100 | (25 Vokabeln) |
to revert | To return, or turn or look back, as toward a former position or the like. |
knight errant | One of the wandering knights who in the middle ages went forth in search of adventure. |
to exceed | To go beyond, as in measure, quality, value, action, power, skill, etc. |
cereal adj | Pertaining to edible grain or farinaceous seeds. |
predominance | Ascendancy or preponderance. |
virtuoso | A master in the technique of some particular fine art. |
liege adj | Sovereign. |
regality | Royalty. |
malediction | The calling down of a curse or curses. |
grantee | The person to whom property is transferred by deed. |
nominee | One who receives a nomination. |
dramatist | One who writes plays. |
austere adj | Severely simple; unadorned. |
to surmise | To conjecture. |
similitude | Similarity. |
belle | A woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc. |
inimical adj | Adverse. |
to begrudge | To envy one of the possession of. |
rapacious adj | Disposed to seize by violence or by unlawful or greedy methods. |
excitation | Intensified emotion or action. |
morale | A state of mind with reference to confidence, courage, zeal, and the like. |
nowhere adv | In no place or state. |
demagogue | An unprincipled politician. |
venom | The poisonous fluid that certain animals secrete. |
to preponderate | To exceed in influence or power. |
Abschnitt 101 bis 110: Abschnitt 101 | (25 Vokabeln) |
corporeal adj | Of a material nature; physical. |
to fortify | To provide with defensive works. |
impatience | Unwillingness to brook delays or wait the natural course of things. |
stagy adj | Having a theatrical manner. |
cygnet | A young swan. |
academy | Any institution where the higher branches of learning are taught. |
sparse adj | Thinly diffused. |
pyromania | An insane propensity to set things on fire. |
satire | The employment of sarcasm, irony, or keenness of wit in ridiculing vices. |
fallow | Land broken up and left to become mellow or to rest. |
lien | A legal claim or hold on property, as security for a debt or charge. |
perigee | The point in the orbit of the moon when it is nearest the earth. |
hosiery | A stocking. |
to entangle | To involve in difficulties, confusion, or complications. |
ingenious adj | Evincing skill, originality, or cleverness, as in contrivance or arrangement. |
ascent | A rising, soaring, or climbing. |
banal adj | Commonplace. |
antique adj | Pertaining to ancient times. |
workmanlike adj | Like or befitting a skilled workman. |
sophistical adj | Fallacious. |
disbeliever | One who refuses to believe. |
fetus | The young in the womb or in the egg. |
translator | An interpreter. |
proficiency | An advanced state of acquirement, as in some knowledge, art, or science. |
complaisant adj | Agreeable. |
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technology | The knowledge relating to industries and manufactures. |
guileless adj | Frank. |
kerchief | A square of linen, silk, or other material, used as a covering for the head or neck. |
timorous adj | Lacking courage. |
extensive adj | Extended widely in space, time, or scope. |
triplicate adj | Composed of or pertaining to three related things or parts. |
instigator | One who incites to evil. |
vestige | A visible trace, mark, or impression, of something absent, lost, or gone. |
to dwindle | To diminish or become less. |
to beset | To attack on all sides. |
modernity | The state or character of being modern. |
corrosion | Gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration. |
panacea | A remedy or medicine proposed for or professing to cure all diseases. |
vitality | The state or quality of being necessary to existence or continuance. |
sebaceous adj | Pertaining to or appearing like fat. |
virile adj | Masculine. |
sphericity | The state or condition of being a sphere. |
Catholicism | The system, doctrine, and practice of the Roman Catholic Church. |
carcass | The dead body of an animal. |
metamorphosis | A passing from one form or shape into another. |
midsummer | The middle of the summer. |
scurrilous adj | Grossly indecent or vulgar. |
propaganda | Any institution or systematic scheme for propagating a doctrine or system. |
corroboration | Confirmation. |
visage | The face, countenence, or look of a person. |
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inchoate adj | Incipient. |
repentance | Sorrow for something done or left undone, with desire to make things right by undoing the wrong. |
pungency | The quality of affecting the sense of smell. |
dissertation | Thesis. |
superfluity | That part of anything that is in excess of what is needed. |
diagnosis | Determination of the distinctive nature of a disease. |
latish adj | Rather late. |
to enamor | To inspire with ardent love. |
to ought | To be under moral obligation to be or do. |
airy adj | Delicate, ethereal. |
witticism | A witty, brilliant, or original saying or sentiment. |
maleficent adj | Mischievous. |
insensible adj | Imperceptible. |
to imbrue | To wet or moisten. |
undulous adj | Resembling waves. |
disrepute | A bad name or character. |
drastic adj | Acting vigorously. |
to sophisticate | To deprive of simplicity of mind or manner. |
fusible adj | Capable of being melted by heat. |
acrimonious adj | Full of bitterness. |
mausoleum | A tomb of more than ordinary size or architectural pretensions. |
philanthropic adj | Benevolent. |
herbivorous adj | Feeding on herbs or other vegetable matter, as animals. |
bacterium | A microbe. |
penchant | A bias in favor of something. |
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supplementary adj | Being an addition to. |
flag-officer | The captain of a flag-ship. |
insular adj | Pertaining to an island. |
indomitable adj | Unconquerable. |
patrimony | An inheritance from an ancestor, especially from one's father. |
simile | A comparison which directs the mind to the representative object itself. |
malevolence | Ill will. |
aphorism | Proverb. |
vendition | The act of selling. |
refragable adj | Capable of being refuted. |
trinity | A threefold personality existing in the one divine being or substance. |
convulsion | A violent and abnormal muscular contraction of the body. |
to aggravate | To make heavier, worse, or more burdensome. |
to carouse | To drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner. |
subservience | The quality, character, or condition of being servilely following another's behests. |
component | A constituent element or part. |
imminent adj | Dangerous and close at hand. |
insuperable adj | Invincible. |
petulant adj | Displaying impatience. |
mutiny | Rebellion against lawful or constituted authority. |
to clarify | To render intelligible. |
to recur | To happen again or repeatedly, especially at regular intervals. |
actuality | Any reality. |
cogent adj | Appealing strongly to the reason or conscience. |
employer | One who uses or engages the services of other persons for pay. |
Abschnitt 101 bis 110: Abschnitt 105 | (25 Vokabeln) |
to magnetize | To make a magnet of, permanently, or temporarily. |
lingual adj | Pertaining to the use of the tongue in utterance. |
medley | A composition of different songs or parts of songs arranged to run as a continuous whole. |
to operate | To put in action and supervise the working of. |
flux | A state of constant movement, change, or renewal. |
delicacy | That which is agreeable to a fine taste. |
brigand | One who lives by robbery and plunder. |
to dun | To make a demand or repeated demands on for payment. |
implicit adj | Implied. |
contrivance | The act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose. |
prominence | The quality of being noticeable or distinguished. |
unique adj | Being the only one of its kind. |
dissolute adj | Lewd. |
anteroom | A room situated before and opening into another, usually larger. |
loneliness | Solitude. |
kind-hearted adj | Having a kind and sympathetic nature. |
polygon | A figure having many angles. |
to preordain | To foreordain. |
heretic | One who holds opinions contrary to the recognized standards or tenets of any philosophy. |
wretchedness | Extreme misery or unhappiness. |
irreversible adj | Irrevocable. |
irrelevant adj | Inapplicable. |
peerless adj | Of unequaled excellence or worth. |
equestrian adj | Pertaining to horses or horsemanship. |
hydroelectric adj | Pertaining to electricity developed water or steam. |
Abschnitt 101 bis 110: Abschnitt 106 | (25 Vokabeln) |
addendum | Something added, or to be added. |
havoc | Devastation. |
compulsory adj | Forced. |
to bustle | To hurry. |
accursed adj | Doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune. |
devout adj | Religious. |
intracellular adj | Occurring or situated within a cell. |
epode | A species of lyric poems. |
alcohol | A volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste. |
lax adj | Not stringent or energetic. |
ichthyosaurs | A fossil reptile. |
to requite | To repay either good or evil to, as to a person. |
to preestablish | To settle or arrange beforehand. |
contusion | A bruise. |
salutation | Any form of greeting, hailing, or welcome, whether by word or act. |
calumny | Slander. |
frightful adj | Apt to induce terror or alarm. |
to foist | To palm off. |
occasion | An important event or celebration. |
indignity | Unmerited contemptuous conduct or treatment. |
descendent adj | Proceeding downward. |
impetuosity | Rashness. |
stimulus | Incentive. |
dissection | The act or operation of cutting in pieces, specifically of a plant or an animal. |
powerless adj | Impotent. |
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enormity | Immensity. |
alienation | Estrangement. |
matrimony | The union of a man and a woman in marriage. |
volatile adj | Changeable. |
impotent adj | Destitute of or lacking in power, physical, moral, or intellectual. |
denomination | A body of Christians united by a common faith and form of worship and discipline. |
copious adj | Plenteous. |
to wield | To use, control, or manage, as a weapon, or instrument, especially with full command. |
orthodox adj | Holding the commonly accepted faith. |
prolix adj | Verbose. |
picayune adj | Of small value. |
to bedeck | To cover with ornament. |
Scriptural adj | Pertaining to, contained in, or warranted by the Holy Scriptures. |
to bedaub | To smear over, as with something oily or sticky. |
voluptuous adj | having fullness of beautiful form, as a woman, with or without sensuous or sensual quality. |
buoyant adj | Having the power or tendency to float or keep afloat. |
campaign | A complete series of connected military operations. |
charlatan | A quack. |
epoch | A interval of time, memorable for extraordinary events. |
irrefragable adj | That can not be refuted or disproved. |
acrid adj | Harshly pungent or bitter. |
lexicon | A dictionary. |
sapid adj | Affecting the sense of taste. |
vernal adj | Belonging to or suggestive of the spring. |
consternation | Panic. |
Abschnitt 101 bis 110: Abschnitt 108 | (25 Vokabeln) |
ambush | The act or state of lying concealed for the purpose of surprising or attacking the enemy. |
somniferous adj | Tending to produce sleep. |
convenience | Fitness, as of time or place. |
foot-note | A note of explanation or comment at the foot of a page or column. |
professor | A public teacher of the highest grade in a university or college. |
to hackney | To make stale or trite by repetition. |
to evict | To dispossess pursuant to judicial decree. |
gait | Carriage of the body in going. |
misadventure | An unlucky accident. |
to scintillate | To emit or send forth sparks or little flashes of light. |
harbinger | One who or that which foreruns and announces the coming of any person or thing. |
to temporize | To pursue a policy of delay. |
to prattle | To utter in simple or childish talk. |
louse | A small insect parasitic on and sucking the blood of mammals. |
to expect | To look forward to as certain or probable. |
hydrometer | An instrument for determining the density of solids and liquids by flotation. |
moralist | A writer on ethics. |
effectual adj | Efficient. |
distemper | A disease or malady. |
minutia | A small or unimportant particular or detail. |
superintendent | One who has the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement. |
to oversee | To superintend. |
to immortalize | To cause to last or to be known or remembered throughout a great or indefinite length of time. |
polysyllable adj | Having several syllables, especially more than three syllables. |
to migrate | To remove or pass from one country, region, or habitat to another. |
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inexplicable adj | Such as can not be made plain. |
sextet | A band of six singers or players. |
velocity | Rapid motion. |
vertigo | Dizziness. |
explicit adj | Definite. |
annals | A record of events in their chronological order, year by year. |
prefatory adj | Pertaining to a brief explanation to the reader at the beginning of a book. |
donor | One who makes a donation or present. |
encyclical adj | Intended for general circulation. |
eatable adj | Edible. |
foolery | Folly. |
antislavery adj | Opposed to human slavery. |
collapsible adj | That may or can collapse. |
to botanize | To study plant-life. |
antechamber | A waiting room for those who seek audience. |
immaterial adj | Of no essential consequence. |
writing | The act or art of tracing or inscribing on a surface letters or ideographs. |
cat-o-nine-tails | An instrument consisting of nine pieces of cord, formerly used for flogging in the army and navy. |
latent adj | Dormant. |
forby adv | Besides. |
to ingraft | To set or implant deeply and firmly. |
preposterous adj | Utterly ridiculous or absurd. |
to agglomerate | To pile or heap together. |
absolution | Forgiveness, or passing over of offenses. |
quarto | An eight-page newspaper of any size. |
Abschnitt 101 bis 110: Abschnitt 110 | (25 Vokabeln) |
lunatic | An insane person. |
bilingual adj | Speaking two languages. |
impolitic adj | Inexpedient. |
influential adj | Having the power to sway the will of another. |
protection | Preservation from harm, danger, annoyance, or any other evil. |
remembrance | Recollection. |
consonant adj | Being in agreement or harmony with. |
detriment | Something that causes damage, depreciation, or loss. |
to overpower | To gain supremacy or victory over by superior power. |
venereal adj | Pertaining to or proceeding from sexual intercourse. |
to vacate | To leave. |
microphone | An apparatus for magnifying faint sounds. |
indolent adj | Habitually inactive or idle. |
raucous adj | Harsh. |
duration | The period of time during which anything lasts. |
furtive adj | Stealthy or sly, like the actions of a thief. |
troublesome adj | Burdensome. |
timbre | The quality of a tone, as distinguished from intensity and pitch. |
to congest | To collect into a mass. |
perversity | Wickedness. |
to militate | To have weight or influence (in determining a question). |
confluence | The place where streams meet. |
indefinitely adv | In a vague or uncertain way. |
to insinuate | To imply. |
sympathetic adj | Having a fellow-feeling for or like feelings with another or others. |
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ligament | That which binds objects together. |
radiance | Brilliant or sparkling luster. |
to brandish | To wave, shake, or flourish triumphantly or defiantly, as a sword or spear. |
pervasion | The state of spreading through every part. |
invidious adj | Showing or feeling envy. |
exegesis | Biblical exposition or interpretation. |
memento | A souvenir. |
suppressible adj | Capable of being suppressed. |
to enrage | To infuriate. |
to abet | To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense). |
legionary | A member of an ancient Roman legion or of the modern French Legion of Honor. |
moonbeam | A ray of moonlight. |
theocracy | A government administered by ecclesiastics. |
reminiscent adj | Pertaining to the recollection of matters of personal interest. |
marine adj | Of or pertaining to the sea or matters connected with the sea. |
distrust | Lack of confidence in the power, wisdom, or good intent of any person. |
syllabic adj | Consisting of that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse. |
prudence | Caution. |
to subvert | To bring to ruin. |
pompous adj | Marked by an assumed stateliness and impressiveness of manner. |
impersuadable adj | Unyielding. |
supernatural adj | Caused miraculously or by the immediate exercise of divine power. |
mannerism | Constant or excessive adherence to one manner, style, or peculiarity, as of action or conduct. |
depository | A place where anything is kept in safety. |
assets | pl. Property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts. |
Abschnitt 111 bis 120: Abschnitt 112 | (25 Vokabeln) |
corruptible adj | Open to bribery. |
feasible adj | That may be done, performed, or effected; practicable. |
reticence | The quality of habitually keeping silent or being reserved in utterance. |
primeval adj | Belonging to the first ages. |
puerile adj | Childish. |
luscious adj | Rich, sweet, and delicious. |
to collide | To meet and strike violently. |
to contemplate | To consider thoughtfully. |
pedestrian | One who journeys on foot. |
cycloid adj | Like a circle. |
heterodox adj | At variance with any commonly accepted doctrine or opinion. |
antic | A grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action. |
coniferous adj | Cone-bearing trees. |
to overthrow | To vanquish an established ruler or government. |
zealot | One who espouses a cause or pursues an object in an immoderately partisan manner. |
to deport | To take or send away forcibly, as to a penal colony. |
unnatural adj | Artificial. |
disobedient adj | Neglecting or refusing to obey. |
to reorganize | To change to a more satisfactory form of organization. |
neuter adj | Neither masculine nor feminine. |
spinous adj | Having spines. |
original adj | Not copied nor produced by imitation. |
to miscount | To make a mistake in counting. |
chattel | Any article of personal property. |
inceptive adj | Beginning. |
Abschnitt 111 bis 120: Abschnitt 113 | (25 Vokabeln) |
despite prep | In spite of. |
subterfuge | Evasion. |
profile | An outline or contour. |
partible adj | Separable. |
yearling | A young animal past its first year and not yet two years old. |
anthracite | Hard coal. |
abominable adj | Very hateful. |
hypnotic adj | Tending to produce sleep. |
to infuse | To instill, introduce, or inculcate, as principles or qualities. |
lustrous adj | Shining. |
opportunist | One who takes advantage of circumstances to gain his ends. |
sedulous adj | Persevering in effort or endeavor. |
to eulogize | To speak or write a laudation of a person's life or character. |
expediency | Fitness to meet the requirements of a particular case. |
advertiser | One who advertises, especially in newspapers. |
migrant adj | Wandering. |
dentifrice | Any preparation used for cleaning the teeth. |
occupant | A tenant in possession of property, as distinguished from the actual owner. |
prodigal | One wasteful or extravagant, especially in the use of money or property. |
aeronaut | One who navigates the air, a balloonist. |
tense adj | Strained to stiffness. |
adhesion | The state of being attached or joined. |
monastery | A dwelling-place occupied in common by persons under religious vows of seclusion. |
gendarme | In continental Europe, particularly in France, a uniformed and armed police officer. |
inventive adj | Quick at contrivance. |
Abschnitt 111 bis 120: Abschnitt 114 | (25 Vokabeln) |
defendant | A person against whom a suit is brought. |
anarchy | Absence or utter disregard of government. |
distiller | One occupied in the business of distilling alcoholic liquors. |
impious adj | Characterized by irreverence or irreligion. |
to fray | To fret at the edge so as to loosen or break the threads. |
to wrest | To pull or force away by or as by violent twisting or wringing. |
to descry | To discern. |
playwright | A maker of plays for the stage. |
defiant adj | Characterized by bold or insolent opposition. |
machinery | The parts of a machine or engine, taken collectively. |
semiannual adj | Recurring at intervals of six months. |
microscope | An instrument for assisting the eye in the vision of minute objects or features of objects. |
pentahedron | A solid bounded by five plane faces. |
chameleon adj | Changeable in appearance. |
unguent | Any ointment or lubricant for local application. |
gradient adj | Moving or advancing by steps. |
reprobate | One abandoned to depravity and sin. |
reluctant adj | Unwilling. |
aide-de-camp | An officer who receives and transmits the orders of the general. |
formation | Relative disposition of parts. |
allotment | Portion. |
biography | A written account of one's life, actions, and character. |
to embark | To make a beginning in some occupation or scheme. |
to rotate | To cause to turn on or as on its axis, as a wheel. |
to reprieve | To grant a respite from punishment to. |
Abschnitt 111 bis 120: Abschnitt 115 | (25 Vokabeln) |
erroneous adj | Incorrect. |
to christen | To name in baptism. |
festive adj | Merry. |
to expostulate | To discuss. |
transalpine adj | Situated on the other side of the Alps. |
cartilage | An elastic animal tissue of firm consistence. |
clement adj | Compassionate. |
provincial adj | Uncultured in thought and manner. |
to overpay | To pay or reward in excess. |
contagion | The communication of disease from person to person. |
rondo | A musical composition during which the first part or subject is repeated several times. |
imperfectible adj | That can not be perfected. |
genitive adj | Indicating source, origin, possession, or the like. |
effect | A consequence. |
consumptive adj | Designed for gradual destruction. |
optic | Pertaining to the eye or vision. |
distinction | A note or designation of honor, officially recognizing superiority or success in studies. |
to granulate | To form into grains or small particles. |
to navigate | To traverse by ship. |
renunciation | An explicit disclaimer of a right or privilege. |
to braze | To make of or ornament with brass. |
consul | An officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country. |
posse | A force of men. |
habitant | Dweller. |
appropriate adj | Suitable for the purpose and circumstances. |
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impetuous adj | Impulsive. |
determination | The act of deciding. |
pioneer | One among the first to explore a country. |
foliage | Any growth of leaves. |
tolerable adj | Moderately good. |
inflammable adj | Easily set on fire or excited. |
immaculate adj | Without spot or blemish. |
contraband | Trade forbidden by law or treaty. |
rigmarole | Nonsense. |
to accost | To speak to. |
tortuous adj | Abounding in irregular bends or turns. |
miter | The junction of two bodies at an equally divided angle. |
to retract | To recall or take back (something that one has said). |
tortious adj | Wrongful. |
malleable adj | Pliant. |
absence | The fact of not being present or available. |
to occlude | To absorb, as a gas by a metal. |
ablution | A washing or cleansing, especially of the body. |
ode | The form of lyric poetry anciently intended to be sung. |
deviltry | Wanton and malicious mischief. |
to endear | To cause to be loved. |
infinity | Boundless or immeasurable extension or duration. |
archaic adj | Antiquated |
caustic adj | Sarcastic and severe. |
to materialize | To take perceptible or substantial form. |
Abschnitt 111 bis 120: Abschnitt 117 | (25 Vokabeln) |
endurable adj | Tolerable. |
calculable adj | That may be estimated by reckoning. |
hydra | The seven- or nine-headed water-serpent slain by Hercules. |
playful adj | Frolicsome. |
nameless adj | Having no fame or reputation. |
permutation | Reciprocal change, different ordering of same items. |
ashen adj | Pale. |
confederate | One who is united with others in a league, compact, or agreement. |
ulterior adj | Not so pertinent as something else to the matter spoken of. |
affirmative adj | Answering yes; to a question at issue. |
cajolery | Delusive speech. |
harmonious adj | Concordant in sound. |
lying | Untruthfulness. |
mishap | Misfortune. |
crevice | A small fissure, as between two contiguous surfaces. |
to transcend | To surpass. |
to compensate | To remunerate. |
accuracy | Exactness. |
to dispossess | To deprive of actual occupancy, especially of real estate. |
accessory | A person or thing that aids the principal agent. |
to dogmatize | To make positive assertions without supporting them by argument or evidence. |
abundant adj | Plentiful. |
collegian | A college student. |
postscript | Something added to a letter after the writer's signature. |
existence | Possession or continuance of being. |
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to extrude | To drive out or away. |
generally adv | Ordinarily. |
to deign | To deem worthy of notice or account. |
to accede | To agree. |
tremor | An involuntary trembling or shivering. |
fete | A festival or feast. |
amity | Friendship. |
alder | Any shrub or small tree of the genus Alumnus, of the oak family. |
to postdate | To make the date of any writing later than the real date. |
decaliter | A liquid and dry measure of 10 liters. |
to abase | To lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade. |
to precipitate | To force forward prematurely. |
irritable adj | Showing impatience or ill temper on little provocation. |
to encamp | To pitch tents for a resting-place. |
irate adj | Moved to anger. |
caucus | A private meeting of members of a political party to select candidates. |
to cede | To pass title to. |
natal adj | Pertaining to one's birth. |
to distrain | To subject a person to distress. |
chateau | A castle or manor-house. |
patriotism | Love and devotion to one's country. |
paralysis | Loss of the power of contractility in the voluntary or involuntary muscles. |
menagerie | A collection of wild animals, especially when kept for exhibition. |
trammel | An impediment. |
prehensile adj | Adapted for grasping or holding. |
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Madonna | A painted or sculptured representation of the Virgin, usually with the infant Jesus. |
intestacy | The condition resulting from one's dying not having made a valid will. |
ultimate adj | Beyond which there is nothing else. |
inquisitive adj | Given to questioning, especially out of curiosity. |
oblong adj | Longer than broad: applied most commonly to rectangular objects considerably elongated |
parlance | Mode of speech. |
subservient adj | Servilely following another's behests. |
waif | A homeless, neglected wanderer. |
to macadamize | To cover or pave, as a path or roadway, with small broken stone. |
prominent adj | Conspicuous in position, character, or importance. |
idiosyncrasy | A mental quality or habit peculiar to an individual. |
penetrable adj | That may be pierced by physical, moral, or intellectual force. |
liquefacient adj | Possessing a liquefying nature or power. |
mundane adj | Worldly, as opposed to spiritual or celestial. |
telepathy | Thought-transference. |
narrative | An orderly continuous account of the successive particulars of an event. |
practicable adj | Feasible. |
aliment | That which nourishes. |
doe | The female of the deer. |
poetaster | An inferior poet. |
distraught adj | Bewildered. |
repository | A place in which goods are stored. |
conformable adj | Harmonious. |
to convolve | To move with a circling or winding motion. |
to foretell | To predict. |
Abschnitt 111 bis 120: Abschnitt 120 | (25 Vokabeln) |
degeneracy | A becoming worse. |
to preoccupy | To fill the mind of a person to the exclusion of other subjects. |
outright adv | Entirely. |
to avert | To turn away or aside. |
sprightly adj | Vivacious. |
votary adj | Consecrated by a vow or promise. |
to misinterpret | To misunderstand. |
pinnacle | A high or topmost point, as a mountain-peak. |
to levy | To impose and collect by force or threat of force. |
feminine adj | Characteristic of woman or womankind. |
rapine | The act of seizing and carrying off property by superior force, as in war. |
innocuous adj | Harmless. |
leeward | That side or direction toward which the wind blows. |
languid adj | Relaxed. |
confidant | One to whom secrets are entrusted. |
hypocrisy | Extreme insincerity. |
to purloin | To steal. |
venous adj | Of, pertaining to, or contained or carried in a vein or veins. |
objector | One who objects, as to a proposition, measure, or ruling. |
robust adj | Characterized by great strength or power of endurance. |
furtherance | Advancement. |
illiterate adj | Having little or no book-learning. |
to excel | To be superior or distinguished. |
to accredit | To give credit or authority to. |
to unify | To cause to be one. |
Abschnitt 121 bis 130: Abschnitt 121 | (25 Vokabeln) |
ignoble adj | Low in character or purpose. |
ballad | Any popular narrative poem, often with epic subject and usually in lyric form. |
pamphlet | A brief treatise or essay, usually on a subject of current interest. |
insistence | Urgency. |
referable adj | Ascribable. |
comparative adj | Relative. |
extraordinary adj | Unusual. |
glimmer | A faint, wavering, unsteady light. |
metaphysical adj | Philosophical. |
underworld | Hades. |
mallet | A wooden hammer. |
decasyllable | A line of ten syllables. |
paroxysm | A sudden outburst of any kind of activity. |
well-to-do adj | In prosperous circumstances. |
landmark | A familiar object in the landscape serving as a guide to an area otherwise easily lost track of. |
to blazon | To make widely or generally known. |
physiognomy | The external appearance merely. |
apposite adj | Appropriate. |
tranquil adj | Calm. |
continuance | Permanence. |
obsequious adj | Showing a servile readiness to fall in with the wishes or will of another. |
to recede | To move back or away. |
fragile adj | Easily broken. |
incontrovertible adj | Indisputable. |
malaria | A fever characterized by alternating chills, fever, and sweating. |
Abschnitt 121 bis 130: Abschnitt 122 | (25 Vokabeln) |
tolerant adj | Indulgent. |
domination | Control by the exercise of power or constituted authority. |
paronymous adj | Derived from the same root or primitive word. |
nestling adj | Recently hatched. |
to vacillate | To waver. |
judgment | The faculty by the exercise of which a deliberate conclusion is reached. |
tannery | A place where leather is tanned. |
complaisance | Politeness. |
soprano | A woman's or boy's voice of high range. |
salvage | Any act of saving property. |
to Calvinize | To teach or imbue with the doctrines of Calvinism. |
bravado | An aggressive display of boldness. |
missile | Any object, especially a weapon, thrown or intended to be thrown. |
versatile adj | Having an aptitude for applying oneself to new and varied tasks or to various subjects. |
labyrinth | A maze. |
lifetime | The time that life continues. |
to intersect | To cut through or into so as to divide. |
dignitary | One who holds high rank. |
to ponder | To meditate or reflect upon. |
incitement | That which moves to action, or serves as an incentive or stimulus. |
numerical adj | Of or pertaining to number. |
misogyny | Hatred of women. |
persistence | A fixed adherence to a resolve, course of conduct, or the like. |
acknowledgment | Recognition. |
intellectual adj | Characterized by intelligence. |
Abschnitt 121 bis 130: Abschnitt 123 | (25 Vokabeln) |
syllable | That which is uttered in a single vocal impulse. |
irreverential adj | Showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, especially for sacred things. |
confinement | Restriction within limits or boundaries. |
interpreter | A person who makes intelligible the speech of a foreigner by oral translation. |
citadel | Any strong fortress. |
inundation | Flood. |
terminal adj | Pertaining to or creative of a boundary, limit. |
essence | That which makes a thing to be what it is. |
transfusion | The act of pouring from one vessel to another. |
to actuate | To move or incite to action. |
immiscible adj | Separating, as oil and water. |
intrinsic adj | Inherent. |
pedal | A lever for the foot usually applied only to musical instruments, cycles, and other machines. |
to tantalize | To tease. |
somber adj | Gloomy. |
to regress | To return to a former place or condition. |
masterpiece | A superior production. |
to equivocate | To use words of double meaning. |
lovable adj | Amiable. |
abject adj | Sunk to a low condition. |
magnanimous adj | Generous in treating or judging others. |
priory | A monastic house. |
to enact | To make into law, as by legislative act. |
sagacious adj | Able to discern and distinguish with wise perception. |
interminable adj | Having no limit or end. |
Abschnitt 121 bis 130: Abschnitt 124 | (25 Vokabeln) |
pharmacy | The art or business of compounding and dispensing medicines. |
grindstone | A flat circular stone, used for sharpening tools. |
jovial adj | Merry. |
to possess | To own. |
alkali | Anything that will neutralize an acid, as lime, magnesia, etc. |
sonata | An instrumental composition. |
amusement | Diversion. |
premise | A judgment as a conclusion. |
tinge | A faint trace of color. |
dedication | The voluntary consecration or relinquishment of something to an end or cause. |
subliminal adj | Being beneath the threshold of consciousness. |
manufacturer | A person engaged in manufacturing as a business. |
vivacity | Liveliness. |
sociology | The philosophical study of society. |
adoration | Profound devotion. |
aforesaid adj | Said in a preceding part or before. |
to vitalize | To endow with life or energy. |
to infringe | To trespass upon. |
akin adj | Of similar nature or qualities. |
to commission | To empower. |
virtual adj | Being in essence or effect, but not in form or appearance. |
batten | A narrow strip of wood. |
ecstatic adj | Enraptured. |
preservation | Conservation. |
dilapidated pa | Fallen into decay or partial ruin. |
Abschnitt 121 bis 130: Abschnitt 125 | (25 Vokabeln) |
pseudonym | A fictitious name, especially when assumed by a writer. |
transferable adj | Capable of being conveyed from one person or place to another. |
faulty adj | Imperfect. |
prohibitory adj | Involving or equivalent to prohibition, especially of the sale of alcoholic beverages. |
protege | One specially cared for and favored by another usually older person. |
accompaniment | A subordinate part or parts, enriching or supporting the leading part. |
prevention | Thwarting. |
torrid adj | Excessively hot. |
to fulminate | To cause to explode. |
impulsive adj | Unpremeditated. |
inglorious adj | Shameful. |
arrogant adj | Unduly or excessively proud, as of wealth, station, learning, etc. |
floral adj | Pertaining to flowers. |
to exasperate | To excite great anger in. |
cosmopolitan adj | Common to all the world. |
hybrid adj | Cross-bred. |
malcontent | One who is dissatisfied with the existing state of affairs. |
quiescent adj | Being in a state of repose or inaction. |
logical adj | Capable of or characterized by clear reasoning. |
able-bodied adj | Competent for physical service. |
percussion | The sharp striking of one body against another. |
entree | The act of entering. |
mnemonics | A system of principles and formulas designed to assist the recollection in certain instances. |
to deface | To mar or disfigure the face or external surface of. |
to importune | To harass with persistent demands or entreaties. |
Abschnitt 121 bis 130: Abschnitt 126 | (25 Vokabeln) |
precedential adj | Of the nature of an instance that may serve as a guide or basis for a rule. |
to accouter | To dress. |
grisly adj | Fear-inspiring. |
secretive adj | Having a tendency to conceal. |
illegal adj | Not according to law. |
illusory adj | Deceiving or tending to deceive, as by false appearance. |
militarism | A policy of maintaining great standing armies. |
to expend | To spend. |
actuary | An officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums. |
alabaster | A white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum. |
irony | Censure or ridicule under cover of praise or compliment. |
duet | A composition for two voices or instruments. |
plutocracy | A wealthy class in a political community who control the government by means of their money. |
creak | A sharp, harsh, squeaking sound. |
to exhilarate | To fill with high or cheerful spirits. |
to forego | To deny oneself the pleasure or profit of. |
arcade | A vaulted passageway or street; a roofed passageway having shops, etc., opening from it. |
contemptuous adj | Disdainful. |
parallelism | Essential likeness. |
infernal adj | Akin to or befitting hell or its occupants. |
functionary | An official. |
qualm | A fit of nausea. |
to generate | To produce or cause to be. |
to innovate | To introduce or strive to introduce new things. |
docile adj | Easy to manage. |
Abschnitt 121 bis 130: Abschnitt 127 | (25 Vokabeln) |
vigilant adj | Being on the alert to discover and ward off danger or insure safety. |
equitable adj | Characterized by fairness. |
to incite | To rouse to a particular action. |
heterogeneity | Unlikeness of constituent parts. |
savage | A wild and uncivilized human being. |
provident adj | Anticipating and making ready for future wants or emergencies. |
to entwine | To interweave. |
vocable | a word, especially one regarded in relation merely to its qualities of sound. |
assassination | Murderer, as by secret assault or treachery. |
to visualize | To give pictorial vividness to a mental representation. |
intermediate adj | Being in a middle place or degree or between extremes. |
to stifle | To smother. |
nil | Nothing |
nefarious adj | Wicked in the extreme. |
cadaverous adj | Resembling a corpse. |
pedagogy | The science and art of teaching |
apostle | Any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority. |
decalogue | The ten commandments. |
prelate | One of a higher order of clergy having direct authority over other clergy. |
loquacious adj | Talkative. |
to denote | To designate by word or mark. |
whimsical adj | Capricious. |
promontory | A high point of land extending outward from the coastline into the sea. |
convolution | A winding motion. |
rife adj | Abundant. |
Abschnitt 121 bis 130: Abschnitt 128 | (25 Vokabeln) |
centurion | A captain of a company of one hundred infantry in the ancient Roman army. |
to affix | To fasten. |
employee | One who works for wages or a salary. |
bureaucracy | Government by departments of men transacting particular branches of public business. |
bronchus | Either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs. |
underling | A subordinate. |
calorie | Amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water 1 degree centigrade. |
nuance | A slight degree of difference in anything perceptible to the sense of the mind. |
elocution | The art of correct intonation, inflection, and gesture in public speaking or reading. |
to disparage | To regard or speak of slightingly. |
awry adj / adv | Out of the proper form, direction, or position. |
to arbitrate | To act or give judgment as umpire. |
hernia | Protrusion of any internal organ in whole or in part from its normal position. |
bibulous adj | Fond of drinking. |
to betide | To happen to or befall. |
foresight | Provision against harm or need. |
to tolerate | To passively permit or put up with. |
payee | A person to whom money has been or is to be paid. |
effervescent adj | Giving off bubbles of gas. |
to outstretch | To extend. |
predicament | A difficult, trying situation or plight. |
inflexible adj | That can not be altered or varied. |
bristle | One of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc. |
antidote | Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, disease, or the like. |
permanence | A continuance in the same state, or without any change that destroys the essential form or nature. |
Abschnitt 121 bis 130: Abschnitt 129 | (25 Vokabeln) |
blemish | A mark that mars beauty. |
analyst | One who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method. |
to deform | To disfigure. |
entrails | pl. The internal parts of an animal. |
olive-branch | A branch of the olive-tree, as an emblem of peace. |
ostentation | A display dictated by vanity and intended to invite applause or flattery. |
cacophony | A disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones. |
omnipotence | Unlimited and universal power. |
rightful adj | Conformed to a just claim according to established laws or usage. |
parish | The ecclesiastical district in charge of a pastor. |
to accumulate | To become greater in quantity or number. |
indescribable adj | That can not be described. |
rote | Repetition of words or sounds as a means of learning them, with slight attention. |
to enumerate | To name one by one. |
misdemeanor | Evil conduct, small crime. |
sextuple adj | Multiplied by six. |
rebuff | A peremptory or unexpected rejection of advances or approaches. |
redundant adj | Constituting an excess. |
minion | A servile favorite. |
out-and-out adv | Genuinely. |
gesture | A movement or action of the hands or face, expressive of some idea or emotion. |
betimes adv | In good season or time. |
Decameron | A volume consisting of ten parts or books. |
statuette | A figurine. |
to castigate | To punish. |
Abschnitt 121 bis 130: Abschnitt 130 | (25 Vokabeln) |
benignity | Kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner. |
anemometer | An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind. |
to irk | To afflict with pain, vexation, or fatigue. |
immature adj | Not full-grown. |
prudential adj | Proceeding or marked by caution. |
aversion | A mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing. |
magistracy | The office or dignity of a magistrate. |
subtrahend | That which is to be subtracted. |
rigor | Inflexibility. |
to discountenance | To look upon with disfavor. |
temporary adj | Lasting for a short time only. |
Occident | The countries lying west of Asia and the Turkish dominions. |
nondescript adj | Indescribable. |
syndicate | An association of individuals united for the prosecution of some enterprise. |
to originate | To cause or constitute the beginning or first stage of the existence of. |
edict | That which is uttered or proclaimed by authority as a rule of action. |
respite | Interval of rest. |
to underlie | To be the ground or support of. |
to parley | To converse in. |
to emerge | To come into view or into existence. |
to enfeeble | To debilitate. |
circumlocution | Indirect or roundabout expression. |
genital adj | Of or pertaining to the animal reproductive organs. |
to safeguard | To protect. |
laureate adj | Crowned with laurel, as a mark of distinction. |
Abschnitt 131 bis 140: Abschnitt 131 | (25 Vokabeln) |
free trade | Commerce unrestricted by tariff or customs. |
aura | Pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons |
to pare | To cut, shave, or remove (the outside) from anything. |
bailiff | An officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment. |
to inquire | To ask information about. |
significance | Importance. |
laborious adj | Toilsome. |
normalcy | The state of being normal. |
to predominate | To be chief in importance, quantity, or degree. |
to abdicate | To give up (royal power or the like). |
contiguous adj | Touching or joining at the edge or boundary. |
minute adj | Exceedingly small in extent or quantity. |
to intercept | To interrupt the course of. |
pupilage | The state or period of being a student. |
to subside | To relapse into a state of repose and tranquillity. |
denouement | That part of a play or story in which the mystery is cleared up. |
to revoke | To rescind. |
to counteract | To act in opposition to. |
premier adj | First in rank or position. |
extrajudicial adj | Happening out of court. |
patronymic adj | Formed after one's father's name. |
to disinfect | To remove or destroy the poison of infectious or contagious diseases. |
protuberance | Something that swells out from a surrounding surface. |
palate | The roof of the mouth. |
dendroid adj | Like a tree. |
Abschnitt 131 bis 140: Abschnitt 132 | (25 Vokabeln) |
Arthurian adj | Pertaining to King Arthur, the real or legendary hero of British poetic story. |
rectitude | The quality of being upright in principles and conduct. |
position | The manner in which a thing is placed. |
to gesticulate | To make gestures or motions, as in speaking, or in place of speech. |
noiseless adj | Silent. |
militia | Those citizens, collectively, who are enrolled and drilled in temporary military organizations. |
thoroughfare | A public street or road. |
grievous adj | Creating affliction. |
afire adj / adv | On fire, literally or figuratively. |
inwardly adv | With no outward manifestation. |
to bore | To weary by tediousness or dullness. |
episode | An incident or story in a literary work, separable from yet growing out of it. |
culinary adj | Of or pertaining to cooking or the kitchen. |
incapacity | Want of power to apprehend, understand, and manage. |
grotto | A small cavern. |
exhaustion | Deprivation of strength or energy. |
to inure | To harden or toughen by use, exercise, or exposure. |
temerity | Recklessness. |
incident | A happening in general, especially one of little importance. |
metaphysician | One skilled in metaphysics. |
pyre | A heap of combustibles arranged for burning a dead body. |
aerial adj | Of, pertaining to, or like the air. |
quintet | Musical composition arranged for five voices or instruments. |
to renovate | To restore after deterioration, as a building. |
to enlist | To enter voluntarily the military service by formal enrollment. |
Abschnitt 131 bis 140: Abschnitt 133 | (25 Vokabeln) |
procrastination | Delay. |
hydrostatics | The branch of science that treats of the pressure and equilibrium of fluids. |
to refute | To prove to be wrong. |
quartet | A composition for four voices or four instruments. |
laundress | Washerwoman. |
crusade | Any concerted movement, vigorously prosecuted, in behalf of an idea or principle. |
gourd | A melon, pumpkin, squash, or some similar fruit having a hard rind. |
to tempt | To offer to (somebody) an inducement to do wrong. |
frequency | The comparative number of any kind of occurrences within a given time or space. |
to facilitate | To make more easy. |
quiescence | Quiet. |
erratic adj | Irregular. |
attache | A subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy. |
portent | Anything that indicates what is to happen. |
undue adj | More than sufficient. |
excursion | A journey. |
to obliterate | To cause to disappear. |
reform | Change for the better. |
irreducible adj | That can not be lessened. |
malignant adj | Evil in nature or tending to do great harm or mischief. |
to deter | To frighten away. |
darkling adv | Blindly. |
doubly adv | In twofold degree or extent. |
lode | A somewhat continuous unstratified metal- bearing vein. |
oddity | An eccentricity. |
Abschnitt 131 bis 140: Abschnitt 134 | (25 Vokabeln) |
to invigorate | To animate. |
to recover | To regain. |
reticent adj | Habitually keeping silent or being reserved in utterance. |
brevity | Shortness of duration. |
mordacious adj | Biting or giving to biting. |
presumption | That which may be logically assumed to be true until disproved. |
bolero | A Spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing. |
corporate adj | Belonging to a corporation. |
sordid adj | Of degraded character or nature. |
to discomfit | To put to confusion. |
expository adj | Pertaining to a formal presentation. |
coalition | Combination in a body or mass. |
inactive adj | Inert. |
surreptitious adj | Clandestine. |
peremptory adj | Precluding question or appeal. |
carnage | Massacre. |
chancery | A court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court. |
receptive adj | Having the capacity, quality, or ability of receiving, as truths or impressions. |
ocular adj | Of or pertaining to the eye. |
benignant adj | Benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect. |
to emphasize | To articulate or enunciate with special impressiveness upon a word, or a group of words. |
to amalgamate | To mix or blend together in a homogeneous body. |
forte | A strong point. |
imperturbable adj | Calm. |
somnolent adj | Sleepy. |
Abschnitt 131 bis 140: Abschnitt 135 | (25 Vokabeln) |
ally | A person or thing connected with another, usually in some relation of helpfulness. |
imaginary adj | Fancied. |
to disarrange | To throw out of order. |
repetition | The act of repeating. |
benevolent adj | Loving others and actively desirous of their well-being. |
nowadays adv | In the present time or age. |
formidable adj | Difficult to accomplish. |
imminence | Impending evil or danger. |
pennant | A small flag. |
to dilute | To make more fluid or less concentrated by admixture with something. |
votive adj | Dedicated by a vow. |
barograph | An instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure. |
outlaw | A habitual lawbreaker. |
symmetrical adj | Well-balanced. |
decrepit adj | Enfeebled, as by old age or some chronic infirmity. |
clamorous adj | Urgent in complaint or demand. |
parliament | A legislative body. |
uppermost adj | First in order of precedence. |
cabinet | The body of men constituting the official advisors of the executive head of a nation. |
colloquial adj | Pertaining or peculiar to common speech as distinguished from literary. |
supernumerary adj | Superfluous. |
to reprehand | To find fault with. |
to prickle | To puncture slightly with fine, sharp points. |
neglectful adj | Exhibiting or indicating omission. |
botany | The science that treats of plants. |
Abschnitt 131 bis 140: Abschnitt 136 | (25 Vokabeln) |
to convene | To summon or cause to assemble. |
to assimilate | To adapt. |
coquette | A flirt. |
to outride | To ride faster than. |
auburn adj | Reddish-brown, said usually of the hair. |
sufferance | Toleration. |
exterior | That which is outside. |
preparation | An act or proceeding designed to bring about some event. |
invalid adj | Having no force, weight, or cogency. |
livid adj | Black-and-blue, as contused flesh. |
to acquaint | To make familiar or conversant. |
quite adv | Fully. |
to belittle | To disparage. |
asexual adj | Having no distinct sexual organs. |
unaffected adj | Sincere. |
persuadable adj | capable of influencing to action by entreaty, statement, or anything that moves the feelings. |
gauge | An instrument for measuring. |
to stultify | To give an appearance of foolishness to. |
lucid adj | Mentally sound. |
intension | The act of stringing or stretching, or state of being strained. |
presentment | Semblance. |
archipelago | Any large body of water studded with islands, or the islands collectively themselves. |
amicable adj | Done in a friendly spirit. |
ordination | A consecration to the ministry. |
litigant | A party to a lawsuit. |
Abschnitt 131 bis 140: Abschnitt 137 | (25 Vokabeln) |
to evoke | To call or summon forth. |
refringent adj | Having the power to refract. |
to awaken | To arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like. |
resonance | The quality of being able to reinforce sound by sympathetic vibrations. |
inborn adj | Implanted by nature. |
alliance | Any combination or union for some common purpose. |
undergarment | A garment to be worn under the ordinary outer garments. |
Epicurean adj | Indulging, ministering, or pertaining to daintiness of appetite. |
dilettante | A superficial amateur. |
to baste | To cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking. |
penalty | The consequences that follow the transgression of natural or divine law. |
dogma | A statement of religious faith or duty formulated by a body claiming authority. |
ready adj | In a state of preparedness for any given purpose or occasion. |
perfidy | Treachery. |
hygiene | The branch of medical science that relates to improving health. |
polyarchy | Government by several or many persons of what- ever class. |
palette | A thin tablet, with a hole for the thumb, upon which artists lay their colors for painting. |
pantheism | The worship of nature for itself or its beauty. |
to befog | To confuse. |
laddie | A lad. |
exposure | An open situation or position in relation to the sun, elements, or points of the compass. |
to guzzle | To swallow greedily or hastily; gulp. |
ornate adj | Ornamented to a marked degree. |
impartial adj | Unbiased. |
ubiquitous adj | Being present everywhere. |
Abschnitt 131 bis 140: Abschnitt 138 | (25 Vokabeln) |
almanac | A series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information. |
keepsake | Anything kept or given to be kept for the sake of the giver. |
liking | Fondness. |
tactician | One who directs affairs with skill and shrewdness. |
to wane | To diminish in size and brilliancy. |
grenadier | A member of a regiment composed of men of great stature. |
consignee | A person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted. |
pandemic adj | Affecting a whole people or all classes, as a disease. |
to transact | To do business. |
to bask | To make warm by genial heat. |
municipality | A district enjoying municipal government. |
dragnet | A net to be drawn along the bottom of the water. |
sedate adj | Even-tempered. |
to extenuate | To diminish the gravity or importance of. |
trimness | Neatness. |
retention | The keeping of a thing within one's power or possession. |
instructive adj | Conveying knowledge. |
gastritis | Inflammation of the stomach. |
fledgling | A young bird. |
to perjure | To swear falsely to. |
to reconstruct | To rebuild. |
glutinous adj | Sticky. |
freemason | A member of an ancient secret fraternity originally confined to skilled artisans. |
statistician | One who is skilled in collecting and tabulating numerical facts. |
to dislocate | To put out of proper place or order. |
Abschnitt 131 bis 140: Abschnitt 139 | (25 Vokabeln) |
judicious adj | Prudent. |
humanitarian | A philanthropist. |
cognate adj | Akin. |
foreknowledge | Prescience. |
to effervesce | To bubble up. |
to deplete | To reduce or lessen, as by use, exhaustion, or waste. |
secrecy | Concealment. |
to espy | To keep close watch. |
lurid adj | Ghastly and sensational. |
protoplasm | The substance that forms the principal portion of an animal or vegetable cell. |
competence | Adequate qualification or capacity. |
taciturn adj | Disinclined to conversation. |
to proscribe | To reject, as a teaching or a practice, with condemnation or denunciation. |
philanthropy | Active humanitarianism. |
wee adj | Very small. |
affiliate | Some auxiliary person or thing. |
cosmic adj | Pertaining to the universe. |
futile adj | Of no avail or effect. |
dexterity | Readiness, precision, efficiency, and ease in any physical activity or in any mechanical work. |
pension | A periodical allowance to an individual on account of past service done by him/her. |
diminution | Reduction. |
to gladden | To make joyous. |
eclipse | The obstruction of a heavenly body by its entering into the shadow of another body. |
percipience | The act of perceiving. |
surrogate | One who or that which is substituted for or appointed to act in place of another. |
Abschnitt 131 bis 140: Abschnitt 140 | (25 Vokabeln) |
to characterize | To describe by distinctive marks or peculiarities. |
foreshore | That part of a shore uncovered at low tide. |
heresy | An opinion or doctrine subversive of settled beliefs or accepted principles. |
monotonous adj | Unchanging and tedious. |
coronet | Inferior crown denoting, according to its form, various degrees of noble rank less than sovereign. |
aldermanship | The dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman. |
exigent adj | Urgent. |
consecutive adj | Following in uninterrupted succession. |
necrology | A list of persons who have died in a certain place or time. |
to displace | To put out of the proper or accustomed place. |
prescript adj | Prescribed as a rule or model. |
anode | The point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like. |
putrescent adj | Undergoing decomposition of animal or vegetable matter accompanied by fetid odors. |
perpendicular adj | Straight up and down. |
ardor | Intensity of passion or affection. |
intelligible adj | Comprehensible. |
mandate | A command. |
symmetry | Relative proportion and harmony. |
autonomy | Self-government. |
pinchers | An instrument having two jaws working on a pivot. |
inspector | An official appointed to examine or oversee any matter of public interest or importance. |
involuntary adj | Unwilling. |
remuneration | Compensation. |
caret | A sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted. |
commotion | A disturbance or violent agitation. |
Abschnitt 141 bis 150: Abschnitt 141 | (25 Vokabeln) |
acute adj | Having fine and penetrating discernment. |
prosaic adj | Unimaginative. |
granular adj | Composed of small grains or particles. |
antiquary | One who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc. |
migratory adj | Wandering. |
borough | An incorporated village or town. |
insolence | Pride or haughtiness exhibited in contemptuous and overbearing treatment of others. |
insidious adj | Working ill by slow and stealthy means. |
to allot | To assign a definite thing or part to a certain person. |
to felicitate | To wish joy or happiness to, especially in view of a coming event. |
philharmonic adj | Fond of music. |
formula | Fixed rule or set form. |
violator | One who transgresses. |
violation | Infringement. |
possession | The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command. |
specter | Apparition. |
determinate adj | Definitely limited or fixed. |
phosphorescence | The property of emitting light. |
Martian adj | Pertaining to Mars, either the Roman god of war or the planet. |
metropolis | A chief city, either the capital or the largest or most important city of a state. |
to ingratiate | To win confidence or good graces for oneself. |
to conjoin | To unite. |
penetration | Discernment. |
suggestible adj | That can be suggested. |
dubious adj | Doubtful. |
Abschnitt 141 bis 150: Abschnitt 142 | (25 Vokabeln) |
to litigate | To cause to become the subject-matter of a suit at law. |
vehement adj | Very eager or urgent. |
sensitive adj | Easily affected by outside operations or influences. |
Achillean adj | Invulnerable. |
specialty | An employment limited to one particular line of work. |
to rearrange | To arrange again or in a different order. |
reliance | Dependence. |
callow adj | Without experience of the world. |
extravagant adj | Needlessly free or lavish in expenditure. |
pestilent adj | Having a malign influence or effect. |
sarcophagus | A stone coffin or a chest-like tomb. |
element | A component or essential part. |
corporal adj | Belonging or relating to the body as opposed to the mind. |
autopsy | The examination of a dead body by dissection to ascertain the cause of death. |
Anglo-Saxon | The entire English race wherever found, as in Europe, the United States, or India. |
to chasten | To purify by affliction. |
to befriend | To be a friend to, especially when in need. |
to preengage | To preoccupy. |
to abscond | To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest. |
immense adj | Very great in degree, extent, size, or quantity. |
tangent adj | Touching. |
to uproot | To eradicate. |
to abstain | To keep oneself back (from doing or using something). |
belligerent adj | Manifesting a warlike spirit. |
tangency | The state of touching. |
Abschnitt 141 bis 150: Abschnitt 143 | (25 Vokabeln) |
ardent adj | Burning with passion. |
to comprise | To consist of. |
continence | Self-restraint with respect to desires, appetites, and passion. |
prescience | Knowledge of events before they take place. |
to transpire | To come to pass. |
to lave | To wash or bathe. |
meticulous adj | Over-cautious. |
tincture | A solution, usually alcoholic, of some principle used in medicine. |
dormant adj | Being in a state of or resembling sleep. |
fragile adj | Capable of being broken. |
to fabricate | To invent fancifully or falsely. |
botanical adj | Connected with the study or cultivation of plants. |
juicy adj | Succulent. |
to illumine | To make bright or clear. |
vituperable adj | Deserving of censure. |
technography | The scientific description or study of human arts and industries in their historic development. |
panegyric | A formal and elaborate eulogy, written or spoken, of a person or of an act. |
kernel | A grain or seed. |
cynosure | That to which general interest or attention is directed. |
reflexible adj | Capable of being reflected. |
vassal | A slave or bondman. |
epitome | A simplified representation. |
encomium | A formal or discriminating expression of praise. |
to simplify | To make less complex or difficult. |
to outstrip | To go beyond. |
Abschnitt 141 bis 150: Abschnitt 144 | (25 Vokabeln) |
to terminate | To put an end or stop to. |
genealogist | A tracer of pedigrees. |
curable adj | Capable of being remedied or corrected. |
facet | One of the small triangular plane surfaces of a diamond or other gem. |
preparatory adj | Having to do with what is preliminary. |
vapid adj | Having lost sparkling quality and flavor. |
consensus | A collective unanimous opinion of a number of persons. |
inefficiency | That which does not accomplish an intended purpose. |
to petrify | To convert into a substance of stony hardness and character. |
frailty | Liability to be broken or destroyed. |
to palliate | To cause to appear less guilty. |
to molt | To cast off, as hair, feathers, etc. |
encore | The call for a repetition, as of some part of a play or performance. |
convergent adj | Tending to one point. |
juncture | An articulation, joint, or seam. |
fungible adj | That may be measured, counted, or weighed. |
burgher | An inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town. |
incomplete adj | Lacking some element, part, or adjunct necessary or required. |
Nemesis | A goddess; divinity of chastisement and vengeance. |
to explode | To cause to burst in pieces by force from within. |
electrotype | A metallic copy of any surface, as a coin. |
relevant adj | Bearing upon the matter in hand. |
garrison | The military force stationed in a fort, town, or other place for its defense. |
bowler | In cricket, the player who delivers the ball. |
resistant adj | Offering or tending to produce resistance. |
Abschnitt 141 bis 150: Abschnitt 145 | (25 Vokabeln) |
comely adj | Handsome. |
appreciable adj | Capable of being discerned by the senses or intellect. |
insolent adj | Impudent. |
anemia | Deficiency of blood or red corpuscles. |
intercession | Entreaty in behalf of others. |
temporal adj | Pertaining to or concerned with the affairs of the present life. |
blaze | A vivid glowing flame. |
squatter | One who settles on land without permission or right. |
inception | The beginning. |
to discriminate | To draw a distinction. |
prepossession | A preconceived liking. |
gregarious adj | Not habitually solitary or living alone. |
to append | To add or attach, as something accessory, subordinate, or supplementary. |
to promenade | To walk for amusement or exercise. |
ingredient | Component. |
brogue | Any dialectic pronunciation of English, especially that of the Irish people. |
subacid adj | Somewhat sharp or biting. |
delectable adj | Delightful to the taste or to the senses. |
to expatriate | To drive from one's own country. |
predominant adj | Superior in power, influence, effectiveness, number, or degree. |
to radiate | To extend in all directions, as from a source or focus. |
bilateral adj | Two-sided. |
provocation | An action or mode of conduct that excites resentment. |
to impute | To attribute. |
dissonance | Discord. |
Abschnitt 141 bis 150: Abschnitt 146 | (25 Vokabeln) |
prerogative adj | Having superior rank or precedence. |
to compress | To press together or into smaller space. |
bulwark | Anything that gives security or defense. |
ferocity | Savageness. |
paternity | Fatherhood. |
convertible adj | Interchangeable. |
pontiff | The Pope. |
pentad | The number five. |
bumper | A cup or glass filled to the brim, especially one to be drunk as a toast or health. |
workmanship | The art or skill of a workman. |
neocracy | Government administered by new or untried persons. |
to denominate | To give a name or epithet to. |
to inveigh | To utter vehement censure or invective. |
monotone | The sameness or monotony of utterance. |
to bungle | To execute clumsily. |
to immerse | To plunge or dip entirely under water or other fluid. |
animadversion | The utterance of criticism or censure. |
efficiency | The state of possessing adequate skill or knowledge for the performance of a duty. |
permanent adj | Durable. |
eugenic adj | Relating to the development and improvement of race. |
to trisect | To divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts. |
bleak adj | Desolate. |
shriek | A sharp, shrill outcry or scream, caused by agony or terror. |
to despond | To lose spirit, courage, or hope. |
prospectus | A paper or pamphlet containing information of a proposed undertaking. |
Abschnitt 141 bis 150: Abschnitt 147 | (25 Vokabeln) |
financial adj | Monetary. |
landholder | Landowner. |
pendant | Anything that hangs from something else, either for ornament or for use. |
pentavalent adj | Quinqeuvalent. |
abeyance | A state of suspension or temporary inaction. |
conservatory | An institution for instruction and training in music and declamation. |
nauseous adj | Loathsome. |
birthright | A privilege or possession into which one is born. |
vincible adj | Conquerable. |
elegy | A lyric poem lamenting the dead. |
to gibe | To utter taunts or reproaches. |
Anglophobia | Hatred or dread of England or of what is English. |
fluential adj | Pertaining to streams. |
abbess | The lady superior of a nunnery. |
convivial adj | Devoted to feasting, or to good-fellowship in eating or drinking. |
heterogeneous adj | Consisting of dissimilar elements or ingredients of different kinds. |
to impede | To be an obstacle or to place obstacles in the way of. |
to elapse | To quietly terminate: said of time. |
to relegate | To send off or consign, as to an obscure position or remote destination. |
oakum | Hemp-fiber obtained by untwisting and picking out loosely the yarns of old hemp rope. |
apparition | Ghost. |
involution | Complication. |
to allege | To assert to be true, especially in a formal manner, as in court. |
felicity | A state of well-founded happiness. |
preferential adj | Possessing, giving, or constituting preference or priority. |
Abschnitt 141 bis 150: Abschnitt 148 | (25 Vokabeln) |
irritant | A mechanical, chemical, or pathological agent of inflammation, pain, or tension. |
transition | Passage from one place, condition, or action to another. |
autumnal adj | Of or pertaining to autumn. |
disconsolate adj | Grief-stricken. |
to hustle | To move with haste and promptness. |
to secede | To withdraw from union or association, especially from a political or religious body. |
statuesque adj | Having the grace, pose, or quietude of a statue. |
guinea | An English monetary unit. |
soluble adj | Capable of being dissolved, as in a fluid. |
to control | To exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over. |
languor | Lassitude of body or depression. |
bodice | A women's ornamental corset-shaped laced waist. |
breach | The violation of official duty, lawful right, or a legal obligation. |
to revere | To regard with worshipful veneration. |
to emit | To send or give out. |
surveyor | A land-measurer. |
to accuse | To charge with wrong doing, misconduct, or error. |
to galvanize | To imbue with life or animation. |
to evince | To make manifest or evident. |
indigenous adj | Native. |
dictum | A positive utterance. |
colossus | Any strikingly great person or object. |
recourse | Resort to or application for help in exigency or trouble. |
to edify | To build up, or strengthen, especially in morals or religion. |
to avow | To declare openly. |
Abschnitt 141 bis 150: Abschnitt 149 | (25 Vokabeln) |
Narcissus | The son of the Athenian river-god Cephisus, fabled to have fallen in love with his reflection. |
academic adj | Of or pertaining to an academy, college, or university. |
archaism | Obsolescence. |
to confiscate | To appropriate (private property) as forfeited to the public use or treasury. |
paleontology | The branch of biology that treats of ancient life and fossil organisms. |
urbanity | Refined or elegant courtesy. |
seclusion | Solitude. |
intemperance | Immoderate action or indulgence, as of the appetites. |
to apprehend | To make a prisoner of (a person) in the name of the law. |
fanciless adj | Unimaginative. |
emeritus adj | Retired from active service but retained to an honorary position. |
decorous adj | Suitable for the occasion or circumstances. |
to hinder | To obstruct. |
curator | A person having charge as of a library or museum. |
to interrupt | To stop while in progress. |
somnolence | Oppressive drowsiness. |
to adulterate | To make impure by the admixture of other or baser ingredients. |
Protestant | A Christian who denies the authority of the Pope and holds the right of special judgment. |
to juxtapose | To place close together. |
quiet adj | Making no noise. |
critique | A criticism or critical review. |
cynical adj | Exhibiting moral skepticism. |
adroit adj | Having skill in the use of the bodily or mental powers. |
execrable adj | Abominable. |
pleasant adj | Agreeable. |
Abschnitt 141 bis 150: Abschnitt 150 | (25 Vokabeln) |
seignoir | A title of honor or respectful address, equivalent to sir. |
taut adj | Stretched tight. |
clairvoyance | Intuitive sagacity or perception. |
chaos | Any condition of which the elements or parts are in utter disorder and confusion. |
to scuttle | To sink (a ship) by making holes in the bottom. |
to vindicate | To prove true, right, or real. |
hirsute adj | Having a hairy covering. |
bestial adj | Animal. |
knickknack | A small article, more for ornament that use. |
brae | Hillside. |
Milky Way | The galaxy. |
poetics | The rules and principles of poetry. |
nuisance | That which annoys, vexes, or irritates. |
diffusion | Dispersion. |
licit adj | Lawful. |
fastidious adj | Hard to please. |
hypercritical adj | Faultfinding. |
indivertible adj | That can not be turned aside. |
differentia | Any essential characteristic of a species by reason of which it differs from other species. |
elasticity | That property of matter by which a body tends to return to a former shape after being changed. |
autocrat | Any one who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence. |
equanimity | Evenness of mind or temper. |
municipal adj | Of or pertaining to a town or city, or to its corporate or local government. |
galore adj | Abundant. |
diplomat | A representative of one sovereign state at the capital or court of another. |
Abschnitt 151 bis 160: Abschnitt 151 | (25 Vokabeln) |
alto | The lowest or deepest female voice or part. |
pernicious adj | Tending to kill or hurt. |
pentagram | A figure having five points or lobes. |
interrogative adj | Having the nature or form of a question. |
to protract | To prolong. |
exuberant adj | Marked by great plentifulness. |
to retrograde | To cause to deteriorate or to move backward. |
to garnish | In cookery, to surround with additions for embellishment. |
satiric adj | Resembling poetry, in which vice, incapacity ,or corruption is held up to ridicule. |
gluttonous adj | Given to excess in eating. |
grandeur | The quality of being grand or admirably great. |
penitential adj | Pertaining to sorrow for sin with desire to amend and to atone. |
to believe | To accept as true on the testimony or authority of others. |
to adhere | To stick fast or together. |
morose adj | Gloomy. |
counterfeit adj | Made to resemble something else. |
paternal adj | Fatherly. |
pittance | Any small portion or meager allowance. |
to appease | To soothe by quieting anger or indignation. |
perspiration | Sweat. |
onslaught | A violent onset. |
opportune adj | Especially fit as occurring, said, or done at the right moment. |
lucrative adj | Highly profitable. |
to adjudge | To award or bestow by formal decision. |
outpost | A detachment of troops stationed at a distance from the main body to guard against surprise. |
Abschnitt 151 bis 160: Abschnitt 152 | (25 Vokabeln) |
deficiency | Lack or insufficiency. |
heptagon | A figure having seven sides and seven angles. |
prowess | Strength, skill, and intrepidity in battle. |
significant adj | Important, especially as pointing something out. |
hindrance | An obstacle. |
et cetera Latin | And so forth. |
amorphous adj | Without determinate shape. |
lascivious adj | Lustful. |
conductible adj | Capable of being conducted or transmitted. |
didactic adj | Pertaining to teaching. |
to revile | To heap approach or abuse upon. |
inbred adj | Innate. |
leonine adj | Like a lion. |
susceptible adj | Easily under a specified power or influence. |
distention | Expansion. |
denominator | Part of a fraction which expresses the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided. |
bevel | Any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees. |
arrear | Something overdue and unpaid. |
reciprocal adj | Mutually interchangeable or convertible. |
to acquit | To free or clear, as from accusation. |
surety | Security for payment or performance. |
estuary | A wide lower part of a tidal river. |
pulmonary adj | Pertaining to the lungs. |
vermin | A noxious or troublesome animal. |
venial adj | That may be pardoned or forgiven, a forgivable sin. |
Abschnitt 151 bis 160: Abschnitt 153 | (25 Vokabeln) |
zeitgeist | The intellectual and moral tendencies that characterize any age or epoch. |
typography | The arrangement of composed type, or the appearance of printed matter. |
laudatory adj | Pertaining to, expressing, or containing praise. |
analogous adj | Corresponding (to some other) in certain respects, as in form, proportion, relations. |
insatiable adj | That desires or craves immoderately or unappeasably. |
acquisition | Anything gained, or made one's own, usually by effort or labor. |
fugacious adj | Fleeting. |
euphemism | A figure of speech by which a phrase less offensive is substituted. |
derivative adj | Coming or acquired from some origin. |
tribune | Any champion of the rights and liberties of the people: often used as the name for a newspaper. |
bier | A horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave. |
impiety | Irreverence toward God. |
egotist | One given to self-mention or who is constantly telling of his own views and experiences. |
sinuosity | The quality of curving in and out. |
to endanger | To expose to peril. |
to seize | To catch or take hold of suddenly and forcibly. |
to enlighten | To cause to see clearly. |
perverse adj | Unreasonable. |
innuendo | Insinuation. |
hale adj | Of sound and vigorous health. |
altar | Any raised place or structure on which sacrifices may be offered or incense burned. |
stratagem | Any clever trick or device for obtaining an advantage. |
dissonant adj | Harsh or disagreeable in sound. |
admissible adj | Having the right or privilege of entry. |
plagiarism | The stealing of passages from the writings of another and publishing them as one's own. |
Abschnitt 151 bis 160: Abschnitt 154 | (25 Vokabeln) |
legacy | A bequest. |
plenitude | Abundance. |
glacial adj | Icy, or icily cold. |
depth | Deepness. |
depositor | One who makes a deposit, or has an amount deposited. |
to parody | To render ludicrous by imitating the language of. |
to osculate | To kiss. |
to recuperate | To recover. |
convalescent adj | Recovering health after sickness. |
to decimate | To destroy a measurable or large proportion of. |
to beseech | To implore. |
stellar adj | Pertaining to the stars. |
amply adv | Sufficiently. |
passible adj | Capable of feeling of suffering. |
alluvion | Flood. |
variable adj | Having a tendency to change. |
to embezzle | To misappropriate secretly. |
percolator | A filter. |
stupendous adj | Of prodigious size, bulk, or degree. |
pediatrics | The department of medical science that relates to the treatment of diseases of childhood. |
filibuster | One who attempts to obstruct legislation. |
inaccurate adj | Not exactly according to the facts. |
to congeal | To coagulate. |
to deject | To dishearten. |
despot | An absolute and irresponsible monarch. |
Abschnitt 151 bis 160: Abschnitt 155 | (25 Vokabeln) |
duckling | A young duck. |
contribution | The act of giving for a common purpose. |
fortitude | Patient courage. |
alcoholism | A condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages. |
dialogue | A formal conversation in which two or more take part. |
archdeacon | A high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese. |
matrix | That which contains and gives shape or form to anything. |
to initiate | To perform the first act or rite. |
delectation | Delight. |
millet | A grass cultivated for forage and cereal. |
mouthful | As much as can be or is usually put into the or exercise. |
fiscal adj | Pertaining to the treasury or public finances of a government. |
baleful adj | Malignant. |
to disseminate | To sow or scatter abroad, as seed is sown. |
pauper | One without means of support. |
parentage | The relation of parent to child, of the producer to the produced, or of cause to effect. |
weak-kneed adj | Without resolute purpose or energy. |
amphibious adj | Living both on land and in water. |
to imperil | To endanger. |
primer | An elementary reading-book for children. |
to besmear | To smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance. |
to circumnavigate | To sail quite around. |
ultramundane adj | Pertaining to supernatural things or to another life. |
inestimable adj | Above price. |
dutiful adj | Obedient. |
Abschnitt 151 bis 160: Abschnitt 156 | (25 Vokabeln) |
to mislay | To misplace. |
syneresis | The coalescence of two vowels or syllables, as e'er for ever. |
confident adj | Assured. |
triad | A group of three persons of things. |
supercilious adj | Exhibiting haughty and careless contempt. |
to recline | To cause to assume a leaning or recumbent attitude or position. |
to retch | To make an effort to vomit. |
homonym | A word agreeing in sound with but different in meaning from another. |
panoply | A full set of armor. |
cupidity | Avarice. |
to compute | To ascertain by mathematical calculation. |
fallacy | Any unsound or delusive mode of reasoning, or anything based on such reasoning. |
wile | An act or a means of cunning deception. |
iridescent adj | Exhibiting changing rainbow-colors due to the interference of the light. |
divisor | That by which a number or quantity is divided. |
to defraud | To deprive of something dishonestly. |
technic adj | Technical. |
vale | Level or low land between hills. |
connubial adj | Pertaining to marriage or matrimony. |
pageant | A dramatic representation, especially a spectacular one. |
indigent adj | Poor. |
requiem | A solemn mass sung for the repose of the souls of the dead. |
adjuration | A vehement appeal. |
to imply | To signify. |
martyrdom | Submission to death or persecution for the sake of faith or principle. |
Abschnitt 151 bis 160: Abschnitt 157 | (25 Vokabeln) |
to refract | To bend or turn from a direct course. |
pledgee | The person to whom anything is pledged. |
demurrage | the detention of a vessel beyond the specified time of sailing. |
lexicographer | One who makes dictionaries. |
to legislate | To make or enact a law or laws. |
head foremost adv | Precipitately, as in diving. |
circumspect adj | Showing watchfulness, caution, or careful consideration. |
baritone adj | Having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor. |
to regenerate | To reproduce. |
admittance | Entrance, or the right or permission to enter. |
nectarine | A variety of the peach. |
heathenish adj | Irreligious. |
nude adj | Naked. |
sergeant-major | The highest non-commissioned officer in a regiment. |
to differentiate | To acquire a distinct and separate character. |
kilometer | A length of 1,000 meters. |
nectar | Any especially sweet and delicious drink. |
contrite adj | Broken in spirit because of a sense of sin. |
trestle | An open braced framework for supporting the horizontal stringers of a railway-bridge. |
excitable adj | Nervously high-strung. |
complication | An intermingling or combination of things or parts, especially in a perplexing manner. |
courageous adj | Brave. |
translucence | The property or state of allowing the passage of light. |
extremity | The utmost point, side, or border, or that farthest removed from a mean position. |
souvenir | A token of remembrance. |
Abschnitt 151 bis 160: Abschnitt 158 | (25 Vokabeln) |
quarter | One of four equal parts into which anything is or may be divided. |
inland adj | Remote from the sea. |
aural adj | Of or pertaining to the ear. |
coagulant adj | Producing coagulation. |
necromancer | One who practices the art of foretelling the future by means of communication with the dead. |
deleterious adj | Hurtful, morally or physically. |
vociferance | The quality of making a clamor. |
glazier | One who cuts and fits panes of glass, as for windows. |
habitable adj | Fit to be dwelt in. |
partisan adj | Characterized by or exhibiting undue or unreasoning devotion to a party. |
to reassure | To give new confidence. |
disobedience | Neglect or refusal to comply with an authoritative injunction. |
constituent | One who has the right to vote at an election. |
deist | One who believes in God, but denies supernatural revelation. |
nomad adj | Having no fixed abode. |
comprehensive adj | Large in scope or content. |
curt adj | Concise, compressed, and abrupt in act or expression. |
maudlin adj | Foolishly and tearfully affectionate. |
access | A way of approach or entrance; passage. |
occult adj | Existing but not immediately perceptible. |
necropolis | A city of the dead. |
oaken adj | Made of or from oak. |
prostrate adj | Lying prone, or with the head to the ground. |
maze | A labyrinth. |
eminence | An elevated position with respect to rank, place, character, condition, etc. |
Abschnitt 151 bis 160: Abschnitt 159 | (25 Vokabeln) |
to mistrust | To regard with suspicion or jealousy. |
to arrogate | To take, demand, or claim, especially presumptuously or without reasons or grounds. |
ceremonious adj | Observant of ritual. |
blase adj | Sated with pleasure. |
muleteer | A mule-driver. |
Antichrist | Any opponent or enemy of Christ, whether a person or a power. |
mite | A very small amount, portion, or particle. |
physicist | A specialist in the science that treats of the phenomena associated with matter and energy. |
treatise | An elaborate literary composition presenting a subject in all its parts. |
venal adj | Mercenary, corrupt. |
drainage | The means of draining collectively, as a system of conduits, trenches, pipes, etc. |
to retrace | To follow backward or toward the place of beginning, as a track or marking. |
progression | A moving forward or proceeding in course. |
horde | A gathered multitude of human beings. |
theocrasy | The mixed worship of polytheism. |
degradation | Diminution, as of strength or magnitude. |
thoroughbred adj | Bred from the best or purest blood or stock. |
to convalesce | To recover after a sickness. |
fidelity | Loyalty. |
estimable adj | Worthy of respect. |
granule | A small grain or particle. |
skepticism | The entertainment of doubt concerning something. |
to acclaim | To utter with a shout. |
to introvert | To turn within. |
to assess | To determine the amount of (a tax or other sum to be paid). |
Abschnitt 151 bis 160: Abschnitt 160 | (25 Vokabeln) |
to impoverish | To make indigent or poor. |
disavowal | Denial. |
obstetrician | A practitioner of midwifery. |
graceless adj | Ungracious. |
Calvary | The place where Christ was crucified. |
egress | Any place of exit. |
to acquiesce | To comply; submit. |
to enthrone | To invest with sovereign power. |
transcontinental adj | Extending or passing across a continent. |
chronometer | A portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision. |
tipsy adj | Befuddled with drinks. |
unconscious adj | Not cognizant of objects, actions, etc. |
offshoot | Something that branches off from the parent stock. |
itinerant adj | Wandering. |
collier | One who works in a coal-mine. |
tenant | An occupant. |
to underman | To equip with less than the full complement of men. |
to extricate | Disentangle. |
well-doer | A performer of moral and social duties. |
wherewith | The necessary means or resources. |
to dilate | To enlarge in all directions. |
to bewilder | To confuse the perceptions or judgment of. |
palsy | Paralysis. |
exclamation | An abrupt or emphatic expression of thought or of feeling. |
jaundice | A morbid condition, due to obstructed excretion of bile or characterized by yellowing of the skin. |
Abschnitt 161 bis 170: Abschnitt 161 | (25 Vokabeln) |
facsimile | An exact copy or reproduction. |
efflorescent adj | Opening in flower. |
competitor | A rival. |
desiccant | Any remedy which, when applied externally, dries up or absorbs moisture, as that of wounds. |
to ossify | to convert into bone. |
incipient adj | Initial. |
bass adj | Low in tone or compass. |
alley | A narrow street, garden path, walk, or the like. |
plurality | A majority. |
rotund adj | Round from fullness or plumpness. |
to mimic | To imitate the speech or actions of. |
to juggle | To play tricks of sleight of hand. |
to vivify | To endue with life. |
Unitarian adj | Pertaining to a religious body that rejects the doctrine of the Trinity. |
to resent | To be indignant at, as an injury or insult. |
candor | The quality of frankness or outspokenness. |
to misuse | To maltreat. |
obtrusive adj | Tending to be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence. |
optician | One who makes or deals in optical instruments or eye-glasses. |
solstice | The time of year when the sun is at its greatest declination. |
gaiety | Festivity. |
gratuitous adj | Voluntarily. |
neopaganism | A new or revived paganism. |
verity | Truth. |
to probe | To search through and through. |
Abschnitt 161 bis 170: Abschnitt 162 | (25 Vokabeln) |
transience | Something that is of short duration. |
precipice | A high and very steep or approximately vertical cliff. |
depression | A falling of the spirits. |
ridiculous adj | Laughable and contemptible. |
polygamy | the fact or condition of having more than one wife or husband at once. |
to outlast | To last longer than. |
to degenerate | To become worse or inferior. |
uproarious adj | Noisy. |
blatant adj | Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous. |
insistent adj | Urgent. |
cabalism | Superstitious devotion to one's religion. |
to consolidate | To combine into one body or system. |
plumb | A weight suspended by a line to test the verticality of something. |
adherence | Attachment. |
pandemonium | A fiendish or riotous uproar. |
phonetic adj | Representing articulate sounds or speech. |
to collapse | To cause to shrink, fall in, or fail. |
to stagnate | To become dull or inert. |
outburst | A violent issue, especially of passion in an individual. |
hardihood | Foolish daring. |
venerable adj | Meriting or commanding high esteem. |
to moralize | To render virtuous. |
azalea | A flowering shrub. |
sibilance | A hissing sound. |
corruption | Loss of purity or integrity. |
Abschnitt 161 bis 170: Abschnitt 163 | (25 Vokabeln) |
breech | The buttocks. |
evangelical adj | Seeking the conversion of sinners. |
lawmaker | A legislator. |
albeit conj | Even though. |
alcove | A covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room. |
embolism | An obstruction or plugging up of an artery or other blood-vessel. |
to penetrate | To enter or force a way into the interior parts of. |
indicator | One who or that which points out. |
poignancy | Severity or acuteness, especially of pain or grief. |
Briticism | A word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of Great Britain or the British. |
promiscuous adj | Brought together without order, distinction, or design (for sex). |
gumption | Common sense. |
to forerun | To go before as introducing or ushering in. |
mechanics | The branch of physics that treats the phenomena caused by the action of forces. |
gratuity | That which is given without demand or claim. Tip. |
immigrant | A foreigner who enters a country to settle there. |
extinct adj | Being no longer in existence. |
utility | Fitness for some desirable practical purpose. |
peripatetic adj | Walking about. |
wintry adj | Lacking warmth of manner. |
to reclaim | To demand or to obtain the return or restoration of. |
craving | A vehement desire. |
gestation | Pregnancy. |
ingratitude | Insensibility to kindness. |
extension | A reaching or stretching out, as in space, time or scope. |
Abschnitt 161 bis 170: Abschnitt 164 | (25 Vokabeln) |
germane adj | Relevant. |
extant adj | Still existing and known. |
populous adj | Containing many inhabitants, especially in proportion to the territory. |
encyclopedia | A work containing information on subjects, or exhaustive of one subject. |
linear adj | Of the nature of a line. |
requital | Adequate return for good or ill. |
unison | A condition of perfect agreement and accord. |
anecdote | A brief account of some interesting event or incident. |
semblance | Outward appearance. |
readily adv | Without objection or reluctance. |
mountainous adj | Full of or abounding in mountains. |
narrow-minded adj | Characterized by illiberal views or sentiments. |
ministration | Any religious ceremonial. |
Renaissance | The revival of letters, and then of art, which marks the transition from medieval to modern time. |
ruth | Sorrow for another's misery. |
dolor | Lamentation. |
ignominious adj | Shameful. |
exodus | A going forth or departure from a place or country, especially of many people. |
to extort | To obtain by violence, threats, compulsion, or the subjection of another to some necessity. |
muster | An assemblage or review of troops for parade or inspection, or for numbering off. |
accurate adj | Conforming exactly to truth or to a standard. |
pedagogics | The science and art of teaching. |
concussion | A violent shock to some organ by a fall or a sudden blow. |
duplicity | Double-dealing. |
wry adj | Deviating from that which is proper or right. |
Abschnitt 161 bis 170: Abschnitt 165 | (25 Vokabeln) |
census | An official numbering of the people of a country or district. |
to deduce | To derive or draw as a conclusion by reasoning from given premises or principles. |
to connive | To be in collusion. |
to prolong | To extend in time or duration. |
intermittent adj | A temporary discontinuance. |
to emanate | To flow forth or proceed, as from some source. |
oration | An elaborate or formal public speech. |
quantity | Magnitude. |
to reck | To have a care or thought for. |
infrequent adj | Uncommon. |
gaily adv | Merrily. |
dispensation | That which is bestowed on or appointed to one from a higher power. |
effulgence | Splendor. |
incipience | Beginning. |
contingency | Possibility of happening. |
derelict adj | Neglectful of obligation. |
literature | The written or printed productions of the human mind collectively. |
generality | The principal portion. |
artful adj | Characterized by craft or cunning. |
ailment | Slight sickness. |
peaceable adj | Tranquil. |
to disillusion | To disenchant. |
to cajole | To impose on or dupe by flattering speech. |
inexhaustible adj | So large or furnishing so great a supply as not to be emptied, wasted, or spent. |
odorous adj | Having an odor, especially a fragrant one. |
Abschnitt 161 bis 170: Abschnitt 166 | (25 Vokabeln) |
onrush | Onset. |
indolence | Laziness. |
monitory | Admonition or warning. |
umbrage | A sense of injury. |
fawn | A young deer. |
incoercible adj | Incapable of being forced, constrained, or compelled. |
physics | The science that treats of the phenomena associated with matter and energy. |
characteristic | A distinctive feature. |
ruffian adj | A lawless or recklessly brutal fellow. |
hypotenuse | The side of a right-angled triangle opposite the right angle. |
to impair | To cause to become less or worse. |
perennial adj | Continuing though the year or through many years. |
metempsychosis | Transition of the soul of a human being at death into another body, whether human or beast. |
virago | A bold, impudent, turbulent woman. |
seismograph | An instrument for recording the phenomena of earthquakes. |
flexible adj | Pliable. |
incandescent adj | White or glowing with heat. |
pauperism | Dependence on charity. |
to discredit | To injure the reputation of. |
liniment | A liquid preparation for rubbing on the skin in cases of bruises, inflammation, etc. |
well-bred adj | Of good ancestry. |
editorial | An article in a periodical written by the editor and published as an official argument. |
to estrange | To alienate. |
to reconnoiter | To make a preliminary examination of for military, surveying, or geological purposes. |
flagrant adj | Openly scandalous. |
Abschnitt 161 bis 170: Abschnitt 167 | (25 Vokabeln) |
to detract | To take away in such manner as to lessen value or estimation. |
to generalize | To draw general inferences. |
autocracy | Absolute government. |
to misapprehend | To misunderstand. |
consumption | Gradual destruction, as by burning, eating, etc., or by using up, wearing out, etc. |
sequel | That which follows in consequence of what has previously happened. |
homogeneous adj | Made up of similar parts or elements. |
penance | Punishment to which one voluntarily submits or subjects himself as an expression of penitence. |
dragoon | In the British army, a cavalryman. |
to defer | To delay or put off to some other time. |
cohesion | Consistency. |
metallurgy | The art or science of extracting a metal from ores, as by smelting. |
triple adj | Threefold. |
to luxuriate | To live sumptuously. |
to beget | To produce by sexual generation. |
stimulant | Anything that rouses to activity or to quickened action. |
to dissuade | To change the purpose or alter the plans of by persuasion, counsel, or pleading. |
shuffle | A mixing or changing the order of things. |
perpetrator | The doer of a wrong or a criminal act. |
syllabication | Division of words into that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse. |
averse adj | Reluctant. |
kiln | An oven or furnace for baking, burning, or drying industrial products. |
to embody | To express, formulate, or exemplify in a concrete, compact or visible form. |
to transmute | To change in nature, substance, or form. |
scope | A range of action or view. |
Abschnitt 161 bis 170: Abschnitt 168 | (25 Vokabeln) |
exuberance | Rich supply. |
liner | A vessel belonging to a steamship-line. |
intrigue | A plot or scheme, usually complicated and intended to accomplish something by secret ways. |
to frizz | To give a crinkled, fluffy appearance to. |
florid adj | Flushed with red. |
salacious adj | Having strong sexual desires. |
brine | Water saturated with salt. |
obituary adj | A published notice of a death. |
arid adj | Very dry. |
risible adj | capable of exciting laughter. |
lithesome adj | Nimble. |
inconsistent adj | Contradictory. |
explosion | A sudden and violent outbreak. |
unctuous adj | Oily. |
forgery | Counterfeiting. |
extremist | One who supports extreme measures or holds extreme views. |
to eliminate | To separate and cast aside. |
joggle | A sudden irregular shake or a push causing such a shake. |
bosom | The breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman. |
penultimate adj | A syllable or member of a series that is last but one. |
frowzy adj | Slovenly in appearance. |
optimism | The view that everything in nature and the history of mankind is ordered for the best. |
aboriginal adj | Primitive; unsophisticated. |
acquiescence | Passive consent. |
extensor | A muscle that causes extension. |
Abschnitt 161 bis 170: Abschnitt 169 | (25 Vokabeln) |
to circulate | To disseminate. |
proselyte | One who has been won over from one religious belief to another. |
audition | The act or sensation of hearing. |
theoretical adj | Directed toward knowledge for its own sake without respect to applications. |
motley adj | Composed of heterogeneous or inharmonious elements. |
to idolize | To regard with inordinate love or admiration. |
hostility | Enmity. |
to rebut | To oppose by argument or a sufficient answer. |
to ennoble | To dignify. |
resurgent adj | Surging back or again. |
brogan | A coarse, heavy shoe. |
to chastise | To subject to punitive measures. |
arboretum | A botanical garden or place devoted to the cultivation of trees or shrubs. |
unisonant adj | Being in a condition of perfect agreement and accord. |
thereabout adv | Near that number, quantity, degree, place, or time, approximately. |
vacuum | A space entirely devoid of matter. |
ancestry | One's ancestors collectively. |
heartrending adj | Very depressing. |
script | Writing or handwriting of the ordinary cursive form. |
extravagance | Undue expenditure of money. |
martial adj | Pertaining to war or military operations. |
vertex | Apex. |
probity | Virtue or integrity tested and confirmed. |
irreligious adj | Indifferent or opposed to religion. |
viscount | In England, a title of nobility, ranking fourth in the order of British peerage. |
Abschnitt 161 bis 170: Abschnitt 170 | (25 Vokabeln) |
macrocosm | The whole of any sphere or department of nature or knowledge to which man is related. |
to appraise | To estimate the money value of. |
to deluge | To overwhelm with a flood of water. |
carnal adj | Sensual. |
superb adj | Sumptuously elegant. |
crucible | A trying and purifying test or agency. |
bridle | The head-harness of a horse consisting of a head-stall, a bit, and the reins. |
to circumscribe | To confine within bounds. |
bombardier | An artillery man who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells. |
precedent | An instance that may serve as a guide or basis for a rule. |
to collaborate | To labor or cooperate with another or others, especially in literary or scientific pursuits. |
privateer | A vessel owned and officered by private persons, but carrying on maritime war. |
festal adj | Joyous. |
ramose adj | Branch-like. |
intestine | That part of the digestive tube below or behind the stomach, extending to the anus. |
redundance | Excess. |
dissentient | One who disagrees. |
merciful adj | Disposed to pity and forgive. |
legitimacy | Accordance with law. |
surcharge | An additional amount charged. |
proximately adv | Immediately. |
proletarian | A person of the lowest or poorest class. |
solicitor | One who represents a client in court of justice; an attorney. |
deceit | Falsehood. |
to laud | To praise in words or song. |
Abschnitt 171 bis 180: Abschnitt 171 | (25 Vokabeln) |
to leaven | To make light by fermentation, as dough. |
midwife | A woman who makes a business of assisting at childbirth. |
norm | A model. |
album | A book whose leaves are so made to form paper frames for holding photographs or the like. |
acme | The highest point, or summit. |
lithotype | In engraving, an etched stone surface for printing. |
granary | A storehouse for grain after it is thrashed or husked. |
to intrude | To come in without leave or license. |
magnificence | The exhibition of greatness of action, character, intellect, wealth, or power. |
to deceive | To mislead by or as by falsehood. |
to verify | To prove to be true, exact, or accurate. |
anhydrous adj | Withered. |
lever | That which exerts, or through which one may exert great power. |
alternative | Something that may or must exist, be taken or chosen, or done instead of something else. |
to defame | To slander. |
to rebuild | To build again or anew. |
scribe | One who writes or is skilled in writing. |
giver | One who gives, in any sense. |
gullible adj | Credulous. |
to impregnate | To make pregnant. |
unbelief | Doubt. |
to pall | To make dull by satiety. |
outlandish adj | Of barbarous, uncouth, and unfamiliar aspect or action. |
to disappear | To cease to exist, either actually or for the time being. |
to subjugate | To conquer. |
Abschnitt 171 bis 180: Abschnitt 172 | (25 Vokabeln) |
lunar adj | Pertaining to the moon. |
cantonment | The part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered. |
massacre | The unnecessary and indiscriminate killing of human beings. |
iciness | The state of being icy. |
competent adj | Qualified. |
infidelity | Disloyalty. |
substantive adj | Solid. |
mantel | The facing, sometimes richly ornamented, about a fireplace, including the usual shelf above it. |
inapt adj | Awkward or slow. |
sensibility | Power to perceive or feel. |
theological adj | Based on or growing out of divine revelation. |
gastronomy | The art of preparing and serving appetizing food. |
ravine | A deep gorge or hollow, especially one worn by a stream or flow of water. |
morbid adj | Caused by or denoting a diseased or unsound condition of body or mind. |
censor | An official examiner of manuscripts empowered to prohibit their publication. |
to quadrate | To divide into quarters. |
feudalism | The feudal system. |
piteous adj | Compassionate. |
to impersonate | To appear or act in the character of. |
to rue | To regret extremely. |
vocative adj | Of or pertaining to the act of calling. |
to recant | To withdraw formally one's belief (in something previously believed or maintained). |
slight adj | Of a small importance or significance. |
urchin | A roguish, mischievous boy. |
verbatim adv | Word for word. |
Abschnitt 171 bis 180: Abschnitt 173 | (25 Vokabeln) |
immutable adj | Unchangeable. |
pristine adj | Primitive. |
Parisian adj | Of or pertaining to the city of Paris. |
erudite adj | Very-learned. |
susceptibility | A specific capability of feeling or emotion. |
hydromechanics | The mechanics of fluids. |
phenomenal adj | Extraordinary or marvelous. |
introgression | Entrance. |
stiletto | A small dagger. |
inconvenient adj | Interfering with comfort or progress. |
apostate adj | False. |
scribble | Hasty, careless writing. |
matinee | An entertainment (especially theatrical) held in the daytime. |
floe | A collection of tabular masses of floating polar ice. |
felon | A criminal or depraved person. |
punctilious adj | Strictly observant of the rules or forms prescribed by law or custom. |
absurd adj | Inconsistent with reason or common sense. |
to misrule | To misgovern. |
instantaneous adj | Done without perceptible lapse of time. |
to perceive | To have knowledge of, or receive impressions concerning, through the medium of the body senses. |
to pollute | To contaminate. |
cataract | Opacity of the lens of the eye resulting in complete or partial blindness. |
veneer | Outside show or elegance. |
to translate | To give the sense or equivalent of in another language or dialect. |
excellent adj | Possessing distinguished merit. |
Abschnitt 171 bis 180: Abschnitt 174 | (25 Vokabeln) |
libel | Defamation. |
phenomenon | Any unusual occurrence. |
to prefer | To hold in higher estimation. |
peninsular adj | Pertaining to a piece of land almost surrounded by water. |
preferment | Preference. |
clearance | A certificate from the proper authorities that a vessel has complied with the law and may sail. |
ungainly adj | Clumsy. |
candid adj | Straightforward. |
rabid adj | Affected with rabies or hydrophobia. |
vertical adj | Lying or directed perpendicularly to the horizon. |
contemporaneous adj | Living, occurring, or existing at the same time. |
to perforate | To make a hole or holes through. |
to evert | To turn inside out. |
incandescence | The state of being white or glowing with heat. |
simultaneous adj | Occurring, done, or existing at the same time. |
infirmary | A place for the reception or treatment of the sick. |
witless adj | Foolish, indiscreet, or silly. |
personality | The attributes, taken collectively, that make up the character and nature of an individual. |
heteromorphic adj | Deviating from the normal form or standard type. |
outcry | A vehement or loud cry or clamor. |
momentary adj | Lasting but a short time. |
multiform adj | Having many shapes, or appearances. |
productive adj | Yielding in abundance. |
embargo | Authoritative stoppage of foreign commerce or of any special trade. |
foursome adj | Consisting of four. |
Abschnitt 171 bis 180: Abschnitt 175 | (25 Vokabeln) |
sublingual adj | Situated beneath the tongue. |
placid adj | Serene. |
conspirator | One who agrees with others to cooperate in accomplishing some unlawful purpose. |
synonym | A word having the same or almost the same meaning as some other. |
inadmissible adj | Not to be approved, considered, or allowed, as testimony. |
to mete | To apportion. |
prevalent adj | Of wide extent or frequent occurrence. |
valedictorian | Student who delivers an address at graduating exercises of an educational institution. |
infirm adj | Lacking in bodily or mental strength. |
livelihood | Means of subsistence. |
to inhibit | To hold back or in. |
photometer | Any instrument for measuring the intensity of light or comparing the intensity of two lights. |
gyroscope | An instrument for illustrating the laws of rotation. |
abbey | The group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns. |
regiment | A body of soldiers. |
Jingo | One of a party in Great Britain in favor of spirited and demonstrative foreign policy. |
to encumber | To impede with obstacles. |
presentient adj | Perceiving or feeling beforehand. |
to Bowdlerize | To expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by omitting words or passages. |
to pervade | To pass or spread through every part. |
to recollect | To recall the knowledge of. |
chagrin | Keen vexation, annoyance, or mortification, as at one's failures or errors. |
clumsy adj | Awkward of movement. |
lewd adj | Characterized by lust or lasciviousness. |
to gratify | To please, as by satisfying a physical or mental desire or need. |
Abschnitt 171 bis 180: Abschnitt 176 | (25 Vokabeln) |
mulatto | The offspring of a white person and a black person. |
acrimony | Sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper. |
to exert | To make an effort. |
perspicuous adj | Lucid. |
prohibitionist | One who favors the prohibition by law of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages. |
nonpareil | One who or that which is of unequaled excellence. |
synchronism | Simultaneousness. |
to furbish | To restore brightness or beauty to. |
neophyte adj | Having the character of a beginner. |
pentagon | A figure, especially, with five angles and five sides. |
spectator | One who beholds or looks on. |
frugal adj | Economical. |
to shrivel | To draw or be drawn into wrinkles. |
acreage | Quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land. |
to assassinate | To kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person. |
suspense | Uncertainty. |
sinuous adj | Curving in and out. |
amphitheater | An edifice of elliptical shape, constructed about a central open space or arena. |
veracity | Truthfulness. |
to submerge | To place or plunge under water. |
to seduce | To entice to surrender chastity. |
overseer | A supervisor. |
dutiable adj | Subject to a duty, especially a customs duty. |
impliable adj | Capable of being inferred. |
fulsome adj | Offensive from excess of praise or commendation. |
Abschnitt 171 bis 180: Abschnitt 177 | (25 Vokabeln) |
acumen | Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination. |
medieval adj | Belonging or relating to or descriptive of the middle ages. |
punitive adj | Pertaining to punishment. |
epiphany | Any appearance or bodily manifestation of a deity. |
salutatory | The opening oration at the commencement in American colleges. |
leniency | Forbearance. |
vicarious adj | Suffered or done in place of or for the sake of another. |
arbitrary adj | Fixed or done capriciously. |
to expiate | To make satisfaction or amends for. |
refinery | A place where some crude material, as sugar or petroleum, is purified. |
to recapture | To capture again. |
confederacy | A number of states or persons in compact or league with each other, as for mutual aid. |
fitful adj | Spasmodic. |
sibilant adj | Made with a hissing sound. |
pentameter | In prosody, a line of verse containing five units or feet. |
to ostracize | To exclude from public or private favor. |
aggression | An unprovoked attack. |
adieu inter | Good-by; farewell. |
likely adj | Plausible. |
effeminate adj | Having womanish traits or qualities. |
to economize | To spend sparingly. |
to enhance | To intensify. |
impracticable adj | Not feasible. |
liqueur | An alcoholic cordial sweetened and flavored with aromatic substances. |
insurrection | The state of being in active resistance to authority. |
Abschnitt 171 bis 180: Abschnitt 178 | (25 Vokabeln) |
interim | Time between acts or periods. |
onus | A burden or responsibility. |
fatuous adj | Idiotic |
finite adj | Limited. |
auriferous adj | Containing gold. |
preferable adj | More desirable than others. |
slothful adj | Lazy. |
resource | That which is restored to, relied upon, or made available for aid or support. |
vagrant | An idle wanderer. |
to typify | To serve as a characteristic example of. |
to proceed | To renew motion or action, as after rest or interruption. |
crag | A rugged, rocky projection on a cliff or ledge. |
isobar | A line joining points at which the barometric pressure is the same at a specified moment. |
ambulance | A vehicle fitted for conveying the sick and wounded. |
to dominate | To influence controllingly. |
to forswear | To renounce upon oath. |
effete adj | Exhausted, as having performed its functions. |
permissible adj | That may be allowed. |
outrageous adj | Shocking in conduct. |
pavilion | An open structure for temporary shelter. |
to eschew | To keep clear of. |
aggravation | The fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc. |
warlike adj | Belligerent. |
persiflage | Banter. |
poise | Equilibrium. |
Abschnitt 171 bis 180: Abschnitt 179 | (25 Vokabeln) |
to disburden | To disencumber. |
reflectible adj | Capable of being turned back. |
polytheism | The doctrine or belief that there are more gods than one. |
cosmetic adj | Pertaining to the art of beautifying, especially the complexion. |
absorption | The act or process of absorbing. |
micrometer | An instrument for measuring very small angles or dimensions. |
clothier | One who makes or sells cloth or clothing. |
illicit adj | Unlawful. |
innumerable adj | Countless. |
cohesive adj | Having the property of consistency. |
to allude | To refer incidentally, or by suggestion. |
hesitancy | A pausing to consider. |
foreign adj | Belonging to, situated in, or derived from another country. |
plea | An argument to obtain some desired action. |
islet | A little island. |
moribund adj | On the point of dying. |
to philosophize | To seek ultimate causes and principles. |
stratum | A natural or artificial layer, bed, or thickness of any substance or material. |
neo-Darwinsim | Darwinism as modified and extended by more recent students. |
to oust | To eject. |
plasticity | The property of some substances through which the form of the mass can readily be changed. |
ferocious adj | Of a wild, fierce, and savage nature. |
to embolden | To give courage to. |
to federate | To league together. |
importunate adj | Urgent in character, request, or demand. |
Abschnitt 171 bis 180: Abschnitt 180 | (25 Vokabeln) |
frankincense | A gum or resin which on burning yields aromatic fumes. |
denunciation | The act of declaring an action or person worthy of reprobation or punishment. |
furrier | A dealer in or maker of fur goods. |
defensible adj | Capable of being maintained or justified. |
accusation | A charge of crime, misdemeanor, or error. |
arrant adj | Notoriously bad. |
onset | An assault, especially of troops, upon an enemy or fortification. |
pretentious adj | Marked by pretense, conceit, or display. |
precedence | Priority in place, time, or rank. |
interlocutor | One who takes part in a conversation or oral discussion. |
transcendent adj | Surpassing. |
queue | A file of persons waiting in order of their arrival, as for admittance. |
prologue | A prefatory statement or explanation to a poem, discourse, or performance. |
coxswain | One who steers a rowboat, or one who has charge of a ship's boat and its crew under an officer. |
to induct | To bring in. |
contumacy | Contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority. |
antonym | A word directly opposed to another in meaning. |
neology | The coining or using of new words or new meanings of words. |
to burnish | To make brilliant or shining. |
retrospect | A view or contemplation of something past. |
signification | The meaning conveyed by language, actions, or signs. |
orgies | Wild or wanton revelry. |
ascetic adj | Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion. |
polytechnic adj | Pertaining to, embracing, or practicing many arts. |
palinode | A retraction. |
Abschnitt 181 bis 190: Abschnitt 181 | (25 Vokabeln) |
Norman adj | Of or peculiar to Normandy, in northern France. |
insignificance | Lack of import or of importance. |
to speculate | To pursue inquiries and form conjectures. |
quay | A wharf or artificial landing-place on the shore of a harbor or projecting into it. |
pretext | A fictitious reason or motive. |
reactionary adj | Pertaining to, of the nature of, causing, or favoring reaction. |
enmity | Hatred. |
wavelet | A ripple. |
perfumery | The preparation of perfumes. |
intolerable adj | Insufferable. |
panel | A rectangular piece set in or as in a frame. |
fallible adj | Capable of erring. |
conclusive adj | Sufficient to convince or decide. |
usage | Treatment. |
vegetarian | One who believes in the theory that man's food should be exclusively vegetable. |
protector | A defender. |
to overdo | To overtax the strength of. |
abbot | The superior of a community of monks. |
participant | One having a share or part. |
to transplant | To remove and plant in another place. |
valorous adj | Courageous. |
centenary adj | Pertaining to a hundred years or a period of a hundred years. |
intellect | The faculty of perception or thought. |
inevitable adj | Unavoidable. |
brimstone | Sulfur. |
Abschnitt 181 bis 190: Abschnitt 182 | (25 Vokabeln) |
to propagate | To spread abroad or from person to person. |
excrescence | Any unnatural addition, outgrowth, or development. |
dissipation | The state of being dispersed or scattered. |
violoncello | A stringed instrument held between the player's knees. |
trickery | Artifice. |
fruition | Fulfillment. |
nonentity | A person or thing of little or no account. |
prurient adj | Inclined to lascivious thoughts and desires. |
variant | A thing that differs from another in form only, being the same in essence or substance. |
moderation | Temperance. |
to equalize | To render uniform. |
to irradiate | To render clear and intelligible. |
novice | A beginner in any business or occupation. |
fiasco | A complete or humiliating failure. |
selective adj | Having the power of choice. |
athirst adj | Wanting water. |
arrangement | The act of putting in proper order, or the state of being put in order. |
comprehensible adj | Intelligible. |
sinister adj | Evil. |
entomology | The branch of zoology that treats of insects. |
to purl | To cause to whirl, as in an eddy. |
guile | Duplicity. |
vegetation | Plant-life in the aggregate. |
to indict | To find and declare chargeable with crime. |
concession | Anything granted or yielded, or admitted in response to a demand, petition, or claim. |
Abschnitt 181 bis 190: Abschnitt 183 | (25 Vokabeln) |
philosophy | The general principles, laws, or causes that furnish the rational explanation of anything. |
to commute | To put something, especially something less severe, in place of. |
to deprave | To render bad, especially morally bad. |
pitiful adj | Wretched. |
static adj | Pertaining to or designating bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium. |
antagonism | Mutual opposition or resistance of counteracting forces, principles, or persons. |
to embarrass | To render flustered or agitated. |
assailant | One who attacks. |
complex adj | Complicated. |
pedagogue | A schoolmaster. |
to recognize | To recall the identity of (a person or thing). |
disjunctive adj | Helping or serving to disconnect or separate. |
transmissible adj | That may e sent through or across. |
hanger-on | A parasite. |
conjugal adj | Pertaining to marriage, marital rights, or married persons. |
ambrosial adj | Divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious. |
to dissever | To divide. |
cessation | Discontinuance, as of action or motion. |
negligence | Omission of that which ought to be done. |
littoral adj | Of, pertaining to, or living on a shore. |
vendor | A seller. |
fancier | One having a taste for or interest in special objects. |
equilibrium | A state of balance. |
to rupture | To separate the parts of by violence. |
mead | A meadow. |
Abschnitt 181 bis 190: Abschnitt 184 | (25 Vokabeln) |
to antipathize | To show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike. |
carrion | Dead and putrefying flesh. |
concerto | A musical composition. |
seminary | A special school, as of theology or pedagogics. |
coalescence | The act or process of coming together so as to form one body, combination, or product. |
euphonious adj | Characterized by agreeableness of sound. |
weal | Well-being. |
to persist | To continue steadfast against opposition. |
adjacency | The state of being adjacent. |
reslience | The power of springing back to a former position |
arboriculture | The cultivation of trees or shrubs. |
sense | The signification conveyed by some word, phrase, or action. |
quintessence | The most essential part of anything. |
zenith | The culminating-point of prosperity, influence, or greatness. |
impalpable adj | Imperceptible to the touch. |
to outreach | To reach or go beyond. |
culvert | Any artificial covered channel for the passage of water through a bank or under a road, canal. |
disyllable | A word of two syllables. |
elusion | Evasion. |
iota | A small or insignificant mark or part. |
vendible adj | Marketable. |
Britannia | The United Kingdom of Great Britain. |
accession | Induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government. |
to mismanage | To manage badly, improperly, or unskillfully. |
to officiate | To act as an officer or leader. |
Abschnitt 181 bis 190: Abschnitt 185 | (25 Vokabeln) |
whereabouts | The place in or near which a person or thing is. |
pestilence | A raging epidemic. |
to invoke | To call on for assistance or protection. |
viol | A stringed instrument of the violin class. |
admonition | Gentle reproof. |
opalescence | The property of combined refraction and reflection of light, resulting in smoky tints. |
recidivist | A confirmed criminal. |
impromptu | Anything done or said on the impulse of the moment. |
swarthy adj | Having a dark hue, especially a dark or sunburned complexion. |
to modify | To make somewhat different. |
leviathan | Any large animal, as a whale. |
fervor | Ardor or intensity of feeling. |
emporium | A bazaar or shop. |
to intoxicate | To make drunk. |
gamester | A gambler. |
photoelectric adj | Pertaining to the combined action of light and electricity. |
objective adj | Grasping and representing facts as they are. |
viceroy | A ruler acting with royal authority in place of the sovereign in a colony or province. |
regalia | pl. The emblems of royalty. |
theology | The branch of theological science that treats of God. |
paraphernalia | Miscellaneous articles of equipment or adornment. |
plenary adj | Entire. |
mystic | One who professes direct divine illumination, or relies upon meditation to acquire truth. |
to modernize | To make characteristic of the present or of recent times. |
trenchant adj | Cutting deeply and quickly. |
Abschnitt 181 bis 190: Abschnitt 186 | (25 Vokabeln) |
contraposition | A placing opposite. |
domain | A sphere or field of action or interest. |
obnoxious adj | Detestable. |
to emulate | To imitate with intent to equal or surpass. |
preemption | The right or act of purchasing before others. |
operator | One who works with or controls some machine or scientific apparatus. |
to foreclose | To bar by judicial proceedings the equitable right of a mortgagor to redeem property. |
pertinacity | Unyielding adherence. |
neutral adj | Belonging to or under control of neither of two contestants. |
succulent adj | Juicy. |
preternatural adj | Extraordinary. |
trio | Three things grouped or associated together. |
to consign | To entrust. |
censorious adj | Judging severely or harshly. |
thearchy | Government by a supreme deity. |
to famish | To suffer extremity of hunger or thirst. |
spherometer | An instrument for measuring curvature or radii of spherical surfaces. |
saponaceous adj | Having the nature or quality of soap. |
primitive adj | Pertaining to the beginning or early times. |
obelisk | A square shaft with pyramidal top, usually monumental or commemorative. |
to germinate | To begin to develop into an embryo or higher form. |
sanctimonious adj | Making an ostentatious display or hypocritical pretense of holiness or piety. |
to entrench | To fortify or protect, as with a trench or ditch and wall. |
archangel | An angel of high rank. |
annunciation | Proclamation. |
Abschnitt 181 bis 190: Abschnitt 187 | (25 Vokabeln) |
to illuminate | To supply with light. |
preoccupation | The state of having the mind, attention, or inclination preoccupied. |
adversity | Misfortune. |
to engross | To occupy completely. |
to forgo | To deny oneself. |
to sequester | To cause to withdraw or retire, as from society or public life. |
astute adj | Keen in discernment. |
Iliad | A Greek epic poem describing scenes from the siege of Troy. |
fabulous adj | Incredible. |
tireless adj | Untiring. |
unfavorable adj | Adverse. |
technique | Manner of performance. |
to journalize | To keep a diary. |
recognizance | An acknowledgment entered into before a court with condition to do some particular act. |
monocracy | Government by a single person. |
misnomer | A name wrongly or mistakenly applied. |
perturbation | Mental excitement or confusion. |
to paraphrase | Translate freely. |
negation | The act of denying or of asserting the falsity of a proposition. |
underexposed adj | Insufficiently exposed for proper or full development, as negatives in photography. |
incendiary | Chemical or person who starts a fire-literally or figuratively. |
epidermis | The outer skin. |
to disqualify | To debar. |
moat | A ditch on the outside of a fortress wall. |
lenient adj | Not harsh. |
Abschnitt 181 bis 190: Abschnitt 188 | (25 Vokabeln) |
tiresome adj | Wearisome. |
penurious adj | Excessively sparing in the use of money. |
orthogonal adj | Having or determined by right angles. |
astringent adj | Harsh in disposition or character. |
psychopathic adj | Morally irresponsible. |
demerit | A mark for failure or bad conduct. |
underhanded adj | Clandestinely carried on. |
to coerce | To force. |
to insulate | To place in a detached state or situation. |
to diagnose | To distinguish, as a disease, by its characteristic phenomena. |
submersion | The act of submerging. |
hemorrhage | Discharge of blood from a ruptured or wounded blood-vessel. |
platitude | A written or spoken statement that is flat, dull, or commonplace. |
irresponsible adj | Careless of or unable to meet responsibilities. |
to ambulate | To walk about |
to aggrandize | To cause to appear greatly. |
mellifluous adj | Sweetly or smoothly flowing. |
off adj | Farther or more distant. |
recrudescence | The state of becoming raw or sore again. |
amplitude | Largeness. |
to henpeck | To worry or harass by ill temper and petty annoyances. |
stagnant adj | Not flowing: said of water, as in a pool. |
recurrent adj | Returning from time to time, especially at regular or stated intervals. |
inapprehensible adj | Not to be understood. |
dendrology | The natural history of trees. |
Abschnitt 181 bis 190: Abschnitt 189 | (25 Vokabeln) |
to persevere | To continue striving in spite of discouragements. |
potentate | One possessed of great power or sway. |
to divert | To turn from the accustomed course or a line of action already established. |
introversion | The act of turning or directing inward, physically or mentally. |
diffusible adj | Spreading rapidly through the system and acting quickly. |
fictitious adj | Created or formed by the imagination. |
to corroborate | To strengthen, as proof or conviction. |
bibliomania | The passion for collecting books. |
desistance | Cessation. |
foreordination | Predestination. |
purveyor | one who supplies |
declarative adj | Containing a formal, positive, or explicit statement or affirmation. |
parable | A brief narrative founded on real scenes or events usually with a moral. |
to hoodwink | To deceive. |
boll | A round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton. |
to surmount | To overcome by force of will. |
nomic adj | Usual or customary. |
redolence | Smelling sweet and agreeable. |
to undersell | To sell at a lower price than. |
icon | An image or likeness. |
folk-lore | The traditions, beliefs, and customs of the common people. |
disreputable adj | Dishonorable or disgraceful. |
frolicsome adj | Prankish. |
herbaceous adj | Having the character of a herb. |
misbehavior | Ill or improper behavior. |
Abschnitt 181 bis 190: Abschnitt 190 | (25 Vokabeln) |
superficial adj | Knowing and understanding only the ordinary and the obvious. |
to crystallize | To bring together or give fixed shape to. |
foggy adj | Obscure. |
to predicate | To state as belonging to something. |
acoustic adj | Pertaining to the act or sense of hearing. |
intervale | A low tract of land between hills, especially along a river. |
obese adj | Exceedingly fat. |
to joust | To engage in a tilt with lances on horseback. |
microscopic adj | Adapted to or characterized by minute observation. |
bauble | A trinket. |
scrupulous adj | Cautious in action for fear of doing wrong. |
to explicate | To clear from involvement. |
to reiterate | To say or do again and again. |
matter of fact | Something that has actual and undeniable existence or reality. |
clemency | Mercy. |
ravenous adj | Furiously voracious or hungry. |
esthetic adj | Pertaining to beauty, taste, or the fine arts. |
intolerance | Inability or unwillingness to bear or endure. |
adverse adj | Opposing or opposed. |
landscape | A rural view, especially one of picturesque effect, as seen from a distance or an elevation. |
apex | The highest point, as of a mountain. |
reclusory | A hermitage. |
to coddle | To treat as a baby or an invalid. |
gigantic adj | Tremendous. |
diacritical adj | Marking a difference. |
Abschnitt 191 bis 200: Abschnitt 191 | (25 Vokabeln) |
achromatic adj | Colorless, |
portfolio | A portable case for holding writing-materials, drawings, etc. |
referee | An umpire. |
oculist | One versed or skilled in treating diseases of the eye. |
excretion | The getting rid of waste matter. |
antecedent | One who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality. |
tapestry | A fabric to which a pattern is applied with a needle, designed for ornamental hangings. |
intolerant adj | Bigoted. |
pitiable adj | Contemptible. |
irascible adj | Prone to anger. |
similar adj | Bearing resemblance to one another or to something else. |
avidity | Greediness. |
revocation | Repeal. |
neurology | The science of the nervous system. |
altruism | Benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest. |
panorama | A series of large pictures representing a continuous scene. |
unnecessary adj | Not essential under the circumstances. |
magnitude | Importance. |
grantor | The maker of a deed. |
Christendom | That part of the world where Christianity is generally professed. |
rhetorician | A showy writer or speaker. |
aristocrat | A hereditary noble or one nearly connected with nobility. |
prima adj | First. |
to consummate | To bring to completion. |
to countervail | To offset. |
Abschnitt 191 bis 200: Abschnitt 192 | (25 Vokabeln) |
complicity | Participation or partnership, as in wrong-doing or with a wrong-doer. |
berth | A bunk or bed in a vessel, sleeping-car, etc. |
jubilation | Exultation. |
entreaty | An earnest request. |
freethinker | One who rejects authority or inspiration in religion. |
plausible adj | Seeming likely to be true, though open to doubt. |
inveterate adj | Habitual. |
crustaceous adj | Having a crust-like shell. |
spheroid | A body having nearly the form of a sphere. |
salient adj | Standing out prominently. |
to remodel | Reconstruct. |
finale | Concluding performance. |
blithe adj | Joyous. |
unbecoming adj | Unsuited to the wearer, place, or surroundings. |
unwieldy adj | Moved or managed with difficulty, as from great size or awkward shape. |
triplicity | The state of being triple or threefold. |
indicant adj | That which points out. |
inaccessible adj | Difficult of approach. |
condensation | The act or process of making dense or denser. |
pseudapostle | A pretended or false apostle. |
brotherhood | Spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity. |
to persuade | To win the mind of by argument, eloquence, evidence, or reflection. |
obsolete adj | No longer practiced or accepted. |
to excruciate | To inflict severe pain or agony upon. |
to disconnect | To undo or dissolve the connection or association of. |
Abschnitt 191 bis 200: Abschnitt 193 | (25 Vokabeln) |
confessor | A spiritual advisor. |
dilatory adj | Tending to cause delay. |
to exaggerate | To overstate. |
ultimatum | A final statement or proposal, as concerning terms or conditions. |
to enthuse | To yield to or display intense and rapturous feeling. |
infidel | One who denies the existence of God. |
peddler | One who travels from house to house with an assortment of goods for retail. |
infamous adj | Publicly branded or notorious, as for vice, or crime. |
inconstant adj | Changeable. |
intangible adj | Not perceptible to the touch. |
sacrilege | The act of violating or profaning anything sacred. |
to demagnetize | To deprive (a magnet) of magnetism. |
exposition | Formal presentation. |
to expectorate | To cough up and spit forth. |
twinge | A darting momentary local pain. |
realism | The principle and practice of depicting persons and scenes as they are believed really to exist. |
reparable adj | Capable of repair. |
vestment | Clothing or covering. |
to dissect | To cut apart or to pieces. |
to ensnare | To entrap. |
creamery | A butter-making establishment. |
possessive adj | Pertaining to the having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command. |
mercenary adj | Greedy |
to supersede | To displace. |
jugglery | The art or practice of sleight of hand. |
Abschnitt 191 bis 200: Abschnitt 194 | (25 Vokabeln) |
guy | Stay-rope. |
gynecocracy | Female supremacy. |
to surround | To encircle. |
beneficent adj | Characterized by charity and kindness. |
superfluous adj | Being more than is needed. |
bedlam | Madhouse. |
Pantheon | A circular temple at Rome with a fine Corinthian portico and a great domed roof. |
to conduce | To bring about. |
daring adj | Brave. |
demise | Death. |
kimono | A loose robe, fastening with a sash, the principal outer garment in Japan. |
taxidermy | The art or process of preserving dead animals or parts of them. |
to subtend | To extend opposite to. |
to inundate | To fill with an overflowing abundance. |
servitude | Slavery. |
inadvertent adj | Accidental. |
interpolation | Verbal interference. |
to paralyze | To deprive of the power to act. |
insomnia | Sleeplessness. |
strait | A narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water. |
annalist | Historian. |
dialectician | A logician. |
drowsy adj | Heavy with sleepiness. |
fathom | A measure of length, 6 feet. |
idiom | A use of words peculiar to a particular language. |
Abschnitt 191 bis 200: Abschnitt 195 | (25 Vokabeln) |
arborescent adj | Having the nature of a tree. |
onerous adj | Burdensome or oppressive. |
to reseat | To place in position of office again. |
to mesmerize | To hypnotize. |
vaudeville | A variety show. |
assiduous adj | Diligent. |
ladle | A cup-shaped vessel with a long handle, intended for dipping up and pouring liquids. |
telltale adj | That gives warning or information. |
statute | Any authoritatively declared rule, ordinance, decree, or law. |
imperative adj | Obligatory. |
divergent adj | Tending in different directions. |
naturally adv | According to the usual order of things. |
sergeant-at-arms | An executive officer in legislative bodies who enforces the orders of the presiding officer. |
to reunite | To unite or join again, as after separation. |
to abut | To touch at the end or boundary line. |
hindmost adj | Farthest from the front. |
protrusion | The act of protruding. |
giddy adj | Affected with a whirling or swimming sensation in the head. |
rigorous adj | Uncompromising. |
ointment | A fatty preparation with a butter-like consistency in which a medicinal substance exists. |
residue | A remainder or surplus after a part has been separated or otherwise treated. |
maritime adj | Situated on or near the sea. |
to interact | To act reciprocally. |
inexcusable adj | Not to be justified. |
adjacent | That which is near or bordering upon. |
Abschnitt 191 bis 200: Abschnitt 196 | (25 Vokabeln) |
inoffensive adj | Causing nothing displeasing or disturbing. |
sentient adj | Possessing the power of sense or sense-perception. |
to writhe | To twist the body, face, or limbs or as in pain or distress. |
further adj | More distant or advanced. |
clandestine adj | Surreptitious. |
to augment | To make bigger. |
efficacy | The power to produce an intended effect as shown in the production of it. |
omniscient adj | Characterized by unlimited or infinite knowledge. |
brokerage | The business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker. |
sorcery | Witchcraft. |
to entail | To involve; necessitate. |
soldier | A person engaged in military service. |
complacence | Satisfaction with one's acts or surroundings. |
canine adj | Characteristic of a dog. |
to intervene | To interfere for some end. |
to obviate | To clear away or provide for, as an objection or difficulty. |
dissension | Angry or violent difference of opinion. |
assonant adj | Having resemblance of sound. |
reliquary | A casket, coffer, or repository in which relics are kept. |
ostracism | Exclusion from intercourse or favor, as in society or politics. |
vaporizer | An atomizer. |
to invert | To turn inside out, upside down, or in opposite direction. |
vigilance | Alert and intent mental watchfulness in guarding against danger. |
forehead | The upper part of the face, between the eyes and the hair. |
to arrange | To put in definite or proper order. |
Abschnitt 191 bis 200: Abschnitt 197 | (25 Vokabeln) |
acquaintance | Release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility. |
trebly adv | Triply. |
low-spirited adj | Despondent. |
witling | A person who has little understanding. |
socialism | A theory of civil polity that aims to secure the reconstruction of society. |
aberration | Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course. |
geniality | Warmth and kindliness of disposition. |
demonstrative adj | Inclined to strong exhibition or expression of feeling or thoughts. |
premature adj | Coming too soon. |
to demolish | To annihilate. |
influx | Infusion. |
resilient adj | Having the quality of springing back to a former position. |
honorarium | A token fee or payment to a professional man for services. |
kilowatt | One thousand watts. |
to rankle | To produce irritation or festering. |
anew adv | Once more. |
antediluvian adj | Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah. |
bumptious adj | Full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit. |
invasion | Encroachment, as by an act of intrusion or trespass. |
to animate | To make alive. |
buffoon | A clown. |
conferee | A person with whom another confers. |
consulate | The place in which a consul transacts official business. |
flue | A smoke-duct in a chimney. |
testator | The maker of a will. |
Abschnitt 191 bis 200: Abschnitt 198 | (25 Vokabeln) |
incidence | Casual occurrence. |
rhapsody | Rapt or rapturous utterance. |
monsieur | A French title of respect, equivalent to Mr. and sir. |
furlong | A measure, one-eighth of a mile. |
biograph | A bibliographical sketch or notice. |
suspension | A hanging from a support. |
replica | A duplicate executed by the artist himself, and regarded, equally with the first, as an original. |
luxuriance | Excessive or superfluous growth or quantity. |
disparity | Inequality. |
connoisseur | A critical judge of art, especially one with thorough knowledge and sound judgment of art. |
aerostatics | The branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties. |
to obstruct | To fill with impediments so as to prevent passage, either wholly or in part. |
polyhedron | A solid bounded by plane faces, especially by more than four. |
to detest | To dislike or hate with intensity. |
investor | One who invests money. |
tenacious adj | Unyielding. |
indestructible adj | That can not be destroyed. |
reformer | One who carries out a reform. |
declension | The change of endings in nouns and (adj.) |
excess | That which passes the ordinary, proper, or required limit, measure, or experience. |
consort | A companion or associate. |
supple adj | Easily bent. |
projection | A prominence. |
impassive adj | Unmoved by or not exhibiting feeling. |
subsequent adj | Following in time. |
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preponderant adj | Prevalent. |
triumvir | One of three men united coordinately in public office or authority. |
regime | Particular conduct or administration of affairs. |
despair | Utter hopelessness and despondency. |
volant adj | Flying or able to fly. |
to relish | To like the taste or savor of. |
replete adj | Full to the uttermost. |
to disavow | To disclaim responsibility for. |
plaudit | An expression of applause. |
peaceful adj | Tranquil. |
to unsettle | To put into confusion. |
armory | An arsenal. |
oratory | The art of public speaking. |
afresh adv | Once more, after rest or interval. |
apiary | A place where bees are kept. |
to maroon | To put ashore and abandon (a person) on a desolate coast or island. |
bole | The trunk or body of a tree. |
lactation | The secretion of milk. |
to concede | To surrender. |
tripod | A three-legged stand, usually hinged near the top, for supporting some instrument. |
compression | Constraint, as by force or authority. |
jurisdiction | Lawful power or right to exercise official authority. |
sheer adj | Absolute. |
buffoonery | Low drollery, coarse jokes, etc. |
orator | One who delivers an elaborate or formal speech. |
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immune adj | Exempt, as from disease. |
tangible adj | Perceptible by touch. |
to suffuse | To cover or fill the surface of. |
equivocal adj | Ambiguous. |
phonology | The science of human vocal sounds. |
to madden | To inflame with passion. |
to exacerbate | To make more sharp, severe, or virulent. |
executor | A person nominated by the will of another to execute the will. |
equivalent adj | Equal in value, force, meaning, or the like. |
obesity | Excessive fatness. |
magnate | A person of rank or importance. |
colloquialism | Form of speech used only or chiefly in conversation. |
interlude | An action or event considered as coming between others of greater length. |
extraneous adj | Having no essential relation to a subject. |
transferee | The person to whom a transfer is made. |
to analyze | To examine minutely or critically. |
to counterbalance | To oppose with an equal force. |
stature | The natural height of an animal body. |
descent | The act of moving or going downward. |
inherent adj | Intrinsic. |
decagon | A figure with ten sides and ten angles. |
transfusible adj | Capable of being poured from one vessel to another. |
transatlantic adj | Situated beyond or on the other side of the Atlantic. |
orthodoxy | Acceptance of the common faith. |
seminar | Any assemblage of pupils for real research in some specific study under a teacher. |