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GRE Word List
1. abate:to lessen to subside
2. abdication:giving up control authority
3. aberration:straying away from what is normal
4.abet:
help/encourage smb (in doing wrong)
5. abeyance:suspended action
6. abhor:to hate to detest
7. abide:be faithful to endure
8. abjure:promise or swear to give up
9. abraded:rubbed off worn away by friction
10. abrogate:repeal or annul by authority
11. abscond:to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest)
12. abstruse:difficult to comprehend obscure
13. abut:border on
14. abysmal:bottomless extreme
15. acarpous:effete no longer fertile worn out
16. acclaimed:welcomed with shouts and approval
17. accolade:praise approval
18. accretion:the growing of separate things into one
19. accrue:accumulate
20. adamant:kind of stone inflexible
21. admonitory:containing warning
22. adorn:add beauty decorate
23. adulteration:making unpure poorer in quality
24. affable:polite and friendly
25. affinity:close connection relationship
26. aggravate:make worse irritate
27. agile:active quick-moving
28. agog:eager/excited
29. ail:trouble be ill
30. alacrity:eager and cheerful readiness
31. alcove:recess/partially enclosed place
32. ale:fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavierthan beer
33. aleck:one who considers himself smarter than others
34. allegiance:duty support loyalty
35. alleviate:make (pain) easier to bear
36. alloy:to debase by mixing with something inferior
37. aloof:reserved indifferent
38. amalgamate:mix combine unite societies
39. ambidextrous:able to use the left hand or the right equally
well
40. ambiguous:doubtful uncertain
41. ambivalent:having both of two contrary meanings
42. ambrosial:extremely pleasing to taste
43. ameliorate:improve make better
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44. amortize:end (a debt) by setting aside money
45. anguish:severe suffering
46. animosity:strong dislike
47. antidote:medicine used against a poison or a disease
48. antithetical:direct opposing
49. apartheid:brutal racial discrimination
50. aplomb:self-confidence
51. apostate:one who abandons long-held religious or politicalconvictions
52. apotheosis:deification glorification to godliness
53. appease:make quiet or calm
54. apprehensive:grasping understanding fear unhappy
feeling about future
55. apprise:give notice to inform
56. approbation:approval
57. apropos:appropriate to the situation apt
58. apt:well-suited quick-witted
59. arabesque:a complex ornate design
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60. arboreal:of connected with trees
61. ardor:enthusiasm
62. arduous:steep difficult ascent laborious
63. argot:jargon slang
64. arrant:in the highest degree
65. arrogance:proud superior manner of behaviour
66. articulate:speak distinctly connect by joints
67. ascend:go or come up
68. ascertain:get to know
69. ascetic:practicing self-denial austere stark
70. ascribe:consider to be the origin of or belonging to
71. aseptic:surgically clean
72. asperity:roughness harshness ill temper irritability
73. aspersion:slander
74. assail:with attack v iolently
75. assiduous:diligent hard-working sedulous
76. assuage:make something (pain desire) less
77. asterisk:the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters)
78. astringent:substance that shrinks
79. astute:clever quick at seeing to get an advantage
80. atonement:repayment death of Jesus
81. attenuate:make thin. weaken enervate
82. attune:bring into harmony
83. audacious:daring foolishly bold impudent
84. augury:omen sign
85. august:majestic venerable
86. auspicious:favorable successful prosperous
87. austere:severely moral and strict simple and plain
88. auxiliary:helping supporting
89. aver:affirm assert prove justify
90. aversion:strong dislike
91. avid:eager greedy
92. avow:admit. Declare openly
93. baleful:harmful ominous causing evil
94. balk:obstacle purposely to get on the way of
95. baneful:causing harm or ruin pernicious destructive
96. barrage:artificial obstacle built across a river
97. barren:not good enough unable to have young ones
without value
98. bask:in enjoy warmth and light
99. beatify:to bless make happy or ascribe a virtue to
100. bedizen:to adorn especially in a cheap showy manner
101. belabor:beat hard
102. bellicose:belligerent pugnacious warlike
103. belligerent:(person nation) waging war
104. benefactor:person who has given help
105. benevolence: wish or activity in doing good
106. benign:kind and gentle mild (climate)
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107. bequest:arrangement to give something at death
108. berate:scold sharply
109. bereft:rob or dispossess of something (material)
110. bewilder:puzzle confuse
111. bigot:stubborn narrow-minded person
112. bilge:bulge the protuberance of a cask
113. blandishment:flattery coaxing
114. blandness:polite manner comforting uninteresting
115. blatant:noisy and rough
116. blithe:cheerful casual carefree
117. bogus:sham counterfeit not genuine
118. boisterous:loud noisy rough lacking restraint
119. bolster:give greatly needed support
120. boorish:crude offensive rude
121. brash:hasty rush cheeky saucy
122. brass:yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc)
123.brazen:
made of brass
124. breach:opening broken place breaking
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125. brittle:easily broken
126. broach:bring up announce begin to talk about
127. brook:to tolerate endure
128. buoyant:able to float light-hearted
129. burgeon:grow forth send out buds
130. burnish:to polish rub to a shine
131. cabal:a scheme or plot a group of plotters
132. cadge:to beg to get by begging
133. cajole:use flattery or deceit to persuade
134. calipers:metal supports attached to the legs measuring
instrument
135. calumny:slander aspersion
136. candid:frank straight-forward
137. cant:insincere talk/jargon
138. cantankerous:bad-tempered/quarrelsome
139. canvass:discuss thoroughly sort of touting
140. castigate:to chastise correct by punishing
141. castigation:severe punishment
142. catalyst:substance that causes speeding up
143. caustic:biting sarcastic
144. censure:expression of blame or disapproval a rebuke
145. centurion:leader of a unit of 100 soldiers
146. chary:cautious wary
147. chastened:corrected punished
148. chastisement:punishment
149.chauvinist:
a blindly devoted patriot
150. chicanery:legal trickery/false argument
151. chisel:steel tool for shaping materials
152. churl:bad-tempered person
153. clamor:shout complain with a lot of noise
154. clientele:customers
155. clinch:come to gr ips/settle conclusively
156. cling:to resist separation
157. clot:half-solid lump formed from liquid
158. cloture:closing device (in Parliament) to end a debate by
voting
159. coagulation:change to a thick and solid state
160. coalescing:coming together and uniting into one substance
161. coax:get smb to do something by kindness
162. coda:passage that completes a piece of music
163. coddle:treat with care and tenderness
164. coerce:compel to force to make obedient
165. coeval:of the same period coexisting
166. cogent:strong convincing
167. cogitate:think deeply mediate
168. cognizant:being fully aware of
169. cohort:a group or band of people
170. colander:bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to
drain off water
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171. collusion:secret agreement for a deceitful purpose
172. combustion:process of burning
173. commemorate:keep the memory of
174. commodious:having plenty of space for what is needed
175. commuter:person who travels regularly
176. complaisance:tending to comply obliging willingness to
please
177.
compunction:feeling of regret for one's action
178. conceal:hide keep secret
179. conceit:over-high opinion of too much pride
180. conciliatory:reconciling soothing comforting mollifying
181. concord:agreement or harmony
182. concur:agree in opinion happen together
183. condense:increase in density strength make laconic
184. condone:forgive
185. Conduce:To bring about
186. congeal:make or become stiff and solid
187. conjoin:to join together
188. connoisseur:a person with good judgement (e.g.. in art)
189. connotation:suggestion in addition to
190. consequential:pompous self important
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191. console:give comfort or sympathy to
192. conspicuous:easily seen remarkable
193. consternation:surprise and fear dismay
194. constrain:compel
195. constrict:make tight or smaller
196. consume:get to the end of
197. consummate:perfect/make perfect/complete
198. contemn:to scorn or despise
199. contentious:argumentative pugnacious combative
quarrelsome
200. contiguous:touching neighboring near
201. contrite:filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing
202. contumacious:insubordinate rebellious
203. conundrum:a riddle dilemma enigma
204. conviction:convincing firm belief
205. convoke:call together summon
206. convoluted:complicated coiled twisted
207. cordial:warm and sincere
208. cordon:line (of police acting as a guard)
209. cornucopia:abundant supply
210. corporeal:physical of or for the body
211. correlate:have a mutual relation
212. corroboration:additional strengthening evidence
213. countenance:to favor or approve of
214. counterfeit:forgery
215.countervail:
counterbalance
216. covert:disguised
217. covetous:eagerly desirous
218. cower:crouch shrink back
219. coy:shy/modest (esp of a girl)
220. crass:very great (es. stupidity)
221. cravat:piece of linen worn as a necktie
222. craven:cowardly
223. crease:line made by crushing white line on the ground in
cricket
224. credulity:too great a readiness to believe things
225. credulous:ready to believe things
226. crush:press lose shape subdue overwhelm
227. cryptic:secret with a hidden meaning
228. cumbersome:burdensome heavy and awkward to carry
229. curmudgeon:bad-tempered person
230. curriculum:course of study
231. cursory:quick hurried
232. curtail:make shorter then was planned
233. dainty:pretty/delicate(food)/difficult to please
234. daunt:intimidate make fearful
235. dawdler:person who is slow waste of time
236. dearth:shortage
237. debacle:a breakup overthrow sudden disaster
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238. decorum:propriety properness
239. decree:order given by authority
240. decry:disapprove of
241. defer:postpone give way (to show respect)
242. deferential:showing respect
243. defiance:open disobedience or resistance
244. delineate:to portray depict sketch out
245. deluge:great flood heavy rush of water
246. demagogue:person appealing not to reasons
247. demur:to hesitate raise objections
248. denigrate:blacken belittle sully defame
249. denouement:an outcome or solution the unraveling of a
plot
250. deplete:use until none remains
251. deposition:dethronement depositing
252. deprave:make morally bad corrupt
253. deprecate:protest against express disapproval of
254. dereliction:deserting and leaving to fall into ruins
255. derision:ridicule mockery deriding
256. derivative:unoriginal obtained from another source
257. derogatory:insulting tending to damage
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258. descry:catch sight of see something in the distance
259. desiccant:substance used to absorb moisture
260. desuetude:cessation of use disuse
261. desultory:aimless haphazard digressing at random
262. deter:discourage hinder
263. detraction:slandering verbal attack aspersion
264. detumescence:diminishing or lessening of swelling
265. deviance:being different in moral standards (from normal)
266. dexterity:skill (esp. in handling)
267. diaphanous:transparent gauzy
268. diatribe:bitter and v iolent attack in words
269. didactic:intended to instruct
270. diffidence:shyness
271. dilate:speak comprehensively become wider large
272. disallow:refuse to allow or accept as a correct
273. discern:see with an effort but clearly
274. discomfit:confuse embarrass
275. disconcert:upset the self-possession of
276. discountenance:refuse to approve of
277. discourse:speech lecture
278. discredit:refuse to believe
279. discreet:careful/prudent
280. discrete:individually distinct
281. disdain:look on with contempt
282. disencumber:free from encumbrance
283. disheveled:untidy
284. disingenuous:sophisticated artful trying to deceive
cunning
285. disinter:dig up from the earth
286. dislodge:move force from the place occupied
287. dismal:sad gloomy miserable
288. disparate:essentially different
289. disproof:proof to the contrary
290. dissemble:speak or behave so as to hide something (in
mind)
291. disseminate:distribute (esp. ideas)
292. dissent:have a different opinion refuse to assent
293. dissolution:disintegration looseness in morals
294. distraught:distracted violently upset in mind
295. divergence:getting farther apart from a point
296. divestiture:taking off getting rid of giving up
297. divulge:make known something secret
298. doggerel:trivial poorly constructed verse
299. dogmatic:positive certain arbitrary without room for
discussion300. dolt:stupid fellow
301. dormant:in a state of inactivity but awaiting development
302. dote:show much fondness center one's attention
303. drawl:slow way of speaking
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304. droll:jesting
305. drone:male bee person who isn't self-employed
306. drowsiness:feeling sleepy half asleep
307. dubious:feeling doubt
308. dud:no use person something that fails
309. dulcet:melodious harmonious
310. dupe:cheat make a fool of
311. duplicity:deliberate deception312. duress:threats to compel smb
313. dwarf:person or smb much below the usual size
314. dynamo:a generator something that produces electric
current
315. earthenware:dishes made of baked clay
316. ebullience:exuberance outburst of feeling
317. ebullient:overflowing with enthusiasm showing excitement
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318. ecumenical:representing the whole Christian world
319. edacious:voracious devouring
320. eddy:circular or spiral movement (e.g.. of wind)
321. edible:fit to be eaten/not poisonous
322. effete:infertile worn out weak
323. efficacy:production of a desired result
324. effluvia:outflow in a stream of particles a noxious odor or
vapor
325. effrontery:boldness impudence arrogance
326. egress:way out exit
327. elaborate:worked out with much care in great detail
328. elegy:a lament a melancholy composition
329. elicit:draw out
330. eloquence:fluent speaking skillful use of language
331. emaciate:make thin and weak
332. embellish:make beautiful
333. embezzle:use in a wrong way for one's own benefit
334. emote:stir up excite
335. empirical:relying on experiment
336. encapsulate:enclose in capsule
337. encomium:warm or glowing praise eulogy panegyric
338. encumbrance:burden things that get on the way of
339. endearing:making dear or liked
340. endemic:epidemic
341. endorse:write one's name on the back of
342.enduring:
lasting
343. enervate:weaken deprive of strength attenuate
344. engender:cause produce give rise to
345. engrave:impress deeply
346. engrossing:taken up all the time or attention writing in
large or formal
347. engulf:swallow up
348. enigma:something that is puzzling
349. enmity:hatred being an enemy
350. ensign:flag/badge
351. entangle:put into difficulties
352. enthral:please greatly/enslave (fig)
353. entice:tempt or persuade
354. entreat:ask earnestly
355. enunciate:pronounce (words)/express a theory
356. enzyme:catalyst
357. epicurean:devoted to pleasure (sensuous enjoyment)
358. epiphany:A Christian feast celebrating the manifestation of
the divine nature of Jesus to the Gentiles as represented
by the Magi.
359. epistle:letter
360. epithet:adjective
361. epitome:brief summary representative example a typical
model
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362. equable:steady regular
363. equanimity:calmness of temperament
364. equilibrium:state of being balanced
365. equipoise:equal distribution of weight equilibrium
366. equivocal:having a double or doubtful meaning suspicious
367. equivocate:try to deceive by equivocal language
368. eradicate:get rid of pull up by the roots
369. erratic:irregular in behaviour or opinion
370. erudite:learned scholarly
371. eschew:avoid
372. esoteric:abstruse intended only for a small circle of
373. espouse:marry give one's support to
374. eulogy:formal praise panegyric
375. euphoria:elation state of pleasant excitement
376. euthanasia:easy and painless death
377. evasive:tending to evade
378.evince:
to show clearly to indicate
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379. evoke:call up bring out
380. excoriation:severe criticism
381. exculpate:to clear from a charge of guilt
382. exhaustive:complete thorough
383. exigency:emergency an urgent situation
384. exoneration:set smb clear free (e.g.. from blame)
385. exorbitant:much too high or great
386. expatiate:to roam wander freely
387. expedient:likely to be useful for a purpose
388. expiation:ending expiring
389. exploit:brilliant achievement develop use selfishly
390. expostulate:argue earnestly to dissuade correct or protest
391. expurgate:to remove obscenity purify censor
392. exscind:to cut out cut away
393. extant:still in existence
394. extempore:without previous thought or preparation
395. extenuate:reduce the strength of lessen seriousness
partially excuse
396. extinct:no longer active
397. extinguish:end the existence of/wipe or put out
398. extirpate:to destroy exterminate cut out exscind
399. extol:praise highly
400. extort:obtain by threats violence
401. extralegal:outside the law
402. extricable:that can be freed
403.extrovert:
cheerful person
404. exuberance:state of growing v igorously being full of life
405. facetious:humorous funny jocular
406. facile:easily done
407. fagged:too tired, exhausted
408. fallacious:based on error
409. falter:waver/move in an uncertain manner
410. fatuous:without sense foolish self-satisfaction
411. fawn:young deer try to win smb's favor
412. feckless:lacking purpose or vitality ineffective careless
413. fecund:fertile
414. feint:pretend
415. felicitous:apt suitably expressed well chosen apropos
416. felon:person guilty of murder
417. ferment:substance become excited
418. ferocity:savage cruelty
419. ferret:discover by searching search
420. fervid:showing earnest feeling
421. fervor:warmth of feelings earnestness
422. fetid:stinking
423. fetter:to shackle put in chains
424. feud:bitter quarrel over a long period of time
425. fidelity:loyalty accuracy
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426. fidget:move restlessly make nervous
427. figurehead:carved image on the prow of a ship
428. finesse:delicate way of dealing with a situation
429. finical:too fussy about food clothing etc.
430. finicky:finical
431. fission:splitting or division (esp. of cells)
432. fixate:stare at
433. flak:criticism/anti-aircraft guns
434. flamboyant:brightly colored florid
435. flaunting:show off complacently
436. flax:pale yellow (hair) a plant
437. fledged:able to fly trained experienced
438. fleet:number of ships quick-moving
439. flinch:draw move back wince
440. flop:fail/move/fall clumsily
441. florid:very much ornamented naturally red (e.g.. of face)
442.flout:
reject mock to go against (as in going against
tradition)
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443. fluke:lucky stroke
444. fluster:make nervous or confused
445. foible:defect of character (a person is wrongly proud)
446. foil:prevent from carrying out contrast
447. foment:put something warm (to lessen the pain)
448. foolproof:incapable of failure or error
449. foppish:like a man who pays too much attention to his
clothes
450. forage:food for horses and cattle
451. forbear:refrain from be patient ancestor
452. forbearance: patience willingness to wait
453. ford:shallow place in a river (to cross)
454. forestall:prevent by taking action in advance preempt
455. forfeit:suffer the loss of something
456. forge:workshop for the shaping of metal to shape metal
lead
457. forgery:counterfeit458. forswear:renounce disallow repudiate
459. foster:nurture care for
460. fracas:noisy quarrel
461. fragile:easily injured broken or destroyed
462. fragrant:sweet-smelling
463. frantic:wildly excited with joy pain anxiety
464. frenetic:frantic frenzied
465. fret:worry irritation wear away
466. fringe:edge ornamental border part of hair over the
forehead
467. froward:intractable not willing to yield or comply stubborn
468. frugal:careful economical
469. fulmination:bitter protest
470. fulsome:disgusting offensive due to excessiveness
471. gainsay:to deny to oppose
472. garble:make unfair selection from facts
473. garner:to gather and save to store up
474. garrulity:talkativeness
475. garrulous:too talkative
476. gaucherie:socially awkward tactless behavior
477. germane:relevant pertinent to
478. gist:the point general sense
479. glean:gather facts in small quantities
480. glib:ready and smooth but not sincere
481. glimmer:weak/unsteady light
482. gloat:over look at with selfish delight
483. glut:supply to much fill to excess
484.gnaw:
waste away bite steadily
485. goad:something urging a person to action
486. gorge:eat greedily/narrow opening with a stream
487. gossamer:soft light delicate material
488. gouge:tool for cutting grooves in wood
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489. gourmand:a person who is devoted to eating and drinking
to excess
490. grandiloquent:using pompous words
491. grave:serious requiring consideration
492. graze:touch or scrape lightly in passing
493. gregarious:living in societies liking the company
494. grievous:causing grief or pain serious dire grave
495.
grovel:crawl humble oneself
496. guile:deceit cunning
497. gullible:easily gulled
498. gush:burst out suddenly/talk ardently
499. gust:outburst of feeling sudden rain wind fire etc.
500. hack:cut roughly hired horse
501. halcyon:calm and peaceful
502. hallow:to make holy consecrate
503. harangue:a long passionate speech
504. harbinger:something or smb that foretells the coming of
505. harrow:to distress create stress or torment
506. haughty:arrogant conceited
507. heed:attention/give notice to
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508. heinous:odious (of crime)
509. heresy:belief contrary to what is generally accepted
510. hermetic:sealed by fusion
511. heterogeneous:made up of different kinds
512. hew:make by hard work cut (by striking)
513. highbrow:(person) with superior tastes
514. hirsute:hairy shaggy
515. hoax:mischievous trick played on smb for a joke
516. hoi:polloi the masses the rabble
517. hollow:not soled with hole
518. holster:leather case for a pistol
519. homiletics:act of preaching
520. hone:stone used for sharpening tools
521. hoodwink:trick mislead
522. hospitable:liking to give hospitality
523. hubris:arrogant pride
524. hush:make or become silent
525. husk:worthless outside part of anything
526. hypocrisy:falsely making oneself appear to be good
527. iconoclast:person who attacks popular beliefs
528. idiosyncrasy:personal mannerism
529. idolatry:excessive admiration of
530. idyll:a carefree episode or experience
531. ignoble:dishonorable common undignified
532. ignominious:shameful dishonorable undignified
disgraceful533. illicit:unlawful forbidden
534. imbroglio:complicated and embarrassing situation
535. immaculate:pure faultless
536. imminent:likely to come or happen soon
537. immutable:that cannot be changed
538. impair:worsen diminish in value
539. impassive:unmoved feeling no sign of passion
540. impecunious:having little or no money
541. impede:hinder get in the way of
542. impediment:something that hinders (e.g. stammer)
543. impending:imminent being about to happen expected
544. imperative:urgent essential
545. imperious:commanding haughty arrogant
546. impermeable:that cannot be permeated
547. imperturbable:calm not capable of being excited
548. impervious:not allowing to pass through (of materials)
549. imperviousness:haughty arrogant commanding
550. impetuous:having sudden energy impulsive thrusting
ahead forceful
551. impiety:lack of reverence or dutifulness
552. implacable:incapable of being placated unpleasable
553. implicate:show that smb has a share
554. implicit:implied though not plainly expressed
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555. implosion:collapse bursting inward
556. importune:beg urgently solicit (of a prostitute)
557. imprecation:an invocation of evil a curse
558. impromptu:without preparation
559. impudent:rash indiscreet
560. impugned:challenged to be doubted
561. impute:to attribute to a cause or source ascribe
562. inadvertent:not paying proper attention
563. inane:silly senseless
564. inasmuch:since because
565. incense:make angry
566. incessant:often repeated continual
567. inchoate:not yet fully formed rudimentary elementary
568. incipient:beginning
569. incise:engrave make a cut in
570. incite:stir up rouse
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571. inclined:directing the mind in a certain direction
572. incongruous:out of place not in harmony or agreement
573. incorrigibility:cannot be cured or corrected
574. incredulous:skeptical unwilling to believe
575. inculcate:fix firmly by repetition
576. incumbents:official duties
577. incursion:a raid a sudden attack
578. indefatigability:not easily exhaustible tirelessness
579. indelible:that cannot be rubbed out
580. indigence:poverty
581. indigenous:native
582. indistinct:not easily heard seen clearly marked
583. indolence:laziness
584. indomitable:not easily discouraged or subdued
585. indulge:gratify give way to satisfy allow oneself
586. indulgent:inclined to indulge
587. ineffable:to great to be described in words
588. ineluctable:certain inevitable
589. inept:unskillful said or done at the wrong time
590. ineptitude:quality of being unskillful
591. inferno:hell
592. infuriate:fill with fury or rage
593. infuse:put pour fill
594. ingenuous:naive young artless frank honest sincere
595. ingest:take in by swallowing
596. inimical:harmful or friendly
597. inimitable:defying imitation unmatchable
598. innocuous:causing no harm
599. inscrutable:incapable of being discovered or understood
600. insensible:unconscious unresponsive unaffected
601. insinuate:suggest unpleasantly make a way for something
gently
602. insipid:without taste or flavor
603. insouciant:unconcerned carefree
604. insularity:narrow-mindedness isolated
605. insurrection:rising of people to open resistance to
606. interdict:prohibit forbid
607. interim:as an installment
608. intersperse:place here and there
609. intransigence:unwillingness to compromise stubbornness
intractability
610. intransigent:uncompromising
611. intrepid:fearless brave undaunted
612. introspection:examining one's own thoughts and feelings
613. inundate:flood cover by overflowing
614. inured:accustomed to adapted
615. invective:abusive language curses
616. inveigh:to attack verbally denounce deprecate
617. inveterate:deep-rooted. long-established
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618. invincible:too strong to be defeated
619. involute:complex
620. irascible:irritable easily angered
621. irate:angry
622. ire:anger
623. irksome:tiresome
624. irresolute:hesitating undecided
625. irrevocable:final and unalterable
626. itinerate:to travel from place to place to peregrinate
627. jabber:talk excitedly utter rapidly
628. jagged:notched, rough
629. jibe:gibe make fun of
630. jocular:meant as a joke
631. judicious:sound in judgment wise
632. knit:draw together unite firmly
633. labyrinthine:to entangle the state of affairs
634.lachrymose:
causing tears tearful
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635. lackluster:(of eyes) dull
636. lament:show feel great sorrow
637. lassitude:weariness tiredness
638. latent:present but not yet active developed or visible
639. laudatory:expressing or giving praise
640. lavish:giving or producing freely liberally or generously
641. legacy:something handed down from ancestors
642. levee:formal reception/embankment
643. levity:lack of seriousness
644. libel:statement that damages reputation
645. liberality:free giving generosity
646. libertine:immoral person
647. lien:legal claim until a debt on it is repaid
648. limn:paint portray
649. limp:lacking strength walking unevenly
650. lionize:treat as a famous person
651. lithe:bending twisting
652. loll:rest to sit or stand in a lazy way hang (dog's tongue)
653. lope:move along with long strides
654. loquacious:talkative garrulous
655. lucubrate:write in scholarly fashion
656. luculent:easily understood lucid clear
657. lugubrious:mournful excessively sad
658. lull:become quiet or less active
659. lumber:move in a clumsy/noisy way
660. luminary:star light-giving body
661. lurk:be out of view ready to attack
662. lustrous:being bright polished
663. macabre:gruesome suggesting death
664. macerate:make or become soft by soaking in water
665. machination:plot scheme (esp. evil)
666. maladroit:tactless clumsy
667. malapropism:misuse of a word (for one that resembles it)
668. malevolence:wishing to do evil
669. malign:injurious speak ill of smb tell lie
670. malinger:to fake illness or injury in order to shirk a duty
671. malleable:yielding easily shaped moldable adapting
672. manacle:chains for the hands or feet
673. massacre:cruel killing of a large number of people
674. matriculation:be admitted enter a university as a student
675. maudlin:sentimental in a silly or tearful way
676. maul:hurt by rough handling
677. maverick:rebel nonconformist
678. mellifluous:sweetly flowing
679. mendacity:dishonesty
680. mendicant:a beggar
681. mercurial:quick changeable in character fleeting
682. meretricious:attractive on the surface but of little value
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683. mesmerize:hypnotize
684. meticulous:giving great attention to details
685. mettle:quality of endurance or courage
686. mettlesome:courageous high-spirited
687. middling:fairly good but not very good
688. minatory:menacing threatening
689. mince:pronounce or speak affectedly euphemize
690. misanthrope:person who hates mankind
691. mischievous:harmful causing mischief
692. miser:person who loves wealth and spends little
693. misogynist:one who hates women/females
694. mite:Avery small amount, portion, or particle
695. moderation:quality of being limited not extreme
696. mollify:make calmer or quieter
697. molt:moult lose hair feathers before new growing
698. morbid:diseased unhealthy (e.g.. about ideas)
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699. morose:ill-tempered unsocial
700. muffler:cloth worn round the neck/silencer
701. multifarious:varied motley greatly diversified
702. mundane:worldly as opposed to spiritual commonplace
everyday
703. myriad:very great number
704. nadir:lowest weakest point
705. nascent:coming into existence emerging
706. nebulous:cloud-like hazy vague indistinct
707. negligent:taking too little care
708. neophyte:person who has been converted to a belief
709. nexus:a connection tie or link
710. nibble:show some inclination to accept (an offer)
711. noisome:offensive disgusting (smell)
712. nonchalant:not having interest
713. nonplused:greatly surprised
714. nostrum:a quack remedy an untested cure
715. noxious:harmful
716. nugatory:trifling/worthless
717. obdurate:hardened and unrepenting stubborn inflexible
718. obfuscate:to darken make obscure muddle
719. oblivious:unaware having no memory
720. obloquy:abusively detractive language sharp criticism
vituperation
721. obsequious:too eager to obey or serve
722. obstreperous:noisy loud
723. obtain:to be established accepted or customary
724. obtrusive:projecting prominent undesirably noticeable
725. obtuse:blunt/stupid
726. obviate:to make unnecessary get rid of
727. occluded:blocked up
728. odious:repulsive hateful
729. odium:contempt dislike aversion
730. odor:smell favor reputation
731. officious:too eager or ready to help offer advice
732. ominous:threatening
733. onerous:needing effort burdensome
734. opaqueness:dullness/not allowing light to pass through
735. opprobrious:showing scorn or reproach
736. ossify:to turn to bone to settle rigidly into an idea
737. ostensible:seeming appearing as such professed
738. ostentation:display to obtain admiration or envy
739. ostracism:shut out from society refuse to meet talk
740. overhaul:examine thoroughly to learn about the condition
741. overweening:presumptuously arrogant overbearingimmoderate being a jerk
742. paean:song of praise or triumph
743. palate:roof of the mouth sense of taste
744. palatial:magnificent
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745. palliate:lessen the severity of
746. palpability:can be felt touched understood
747. palpitate:tremble beat rapidly and irregularly
748. panegyric:formal praise eulogy
749. paradigm:a model example or pattern
750. parenthesis:sentence within another one something
separated
751.
pariah:an outcast a rejected and despised person
752. parley:negotiation, discussion between enemies
753. parsimonious:too economical miserly
754. partisan:one-sided committed to a party biased or
prejudiced
755. patron:regular customer person who gives support
756. paucity:scarcity a lacking of
757. peccadillo:small sin small weakness in one's character
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758. pedantic:bookish showing off learning
759. pedestrian:commonplace trite unremarkable
760. pellucid:transparent easy to understand
761. penchant:strong inclination a liking
762. penitent:feeling or showing regret
763. penurious:poor/stingy
764. penury:extreme poverty
765. peregrination:traveling about wandering
766. peremptory:urgent imperative unchallengeable ending
debate
767. perfidious:treacherous faithless
768. perfidy:treachery breaking of faith
769. perfunctory:done as a duty without care
770. perilous:dangerous
771. peripatetic:wandering
772. perish:be destroyed decay
773. perjury:willful FALSE statement unlawful act
774. permeate:spread into every part of
775. pernicious:harmful injurious
776. perpetrate:be guilty commit (a crime)
777. personable:pleasing in appearance attractive
778. perspicacity:quick judging and understanding
779. pertain:belong as a part have reference
780. pest:destructive thing or a person who is nuisance
781. petrified:taken away power (to think feel act)
782.petrify:
to make hard rocklike
783. petrous:like a rock hard stony
784. petulant:unreasonably impatient
785. philistine:a smug ignorant person one who lacks
knowledge
786. phlegmatic:calm sluggish temperament unemotional
787. picaresque:involving clever rogues or adventurers
788. pied:of mixed colors
789. pinch:be too tight take between the thumb and finger
790. pine:waste away through sorrow or illness
791. pious:dutiful to parents devoted to religion
792. piquant:agreeably pungent stimulating
793. pique:hurt the pride or self-respect stir (curiosity)
794. pitfall:covered hole as a trap unsuspected danger
795. pith:essential part force soft liquid substance
796. pivotal:of great importance (others depend on it)
797. placate:soothe pacify calm
798. plaintive:mournful melancholy sorrowful
799. plaque:flat metal on a wall as a memorial
800. platitude:a trite or banal statement unoriginality
801. plea:request
802. plead:address a court of law as an advocate
803. plethora:glut
804. pliant:pliable easily bent shaped or twisted
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805. plod:continue doing something without resting
806. pluck:pull the feathers off pick (e.g.. flowers)
807. plumb:get to the root of
808. plummet:fall plunge steeply
809. plunge:move quickly suddenly and with force
810. poignant:deeply moving keen
811. poncho:large piece of cloth
812. ponderous:heavy bulky dull
813. portent:omen marvelous threatening
814. precarious:uncertain risky dangerous
815. precepts:rules establishing standards of conduct
816. preclude:prevent make impossible
817. precursory:preliminary anticipating
818. predilection:special liking mental preference
819. predominate:have more power than others
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820. preen:tidy/show self-satisfaction
821. premature:doing or happening something before the right
time
822. preponderance:greatness in number strength weight
823. presage:warning sign
824. presumption:arrogance
825. preternatural:not normal or usual
826. prevalent:common
827. prevaricate:to equivocate to stray from the truth
828. prim:neat formal
829. pristine:primitive unspoiled pure as in earlier times
unadulterated
830. probity:uprightness incorruptibility principle
831. proclivity:inclination
832. procrastination:keeping on putting off
833. prodigal:wasteful reckless with money
834. prodigious:enormous wonderful835. profane:worldly having contempt for God
836. profligacy:shameless immorality
837. profligate:wasteful prodigal licentious extravagant
838. profundity:depth
839. profuse:abundant/lavish
840. proliferate:grow reproduce by rapid multification
841. prolix:tiring because too long
842. prone:prostrate inclined to (undesirable things)
843. propagation:increasing the number spreading extending
844. propinquity: nearness in time or place affinity of nature
845. propitiatory:conciliatory appeasing mitigating
846. propitious:auspicious presenting favorable circumstances
847. prosaic:everyday mundane commonplace trite pedestrian
848. proscribe:denounce as dangerous
849. protracted:prolonged
850. provident:frugal looking to the future
851. provisional:of the present time only
852. provoke:make angry vax
853. prudence:careful forethought
854. prudish:easily shocked excessively modest
855. prune:dried plum silly person
856. pry:get something inquire too curiously
857. pucker:wrinkle
858. pugnacious:fond of in the habit of fighting
859. puissance:strength
860. punctilious:precise paying attention to trivialities
861. pundit:pedant authority on a subject
862. pungency:sharpness stinging quality
863. purvey:provide supply
864. pusillanimous:cowardly craven
865. putrefaction:becoming rotten
866. pyre:large pile of wood for burning
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867. quack:person dishonestly claiming to something
868. quaff:drink deeply
869. quail:lose courage turn frightened
870. qualm:feeling of doubt temporary feeling of sickness
871. quandary:state of doubt or perplexity
872. quell:suppress subdue
873. quibble:try to avoid by sophistication
874. quiescence:state of being passive/motionless
875. quiescent:at rest dormant torpid
876. quirk:habit or action peculiar to smb or something
877. quixotic:generous unselfish
878. quotidian:banal everyday
879. rabble:mob crowd the lower classes of populace
880. raconteur:person who tells anecdotes
881. raffish:low vulgar base tawdry
882. ramify:to be divided or subdivided to branch out
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883. rancorous:feeling bitterness spitefulness
884. rant:use extravagant language
885. rapacious:greedy (esp for money)
886. rarefy:to make thin to make less dense to purify or refine
887. rave:act with excessive enthusiasm
888. reactionary:opposing progress
889. rebuff:snub
890. recalcitrant:disobedient
891. recant:take back as being FALSE give up
892. recast:cast or fashion anew
893. recidivism:relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior
894. reciprocity:granting of privileges in return for similar
895. recitals:a number of performance of music
896. recluse:person who lives alone and avoids people
897. recompense:make payment to reward punish
898. reconcile:settle a quarrel restore peace
899. recondite:little known abstruse
900. recreancy:cowardice a cowardly giving up
901. recuperate:become strong after illness loss exhaustion
902. redeem:get back by payment compensate
903. redoubtable:formidable causing fear
904. refine:make or become pure cultural
905. refractory:stubborn unmanageable untractable
906. refulgent:shining brilliant
907. regale:to delight or entertain to feast
908. regicide:crime of killing a king
909. reiterate:say or do again several times
910. rejuvenation: becoming young in nature or appearance
911. relapse:fall back again
912. reminiscent:viewing the past
913. remonstrate:to protest object
914. render:deliver provide represent
915. renovate:restore something to better condition
916. renowned:celebrated famous
917. repast:meal
918. repel:refuse to accept/cause dislike
919. repine:at be discontented with
920. reproach:scold upbraid
921. reprobate:person hardened in sin one devoid of decency
922. repudiate:disown refuse to accept or pay
923. repulsive:causing a feeling of disgust
924. requite:repay give in return
925. rescind:repeal/annul/cancel
926. resigned:unresisting submissive
927. resilience:quality of quickly recovering the original shape
928. resort:to frequently visit
929. restive:refusing to mov e reluctant to be controlled
930. resuscitation:coming back to consciousness
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931. retard:check hinder
932. reticent:reserved untalkative silent taciturn
933. retrospective:Looking back on past
934. revere:have deep respect for
935. reverent:feeling or showing deep respect
936. riddle:puzzling person or thing
937. rift:split crack dissension
938. rivet:fix take up secure metal pin
939. roll:call calling of names
940. rotund:rich and deep plump and round
941. ruffian:violent cruel man
942. rumple:make rough
943. sagacious:having sound judgment perceptive wise like a
sage
944. salacious:obscene
945. salubrious:healthful
946. salutary:remedial wholesome causing improvement
947. sanctimony:self-righteousness hypocritical with FALSE
piety
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948. sanction:approval (by authority) penalty
949. sanguine:cheerful confident optimistic
950. sanity:health of mind soundness of judgment
951. sash:long strip worn round the waist
952. satiate:satisfy fully
953. saturnine:gloomy dark sullen morose
954. savant:person of great learning
955. savor:taste flavor something
956. sawdust:tiny bits of wood
957. scabbard:sheath for the blade
958. scent:smell (especially pleasant)
959. scorch:become discolored/dry up/go at high speed
960. scribble:write hastily
961. scurvy:mean contemptible
962. secular:material (not spiritual) living outside monasteries
963. sedulous:persevering
964. seminal:like a seed constituting a source originative
965. sententious:short and pithy full of maxims/proverbs
966. sequence:succession connected line of
967. sere:make hard and without feeling
968. sermon:reproving a person for his faults
969. serrated:having a toothed edge
970. serration:having a toothed edge
971. servile:like a slave lacking independence
972. sever:break off
973. severance:severing
974. shallow:little depth not earnest
975. shard:piece of broken earthenware
976. sheath:cover for the blade of a weapon or a tool
977. shrewd:astute showing sound judgement
978. shrill:sharp piercing
979. shun:keep away from avoid
980. shunt:send from one track to another lay aside evade
discussion
981. sidestep:step to one side
982. simper:(give a) silly/self-conscious smile
983. sinuous:winding undulating serpentine
984. skiff:small boat
985. skit:short piece of humorous writing
986. slack:sluggish dull not tight
987. slake:to assuage to satisfy allay
988. slate:king of blue-grey stone propose criticize
989. sluggard:lazy slow-moving person
990. slur:join sounds/words (indistinct)
991. smolder:burn slowly without flame
992. snare:trap
993. snub:treat with contempt
994. soar:rise fly high
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995. sober:self-controlled
996. sobriety:quality or condition of being sober
997. sodden:soaked saturated
998. soggy:heavy with water
999. solvent:of the power of forming a solution
1000. somatic:of the body
1001. soot:black powder in smoke
1002. sophisticated: complex subtle refined
1003. sophistry:fallacious reasoning faulty logic
1004. sophomoric:self-assured though immature affected
bombastic overblown
1005. soporific:producing sleep
1006. sordid:wretched comfortless contemptible
1007. spear:weapon with a metal point on a long shaft
1008. specious:illogical of questionable truth or merit
1009. splenetic:bad-tempered irritable
1010. splice:join (two ends)
1011. sponge:porous rubber for washing live at once expense
1012. spurious:FALSE counterfeit
1013. spurn:have nothing to do reject or refuse
1014. squalid:foul filthy
1015. squander:spend wastefully
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1016. squat:crouch/settle without permission
1017. stanch:to stop the flow of a fluid
1018. steeply:rising or falling sharply
1019. stentorian:extremely loud and powerful
1020. stickler:person who insists on importance of something
1021. stigma:mark of shame or disgrace
1022. stigmatize:describe smb scornfully
1023. sting:something sharp
1024. stingy:spending using unwillingly
1025. stint:to be thrifty to set limits
1026. stipple:paint with dots
1027. stipulate:state or put forward as a necessary condition
1028. stolid:showing no emotion impassive
1029. stray:wander lose one's way
1030. streak:long thin move very fast
1031. striated:striped grooved or banded
1032. stride:walk with long steps
1033. strut:a supporting bar
1034. stygian:hence dark gloomy
1035. stymie:to hinder obstruct or block
1036. subdue:overcome bring under control
1037. sublime:extreme astounding
1038. submerge:put under water liquid sink out of sight
1039. suborn:induce by bribery or something to commit perjury
1040. subpoena:written order requiring a person to appear in a
low court1041. substantiation:giving facts to support (statement)
1042. subsume:include under a rule
1043. succor:assistance relief in time of distress
1044. suffice:be enough
1045. suffocate:cause or have difficulty in breathing
1046. sullied:to be stained or discredited
1047. summarily:briefly without delay
1048. sumptuous:magnificent
1049. sundry:various miscellaneous separate
1050. supercilious:disdainful characterized by haughty scorn
1051. superfluous:more then is needed or wanted
1052. superimpose:put something on the top
1053. supersede:take the place of
1054. supine:lying on the back slow to act passive
1055. suppliant:asking humbly beseeching
1056. supplicate:make a humble petition to
1057. suppress:prevent from being known put an end to
1058. surcharge:additional load/charge
1059. surfeit:satiate feed to fulness or to excess
1060. susceptibility:sensitiveness
1061. swerve:change direction suddenly
1062. sycophant:person who flatter to the rich and powerful
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1063. synopsis:summary or outline
1064. taciturn:untalkative silent
1065. tadpole:form of a frog when it leaves the egg
1066. talon:claw of a bird of prey
1067. tamp:tap or drive down by repeated light blows
1068. tamper:interfere with
1069. tangential:suddenly changeable
1070. tarnished:lost brightness
1071. tassel:bunch of threads
1072. taunt:contemptuous reproach hurtful remark
1073. taut:tightly stretched
1074. tautology:a repetition a redundancy
1075. tawdry:cheap gaudy showy tacky
1076. teetotal:oppose to alcohol
1077. telltale:That gives warning or information
1078. temerity:boldness brashness intrepidness
1079.temperance:
abstinence from alcohol self-control
moderation
1080. temperate:showing self-control
1081. tenacity:firmness persistency adhesiveness tending to
hang on
1082. tenuous:insubstantial flimsy weak
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1083. tepid:lukewarm
1084. terse:brief and to the point
1085. testiness:witness/evidence
1086. thrift:care economy thriving prosperous
1087. thwart:obstruct/frustrate
1088. timid:shy easily frightened
1089. timorous:fearful timid afraid
1090. toady:obsequious flatterer
1091. tonic:something giving strength or energy
1092. topple:be unsteady and overturn
1093. torment:severe pain or suffering
1094. torpid:sleeping sluggish lethargic dormant
1095. torque:twisting force causing rotation
1096. tortuous:devious/not straightforward
1097. tout:person who worries others to buy something to use
his service
1098. tractable:easily controlled or guided
1099. transgress:break go beyond (a limit)
1100. transient:temporary fleeting
1101. transitory:brief
1102. travesty:parody/imitation
1103. trenchant:forceful effective vigorous extremely perceptive
incisive
1104. trepidation:alarm excited state of mind
1105. trickle:flow in drops
1106. trifling:unimportant
1107. trite:not new
1108. truce:(agreement) stop of fighting for a time
1109. truculence:aggressiveness ferocity
1110. trudge:walk heavily
1111. turbid:muddy having the sediment stirred up
1112. turbulence:being uncontrolled violent
1113. turgid:excessively ornate swollen or bloated
1114. turmoil:trouble disturbance
1115. turpitude:wickedness shamefulness
1116. turquoise:greenish-blue precious stone
1117. tyro:tiro beginner
1118. ubiquitous:present everywhere
1119. ulterior:situated beyond
1120. umbrage:offense resentment
1121. uncouth:rough awkward
1122. underbid:make a lower bid then smb else
1123. undermine:weaken gradually at the base make something
under
1124.undulate:
to move in wavelike fashion fluctuate
1125. unearth:discover and bring to light
1126. unencumbered:easy-going trifle
1127. unfeigned:not pretended sincere
1128. unscathed:unharmed unhurt
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1129. untoward:unfortunate inconvenient
1130. upbraid:scold reproach
1131. urbane:elegant refined in manners
1132. vacillation:being uncertain hesitating
1133. vagary:strange act or idea
1134. vain:without use result conceited
1135. valiant:brave
1136. valorous:brave1137. vanquish:conquer
1138. variegate:To mark with different shade or colors
1139. veer:change direction
1140. venal:ready to do something dishonest
1141. veneer:surface appearance covering the TRUE nature
1142. veneration:regard with deep respect
1143. veracity:truth
1144. verdant:fresh and green
1145. verisimilitude:appearing TRUE or real
1146. veritable:real rightly named
1147. verve:spirit vigor enthusiasm
1148. vestige:trace or sign
1149. vex:annoy distress trouble
1150. vigilance:watchfulness self-appointed group who maintain
order
1151. vigilant:member of a vigilance committee
1152. vigorous:strong energetic
1153. vilify:slander say evil things
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1154. vindictive:having a desire to revenge
1155. virago:a loud domineering woman a scold or nag
1156. visceral:of the internal organs of the body
1157. viscous:sticky/semi-fluid
1158. vitiate:lower the quality weaken the strength
1159. vituperate:curse abuse in words
1160. vivacious:lively high-spirited
1161. volatile:changeable inconstant fickle unstable explosive
1162. volubility:fluency verbosity easy use of spoken language
1163. voluble:fluent
1164. waffle:talk vaguely and without much result
1165. waft:scent waving movement carry lightly through
1166. wag:merry person
1167. warmonger:person who stirs up war
1168. warrant:authority written order guarantee
1169. wean:to turn away (from a habit)
1170. weigh:measure hoe heavy something is
1171. welter:turmoil a bewildering jumble
1172. wend:to go proceed
1173. whimsical:full of odd and fanciful ideas
1174. wince:show bodily or mental pain
1175. woo:try to win
1176. writ:written order
1177. xenophile (zen-uh-fahyl):a person who is attracted to
foreign peoples, cultures, or customs
1178.yarn:
tale story fibers for knitting
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